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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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  What it takes to save a life : a veterinarian's quest for he...

  • Stewart, KwaneAcquisition date: 5/18/2023
  • "Dr. Kwane Stewart was questioning his career as a veterinarian when he saw a homeless man with a flea-infested dog outside of a convenience store. In a ......Read more
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  Holding fire : a reckoning with the American West

  • Andrews, BryceAcquisition date: 5/18/2023
  • Son of a pacifist and conscientious objector, Andrews moved from Seattle to Montana to tend livestock and the land as a cowboy. When Andrews inherited his ......Read more
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  The Trump tapes : the historical record : Bob Woodward's twe...

  • Woodward, BobAcquisition date: 5/18/2023
  • The Trump Tapes explodes with the exclusive, inside story of Trump's performance as president--in his own words as he is questioned, even interrogated by ......Read more
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  Top billin' : stories of laughter, lessons, and triumph

  • Bellamy, BillAcquisition date: 5/16/2023
  • "Bill Bellamy went against the grain and left a promising corporate career path to pursue comedy (much to the dismay of his family). In TOP BILLIN', Bill ......Read more
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  I swear : politics is messier than my minivan

  • Porter, KatieAcquisition date: 5/16/2023
  • "An honest, inspiring, and laugh-out-loud funny memoir about re-energizing our politics and standing up to corporate America-while carting three kids around ......Read more
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  Orphan bachelors : a memoir : on being a confession baby, Ch...

  • Ng, Fae MyenneAcquisition date: 5/16/2023
  • "From the bestselling, award-winning author of novels Bone and Steer Toward Rock, Fae Myenne Ng's Orphan Bachelors is a singular memoir of her beloved San ......Read more
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  Got your number : the greatest sports legends and the number...

  • Greenberg, MikeAcquisition date: 5/16/2023
  • "ESPN personality (Get Up and #Greeny) and New York Times bestselling author Mike Greenberg partners with mega-producer Hembo to settle once and for all ......Read more
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  The world : a family history

  • Sebag Montefiore, SimonAcquisition date: 5/16/2023
  • "From the acclaimed author of The Romanovs-a magisterial history of humanity viewed through the lens of its most powerful dynasties In this sprawling and ......Read more
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  Undaunted : how women changed American journalism

  • Kroeger, BrookeAcquisition date: 5/16/2023
  • "An essential history of women in American journalism, showcasing the most renowned trailblazers since 1840"--...Read more
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  Edison's ghosts : the untold weirdness of history's greatest...

  • Spalding, KatieAcquisition date: 5/16/2023
  • As Albert Einstein almost certainly never said, everyone is a genius - but if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life ......Read more
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  My own magic : a reappearing act

  • Kloots, AnnaAcquisition date: 5/16/2023
  • "Despite what appeared to be a glamorous existence full of globetrotting adventures, behind the scenes, Anna Kloots felt invisible in her own life. Consumed ......Read more
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  The last secret of the secret annex : the untold story of An...

  • Wijk, Joop vanAcquisition date: 5/16/2023
  • Anne Frank's life has been studied by many scholars, but the story of Bep Voskuijl has remained untold, until now. As the youngest of the five Dutch people ......Read more
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  Glimmer : a story of survival, hope, and healing

  • Murphy, Kimberly ShannonAcquisition date: 5/16/2023
  • A memoir from one of the most successful stuntwomen in Hollywood chronicles her path to recovery from a childhood of sexual abuse and offers hope for others ......Read more
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  A renaissance of our own : a memoir & manifesto on reimagini...

  • Cargle, Rachel ElizabethAcquisition date: 5/16/2023
  • "A deeply personal and illuminating approach to antiracism and allyship, revealing the power of imagination and action to dismantle oppressive systems and ......Read more
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  Quietly hostile : essays

  • Irby, SamanthaAcquisition date: 5/16/2023
  • "Beloved writer Samantha Irby has returned to the printed page for her much-anticipated, sidesplitting fourth book following her 2020 breakout, Wow, no thank ......Read more
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  King : a life

  • Eig, JonathanAcquisition date: 5/16/2023
  • Vividly written and exhaustively researched, Jonathan Eig's King: A Life is the first major biography in decades of the civil rights icon Martin Luther King ......Read more
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  The last honest man : the CIA, the FBI, the mafia, and the K...

  • Risen, JamesAcquisition date: 5/16/2023
  • Senator Frank Church of Idaho was an unlikely hero. He led congressional opposition to the Vietnam War and had become a scathing, radical critic of what he ......Read more
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  The urgent life : my story of love, loss, and survival

  • Saint John, BozomaAcquisition date: 5/15/2023
  • "From iconic leader Bozoma Saint John, comes a memoir of grief, and one woman's drive to thrive in the face of loss. When Bozoma Saint John's husband, Peter ......Read more
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  Gainsborough

  • Vaughan, WilliamAcquisition date: 5/15/2023
  • A collection of art by British portrait artist Thomas Gainsborough who made his mark in the 1700's....Read more
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  Everything I know about love : a memoir

  • Alderton, DollyAcquisition date: 5/15/2023
  • "When it comes to the trials and triumphs of becoming a grown up, journalist and former Sunday Times dating columnist Dolly Alderton has seen and tried it ......Read more
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  Leon Russell : the master of space and time's journey throug...

  • Janovitz, BillAcquisition date: 5/15/2023
  • "Leon Russell is an icon, but somehow is still an underappreciated artist. He is spoken of in tones reserved not just for the most talented musicians, but ......Read more
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  The big reveal : an illustrated manifesto of drag

  • Velour, SashaAcquisition date: 5/11/2023
  • From iconic queen Sasha Velour, a thought-provoking manifesto that explores the cultural influence of drag as activism, art, resistance, and identity, ......Read more
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  Walking with Sam : a father, a son, and five hundred miles a...

  • McCarthy, AndrewAcquisition date: 5/10/2023
  • "When Andrew McCarthy's eldest son began to take his first steps into adulthood, McCarthy found himself wishing time would slow down. Looking to create a ......Read more
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  Forager : field notes for surviving a family cult

  • Dowd, MichelleAcquisition date: 5/9/2023
  • "Michelle Dowd grew up on a mountain in the Angeles National Forest, born into an ultra-religious cult--the Field, as members called it--run by her ......Read more
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  The daddy diaries : the year I grew up

  • Cohen, AndyAcquisition date: 5/9/2023
  • "Andy Cohen has taken on the most important job of his life-father- and boy (and girl!) does he have a lot to say about it! One of Andy Cohen's most ......Read more
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  Wildflower : a memoir

  • James, AuroraAcquisition date: 5/9/2023
  • "This extraordinary memoir of struggle and perseverance offers new ways of envisioning economic equality for everyone-from a leading activist and fashion ......Read more
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  Talk of champions : stories of the people who made me : a me...

  • Smith, KennyAcquisition date: 5/9/2023
  • "A riveting memoir from Kenny Smith ("Kenny the Jet")-superstar basketball commentator, host of top-rated Inside the NBA, and two-time NBA champion. Smith ......Read more
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  Artists' lives

  • Peppiatt, MichaelAcquisition date: 5/6/2023
  • Engaging encounters, personal anecdotes and jargon-free critical insights into some of the liveliest creative minds in modern art, by an international art ......Read more
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