Biography, Autobiography & Memoir

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“The author takes us along for the ride. Readers will definitely feel its gale force.”

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“Li’l Abner [was] a joyful bumpkin who lived in a world that both reflected and refracted what America was like . . .”

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“If you want to know what a population’s values are, take a look at how it handles the issues of crime and punishment.”

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“. . . his life was really not that much different than ours—except maybe for the endless family secrets.”

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“Relish is as warm as Lucy Knisley’s beloved homemade chocolate ship cookies.”

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“Mr. Simmons’ book is riveting, with a style and pace that takes the reader on the journey with John Robinson—the African American man called brown condor.”

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“Portrait Inside My Head is a worthwhile, sometimes funny, always personal journey through a life well told.”

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“Go ahead and laugh at Detroit. Because you are laughing at yourself.”

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“. . . a dude’s guide to enlightenment . . . a lanky, loose-limbed labor of love . . .”

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“Nafis Sadik is a woman who set out to ‘change the world’—and in many ways she did just that.”

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“One closes John Thavis’ perceptive study reflecting on the Vatican’s challenge: to persist in a secularizing world sometimes fascinated by the pomp and pageantry of St.

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As a journalist stationed for many years in Jerusalem, author Lesley Hazleton is not unfamiliar with religious research and writing.

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“Ms. Silver’s broad themes of identity and survival underlie this involving story . . .”

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“Though Ms. Day is an honest guide who looks unflinchingly at her follies and failures, the ride is bumpy to the point of distraction.“

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“Muhammad Ali . . . fashioned from the most contentious sport something perilously close to beauty.”

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“. . . a difficult, painful, and at times almost unbearable read. Yet this memoir should be widely read and discussed . . .”

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“Kadir Nelson has created a beautiful, heartfelt tribute to an icon of social justice.”

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“Agata Tuszyńska has written a fiery portrayal of lives lived in horror as well as an exploration of the profound question of who really did collaborate with the Nazis.”

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“. . . a poignant tale of a search for answers and the determination of a loving son to know a parent . . .”

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