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Series: Crying in H Mart A Memoir Hardcover Michelle Zauner 9780525657743 $35.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Apr 20, 2021

From the indie rockstar of Japanese Breakfast fame, and author of the viral 2018 New Yorker essay that shares the title of this book, an unflinching, powerful memoir about growing up Korean American, losing her mother, and forging her own identity.In this exquisite story of family, food, grief, and endurance, Michelle Zauner proves herself far more than a dazzling singer, songwriter, and guitarist. With humor and heart, she tells of growing up one of the few Asian American kids at her school in Eugene, Oregon; of struggling with her mother’s pa... + Read More
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Series: Paris Without Her A Memoir Hardcover Gregory Curtis 9780525657620 $35.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Apr 20, 2021

In this moving, tender memoir of losing a beloved spouse, the longtime editor of Texas Monthly, newly widowed, returns alone to a city whose enchantment he’s only ever shared with his wife, in search of solace, memories, and the courage to find a way forward.At the age of sixty-six, after thirty-five years of marriage, Gregory Curtis finds himself a widower. Tracy—with whom he fell in love the first time he saw her—has succumbed to a long battle with cancer. Paralyzed by grief, agonized by social interaction, Curtis turns to watching magic less... + Read More
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Series: Applause Books Shatner Paperback Michael Seth Starr 9781493059843 $29.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY May 15, 2021

In the early months of 1966, a handsome, hardworking thirty-five-year-old Canadian-born actor named William Shatner was cast as Captain Kirk in Star Trek, a troubled, low-budget science-fiction television series set to premiere that fall on NBC. Star Trek struggled for viewers and lasted only three seasons, but it found a huge, rabidly dedicated audience when it premiered in syndication following its cancellation—turning Shatner into a pop-culture icon and launching him on a career path he never could have imagined after graduating from McGill ... + Read More
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Series: Glass Bricks Paperback Louella Lester 9781988168425 $21.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Apr 27, 2021

What does it mean to work for a living? Told in short prose, Glass Bricks tells the story of Lester's experience working both traditional and non-traditional jobs. Sometimes raw and often humourous, Lester shares stories about learning to work, working, and moving on. Glass Bricks explores the significance of our basic human right to work in an era where the struggle to find meaningful, full-time employment is all too real.
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Series: Eva and Eve A Search for My Mother's Lost Childhood and What a War Left Behind Hardcover Julie Metz 9781982127985 $37.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Apr 06, 2021

The author of the New York Times bestselling memoir Perfection returns with an unforgettable account of her late mother’s childhood in Nazi-occupied Austria and the parallels she sees in present-day America. To Julie Metz, her mother, Eve, was the quintessential New Yorker. Eve rarely spoke about her childhood and it was difficult to imagine her living anywhere else except Manhattan, where she could be found attending Carnegie Hall and the Metropolitan Opera or inspecting a round of French triple crème at Zabar’s. In truth, Eve had endured a h... + Read More
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Series: Everything Is Fine A Memoir Hardcover Vince Granata 9781982133443 $36.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Apr 27, 2021

In this extraordinarily moving memoir about grief, mental illness, and the bonds of family, a writer delves into the tragedy of his mother’s violent death at the hands of his brother who struggled with schizophrenia. Perfect for fans of An Unquiet Mind and The Bright Hour. Vince Granata remembers standing in front of his suburban home in Connecticut the day his mother and father returned from the hospital with his three new siblings in tow. He had just finished scrawling their names in orange chalk on the driveway: Christopher, Timothy, and Eli... + Read More
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Series: Like Crazy Life with My Mother and Her Invisible Friends Paperback Dan Mathews 9781501199998 $23.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Apr 06, 2021

