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Paris: a love story : a memoir
Par Kati Marton. 2012
Former news correspondent recounts relocating to her favorite city, Paris, after the 2010 death of her diplomat husband Richard Holbrooke.…
Describes arriving in the French capital in 1957 as a Hungarian refugee, meeting second husband Peter Jennings there in the 1970s, and finding happiness with Holbrooke in the 1990s. 2012Life is a gift: the zen of Bennett
Par Tony Bennett. 2012
Winner of seventeen Grammy Awards, singer Bennett (born 1926) reminisces about growing up in New York City, his sixty years…
in the entertainment industry, and his friendships with musicians. Forward by Mitch Albom, author of The Time Keeper (DB 75616). 2012Remembering Whitney: my story of love, loss, and the night the music stopped
Par Cissy Houston. 2013
Grammy Award-winning gospel singer Cissy Houston recalls the life of her daughter, singer/actress Whitney (1963-2012). Discusses Whitney's career and family…
relationships, including her tumultuous marriage to fellow entertainer Bobby Brown. Speculates on Whitney's drug use and the pitfalls of fame. Foreword by Dionne Warwick. 2013King Peggy: an American secretary, her royal destiny, and the inspiring story of how she changed an African village
Par Eleanor Herman, Peggielene Bartels. 2013
Autobiography of Peggielene Bartels, an American working at the Ghanaian embassy in August 2008, who found herself as a ruler…
of seven thousand people of Otuam in Ghana, Africa, in September of the same year. Recounts the transformation of herself and her community. For senior high and older readers. 2012My beloved world
Par Sonia Sotomayor. 2013
Memoir of United States Supreme Court justice Sonia Sotomayor (born 1954). Recalls growing up with her Puerto Rican family in…
the Bronx and being diagnosed with juvenile diabetes. Discusses her family life, education at Princeton and Yale, and becoming a district court judge in 1992. Bestseller. 2013What my mother gave me: thirty-one women on the gifts that mattered most
Par Elizabeth Benedict. 2013
Collection of thirty-one essays by women writers--including Lisa See, Emma Straub, Elinor Lipman, and Joyce Carol Oates--on gifts given to…
them by their mothers. Straub, author of Other People We Married (DB 74848), reminisces about a boat tour she received as a birthday present in "Three-Hour Tour." 2013The great northern express: a writer's journey home
Par Howard Frank Mosher. 2011
Author recounts the cross-country road trip and book tour he took in 2007 in his twenty-year-old Loser Cruiser to celebrate…
his sixty-fifth birthday and the end of his prostate-cancer treatments. Contemplates decisions he has made, relationships he has developed, and the ways they have affected his life. 2012Speak, memory: an autobiography revisited (Vintage International Ser.)
Par Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov. 1989
Autobiographical sketches chronicle the author's upper-class childhood in Russia, the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution that forced his family into exile in…
Europe, and his 1940 move to the United States. First published in 1951 under the title Conclusive Evidence and revised in 1966. 1947Some assembly required: a journal of my son's first son
Par Anne Lamott. 2012
In this sequel to Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year (BR 10274), the author recounts unexpectedly becoming…
a grandmother after her unwed, college student son and his girlfriend have a baby. Lamott describes the problems and happiness that arose from the situation. Some strong language. Bestseller. 2012The longest way home: one man's quest for the courage to settle down
Par Andrew McCarthy. 2012
Actor and travel writer McCarthy discusses the impact his travels have had on his psyche. Describes climing Mt. Kilimanjaro; visiting…
Baltimore, Maryland; and boating on the Amazon. Details the ways the trips helped him grow up, learn about himself, and better relate to others. 2012Beyond Katrina: a meditation on the Mississippi Gulf Coast
Par Natasha D Trethewey. 2012
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and 2012 U.S. poet laureate laments the changes to the Mississippi Gulf Coast after 2005 Hurricane Katrina.…
