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Author
Publisher
Golden Notebook Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
I"n her new memoir, Abigail Thomas ruminates on aging during the confines of COVID-19 with her trademark mix of humor and wisdom, including valuable, contemplative writing tips along the way. As she approaches eighty, what she herself calls old age, Abigail Thomas accepts her new life, quieter than before, no driving, no dancing, mostly sitting in her chair in a sunny corner with three dogs for company—three dogs, vivid memories, bugs and birds...
Author
Publisher
Hawthorne Books & Literary Arts
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
The author recounts his six-year investigation of a local college professor's death while providing an examination of his small, isolated town, his rocky marriage to a Mexican woman, and his ostensibly autistic son.
Author
Publisher
Graywolf Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Roger Reeves finds new meaning in silence, protest, fugitivity, freedom, and ecstasy. Braiding memoir, theory, and criticism, Reeves juxtaposes the images of an opera singer breaking the state-mandated silence curfew by singing out into the streets of Santiago, Chile, and a father teaching his daughter to laugh out loud at the planes dropping bombs on them in Aleppo, Syria. He describes the history of the hush harbor—places where enslaved people...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Reflecting on twenty years of investigating more than 5,500 death scenes, an NYC death investigator, the second woman ever hired for this role, shares how, in dealing with death every day, she learned surprising lessons about life--and how some of those lessons saved her from becoming a statistic herself"--
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Diagnosed with autism at the age of thirty-four, one of the UK's hottest comedy stars reflects on the ways her undiagnosed autism influenced her youth, from the tree that functioned as her childhood best friend to the psychiatric facility where she ended up when no one knew what to do with her.
Author
Publisher
Debate
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
Primera edición.
Language
Español
Description
El increíble relato en primera persona de Carlos Lehder sobre su vida como narcotraficante y sobre la creación y la evolución del cartel de Medellín. Por más de treinta años se han tejido todo tipo de leyendas en torno al afamado narcotraficante Carlos Lehder. Por primera vez, los lectores podrán leer su versión en primera persona, que abarca desde sus inicios en el delito hasta su extradición a los Estados Unidos, y que cubre con especial...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown Spark
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In this long-awaited memoir, Hannah shares the story of her childhood during the Holocaust, from the introduction of anti-Jewish laws in Amsterdam to the gradual disappearance of classmates and, eventually, the Frank family, to Hannah and her family's imprisonment in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. As Hannah chronicles the experiences of her own life during and after the war, she provides a searing look at what countless children endured at...
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
Sharing her once-in-a-lifetime experience studying penguins in Antarctica, a scientist, weaving together the history of Antarctic exploration with climate science, field observations, and her own personal journey of growth and reflection, offers a rare glimpse into life on this uninhabited continent.
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Hey you guys, it’s Leslie. I’m excited to share my story with you. Now, I’m gonna be honest: Some of the details might be vague because a b*tch is fifty-five and she’s smoked a ton of weed. But while bits might be a touch hazy, I can promise you the underlying truth is REAL. Whether I’m talking about my childhood growing up in the South, my early stand-up days driving from gig to gig through the darkest parts of our country and praying...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Nicole Avant-diplomat, philanthropist, filmmaker-grew up surrounded by some of the most extraordinary artists of our time: Bill Withers, Oprah Winfrey, Quincy Jones, Sidney Poitier. Her parents-entertainment mogul, Clarence Avant, and legendary philanthropist, Jacqueline Avant-turned their home into a place of refuge and inspiration for a generation of geniuses. Nicole drew on that magical upbringing to create a stellar career in the music business,...
Author
Publisher
Portfolio/Penguin
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"The unforgettable true story of how a janitor struggling to put food on the table invented Flamin' Hot Cheetos in a secret test kitchen, breaking barriers and becoming the first Latino executive at Frito-Lay. Richard Montañez wasn't supposed to have big dreams. Born to migrant farm workers and mired in grinding generational poverty, he left school in the sixth grade, eventually taking a job mopping floors at Frito Lay's California factory to support...
Author
Publisher
Tiny Reparations Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Growing up as the only biracial kid in Great Falls, Montana, the comedian, musician and band leader takes us through his story, hitting upon the culture shock he experienced after moving from Europe to Montana--a place he needed to leave, but is ultimately drawn back to.
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