“Exquisite. Full of wry humor, tenderness, and compassion.” —Jeannette Walls, New York Times bestselling author A hilarious and heartbreaking memoir about a mother and son’s outlandish odyssey of self-discovery, and the rag-tag community that rallied to help them when they needed it most.Dan Mathews knew that his witty, bawdy seventy-eight year-old mother, Perry, was unable to maintain her fierce independence—so he flew her across the country to Virginia to live with him in an 1870 townhouse badly in need of repairs. But to Dan, a screwdriver i... + Read More
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Series: Becoming Kim Jong Un A Former CIA Officer's Insights into North Korea's Enigmatic Young Dictator Paperback Jung H. Pak 9781984819741 $24.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Apr 06, 2021

A groundbreaking account of the rise of North Korea’s dictator Kim Jong Un, from his nuclear ambitions to his summits with President Donald J. Trump—from a former CIA analyst considered one of the leading American experts on the North Korean leader inside and outside the U.S. government.When Kim Jong Un became the leader of North Korea in 2011, predictions about his imminent fall were rife. Instead, the opposite happened. He has solidified his grip on his country and brought it to the brink of war. Still, we know so little about him—or how he r... + Read More
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Series: Strange Situation A Mother's Journey into the Science of Attachment Paperback Bethany Saltman 9780399181467 $24.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Apr 20, 2021

A full-scale investigation of the controversial and often misunderstood science of attachment theory, inspired by the author’s own experience as a parent and daughter.When professional researcher and writer Bethany Saltman gave birth to her daughter, Azalea, she loved her deeply but felt as if something was missing. Looking back at her lonely childhood, dangerous teenage years, and love-addicted early adulthood, Saltman thought maybe she was broken. Then she discovered the science of attachment, the field of psychology that explores the questio... + Read More
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Series: The Chiffon Trenches A Memoir Paperback André Leon Talley 9780593129272 $24.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Apr 27, 2021

A deeply revealing memoir that captures the fashion world from the inside out, in its most glamorous and most cutthroat momentsDuring André Leon Talley’s first magazine job, alongside Andy Warhol at Interview, a fateful meeting with Karl Lagerfeld began a decades-long friendship with the enigmatic designer. Propelled into the upper echelons by his fashion expertise, André moved to Paris as bureau chief of Women’s Wear Daily, befriending fashion’s most important designers. But as André made friends, he also made enemies. A racist encounter with ... + Read More
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Series: Three Dreamers A Memoir of Family Hardcover Lorenzo Carcaterra 9780593156711 $37.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Apr 27, 2021

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Sleepers offers a beautiful, heartfelt homage to the women who taught him courage, kindness, and the power of storytelling: his mother, his grandmother, and his late wife.At sixty-six, Lorenzo Carcaterra finds it easier to reflect on the past than ruminate on the future. “By the time you reach my age,” he writes, “you have witnessed too much loss to not be aware of what lies ahead.” This turn to the past inspired a poignant memoir about the women who made him the man he is today.His Italian grandmothe... + Read More
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Series: Odetta A Life in Music and Protest Paperback Ian Zack 9780807002896 $25.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Apr 13, 2021

An AudioFile Best Audiobook of 2020The first in-depth biography of the legendary singer and “Voice of the Civil Rights Movement,” who combatted racism and prejudice through her music.Odetta channeled her anger and despair into some of the most powerful folk music the world has ever heard. Through her lyrics and iconic persona, Odetta made lasting political, social, and cultural change.A leader of the 1960s folk revival, Odetta is one of the most important singers of the last hundred years. Her music has influenced a huge number of artists over ... + Read More
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Series: Blow Your House Down A Story of Family, Feminism, and Treason Hardcover Gina Frangello 9781640093164 $35.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Apr 06, 2021

“A pathbreaking feminist manifesto, impossible to put down or dismiss. Gina Frangello tells the morally complex story of her adulterous relationship with a lover and her shortcomings as a mother, and in doing so, highlights the forces that shaped, silenced, and shamed her: everyday misogyny, puritanical expectations regarding female sexuality and maternal sacrifice, and male oppression.”—Adrienne Brodeur, author of Wild GameGina Frangello spent her early adulthood trying to outrun a youth marked by poverty and violence. Now a long-married wife ... + Read More
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Series: Low Country A Memoir Hardcover J. Nicole Jones 9781948226868 $34.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Apr 13, 2021

