[bksvol-discuss] Fw: Biography and Memoir May 2008
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Biography and Memoir May 2008
"Don't wish me happiness--I don't expect to be happy; it's gotten beyond that,
somehow. Wish me courage and strength and a sense of humor--I will need them
all."
~ Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1906-2001), American author and aviator
New and Recently Released!
A Remarkable Mother - by Jimmy Carter
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
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Pub Date: 4/1/2008
ISBN: 9781416562450
ISBN-10: 1416562451
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has already penned several acclaimed works
of nonfiction, including Sharing Good Times and Hour Before Daylight: Memoirs
of a Rural Boyhood; now, in A Remarkable Mother, Carter shares a warm portrait
of his extraordinary mother, Lillian Carter, who deeply influenced his life.
Carter documents Miss Lillian's roles as a wife, mother, and registered nurse
as well as her work as a Peace Corps volunteer and her efforts as a goodwill
ambassador during his administration. If you want to know more about
presidential parents, check out Doug Wead's The Raising of a President: The
Mothers
and Fathers of Our Nation's Leaders.
Breaking News: A Stunning and Memorable Account of Reporting from Some of the
Most Dangerous Places in the World - by Martin Fletcher
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
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Pub Date: 3/4/2008
ISBN: 9780312371180
ISBN-10: 0312371187
During his 30-year career with NBC News, Tel Aviv bureau chief Martin Fletcher
has repeatedly risked his life while reporting from some of the most dangerous
locations around the globe. Breaking News is Fletcher's vivid account of his
experiences--first as a cameraman and later as a top foreign
correspondent--covering
events in such hot spots as Rwanda, Kosovo, and the Middle East. Fascinating
and at times moving, Fletcher's memoir will appeal to readers with a taste
for adventure or those seeking to better understand some of the 20th century's
most troubling conflicts.
Marie-Thérèse, Child of Terror: The Fate of Marie Antoinette's Daughter - by
Susan Nagel
Publisher: Bloomsbury
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Pub Date: 3/18/2008
ISBN: 9781596910577
ISBN-10: 1596910577
As the eldest child of France's Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, Marie-Thérèse
was born into a world of luxury, but her privileged lifestyle came to an abrupt
end during the French Revolution. At just 17 years old, Marie-Thérèse was taken
to the Temple Prison, where she was held for three horrific years. When
the Reign of Terror was finally over, both of her parents were dead, and she
was their only surviving child. In this engrossing book, biographer Susan
Nagel discusses Marie-Thérèse's early life as well as her fate after the
revolution. If you want to know more about the House of Bourbon, check out
Antonia
Fraser's Marie Antoinette: The Journey.
Franklin and Lucy: An Intimate Portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Mrs.
Rutherfurd, and the Other Remarkable Women Who Shaped FDR's Life - by Joseph E.
Persico
Publisher: Random House
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Pub Date: 4/29/2008
ISBN: 9781400064427
ISBN-10: 1400064422
While it's a well-known fact that U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt had
an affair with Lucy Mercer Rutherfurd, the full extent of their relationship
has yet to be completely understood. In Franklin and Lucy, acclaimed historian
Joseph E. Persico offers a penetrating, detailed analysis of the long-lasting
affair between the two. In addition, Persico examines FDR's relationships with
some of the other women in his life, including his wife, his mother, his
secretary, and one of his cousins. Pick up this book for an intimate look at
the 32nd president.
Born in May
Catherine the Great: Love, Sex and Power - by Virginia Rounding
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
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Pub Date: 2/6/2007
ISBN: 9780312328870
ISBN-10: 0312328877
May 2, 1729. Born a minor German princess, Catherine the Great was Russia's
greatest female ruler and perhaps one of its most misunderstood monarchs. This
lively biography of the 18th-century empress discusses both the public and
private aspects of her life, from her birth in Anhalt-Zerbst to her ascension
to the throne to rumors about her sexuality. British biographer Virginia
Rounding also provides a colorful look at the Russian court and its courtiers.
For another in-depth portrait of a legendary Russian ruler, check out Robert
Massie's Peter the Great.
Five Sisters: The Langhornes of Virginia - by James Fox
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
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Pub Date: 5/2/2001
ISBN: 9780743200424
ISBN-10: 074320042X
May 18, 1879 (Nancy Langhorne Astor). In Five Sisters, biographer James Fox
traces the lives of the five dazzling Langhorne sisters of Virginia. Eldest
sister Lizzie married a southerner and clung to the ways of the past; beautiful
Irene married Charles Dana Gibson and was the embodiment of the Gibson
Girl; middle-sister Nancy became Lady Astor and the first woman in Parliament;
charming Phyllis married economist Bob Brand; and free-spirited Nora befriended
F. Scott Fitzgerald. From Reconstruction-era Virginia to Edwardian England and
into the 1960s, this is an amazing tale of fame, fortune, and tragedy.
