New Biography
April 2008
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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Helen Mirren: In the Frame: My Life in Words and Pictures by Helen Mirren Published 2008 by Atria Books Hardcover, English. Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: Mirren has been an internationally acclaimed, award-winning actress for more than 40 years. This beautifully illustrated memoir is an account of an extraordinary talent and a life well lived. Full-color photographs throughout. more... Lucia: A Venetian Life in the Age of Napoleon by Andrea Di Robilant Published 2008 by Knopf Publishing Group Hardcover, English. Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: The author of the widely praised "A Venetian Affair" gives readers a portrait of history as dazzling drama, in the story of the fall of Venice and the rise of a new age as seen through the eyes of 16-year-old Lucia.  more... Reconciliation: Islam, Democracy, and the West by Benazir Bhutto Published 2008 by Harper Hardcover, English. Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: Before her untimely death, the former Prime Minister of Pakistan wrote of the rapidly growing tension between Islam and the West. "Reconciliation" offers a realistic overview of ways to bridge the cultural, political, and economic chasms that separate these differing cultures. more... Losing It: And Gaining My Life Back One Pound at a Time by Valerie Bertinelli Published 2008 by Free Press Hardcover, English. Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: Popular actress, Jenny Craig spokeswoman, and America's sweetheart Bertinelli reveals in this courageous and candid memoir her complicated past and how she took control of her own life to gain self-esteem and happiness. more... Bill Mauldin: A Life Up Front by Todd DePastino Published 2008 by W. W. Norton & Company Hardcover, English. Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: This taut, lushly illustrated biography of two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Bill Mauldin is illustrated with more than 90 of his classic cartoons and rare photographs. DePastino traces the improbable career and tumultuous life of the man who delivered the wildly popular cartoon "Up Front." more... Manic: A Memoir by Terri Cheney Published 2008 by William Morrow & Company Hardcover, English. Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: In the tradition of "Girl, Interrupted" and "An Unquiet Mind" comes this heartbreaking, beautifully written memoir of one woman's experience with bipolar disorder. more... The Several Lives of Joseph Conrad by John Stape Published 2008 by Pantheon Books Hardcover, English. Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: Published to mark the 150th anniversary of his birth, "The Several Lives of Joseph Conrad" is a brilliant and highly readable biography of a literary figure of world-wide reputation. more... The Man Who Pushed America to War: The Extraordinary Life, Adventures, and Obsessions of Ahmad Chalabi by Aram Roston Published 2008 by Nation Books Hardcover, English. Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: From an Emmy Award-winning investigative reporter comes an explosive biography that tells the untold story of the man most responsible for the war in Iraq: Ahmad Chalabi, a wealthy exile who spent most of his life outside of Iraq.  more... Marie-Therese, Child of Terror: The Fate of Marie Antoinette's Daughter by Susan Nagel Published 2008 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Hardcover, English. Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: The first major biography of one of France's most mysterious women -- Marie Antoinette's only child to survive the revolution.  Susan Nagel, author of the critically acclaimed biography "Mistress of the Elgin Marbles," turns her attention to the life of a remarkable woman who both defined and shaped an era, the tumultuous last days of the crumbling "ancien regime," Nagel brings the formidable Marie-Therese to life, along with the age of revolution and the waning days of the aristocracy, in a page-turning biography that will appeal to fans of Antonia Fraser's "Marie Antoinette" and Amanda Foreman's "Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire," ... more... Kinky Gazpacho: Life, Love & Spain by Lori L. Tharps Published 2008 by Atria Books Hardcover, English. Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: Magazine writer and editor Lori Tharps was born and raised in the comfortable but mostly White suburbs of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where she was often the only person of color in her school and neighborhood. At an early age, Lori decided that her destiny would be discovered in Spain.... more...