“From horse thieves to hurricanes, from shattered Southern myths to fractured family ties, from Nashville to Myrtle Beach to Miami, Low Country is a lyrical, devastating, fiercely original memoir” of one family’s changing fortunes in the Low Country of South Carolina (Justin Taylor, author of Riding with the Ghost).J. Nicole Jones is the only daughter of a prominent South Carolina family, a family that grew rich building the hotels and seafood restaurants that draw tourists to Myrtle Beach. But at home, she is surrounded by violence and caprici... + Read More
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Series: The First Lady of Underfashions Paperback Christina Erteszek 9781634050173 $28.50 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Apr 23, 2021

The First Lady of Underfashions is a nonfiction saga-like memoir written by Christina Erteszek and including excerpts from her parents' (Jan and Olga) unpublished memoirs. It is a complex, layered, and nuanced story that bridges the violence of war, the innovation of thought, the singularity of religion, the quest for identity, and the intrigues and intricacies of family life. Jan and Olga escape from World War II Europe and arrive in the US with just a few dollars. They turn their paltry savings into a multi-million-dollar fashion business.... + Read More
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Series: When Death Takes Something from You Give It Back Carl's Book Paperback Naja Marie Aidt 9781566895934 $25.50 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Apr 16, 2021

Finalist for the 2019 Kirkus Prize in NonfictionLonglisted for the National Book Award for Translated LiteratureLonglisted for the 2020 PEN Translation AwardAn unflinchingly raw and lyrical exploration of a mother’s grief and how it transforms her relationship to time, reality, and language.In March 2015, Naja Marie Aidt’s twenty-five-year-old son, Carl, died in a tragic accident.When Death Takes Something from You Give It Back chronicles the few first years after that devastating phone call. It is at once a sober account of life after losing a... + Read More
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Series: Home Sweet Road Finding Love, Making Music & Building a Life One City at a Time Hardcover Johnnyswim 9780593160206 $39.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Jun 08, 2021

The hugely popular singer/songwriter duo Johnnyswim share their story like never before, showing readers how to find home wherever they are in this visually stunning debut.Work and life partners Amanda Sudano Ramirez and Abner Ramirez are known for translating the memories and milestones of their journey, as well as the honest realities of marriage, into their spirited and soulful songs. With this beautifully designed, visually stunning book, the duo share never-before-told stories, beautiful photos, recipes, poetry and more from their life in... + Read More
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Series: Immoral, Indecent, and Scurrilous Paperback Gerald Hannon 9781770866027 $24.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Jun 30, 2021

“At least by reputation, I am a sex radical: gay activist dating back to the Cretaceous, defender of pedophiles, defender of (and participant in) sex work, sometime porn actor and maker, shameless voyeur (no window is safe if my binoculars are at hand), perpetual sour-puss on the subject of gay marriage. I came of age in the 1960s and ’70s, an era when most of those character traits and activities would have been seen as illegal at worst and shameless at best. Some still are. Others — gay marriage, for example — have switched sides, transitioni... + Read More
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Series: Broken Horses A Memoir Hardcover Brandi Carlile 9780593237243 $37.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Apr 06, 2021

The critically acclaimed singer-songwriter, producer, and five-time Grammy winner opens up about a life shaped by music in this candid, heartfelt, and intimate story.Brandi Carlile was born into a musically gifted, impoverished family on the outskirts of Seattle and grew up in a constant state of change, moving from house to house, trailer to trailer, fourteen times in as many years. Though imperfect in every way, her dysfunctional childhood was as beautiful as it was strange, and as nurturing as it was difficult. At the age of five, Brandi con... + Read More
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Series: Good Morning, Destroyer of Men's Souls A Memoir of Women, Addiction, and Love Paperback Nina Renata Aron 9780525576686 $23.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Apr 20, 2021

