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  Easily slip into another world : a life in music

  • Threadgill, HenryAcquisition date: 6/1/2023
  • "Henry Threadgill has had a singular life in music. At 79, the saxophonist, flautist, and celebrated composer is one of three jazz artists (along with ......Read more
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  An unspeakable hope : brutality, forgiveness, and building a...

  • Ford, Leon (Activist)Acquisition date: 6/1/2023
  • "An unforgettable and stirring memoir in the vein of Free Cyntoia, Just Mercy, and The Sum of Us that both inspires and upends our understanding about the ......Read more
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  A life of one's own : nine women writers begin again

  • Biggs, JoannaAcquisition date: 6/1/2023
  • I took off my wedding ring for the last time--a gold band with half a line of "Morning Song" by Sylvia Plath etched inside--and for weeks afterwards, my ......Read more
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  Live learn love well : lessons from a life of progress not p...

  • Lovewell, EmmaAcquisition date: 6/1/2023
  • "A memoir chronicling one woman's incredible journey to physical--and mental--fitness that will give readers an inside look at the hardships, heartbreaks, ......Read more
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  The joy of politics : surviving cancer, a campaign, a pandem...

  • Klobuchar, AmyAcquisition date: 6/1/2023
  • "An intimate and revelatory memoir-on personal challenges, political turmoil, and the state of American democracy--from one of the most effective voices in ......Read more
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  Mott Street : a Chinese American family's story of exclusion...

  • Chin, AvaAcquisition date: 6/1/2023
  • "Mott Street follows Chinese American writer Ava Chin, who grew up estranged from her father, as she seeks the truth about her family history--and uncovers a ......Read more
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  The confidante : the untold story of the woman who helped wi...

  • Gorham, Christopher C.Acquisition date: 5/26/2023
  • As Franklin Delano Roosevelt's special envoy to Europe in World War II, Anna Rosenberg went where the president couldn't go. She was among the first Allied ......Read more
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  The yards between us : a memoir of life, love, and football

  • Russell, R. K.Acquisition date: 5/26/2023
  • In 2019, R.K. Russell broke the mold when he came out as bisexual in an essay for ESPN that ignited the sports world. Now, in his powerful memoir, THE YARDS ......Read more
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  American breakdown : our ailing nation, my body's revolt, an...

  • Lunden, JenniferAcquisition date: 5/25/2023
  • "A literary, historical exploration about the way in which our industrialized lives have made us sick--from diarist Alice James and the 19th century ......Read more
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  The questions that matter most : reading, writing, and the e...

  • Smiley, JaneAcquisition date: 5/23/2023
  • "Essays that show how Smiley draws inspiration from across literary history to invigorate her own writing. Among the authors she examines are Marguerite de ......Read more
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