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Author
Publisher
HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"In this collection, Arceneaux takes stock of how far he has traveled--and how much ground he still has to cover in this patriarchal, heteronormative society. He explores the opportunities afforded to Black creatives but also the doors that remain shut or ever-so-slightly ajar; the confounding challenges of dating in a time when social media has made everything both more accessible and more unreliable; and the allure of returning home while still...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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Description
"Bob Harig's latest deep-dive into Tiger Woods' thrilling career, as seen through his iconic 2019 Masters comeback and win. In April of 1997, the world of golf was forever changed. At the age of 21, a young Tiger Woods won the most prestigious golf tournament in the world, the Masters, by a record of 12 strokes. Woods became the youngest golfer ever to win the Masters and the first African or Asian-American player to win a major. History had been...
Author
Publisher
Triangle Square books for young readers, an imprint of Seven Stories Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Dan Wakefield's biography of Kurt Vonnegut: "You could say the same for his stories, novels, and memoirs. And for the way he spoke. He said things that other people thought but didn't say, or hadn't dared to think, but recognized as true when they heard it. The truth is often shocking, he wrote, because we hear it so seldomly.""--
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Jockey Queen tells for the first time the legendary exploits of trailblazing female jockey Lillian Jenkinson Holder, who broke the unwritten rule that females could not be jockeys, no matter how low or high level the event"--
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"When we meet Carrie Sun, she can't shake the feeling that she's wasting her life. The daughter of Chinese immigrants, Carrie excelled in school, graduated early from MIT, and climbed up the corporate ladder, all in pursuit of the American dream. But at twenty-nine, she's left her analyst job, dropped out of an MBA program, and is trapped in an unhappy engagement. So when she gets the rare opportunity to work at one of the most prestigious hedge funds...
Author
Publisher
Melville House
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
As a young girl growing up in Houston, Margaret Juhae Lee never heard about her grandfather, Lee Chul Ha. His history was lost in early twentieth-century Korea, and guarded by Margaret's grandmother, who Chul Ha left widowed in 1936 with two young sons. To his surviving family, Lee Chul Ha was a criminal, and his granddaughter was determined to figure out why. Starry Field: A Memoir of Lost History chronicles Chul Ha's untold story. Combining investigative...
Author
Publisher
One World
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Through vivid vignettes, the platinum-selling, Grammy-winning co-founder of The Roots tells dramatic stories of the four powerful relationships that shaped him, each a complex weave of love, discovery, trauma and loss, illuminating the redemptive power of the upcycle.
Author
Publisher
Harvest, an imprint of William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
A gorgeous, sophisticated celebration of Audrey Hepburn's lifelong connection to the City of Light, featuring all the places in Paris she loved most, illustrated with vivid photographs, and featuring never-before-published stories about her films, family, friendships, photoshoots, and fashions. One of the world's most iconic actresses and one of the world's most iconic cities together in one extraordinary volume. There has always been a special connection...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Abandoned by their parents as toddlers, Willie and Bobbie Nelson found their love of music almost immediately through their grandparents, who raised them in a dusty small town in east Texas. Their close relationship--which persists today--is the longest-lasting bond in either of their lives. In alternating chapters, this heartfelt dual memoir weaves together their lives as they experienced them both side-by-side and apart with powerful, emotional...
Author
Publisher
Mango Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Whether you learned about these women in school or not, these Black women changed society and inspired future generations. Read all about women such as Sojourner Truth, Anita Hill, Wangari Maathai, Aretha Franklin, Simone Biles, Naomi Osaka and so many more. Packed with mini biographies of big she-ros, The Book of Awesome Black Women features mighty Black women who are usually omitted from the history books. Discover their stories of strength, perseverance...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In 1967, Sireen Sawalha's mother, with her young children, walked back to Palestine against the traffic of exile. My Brother, My Land is the story of Sireen's family in the decades that followed and their lives in the Palestinian village of Kufr Ra'i. From Sireen's early life growing up in the shadow of the '67 War and her family's work as farmers caring for their land, to the involvement of her brother Iyad in armed resistance in the First and Second...
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"The first definitive exploration of the role of the twenty-first century First Lady, painting a comprehensive portrait of Jill Biden and the evolution of the First Lady's role from ceremonial figurehead to political operative-from a White House correspondent for The New York Times. Since the Clinton era, tectonic shifts in media, politics, and pop culture have all redefined expectations of First Ladies, even as the boundaries set upon them have at...
Author
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Thomas Watson Jr. drove IBM to undertake the biggest gamble in business history with a revolution no other company of the age could dare--the creation in the 1960s of the IBM System/360, the world's first fully integrated and compatible mainframe computer that laid the foundation for the information technology future. Its success made IBM the most valuable company in America. Fortune magazine touted him as "the greatest capitalist who ever lived."...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Zippi Spitzer and David Wisnia were captivated by each other from the moment they first exchanged glances across the work floor. It was the beginning of a love story that could have happened anywhere. Except for one difference: this romance was unfolding in history's most notorious death camp, between two young prisoners whose budding intimacy risked dooming them if they were caught. Incredibly, David and Zippi survived for years beneath the ash-choked...
Author
Publisher
Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Set against the glittering backdrop of Los Angeles during the gin-soaked Jazz Age and the rise of Hollywood, this debut book celebrates Anna May Wong, the first Asian American movie star, to bring an unsung heroine to light and reclaim her place in cinema history"--
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