A scorching memoir of a love affair with an addict, weaving personal reckoning with psychology and history to understand the nature of addiction, codependency, and our appetite for obsessive love.“The disease he has is addiction,” Nina Renata Aron writes of her boyfriend, K. “The disease I have is loving him.” Their love affair was dramatic, urgent, overwhelming—an intoxicating antidote to the long, lonely days of early motherhood. But soon after they get together, K starts using again, and years of relapses and broken promises follow. Even as ... + Read More
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Series: Square Haunting Five Writers in London Between the Wars Paperback Francesca Wade 9780451497802 $24.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Apr 06, 2021

An engrossing group portrait of five women writers, including Virginia Woolf, who moved to London’s Mecklenburgh Square in search of new freedom in their lives and work.“I like this London life…the street-sauntering and square-haunting.”—Virginia Woolf, diary, 1925In the early twentieth century, Mecklenburgh Square—a hidden architectural gem in the heart of London—was a radical address. On the outskirts of Bloomsbury, known for the eponymous group who “lived in squares, painted in circles, and loved in triangles,” the square was home to student... + Read More
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Series: Girl Decoded A Scientist's Quest to Reclaim Our Humanity by Bringing Emotional Intelligence to Technology Paperback Rana el Kaliouby 9781984824783 $23.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Apr 20, 2021

In a captivating memoir, an Egyptian-American visionary and scientist provides an intimate view of her personal transformation as she follows her calling—to humanize our technology and how we connect with one another. “Rana el Kaliouby’s journey to overcome self-doubt and embrace her ambition will resonate with women everywhere.”—Tory Burch, founder and executive chairman of Tory Burch LLCRana el Kaliouby is a rarity in both the tech world and her native Middle East: a Muslim leader and CEO, a woman in charge in a field that is still overwhelmi... + Read More
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Series: The Bookseller of Florence Hardcover Ross King 9780385692977 $39.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Apr 13, 2021

Award-winning and bestselling author Ross King is back with another rich, gripping history—a story of rivalry, new technology and the finest illuminated manuscripts known to history, all set against a Renaissance Florence backdrop.Against the endlessly rich and fascinating backdrop of Renaissance Florence, The Bookseller of Florence brings to light an extraordinary story about the city and its culture—that of Vespasiano da Bisticci, the “king of the world’s booksellers,” Florence’s most indispensable and prolific merchant of knowledge. His book... + Read More
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Series: This One Wild Life A Mother-Daughter Wilderness Memoir Paperback Angie Abdou 9781770416000 $21.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Apr 13, 2021

From the author of Canada Reads finalist The Bone Cage. Includes research on the shy child, parent-child bonding, social media issues, and the benefits of outdoor activity and nature immersion. Disillusioned with overly competitive organized sports and concerned about her lively daughter’s growing shyness, author Angie Abdou sets herself a challenge: to hike a peak a week over the summer holidays with Katie. They will bond in nature and discover the glories of outdoor activity. What could go wrong? Well, among other things, it turns out... + Read More
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Series: Caviar Dreams, Tuna Fish Budget How to Survive in Business and Life Hardcover Margaret Josephs 9781982172411 $37.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Apr 13, 2021

Pretty Mess meets #Girlboss in this part memoir, part entrepreneurial manifesto from The Real Housewives of New Jersey’s “Powerhouse in Pigtails.”Margaret Josephs is a hustler. She’s a tough cookie. She speaks her mind. She never leaves the house without lipstick on. She’s also a devoted wife, mother, daughter, businesswoman, lifestyle expert, and fan-favorite star of the reality TV series The Real Housewives of New Jersey. Sounds pretty glamorous, right? Well, things are never exactly as they seem. Before she arrived where she is today, “The M... + Read More
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Series: There I Am The Journey from Hopelessness to Healing—A Memoir Paperback Ruthie Lindsey 9781982107925 $22.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Apr 20, 2021

