[bksvol-discuss] Fw: Biography and Memoir July 2010
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- Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 05:54:42 -0700
Biography and Memoir July 2010
"I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity."
~ John D. Rockefeller (1839-1937), American oil magnate and philanthropist
New and Recently Released!
Seaworthy: A Swordboat Captain Returns to the Sea - by Linda Greenlaw
Publisher: Viking
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Pub Date: 06/01/2010
ISBN-13: 9780670021925
ISBN-10: 067002192X
If you've read Sebastian Junger's The Perfect Storm or seen its film
adaptation, you might remember Linda Greenlaw, the captain of the Hannah Boden.
Soon
after the release of that book and movie, Greenlaw gave up swordfishing for the
relatively less-risky life of lobstering, and she also began writing memoirs
(The Hungry Ocean, etc.). But ten years later, Greenlaw was saddled with debts
and needed a new challenge, so she decided to go back to swordfishing. Seaworthy
is her account of her first trip back to sea, which was complicated by bad
weather, an inadvertent arrest, and the dilapidated condition of her vessel.
Fans of adventure stories won't want to miss this salty and inspiring chronicle.
Henry Clay: The Essential American - by David S. Heidler and Jeanne T. Heidler
Publisher: Random House
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Pub Date: 05/04/2010
ISBN-13: 9781400067268
ISBN-10: 140006726X
In his day, Henry Clay (1777-1852) was a giant of American politics: he
transformed the office of speaker of the house, served as secretary of state,
and
made five--unsuccessful--runs for the presidency. He also had an infamous
rivalry with Andrew Jackson and he was Abraham Lincoln's political idol. This
in-depth biography documents Clay's political career and personal life, from
the founding of the United States through the eve of the Civil War. If you
like reading biographies of Founding Fathers and are interested in the
antebellum period, don't miss this comprehensive look at the man who famously
declared,
"I had rather be right than be president."
First Chapter
The White House Doctor: My Patients Were Presidents--A Memoir - by Dr. Connie
Mariano
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
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Pub Date: 06/22/2010
ISBN-13: 9780312534837
ISBN-10: 0312534833
What kind of a physician does it take to look after the health of arguably the
most powerful person in the world? In The White House Doctor, Dr. Connie
Mariano, who served under George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton, shares the story
of her life as a presidential doctor. Mariano--the first woman and first
Filipino-American to care for a commander-in-chief--traveled all over the world
with her charges, often putting aside her personal life for that of her
patients. If you want to read another book by a woman who worked behind the
scenes at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, check out Letitia Baldrige's A Lady, First:
My Life in the Kennedy White House and the American Embassies of Paris and Rome.
Bonobo Handshake: A Memoir of Love and Adventure in the Congo - by Vanessa Woods
Publisher: Gotham Books
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Pub Date: 05/27/2010
ISBN-13: 9781592405466
ISBN-10: 1592405460
In 2005, Australian science writer Vanessa Woods and her fiancé, scientist
Brian Hare, decided to devote themselves to researching bonobos, which resemble
chimpanzees and share 98.7 percent of human DNA. Woods and Hare moved to the
only bonobo sanctuary in the world--in the war-torn Democratic Republic of
Congo--and there they learned a great deal about bonobo behavior while
strengthening their own relationship, too. Readers who enjoy Bonobo Handshake
and
want to read more memoirs by naturalists should grab Robert Sapolsky's A
Primate's Memoir or Roger Fouts' Next of Kin: What Chimpanzees Have Taught Me
about Who We Are.
Born in July
Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. - by Ron Chernow
Publisher: Vintage Books
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Pub Date: 03/01/2004
ISBN-13: 9781400077304
ISBN-10: 1400077303
July 8, 1839. Having completed books on financier J.P. Morgan and the Warburg
banking family, award-winning author Ron Chernow draws on John D. Rockefeller's
own papers to provide this comprehensive biography of the legendary oilman,
capitalist, and philanthropist. Titan, which The New York Times calls
"wonderfully
fluent and irresistibly compelling," shows both the good and the bad in
Rockefeller's character and career; like so many other moguls of his time, he
was
neither as good nor as bad as his contemporaries portrayed him to be. If you
want to read another biography of an American capitalist from the same time
period, check out David Nasaw's Andrew Carnegie.
First Chapter
Table of Contents
The Legs Are the Last To Go: Aging, Acting, Marrying & Other Things I Learned
the Hard Way - by Diahann Carroll
Publisher: Amistad
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Pub Date: 10/01/2008
ISBN-13: 9780060763268
ISBN-10: 0060763264
July 17, 1935. In The Legs Are the Last To Go, barrier-breaking actress
Diahann Carroll--the first African-American woman to have her own TV show and
the
first to win a Tony Award--speaks candidly about her life in and out of the
Hollywood spotlight. Now in her 70s and still a working actress (most recently
with recurring roles on Grey's Anatomy and White Collar), Carroll discusses her
four marriages, the racial and sexual politics of show business, and the
personal cost of her career. Fans new and old alike are sure to enjoy this
"radiant" autobiography that is "bubbling over with sincere self-insights"
(Publishers
Weekly).
First Chapter
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Thank Heaven - by Leslie Caron
Publisher: Viking
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Pub Date: 11/25/2009
ISBN-13: 9780670021345
ISBN-10: 0670021342
July 1, 1931. Even aside from her professional successes as a dancer and an
Academy Award-nominated actress, Leslie Caron has led a fascinating life. The
daughter of an American dancer and French chemist, Caron endured a difficult
childhood in occupied France, complete with rationing and shortages that caused
her to have lifelong issues with food. She went on to marry three times, had
relationships with notables like Warren Beatty, and even reinvented herself
as both a short-story writer and the owner of a French bed-and-breakfast. Caron
talks about all of these events and more--such as her roles in Gigi and
An American in Paris--in this charming and revealing memoir.
