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New to the Stacks – Read

At last, the final book for the semester.
ReviewAll You Need is Ears: The Inside Personal Story of the Genius Who Created The Beatles by George Martin with Jeremy Hornsby

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New to the Stacks – Read

ReviewTurtles All the Way Down by Gordon Atkinson (aka Real Live Preacher)

I am so excited about having this new book by Gordon in my library. Mostly because I love the way the man writes and the way he tackles spirituality and questions of God. But there’s another reason I’m excited to have this book: as someone who pledged to buy the book when it came to fruition, I became part of the “publishing team” and that meant I got to hear all the exciting news about the book every step of the way. It also meant that I got the option of participating in some of the editorial choices, which for the record, I didn’t. I was just thrilled that my being willing to buy a book meant something. Also as part of the “publishing team” we were solicited for blurbs and Gordon choose one of mine! I have a blurb in a published book available to people in the general public! How sweet is that? No, I am not going to tell you what my blurb said because I’m mean and evil that way. I want you to go buy your own copy and see my blurb and discover the joy of Preacher’s writing for yourself.

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Biographies and Autobiographies I Have Read

  • Pearl by Ellis Amburn
  • Unnatural Death by Michael M. Baden
  • Man Ray: American Artist by Neil Baldwin
  • Elizabeth Cady Stanton: A Radical for Women’s Rights by Lois W. Banner
  • Piaf: A biography by Simone Berteaut
  • Diane Arbus by Patricia Bosworth
  • Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Women’s Liberty by Kathryn Cullen-DuPont
  • Spencer Tracy: Tragic Idol by Bill Davidson
  • The Last Man on the Moon by Donald A. Davis
  • Howard, The Amazing Mr. Hughes by Noah Dietrich
  • In Her Own Right by Elisabeth Griffith
  • Joe & Marilyn by Roger Kahn
  • Little Man :Meyer Lansky and the Gangster Life by Robert Lacey
  • Orson Welles by Barbara Leaming
  • Peter the Great by Robert K. Massie
  • X-Rated: The Mitchell Brothers by David McCumber
  • Thomas Jefferson by Fawn McKay Brodie
  • Eva by Ib Melchior
  • Elizabeth Cady Stanton by Mary Ann B. Oakley
  • Dangerous Water by Ron Powers
  • Queen Bess: Daredevil Aviator by Doris L. Rich
  • Heydrich: Hitler’s Most Evil Henchman by Charles Wighton
  • Sean Connery by Andrew Yule
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Books by Wil Wheaton I Have Read

  • Dancing Barefoot
  • Just a Geek
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Books by William Shatner I Have Read

  • Star Trek Memories
  • Tek Lab
  • Tek War
  • Believe with Michael Tobias
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Books by William Goldman I Have Read

  • Adventures in the Screen Trade: A Personal View of Hollywood and Screenwriting
  • Control
  • Magic
  • The Princess Bride
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Books by Debra Ginsberg I Have Read

  • About My Sisters
  • Raising Blaze
  • Waiting
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Books by Anthony Bourdain I Have Read

  • Bone in the Throat
  • Gone Bamboo
  • Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
  • The Bobby Gold Stories
  • Typhoid Mary
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Autobiographies I Have Read

  • Noah Adams Noah Adams on “All Things Considered”: A Radio Journal
  • Lauren Bacall By Myself
  • Cab Calloway Of Minnie the Moocher & Me
  • Frank Capra & Jeanine Basinger The Name Above the Title: An Autobiography
  • Jackie Chan I Am Jackie Chan
  • Elizabeth Cohen VanPelt & Lori Arviso Alvord The Scalpel and the Silver Bear
  • Gordon Cooper & Bruce Henderson Leap of Faith: An Astronaut’s Journey into the Unknown
  • Cheryl Crane Detour
  • Sammy Davis, Jr. Yes I Can
  • Phil Jackson & Hugh Delehanty Sacred Hoops: Spiritual Lessons of a Hardwood Warrior
  • Ron Kovic Born on the Fourth of July
  • Burt Lahr Notes on a Cowardly Lion
  • Camryn Manheim Wake up: I’m Fat!
  • Eliot Ness & Oscar Fraley The Untouchables
  • Queen Noor Al-Hussein of Jordan Leap of Faith
  • Paul Reiser Couplehood
  • David O. Selznick & Rudy Behlmer Memo from: David O. Selznick
  • Lauren Slater Prozac Diary
  • Susan Stamberg Every Night at Five
  • Clifford Stoll Cuckoo’s Egg
  • George Takei To the Stars
  • Joe Upton Alaska Blues: A Season of Fishing the Inside Passage
  • Jesse Ventura I Ain’t Got Time to Bleed
  • Malcolm X & Alex Haley The Autobiography of Malcolm X
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Between Two Worlds: Escape from Tyranny: Growing Up in the Shadow of Saddam

Book Name: Between Two Worlds: Escape from Tyranny: Growing Up in the Shadow of Saddam
Author:
Zainab Salbi, Laurie Becklund
ISBN: 1592402445
Publisher: Gotham (New York, NY)
Charitable Organization: Women for Women

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