Brain on Fire meets Carry On, Warrior in this inspirational memoir and “testament to the things that break us, heal us, and make us who we are” (Glennon Doyle, #1 New York Times bestselling author) that explores one woman’s journey from chronic pain and hopelessness to finding joy, redemption, and healing.At seventeen years old, Ruthie Lindsey is hit by an ambulance near her home in rural Louisiana. She’s given a five percent chance of survival and one percent chance of walking again. One month later after a spinal fusion surgery, Ruthie defies... + Read More
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Series: Three-Martini Afternoons at the Ritz The Rebellion of Sylvia Plath & Anne Sexton Hardcover Gail Crowther 9781982138394 $37.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Apr 20, 2021

A vividly rendered and empathetic exploration of how two of the greatest poets of the 20th century—Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton—became bitter rivals and, eventually, friends. Introduced at a workshop in Boston University led by the acclaimed and famous poet Robert Lowell, Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton formed a friendship that would soon evolve into a fierce rivalry, colored by jealousy and respect in equal terms. In the years that followed, these two women would not only become iconic figures in literature, but also lead curiously parallel live... + Read More
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Series: Alexa! Changing the Face of Canadian Politics Hardcover Stephen Kimber 9781773101958 $32.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Apr 20, 2021

Alexa McDonough’s impact on Canadian politics cannot be measured solely by election victories or seat tallies. As the first female leader of a mainstream Canadian political party, she helped transform Nova Scotian and Canadian politics. In the process, she transcended party affiliation and gender to become simply "Alexa" to Canadians across the country. In this authorized biography, veteran author Stephen Kimber chronicles Alexa’s life and political career and with it, weaves a narrative of the changing attitudes towards women in politics, from... + Read More
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Series: Camp Girls Fireside Lessons on Friendship, Courage, and Loyalty Paperback Iris Krasnow 9781538732250 $22.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Apr 06, 2021

New York Times bestselling author Iris Krasnow reflects with humor and heart on her summer camp experiences and the lessons she and her fellow campers learned there that have stayed with them throughout their lives.Iris Krasnow was 8 years old when she first attended sleep-away camp, building lasting friendships and essential life skills amid the towering pine trees and open skies of Wisconsin. Decades later, she returned to Camp Agawak as a staff member to help resurrect Agalog, the camp's defunct magazine that she wrote for as a child. There,... + Read More
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Series: Madam Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the Lessons of Power Hardcover Susan Page 9781538750698 $40.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Apr 20, 2021

The definitive biography of Nancy Pelosi, the most powerful woman in American political history, written by New York Times bestselling author and USA Today Washington bureau chief Susan Page. Featuring more than 150 exclusive interviews with those who know her best—and a series of in-depth, news-making interviews with Pelosi herself—MADAM SPEAKER is unprecedented in the scope of its exploration of Nancy Pelosi’s remarkable life and of her indelible impact on American politics. Before she was Nancy Pelosi, she was Nancy D’Alesandro. Her father w... + Read More
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Series: The Unfit Heiress The Tragic Life and Scandalous Sterilization of Ann Cooper Hewitt Hardcover Audrey Clare Farley 9781538753354 $35.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Apr 20, 2021

For readers of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks and The Phantom of Fifth Avenue, a page-turning drama of fortunes, eugenics and women's reproductive rights framed by the sordid court battle between Ann Cooper Hewitt and her socialite mother. At the turn of the twentieth century, American women began to reject Victorian propriety in favor of passion and livelihood outside the home. This alarmed authorities, who feared certain "over-sexed" women could destroy civilization if allowed to reproduce and pass on their defects. Set against this bac... + Read More
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Series: My Year 2013: Murderers and Angels Paperback Douglas Messerli 9781892295835 $23.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Apr 09, 2021

