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Inside a Season of Change
By Jocelyn Lieu
This "shrapnel" of narratives explores the unforeseen consequences of that warm September morning, when an act of unprecedented violence collided with one woman's day-to-day life as a mother and a writer. Jocelyn Lieu did not lose a loved one in the Twin Towers, but her writing achieves the rare feat of articulating the communal grief that was felt in the wake of 9/11--not only in New York City, but throughout the country and the world. |
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Stories of Survival
By Jen Marlowe, Aisha Bain and Adam Shapiro
In November 2004, three independent filmmakers traveled to eastern Chad and crept across the border into Darfur. Improvising as they went, they spoke with dozens of Darfurians, learning about their history, hopes, and fears, and the resilience and tragedy of their everyday lives.
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A Memoir of Love, Sex, and the Mystery of the Violin
By Norma Barzman
The End of Romance is a riveting memoir set against the backdrop of the rise of the Red Brigades and the resurgence of fascism in Italy.
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An Insider's View of the CIA
By Melissa Boyle Mahle
Melissa Boyle Mahle was a CIA covert operative in the Middle East from 1988 to 2002, one of a handful of women agents who spoke Arabic, and the top-ranked female Arabist in the agency. This is her revealing take on the CIA from the inside. |
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A True Story of Idealism and Madness in American Politics
By Phil Campbell
Zioncheck for President tells the true story of Grant Cogswell, Seattle poet, punk rock fan, anarchist, and grassroots activist who ran for city council in 2001. Unfolding in parallel is the tale of US representative Marion Anthony Zioncheck, a legendary boozer and forgotten lefty radical from the 1930s.
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A Top Cop's Expose of the Dark Side of American Policing
By Norm Stamper
"Stamper has written a tremendously important book, pulling no punches as he takes a searing look at law enforcement as it is - and as it should be.... Shocking, heartbreaking, hilarious and illuminating, Breaking Rank will attract both cops and 'civilians.' I loved it." --Ann Rule
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The Adventures of an Actor in Hollywood, Paris, and Rome
By Mickey Knox
To a small group of afficianados, Mickey Knox was the genius behind the unforgettable English dialogue in the cult classic The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. But for years, living in semi-exile in Italy, this hardboiled actor was known as the unofficial "Mayor of Rome." |
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A Memoir of Disenchantment with the Cuban Revolution
By Jorge Edwards
In 1970 Jorge Edwards was dispatched by socialist Chilean President Salvador Allende to break the diplomatic blockade that had sealed Cuba for over a decade. His arrival coincided with the turning point of the Revolution, when Castro began to repress the very intellectuals he once courted.
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By Ved Mehta
One of the literary world's most versatile and surprising writers (and famously private about his personal life) tells a hair-raising story of four beautiful women who drove him to extremes of hope and despair.
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By Raffaele La Capria
Long a cult travel guide/memoir for Italians, Capri and no Longer Capri, now translated, is available to a wider audience.
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A Memoir
By Ring Lardner, Jr.
In this lively memoir, Ring Lardner, Jr recalls his strange existence as a contract screenwriter in the vanished age of the studio system--an existence made stranger by membership in the Hollywood branch of the American Communist Party.
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