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Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and
Indonesia - by Elizabeth Gilbert
Publisher: Viking
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Pub Date: 02/16/2006
ISBN-13: 9780670034710
ISBN-10: 0670034711
July 18, 1969. After a devastating divorce and a subsequent failed love
affair, author Elizabeth Gilbert felt lost and needed to do something
drastic--so
she left the familiar and traveled to three countries that begin with the
letter "I." In Italy she ate and enjoyed life, in India she meditated and
quieted
herself, and in Indonesia she meditated even more and learned about love,
health, and balance. Eat, Pray, Love, the bestselling book about her
life-changing
year abroad, is the perfect read for people who want to make a change but who
need inspiration and courage to do so. Don't miss Gilbert's follow-up memoir,
the recent Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage.
First Chapter
Focus on: Spies
Spies : a narrative encyclopedia of dirty deeds and double dealing from
biblical times to today - Jay Robert Nash
Publisher: M. Evans and Co., Inc.
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Pub Date: 11/01/1997
ISBN-13: 9780871317902
ISBN-10: 0871317907
Containing stories of hundreds of patriots, turncoats, sell-outs, and heroes,
an extensively illustrated, informative reference features accounts ranging
from the story of Caleb from the Old Testament to the sordid and at times
astonishing career of Aldrich Ames, a KGB mole in the CIA.
A spy at the heart of the Third Reich : the extraordinary story of Fritz Kolbe,
America's most important spy in World War II - Lucas Delattre
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
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Pub Date: 02/28/2005
ISBN-13: 9780871138798
ISBN-10: 0871138794
A fascinating account of Fritz Kolbe, a German bureaucrat who worked secretly
with the Allies during World War II, describes his harrowing espionage work
relaying valuable information on high-level Axis meetings and munitions
factories to the Allies.
First Chapter
Table of Contents
Wild Rose: Civil War Spy: A True Story - by Ann Blackman
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
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Pub Date: 05/09/2006
ISBN-13: 9780812970456
ISBN-10: 0812970454
Rose O'Neal Greenhow, a grande dame of Washington society, was one of the
Confederacy's secret weapons during the U.S. Civil War. Thanks to her charm and
her connections, Greenhow was able to secure valuable military information
about the Union, which she then turned over in support of the Southern cause.
Greenhow's luck ran out when she was imprisoned by President Lincoln; she was
later released to the South, but she died in a shipwreck while returning
home from a diplomatic mission for Jefferson Davis. Drawing on a previously
unpublished travel diary, Wild Rose documents and explores the life of a
remarkable
woman and spy. For another look at a female spy during the Civil War, pick up
Elizabeth Varon's Southern Lady, Yankee Spy.
First Chapter
Comrade J: The Untold Secrets of Russia's Master Spy Program in America After
the End of the Cold War - by Pete Earley
Publisher: Berkley Books
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Pub Date: 01/06/2009
ISBN-13: 9780425225622
ISBN-10: 0425225623
Comrade J is the riveting life story of Russian intelligence officer Sergei
Tretyakov, who headed Russia's post-Cold War spy program in the United States
and who also worked as a double agent for the FBI. Former Washington Post
reporter Pete Earley documents everything from how this master spy recruited
and planted agents to why he made the astonishing decision to defect to the
United States during the Clinton administration. There are also several
surprising
revelations in this book, including that a Canadian politician and an American
deputy secretary of state worked for the SVR (the successor to the KGB).
Espionage fans with an interest in the post-Cold War period won't want to miss
this amazing tale.
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A Life in Secrets: Vera Atkins and the Missing Agents of WWII - by Sarah Helm
Publisher: Anchor Books
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Pub Date: 12/04/2007
ISBN-13: 9781400031405
ISBN-10: 1400031400
Vera Atkins (the woman believed to have inspired Ian Fleming's Miss Moneypenny)
was a top spy in the Special Operations Executive (SOE), a British secret
service agency that aided resistance efforts throughout Nazi-occupied Europe
during World War II. In this biography, British journalist Sarah Helm uses
recently released government files and private Atkins family papers to describe
Atkins' life and espionage career, including her personal quest to uncover
the fate of 12 female agents who vanished during the war. Helm also reveals
that Atkins' own life was shrouded in secrecy (even her family did not know
the truth about her past). Library Journal says that A Life in Secrets is "an
absolutely spellbinding story."
First Chapter
Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal - by Ben
Macintyre
Publisher: Harmony Books
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Pub Date: 09/04/2007
ISBN-13: 9780307353405
ISBN-10: 0307353400
At the beginning of World War II, British adventurer and con man Eddie Chapman
was recruited as a spy for the Germans, who proceeded to train him in France
and send him back to England, where he was supposed to commit sabotage. But
upon his arrival back home, Chapman instead immediately turned himself over
to the MI5, becoming one of the most successful double agents of all time. As
"Agent ZigZag" for the Brits, Chapman fed the Nazis an incredible array of
bogus information and managed to avoid being unmasked for the entirety of the
war. If Ben Macintyre's thrilling biography of Chapman makes you hungry for
more information about double agents, don't miss David Vise's The Bureau and
the Mole: The Unmasking of Robert Philip Hanssen, the Most Dangerous Double
Agent in FBI History.
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