My Year is the title of Douglas Messerli's ongoing cultural memoirs, which began in 2000 with the turn of the 21st century. This volume covers cultural events from 2013, including essays on film, literature, art, performance, and autobiography. It is structured around the theme "Murderers and Angels."
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Series: Last Chance Texaco Chronicles of an American Troubadour Hardcover Rickie Lee Jones 9780802127129 $40.50 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Apr 06, 2021

This troubadour life is only for the fiercest hearts, only for those vessels that can be broken to smithereens and still keep beating out the rhythm for a new song.Last Chance Texaco is the first ever no-holds-barred account of the life of two-time Grammy Award-winner Rickie Lee Jones in her own words. It is a tale of desperate chances and impossible triumphs, an adventure story of a girl who beat the odds and grew up to become one of the most legendary artists of her time, turning adversity and hopelessness into timeless music. With candor ... + Read More
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Series: Lilyville Mother, Daughter, and Other Roles I've Played Hardcover Tovah Feldshuh 9780306924026 $37.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Apr 13, 2021

This heartwarming and funny memoir from a beloved actress tells the story of a mother and daughter whose narrative reflects American cultural changes and the world's shifting expectations of women.From Golda to Ginsburg, Yentl to Mama Rose, Tallulah to the Queen of Mean, Tovah Feldshuh has always played powerful women who aren't afraid to sit at the table with the big boys and rule their world. But offstage, Tovah struggled to fulfill the one role she never auditioned for: Lily Feldshuh's only daughter.Growing up in Scarsdale, NY in the 1950s, ... + Read More
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Series: Sing Backwards and Weep A Memoir Paperback Mark Lanegan 9780306922787 $22.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Apr 27, 2021

This gritty bestselling memoir by the singer Mark Lanegan of Screaming Trees, Queens of the Stone Age, and Soulsavers documents his years as a singer and drug addict in Seattle in the '80s and '90s.When Mark Lanegan first arrived in Seattle in the mid-1980s, he was just "an arrogant, self-loathing redneck waster seeking transformation through rock 'n' roll." Little did he know that within less than a decade he would rise to fame as the frontman of the Screaming Trees and then fall from grace as a low-level crack dealer and a homeless heroin add... + Read More
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Series: The Ox The Authorized Biography of The Who's John Entwistle Paperback Paul Rees 9780306922862 $22.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Apr 06, 2021

Unearth a piece of music history with this definitive, no-holds-barred biography of John Entwistle, The Who's legendary bass guitarist.It is an unequivocal fact that in terms of rock bands, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and The Who represent Year Zero, the beginning of all things, ground-breakers all. To that incontrovertible end, John Entwistle—The Who's beloved bassist—remains an enigmatic yet undeniably influential figure. However, unlike his fellow musicians, Entwistle has yet to be the subject of a major biography. In the years since hi... + Read More
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Series: The Bushman’s Lair On the Trail of the Fugitive of the Shuswap Paperback Paul McKendrick 9781550179224 $22.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Apr 24, 2021

Some of Western Canada’s most enduring legends involve wilderness fugitives like the Mad Trapper of Rat River or Gunanoot of the Skeena. This book is about one of the most mysterious and most recent fugitives, the Bushman of the Shuswap, who made national headlines while on the lam in the wilderness around Shuswap Lake during the turn of the millennium. For several years he played cat and mouse with the RCMP, raiding summer cottages for supplies and giving media interviews at the edge of the bush only to vanish like smoke. Who was the mysteriou... + Read More
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Series: The AirBnB Chronicles My Life as a Welcome Mat Paperback Laura Fahrenthold 9781578268566 $20.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Jun 29, 2021

Looks into the wonderful, crazy, inspirational stories of one woman’s experience sharing her house with others.Everyone has their own unique stories. That is what Laura Fahrenthold learned when she listed her house on AirBnB and started hosting people from all kinds of places. What started out as a simple way for a widow with growing teenage girls to make some extra money became much more, as friendships and relationships developed, funny and heartwarming stories were shared, and connections were made. The AirBnB Chronicles is one woman’s adven... + Read More
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Series: Town & Country: The Queen A Life in Pictures Hardcover Victoria Murphy 9781950785094 $54.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Apr 06, 2021