First Chapter
Table of Contents
Jimmy Stewart: A Biography - by Marc Eliot
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
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Pub Date: 9/25/2007
ISBN: 9781400052226
ISBN-10: 140005222X
May 20, 1908. Where would Hollywood be without the contributions of Jimmy
Stewart? The Academy Award-winning actor, who died in 1997, was the star of
countless
films, from the Christmas favorite It's a Wonderful Life to Alfred Hitchcock's
Vertigo. In this biography of the beloved film star, author Marc Eliot (Cary
Grant: A Biography) chronicles Stewart's life and career, including his
Pennsylvania childhood, his rise to stardom, his military service, and his
marriage
to former model Gloria Hatrick McLean. Fans of Hollywood's Golden Age should
enjoy this revealing biography.
First Chapter
Chronicles: Volume One - by Bob Dylan
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
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Pub Date: 10/1/2004
ISBN: 9780743228152
ISBN-10: 0743228154
May 24, 1941. Written by musical great Bob Dylan himself, Chronicles: Volume
One is the first book in a planned series of personal histories. Among the
topics that the famed singer-songwriter discusses are his intellectual
development, his public persona, and his comeback during the 1980s. While this
book
doesn't follow a straight chronological trajectory, it is "a record of a young
man's self-education, as contagious in its frank excitement as the letters
of John Keats and as sincere in its ramble as Jack Kerouac's On the Road"
(Publishers Weekly).
First Chapter
Big Russ and me : father and son, lessons of life - Tim Russert
Publisher: Miramax Books
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Pub Date: 4/1/2004
ISBN: 9781401352080
ISBN-10: 1401352081
The author offers a memoir of life with his father, a proud World War II
veteran, describing growing up in 1950s Buffalo, the influence of his Catholic
upbringing, and the importance of hard work, responsibility, and patriotism.
Table of Contents
Focus on: Mothers and Daughters
Secret Daughter: A Mixed-Race Daughter and the Mother Who Gave Her Away - by
June Cross
Publisher: Viking
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Pub Date: 5/18/2006
ISBN: 9780670885558
ISBN-10: 067088555X
When four-year-old June Cross' white mother, Norma, and her black father, James
Cross, split up in the 1950s, Norma made the decision to surrender June
to family friends who pretended that she was their own child. But it wasn't
financial hardships or the emotional strain of being a single mother that made
Norma give up her daughter, it was the fact that June was a mixed-race child
who had grown "too dark to pass." In Secret Daughter, June describes the impact
of her mother's decision on her childhood and adult life as well as the
complicated bond that they shared. This moving story was the subject of a 1996
Emmy Award-winning PBS documentary.
Table of Contents
She Got Up Off the Couch: And Other Heroic Acts from Mooreland, Indiana - by
Haven Kimmel
Publisher: Free Press
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Pub Date: 12/27/2005
ISBN: 9780743284998
ISBN-10: 0743284992
In this follow-up to A Girl Named Zippy, author Haven "Zippy" Kimmel revisits
her quirky family and shines the spotlight on her mother, Delonda Jarvis.
For much of Zippy's childhood, Delonda was a fixture in the family's den, where
she read, ate, and watched television. But one day, the Indiana mother
decided to take charge of her life; she applied to college, earned her degree,
and even went on to get a master's. Along the way she lost 100 pounds, the
dynamics of the Jarvis family changed, and Delonda's marriage fell apart. She
Got Up Off the Couch is a bittersweet and humorous story that fans of Kimmel's
first memoir won't want to miss.
First Chapter
Table of Contents
No More Words: A Journal of My Mother, Anne Morrow Lindbergh - by Reeve
Lindbergh
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
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Pub Date: 10/1/2002
ISBN: 9780743203142
ISBN-10: 0743203143
Written by the daughter of author Anne Morrow Lindbergh and aviator Charles
Lindbergh, this poignant memoir details the final 22 months of Anne's life after
she suffered a series of debilitating strokes. Reeve Lindbergh not only shares
her feelings about caring for her ailing mother but she also describes
significant
moments in the course of their relationship. Eloquent, tender, and deeply
affecting, No More Words will resonate with anyone who has ever cared for an
elderly parent.
First Chapter
Consuelo and Alva Vanderbilt: The Story of a Daughter and a Mother in the
Gilded Age - by Amanda Mackenzie Stuart
Publisher: HarperCollins
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Pub Date: 1/1/2006
ISBN: 9780066214184
ISBN-10: 0066214181
At the wedding of Consuelo Vanderbilt, one of the Gilded Age's richest
heiresses, and Britain's ninth Duke of Marlborough, it wasn't the groom who was
late,
but the bride. As the guests gathered at New York's St. Thomas Church, Consuelo
was at home, desperately trying to stop the nuptials, which were arranged
by her domineering and determined mother, Alva. But marry the duke she did,
and, as biographer Amanda Mackenzie Stuart shows in this book, that day was
only one of many fascinating moments in Consuelo and Alva Vanderbilt's complex
relationship. The New York Times says this dual biography is "riveting."
First Chapter
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