[bksvol-discuss] Re: Fw: Biography and Memoir April 2008

  • From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:25:15 -0400

I put a hold on

Tell Me Where It Hurts, sounds like a great book.

Shelley L. Rhodes M.A., VRT, CTVI
and Guinevere, Golden lady Guide
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More than Any other time, When i hold a beloved book in my hand, my 
limitations fall from me, my spirit is free.
- Helen Keller

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Biography and Memoir April 2008

""I have been uncompromising, peppery, intractable, monomaniacal, tactless, 
volatile, and oftentimes disagreeable... I suppose I'm larger than life."
~ Bette Davis (1908-1989), Academy Award-winning American actress

New and Recently Released!
Becoming Holyfield: A Fighter's Journey - by Evander Holyfield with Lee 
Gruenfeld
Publisher: Atria Books
Check Library Catalog
Pub Date: 2/19/2008
ISBN: 9781416534860
ISBN-10: 1416534865
Four-time heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield's professional boxing 
career began in the mid-1980s, and now, at the age of 45, he continues to 
soldier
on inside the ring. In this autobiography, Holyfield discusses topics such 
as his tough childhood, his matches against fighters like Lennox Lewis and 
Mike
Tyson (who can forget the infamous 1997 "Bite Fight"?), and his religious 
beliefs. Boxing fans should also check out David Remnick's King of the 
World:
Muhammad Ali and the Rise of an American Hero and Jeremy Schaap's Cinderella 
Man: James J. Braddock, Max Baer, and The Greatest Upset in Boxing History.
First Chapter
Tell Me Where It Hurts: A Day of Humor, Healing and Hope in My Life as an 
Animal Surgeon - by Nick Trout
Publisher: Broadway Books
Check Library Catalog
Pub Date: 3/11/2008
ISBN: 9780767926430
ISBN-10: 0767926439
If you're a fan of James Herriot's stories about his career as an English 
country vet, you might also enjoy this day-in-the-life account by a modern 
veterinary
surgeon. Seasoned vet Nick Trout, a staff surgeon at Boston's Angell Animal 
Medical Center, begins his day at 2:47 a.m. when he is called to perform 
emergency
surgery on Sage, a 10-year-old German shepherd. Many hours and patients 
later, his workday concludes with Snowball, a cat who swallowed one of her 
own
teeth. Funny and heartrending by turns, Tell Me Where It Hurts is a 
compelling read for animal lovers everywhere.
Telling It All : My Life As a Con Man - Levi, Steven C.
Publisher: Lightning Source Inc
Check Library Catalog
Pub Date: 1/30/2007
ISBN: 9780979087868
ISBN-10: 0979087864
Dave Gray (Alabama Fats) Alabama Fats is a real person. For more than half a 
century his job was to con people on the streets of America out of their 
money
- and he was VERY good at it. Every line in this book is true. That was the 
way he wanted it. He wanted to make sure his children knew exactly what he
had done all those years when he was 'on the road' and away from Cleveland. 
This book is an unrepentant look at the life of a con man.
Table of Contents
Born in April
Bette Davis - by Barbara Leaming
Publisher: Cooper Square Press
Check Library Catalog
Pub Date: 9/1/2003
ISBN: 9780815412861
ISBN-10: 081541286X
April 5, 1908. Over the course of her six-decade career, Academy 
Award-winning actress Bette Davis graced the silver screen in an impressive 
array of feature
films. But aside from her professional achievements, she is also remembered 
for her reputation as a demanding and egotistical star. In this 
psychologically
rich portrait, biographer Barbara Leaming draws on conversations with 
friends, family members, and other actors to offer a frank appraisal of 
Davis' career
and personal life. Readers who enjoy celebrity dish are sure to like this 
warts-and-all biography.
American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson - by Joseph J. Ellis
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
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Pub Date: 1/1/1997
ISBN: 9780679444909
ISBN-10: 0679444904
April 13, 1743. American Sphinx is Pulitzer Prize-winning author Joseph 
Ellis' outstanding assessment of the life, image, and political career of 
Thomas
Jefferson, the 3rd president of the United States. Ellis' narrative follows 
Jefferson from his role as the principal drafter of the Declaration of 
Independence
to his position as an elder statesman and former president. There are also 
numerous surprising details scattered throughout, such as the fact that 
Jefferson
only delivered two public speeches while in office. This extraordinary 
biography won the National Book Award in 1997.
First Chapter
Table of Contents
Monarch: The Life and Reign of Elizabeth II - by Robert Lacey
Publisher: Free Press
Check Library Catalog
Pub Date: 4/1/2003
ISBN: 9780743236690
ISBN-10: 0743236696
April 21, 1926. Born Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor, Queen Elizabeth II of 
the United Kingdom has reigned for more than 50 years, a feat that only 
three
other English monarchs (Queen Victoria, King George III, and King Henry III) 
have accomplished. Written by veteran royal biographer Robert Lacey, this
insightful portrait chronicles the private and public aspects of Elizabeth's 
life, including her belief that "tradition and protocol represented 
something
greater than oneself." If you want to know more about other female 
sovereigns, don't miss Maureen Waller's Sovereign Ladies: The Six Reigning 
Queens of
England.
First Chapter
Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee - by Charles J. Shields
Publisher: Henry Holt
Check Library Catalog
Pub Date: 5/30/2006
ISBN: 9780805079197
ISBN-10: 080507919X
April 28, 1926. Close to 50 years after the publication of To Kill a 
Mockingbird, Harper Lee's first and only novel, scores of readers everywhere 
continue
to be riveted by this Pulitzer Prize-winning book. Mockingbird paints a 
fascinating portrait of the enigmatic and colorful woman behind the classic 
work.
Among the topics that biographer Charles J. Shields examines are Lee's 
childhood in Monroeville, Alabama; her dislike of the limelight; and her 
friendship
with fellow writer Truman Capote. This first full-length biography of Lee 
won't disappoint her many fans.
First Chapter
Table of Contents
Dual Portraits of Husbands and Wives
A Rage to Live: A Biography of Richard and Isabel Burton - by Mary S. Lovell
Publisher: W.W. Norton
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Pub Date: 7/1/2000
ISBN: 9780393320398
ISBN-10: 0393320391
Sir Richard Francis Burton was an eminent 19th-century British explorer and 
scholar, and Isabel Arundell Burton was his headstrong and equally 
adventurous
wife. In A Rage to Live, noted biographer Mary S. Lovell (The Sisters: The 
Saga of the Mitford Family) describes the pair's courtship and shared 
travels
around the globe. She also examines Richard's interest in Eastern erotica 
and demonstrates how Isabel was an unconventional Victorian woman who broke 
many
of the boundaries imposed upon her gender and class. Check out this 
biography to learn more about this fascinating couple.
Table of Contents
Once Upon a Time: Behind the Fairy Tale of Princess Grace and Prince 
Rainier - by J. Randy Taraborrelli
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Check Library Catalog
Pub Date: 4/1/2004
ISBN: 9780446613804
ISBN-10: 0446613800
The 1956 wedding of American actress Grace Kelly to Prince Rainier III of 
Monaco appeared to be the ultimate fairy tale to the thousands of television 
viewers
who watched the ceremony unfold. But what was life really like behind palace 
doors? Celebrity biographer J. Randy Taraborrelli explores the marriage of
Princess Grace and Prince Rainier and cites the factors that prompted Grace 
to marry the prince and sacrifice her career and ambitions. Drawing on 
hundreds
of interviews with family members and friends, Once Upon a Time is a 
compelling portrait of a famous marriage and a legendary woman.
First Chapter



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