“Queen Elizabeth II once said, ‘I have to be seen to be believed.’ Well, here is Her Majesty in all her glory—and in delightful personal detail too. Victoria Murphy has created an invaluable photographic tribute to Britain’s longest serving monarch and to her memorable reign.” —Robert Lacey, historian and biographer Since she succeeded to the throne in 1952, Queen Elizabeth II has become respected, celebrated, and beloved around the world. This stunning collection of powerful images illustrates her storied reign in all its glory. More than 30... + Read More
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Series: Always Pack a Candle A Nurse in the Cariboo-Chilcotin Paperback Marion McKinnon Crook 9781772033625 $22.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Apr 13, 2021

The true story of an adventurous young nurse who provided much-needed health care to the rural communities of the Cariboo-Chilcotin in the 1960s.In 1962, newly minted public health nurse Marion McKinnon arrived in the small community of Williams Lake in BC's Cariboo region. Armed with more confidence than experience, she got into her government-issued Chevy—packed with immunization supplies, baby scales, and emergency drugs—and headed out into her 9,300-square-kilometre territory, inhabited by ranchers; mill workers; and many vulnerable men, wo... + Read More
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Series: Joseph William McKay A Métis Business Leader in Colonial British Columbia Paperback Greg N. Fraser 9781772033403 $22.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Apr 13, 2021

An intriguing look at the accomplishments and contradictions of Joseph William McKay, best known as the founder of Nanaimo, BC, and one of the most successful Métis men to rise through the ranks of the Hudson’s Bay Company in the late nineteenth century. When examining the history of British Columbia, one would be hard-pressed to find an Indigenous person who so successfully navigated the echelons of colonial power as did Joseph William McKay (1829–1900). McKay was Métis, born in Quebec, and began his career in Oregon during the dispute over th... + Read More
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Series: An Indian among Los Indigenas A Native Travel Memoir Hardcover Ursula Pike 9781597145275 $38.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Apr 16, 2021

A gripping, witty memoir about indigeneity, travel, and colonialism When she was twenty-five, Ursula Pike boarded a plane to Bolivia and began her term of service in the Peace Corps. A member of the Karuk Tribe, Pike sought to make meaningful connections with Indigenous people halfway around the world. But she arrived in La Paz with trepidation as well as excitement, “knowing I followed in the footsteps of Western colonizers and missionaries who had also claimed they were there to help.” In the following two years, as a series of dramatic ep... + Read More
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Series: The Sphinx The Life of Gladys Deacon – Duchess of Marlborough Paperback Hugo Vickers 9781529390742 $19.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Apr 20, 2021

**The Times and Sunday Times Books of the Year 2020**'This biography is truly wonderful - a masterclass in storytelling'Sunday Times'A continuously astonishing and ultimately moving account of a unique figure, the stuff of great literature' Simon Callow, THE SUNDAY TIMES'Gripping . . . jaw-dropping story, brilliantly told' Ysenda Maxtone Graham, THE TIMES'The last book that made me cry . . . a really thorough and well-researched biography' Lynda La Plante, Good Housekeeping'The most extraordinary, rackety life' William Boyd, DAILY TELEGRAPH'Ric... + Read More
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Series: What Am I Bid? Hardcover Philip Serrell 9781529396461 $36.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Apr 27, 2021

When Philip Serrell - now well known for his television appearances - gave up teaching to become a professional auctioneer, he thought he was embarking on a sensible and safe career . . . a quiet life in the country with no surprises. How wrong he was. In WHAT AM I BID? he tells of life after the events he described in AN AUCTIONEER'S LOT (2006) and SOLD TO THE MAN WITH THE TIN LEG (2007), to bring his story up to date. From dodgy cars to fakes in the saleroom; angry livestock, mangled silverware and tortuous - not to mention muddy - experience... + Read More
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Series: Hollywood Eden Electric Guitars, Fast Cars, and the Myth of the California Paradise Hardcover Joel Selvin 9781487007218 $32.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Apr 06, 2021

