Book reviews and excerpts from exceptional biographies & memoirs
Biography & Memoir
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Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World
by Christian Cooper
Hardcover: Jun 2023
Paperback: Jun 2024
Central Park birder Christian Cooper takes us beyond the viral video that shocked a nation and into a world of avian adventures, global excursions, and the unexpected lessons you can learn from a life spent looking up.
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The Facemaker: A Visionary Surgeon's Battle to Mend the Disfigured Soldiers of World War I
by Lindsey Fitzharris
Hardcover: Jun 2022
Paperback: Jun 2023
Lindsey Fitzharris, the award-winning author of The Butchering Art, presents the compelling, true story of a visionary surgeon who rebuilt the faces of the First World War's injured heroes, and in the process ushered in the modern era of plastic ...
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Corrections in Ink: A Memoir
by Keri Blakinger
Hardcover: Jun 2022
Paperback: Jun 2023
An electric and unforgettable memoir about a young woman's journey - from the ice rink, to addiction and a prison sentence, to the newsroom - and how she emerged with a fierce determination to expose the broken system she experienced.
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Fatherland: A Memoir of War, Conscience, and Family Secrets
by Burkhard Bilger
Hardcover: May 2023
Paperback: Jun 2024
A New Yorker staff writer investigates his grandfather, a Nazi Party Chief, in this "unflinching, gorgeously written, and deeply moving exploration of morality, family, and war" (Patrick Radden Keefe, author of Empire of Pain).
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Churchill's Shadow: The Life and Afterlife of Winston Churchill
by Geoffrey Wheatcroft
Hardcover: Oct 2021
Paperback: Apr 2023
A major reassessment of Winston Churchill that examines his lasting influence in politics and culture.
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The Unfit Heiress: The Tragic Life and Scandalous Sterilization of Ann Cooper Hewitt
by Audrey Farley
Hardcover: Apr 2021
Paperback: Apr 2023
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.
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It. Goes. So. Fast.: The Year of No Do-Overs
by Mary Louise Kelly
Hardcover: Apr 2023
Operating Instructions meets Glennon Doyle in this new book by famed NPR reporter Mary Louise Kelly that is destined to become a classic—about the year before her son goes to college—and the joys, losses and surprises that happen along ...
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Red Paint: The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk
by Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe
Hardcover: Mar 2022
Paperback: Mar 2023
An Indigenous artist blends the aesthetics of punk rock with the traditional spiritual practices of the women in her lineage in this bold, contemporary journey to reclaim her heritage and unleash her power and voice while searching for a permanent ...
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