While sharing memories about her Louisiana upbringing, Trethewey deplores the depletion of wetlands and the increase of social ills as casinos flourish. Includes letters and poetry. 2010In this follow-up to The Happiness Project (DB 70275), Rubin narrowed her focus to finding more joy in her home…
life for nine months. She vowed to prove her love to her husband, build shrines, pay more attention as a parent, and cultivate unhurriedness. Bestseller. 2012The hard way around: the passages of Joshua Slocum
Par Geoffrey Wolff. 2010
Biography of sailor and adventurer Joshua Slocum (1844-1908), the first man to circumnavigate the globe solo. Discusses his years at…
sea, beginning at age sixteen; his marriage to a woman who shared his love of the seafaring life; and his famous 1895 voyage and subsequent book. 2010L'amie
Par Michèle Manceaux. 2010
« L'amie, c'est Marguerite Duras. Entre elle et Michèle Manceaux, il y a trente ans d'intimité, de connivence, de conversations,…
depuis le jour de 1955 où la jeune journaliste entre pour la première fois rue Saint-Benoît [...]. Michèle Manceaux évoque une Duras vivante, odieuse, touchante. Elle n'accuse pas, n'absout pas : elle observe, admire, aime, rigole. Souvenir ou portrait, son livre est formidablement fidèle. » -- 4e de couvLe temps des souvenirs: chroniques des belles années (Collection La Mandragore)
Par Jean Faucher. 2010
« Claude Jasmin et Jean Faucher, deux auteurs reconnus et grands amis ont eut un réel plaisir à livrer le…
fruit de leurs réflexions sur leurs parcours communs au cours de l’été 2006. Ils ont pensé, « avant que notre mémoire à tous ne se détériore complètement, qu’il serait agréable de faire renaître quelques souvenirs, évoquer des moments dont on est fiers, ou des avatars peut-être oubliés mais dont on se serait bien passés. À nos âges, même si le présent n’est pas tellement enthousiasmant, il peut être éclairé par certaines heures d’autrefois. [...] Nous avons vécu les mêmes instants : la disparition de l’époque Duplessis, la révolution tranquille, les excès du FLQ, la souveraineté, l’Expo de 1967, la multitude de créations de canaux de télévision, le passage du 20e au 21e siècle et nos retraites. Bref, tout ce qui a marqué nos cheminements a fortifié notre amitié qui a résisté à ces événements d’actualité sans parler des grands hommes que nous avons rencontrés. En les ramenant à la vie, cela nous aide à enrichir la nôtre qui se vide tranquillement. Nos rencontres, aveux, découvertes, conversations, dialogues ont illuminé ce fameux été.» -- 4e de couvLet's take the long way home: a memoir of friendship
Par Gail Caldwell. 2010
The author, a Pulitzer Prize-winning book critic for the Boston Globe, pens a memoir about her friendship with columnist Caroline…
Knapp. Describes their mutual enjoyment of sports, dogs, and life after alcohol. Also discusses Knapp's diagnosis of lung cancer at age forty-two and the last weeks they shared. 2010The voice: a memoir
Par Thomas Quasthoff. 2008
German bass-baritone Thomas Quasthoff reminisces about his private and public experiences--such as having thalidomide disabilities, being denied admission to the…
Music Academy, and singing his way from a body cast to a Grammy Award. Discusses jazz, American popular music, classical composers, physical impairments, prestigious competitions, and international performances. 2004Through a dog's eyes: Understanding Our Dogs by Understanding How They See the World
Par Jennifer Arnold. 2010
Founder of Canine Assistants, a nonprofit organization that provides service dogs for people with disabilities, offers a guide to training…
service animals. Arnold, who has multiple sclerosis, recounts developing her program and recalls acts of heroism and hard-won successes. Discusses positive reinforcement methods from the viewpoint of the canine. 2010How did you get this number: essays
Par Sloane Crosley. 2010
In this companion to I Was Told There'd Be Cake (BR 17792), Crosley provides nine more autobiographical comedic essays. In…
"Off the Back of a Truck" she describes entering an arrangement with a stockman at a posh furniture store to furnish her studio apartment illegally. Some strong language. 2010Dewey's nine lives: the legacy of the small-town library cat who inspired millions
Par Vicki Myron. 2010
Author of Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World (DB 67516) recounts more memories of Dewey, who warmed…
the hearts of readers in Spencer, Iowa, and elsewhere. Also shares anecdotes received from correspondents around the country about other cats. 2010