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• The Best Minds

  a Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions

  Rosen, Jonathan, 1963-

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  When the Rosens moved to New Rochelle in 1973, Jonathan Rosen and Michael Laudor seemed destined to become inseparable. The boys, both children of college professors, grew up on the same street in intellectually vibrant homes shaped by ideas,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Beyond the Mountains

  An Immigrant's Inspiring Journey of Healing and Learning to Dance With the Universe

  Prem, Deja Vu,

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  The powerful story of how an immigrant from the Philippines overcame childhood trauma and an emotionally abusive marriage to find her voice and thrive.

• Bird Milk & Mosquito Bones

  a Memoir

  Mattoo, Priyanka,

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  A memoir in essays from the writer and filmmaker, Priyanka Mattoo, about growing up in India, England, and Saudi Arabia; motherhood; and going to school in the US"-- Priyanka Mattoo was born into a wooden house in the Himalayas, as were most of her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Chasing Hope

  a Reporter's Life

  Kristof, Nicholas D., 1959-

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  From New York Times columnist, Pulitzer Prize winner, and bestselling author Nicholas D. Kristof, an intimate and gripping memoir about a life in journalism Since 1984, Nicholas Kristof has worked almost continuously for The New York Times as a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Cher

  the Memoir. Part One

  Cher, 1946-

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  After more than seventy years of fighting to live her life on her own terms, Cher finally reveals her true story in intimate detail, in a two-part memoir.

• Hidden Figures

  the American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race

  Shetterly, Margot Lee,

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  Before John Glenn orbited the earth or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as "human computers" used pencils, slide rules and adding machines to calculate the numbers that would launch rockets, and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea

  One Refugee's Incredible Story of Love, Loss, and Survival

  Fleming, Melissa (Melissa R.),

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  Adrift in a frigid sea, no land in sight, Doaa Al Zamel floated with a small inflatable water ring around her waist and clutched two children who had been thrust into her arms by their drowning relatives. Once an average Syrian girl, her life was…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I'm Laughing Because I'm Crying

  Mayer, Youngmi,

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  Comedian Youngmi Mayer recounts her childhood and adolescence as an offbeat biracial kid in Saipan. With humor and irreverence, she shares difficult moments in her past, including her family's struggles during the last century of colonialism, her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Invisible

  the Forgotten Story of the Black Woman Lawyer Who Took Down America's Most Powerful Mobster

  Carter, Stephen L., 1954-

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  The bestselling author delves into his past and discovers the inspiring story of his grandmothers extraordinary life. She was black and a woman and a prosecutor, a graduate of Smith College and the granddaughter of slaves, as dazzlingly unlikely a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Rift in Time

  Travels With My Ottoman Uncle

  Shehadeh, Raja, 1951-

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  An engrossing family memoir that shines a light on Palestine's history, offering a sober yet hopeful view of its people's struggles for freedom, from the award-winning author of We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I. The quest for his…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Shirley Jackson

  a Rather Haunted Life

  Franklin, Ruth,

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  Still known to millions only as the author of the "The Lottery," Shirley Jackson (1916-1965) remains curiously absent from the American literary canon. A genius of literary suspense, Jackson plumbed the cultural anxiety of postwar America better…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Woman of No Importance

  the Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II

  Purnell, Sonia,

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  The never-before-told story of one woman's heroism that changed the course of the Second World War In 1942, the Gestapo sent out an urgent transmission: "She is the most dangerous of all Allied spies. We must find and destroy her." This spy was…Read moreRead more of this annotation