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Biographies & Memoirs

After Shock: Learning to Reinhabit My Body After Illness
Biographies & Memoirs

By Rana Awdish. In this powerful follow-up to her bestselling memoir In Shock, a doctor asks: What does it truly mean to heal?In the...

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Marilyn and Her Books: The Literary Life of Marilyn Monroe
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By Gail Crowther. Timed to the 100th birthday of Marilyn Monroe, and with the full cooperation of the Monroe estate, comes an investigation ...

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Spawning Season: An Experiment in Queer Parenthood
Biographies & Memoirs

By Joseph Osmundson. NBCC and Lambda Literary Award finalist Joseph Osmundson chronicles his journey toward and away from parenthood to ask ...

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Defiance: A Memoir of Awakening, Rebellion, and Survival in Syria
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By Loubna Mrie. Every day at school, Loubna Mrie pledged allegiance to Bashar al-Assad. His portrait hung over every blackboard, and her tex...

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Vermeer: A Life Lost and Found
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By Andrew Graham-Dixon. This revelatory biography persuasively addresses the two great unresolved questions about Vermeer?why did he paint h...

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Rebel of the Regency: The Scandalous Saga of Caroline of Brunswick, Britain’s Uncrowned Queen
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By Ann Foster. The dramatic, absolutely outrageous story of Caroline of Brunswick, a beloved icon of the Regency era, who uplifted the voice...

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Delusions: Of Grandeur, of Romance, of Progress
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By Cazzie David. In this sharp and darkly funny new essay collection from the New York Times bestselling author, Cazzie David explores the i...

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