From the Beach Boys and Jan & Dean to the Byrds and the Mamas & the Papas, acclaimed music journalist Joel Selvin tells the story of a group of young artists and musicians who came together at the dawn of the 1960s to create the lasting myth of the California dream.From surf music to hot-rod records to the sunny pop of the Beach Boys and the Mamas & the Papas, Hollywood Eden captures the fresh blossom of a young generation who came together in the epic spring of the 1960s to invent the myth of the California Paradise. Central to the story is a ... + Read More
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Series: Tireless Runners A Family History of Indigenous Canada Paperback Robert Jago 9781487006419 $22.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Oct 04, 2022

For readers of Thomas King’s The Inconvenient Indian and Chelsea Vowel’s Indigenous Writes, Tireless Runners tells the history of colonization from pre-contact to the present day through the multi-generational story of one Indigenous family.Tireless Runners is the multi-generational story of the Sacquilty family, part of the Kwantlen First Nation in southwestern British Columbia. Prior to first contact in the 1800s, the Sacquilty were a wealthy family living in a region rich from fishing and trade. With the arrival of the Hudson’s Bay Company, ... + Read More
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Series: We Learnt About Hitler at the Mickey Mouse Club A Childhood on the Eve of War Paperback Enid Elliott Linder 9781785786099 $26.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Apr 23, 2021

For fans of Downton Abbey, a unique autobiography of a 1930s London childhood Enid Elliot Linder was the daughter of a butler and a lady's maid in service in some of England's grandest country houses. Evoking the lost world of a childhood ?below stairs', Linder's touching memoir describes how her life changed as Britain headed towards war. After the family moved to a Marylebone tenement, her father sought work in London restaurants whilst battling personal demons. Meanwhile Linder's aunt was nanny to a high-ranking member of the British Un... + Read More
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Series: Bloodroot tracing the untelling of motherloss Paperback Betsy Warland 9781771338370 $22.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Apr 15, 2021

It is rare for an author to re-enter one of her books published twenty years ago. In the first edition of Bloodroot, Warland traced how a mother's shared gender with her daughter can shape the very anatomy of narrative itself. In her mother's final year, Warland quietly discovered how to disentangle a crucial, concealed story that had rendered their relationship disconnected and fraught. The 2000 edition broke new ground in memoir form and uncharted storytelling. The 2020 edition includes a new essay by Warland that explores subsequent question... + Read More
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Series: Unstoppable Siggi B. Wilzig's Astonishing Journey from Auschwitz Survivor and Penniless Immigrant to Wall Street Legend Hardcover Joshua Greene 9781647222154 $39.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Apr 06, 2021

Unstoppable recounts the fascinating life of Siggi Wilzig, who survived the hell of Hitler and Auschwitz to become one of the biggest success stories in post-World War II American business—a true embodiment of the American Dream. At a time of national division, this testament to the triumph of the human spirit over horrific tragedy through fortitude and faith offers an inspiring message that will both resonate with readers today and offer enormous hope for a better future.Unstoppable is the story of an American hero—a man who survived the hell ... + Read More
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Series: The Only Way Is the Steady Way Essays on Baseball, Ichiro, and How We Watch the Game Paperback Andrew Forbes 9781988784663 $19.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Apr 02, 2021

Essays about baseball's past, present, and future - and the wisdom of Ichiro Suzuki The Only Way Is the Steady Way is a baseball memoir in scorecards and baseball cards, a recollection of the game's biggest stars and outlandish personalities, and introspective letters to a legendary player. These essays examine the meaning of baseball across international borders and at all levels of the game - from Little League diamonds to big league ballparks. Parents learn unexpected lessons at t-ball, cheap souvenirs reveal their hidden significance, and... + Read More