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Last Call at Coogan’s: The Life and Death of a Neighborhood Bar

Warm, humane, and generous, this book ticks every box for a pleasurable read.

Winnie and Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage

This is a superb addition to the history of South Africa and the struggle against apartheid.
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Love Across Borders: Passports, Papers, and Romance in a Divided World

This is an impassioned nonfiction narrative that interweaves the author’s personal and professional lives to relate the hostile environment of a global migration crisis.
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President Garfield: From Radical to Unifier

Despite its engaging flowery prose, perhaps inspired by the literary aspects of Garfield’s diaries, this book’s length might attract only serious scholars. General readers may want to consider Benjamin Arrington’s The Last Lincoln Republican.
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Emily Dickinson Face to Face

With charming anecdotes and moments vividly recalled, Bianchi’s thoughtful account offers the rarest of first-hand glimpses behind Dickinson’s swiftly drawn curtain, conveyed in searching and graceful prose worthy of its subject.
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Orwell: The New Life

A useful introduction for readers new to Orwell and also illuminating for those who thought they knew everything about him.

Jessica Lange: An Adventurer’s Heart

A well-researched and highly readable biography that is a must for film studies collections.
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Stringbean: The Life and Murder of a Country Legend

This tale will appeal to readers curious about the formative years of the United States’ country-music scene.

Elizabeth Taylor: The Grit and Glamour of an Icon

Eleanor Caudill’s perspicuous narration will compel listeners forward and gives Taylor’s frequent ballsy quotes appropriate rendering. An engrossing, gossipy listen.
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