New Biography
June 2009
Below is a list of new biography titles added over the past month. Items may be requested and held for you for $0.50 using the "REQUEST" button on catalog pages. 
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The Thoreau You Don't Know: What the Prophet of Environmentalism Really Meant by Robert Sullivan Published 2009 by Collins Hardcover, English. Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: Sullivan goes beyond the myth to present the Henry David Thoreau that many don't know: the activist, organizer, and gregarious adventurer. The author shows not a lonely eccentric but a man whose seminal work was intended to revive a stagnant America.... more...   Gringo: A Coming-Of-Age in Latin America by Chesa Boudin Published 2009 by Scribner Book Company Hardcover, English. Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: The young son of a famous radical family takes to the roads of Latin America and comes to realize that a wave of radical change is transforming not only the places he visits, but his own take on life as well. "Gringo" charts two journeys, both of which began a decade ago.... more...   Black Smoke: A Woman's Journey of Healing, Wild Love, and Transformation in the Amazon by Margaret De Wys Published 2009 by Sterling Hardcover, English. Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: When composer and Bard College music professor Margaret De Wys learned she had breast cancer, the diagnosis shattered her comfortable life. Seized by fear, crushed by existential loneliness, she couldn't respond when her loved ones reached out to her.... more...   The Ramen King and I: How the Inventor of Instant Noodles Fixed My Love Life by Andy Raskin Published 2009 by Gotham Books Hardcover, English. Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: Struggling to overcome chronic relationship problems, an American journeys to Japan seeking guidance from Momofuku Ando--the father of instant ramen noodles--in this unique memoir about breaking free from slavish desire.  more...   Losing My Religion: How I Lost My Faith Reporting on Religion in America - And Found Unexpected Peace by William Lobdell Published 2009 by Collins Hardcover, English. Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: William Lobdell's journey of faith--and doubt--may be the most compelling spiritual memoir of our time. Lobdell became a born-again Christian in his late 20s when personal problems--including a failed marriage--drove him to his knees in prayer. As a newly minted evangelical, Lobdell--a veteran journalist--noticed that religion wasn't covered well in the mainstream media, and he prayed for the Lord to put him on the religion beat at a major newspaper.... more...   Take Your Shirt Off and Cry: A Memoir of Near-Fame Experiences by Nancy Balbirer Published 2009 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Paperback, English. Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: One woman's laugh-out-loud account of the oddities, indignities, and outright absurdities of a life in show business. In this strikingly candid memoir, Nancy Balbirer distills two decades of drama school, auditions, bit parts, cameos, and off-Broadway plays into an account by turns hilarious and horrifying .... more...   Ardent Spirits: Leaving Home, Coming Back by Reynolds Price Published 2009 by Scribner Book Company Hardcover, English. Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: Award-winning novelist Price provides a vivid portrait of his life in the mid-1950s, leading up to the publication of his brilliant first novel, "A Long and Happy Life," which details his time as a Rhodes scholar, writer, and teacher. more...   Bad Girls Go Everywhere: The Life of Helen Gurley Brown by Jennifer Scanlon Published 2009 by Oxford University Press, USA Hardcover, English. Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: When reviewing the great figures of feminism, few would call to mind the creator of the Cosmo Girl, but as Jennifer Scanlon argues in her fascinating biography Bad Girls Go Everywhere: The Life of Helen Gurley Brown, the longtime editor of Cosmopolitan and diva of the New York magazine world powerfully changed the way modern culture views the single woman.... more...   Resilience: Reflections on the Burdens and Gifts of Facing Life's Adversities by Elizabeth Edwards Published 2009 by Broadway Books Hardcover, English. Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: The bestselling author of "Saving Graces" shares her inspirational message on the challenges and blessings of coping with adversity. She's one of the most beloved political figures in the country, and on the surface, seems to have led a charmed life.... more...   My Remarkable Journey by Larry King Published 2009 by Weinstein Books Hardcover, English. Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: The avuncular man in suspenders shares his riveting story, from his humble roots in Depression-era Brooklyn to the heights of celebrity as host of CNN's "Larry King Live." Delightful anecdotes highlight King's observations on some of the world's most important figures.... more...