NVCL Picks: Brave Biographies. 3rd floor, rows 8 – 11Like this list

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• Love, Pamela

  Anderson, Pamela, 1967-

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  Her new memoir — about her small-town coming-of-age, her multiple traumas and Hollywood escapades — is an attempt to set the record straight.

• Henry Hudson

  New World Voyager

  Butts, Edward, 1951-

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  Sailing from England in 1610, renowned explorer Henry Hudson began his search for a Northwest Passage through the Canadian Arctic. Hudson's questionable leadership and extreme Arctic conditions resulted in the most infamous mutiny in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Steve Jobs

  Isaacson, Walter,

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  If you have any interest in technology or powerful people of our era, this book is absolutely worth reading.

• Catherine the Great

  Portrait of a Woman

  Massie, Robert K., 1929-2019

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  The story of one of the truly great female rulers in history by an award winning historian.

• British Columbiana

  a Millennial in a Gold Rush Town

  Teed, Josie,

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  A job as a heritage interpreter at a remote gold rush site propels an insecure and anxious twenty-four-year-old to find what she truly desires from life.

• The Torn Veil

  the Best-selling Story of Gulshan Esther

  Gulshan Esther, Sister

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  This is the true story of Gulshan Esther, a Muslim girl who is imprisoned by her strict religious upbringing and severe disability.

• Chasing Catastrophe

  My 35 Years Covering Wars, Hurricanes, Terror Attacks, and Other Breaking News

  Leventhal, Rick,

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  In this book, Rick Leventhal shares some incredible highlights and some of the most challenging moments of a career spanning thirty-five years.

• Class

  a Memoir

  Land, Stephanie, 1978-

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  Class paints an intimate and heartbreaking portrait of motherhood as it converges and often conflicts with personal desire and professional ambition.

• The Best Strangers in the World

  Stories From a Life Spent Listening

  Shapiro, Ari, 1978-

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  It is a witty, poignant book that captures Ari Shapiro’s love for the unusual, his pursuit of the unexpected, and his delight at connection.

• The Dead Are Arising

  the Life of Malcolm X

  Payne, Les, 1941-

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  This book reveals more of Malcolm’s childhood than we have ever seen.

• The Black Count

  Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo

  Reiss, Tom

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  Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo is a 2012 biography of General Thomas-Alexandre Dumas.

• Shirley Jackson

  a Rather Haunted Life

  Franklin, Ruth,

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  Based on a wealth of previously undiscovered correspondence and dozens of new interviews, Shirley Jackson—an exploration of astonishing talent shaped by a damaging childhood and turbulent marriage—becomes the definitive biography of a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Arthur Erickson

  An Architect's Life

  Stouck, David, 1940-

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  An intimate portrait of the brilliant and controversial architect who put Canada on the world stage.

• Astor

  the Rise and Fall of An American Fortune

  Cooper, Anderson,

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  It told the story of how the Astor family became very wealthy and powerful.

• Being Henry

  the Fonz ... and Beyond

  Winkler, Henry, 1945-

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  A memoir about so much more than a life in Hollywood and the curse of stardom.