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June 10, 2006
NEW BIOGRAPHIES
These are some of the Biographies that are available in the NEW BOOKS section of the Library that have come in since April:
Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero by David Maraniss--thorough reporting of Clemente's rise from poverty in Puerto Rico to his 18 year career with the Pirates until his tragic death (NEW BIO CLE)
Ava Gardner: "Love Is Nothing" by Lee Server--"unexpurgated" account of the life of the glamorous Hollywood star, her struggles within the studio star system, and her 3 marriages (NEW BIO GAR)
Hershey: Milton S. Hershey's Extraordinary Life of Wealth, Empire, and Utopian Dreams by Michael D'Antonio--relates the idealistic dream of Milton S. Hershey and the history behind the famous chocolate bar and the utopian town that grew up around it (NEW BIO HER)
Doc Holliday: The Life and Legend by Gary L. Roberts--well-documented attempt to reveal the truth behind the "myths" surrounding this former Georgian dentist who became famous for one gunfight (NEW BIO Holliday, J.)
A Twist of Lemmon: A Tribute to My Father by Chris Lemmon--anecdotal account of the experiences they shared from Chris's childhood up to Jack Lemmon's death (NEW BIO LEM)
McCartney by Christopher Sandford--covers the early years with the Beatles, Paul's solo career, and the most recent years as well (NEW BIO MCC)
Modigliani: a Life by Jeffrey Meyers--detailed account of the self-destructive, illness-ridden brief life of the early 20th century modernist painter (NEW BIO MOD)
Mixed: My Life in Black and White by Angela Nissel--television script-writer (Scrubs) Nissel recounts her struggle (often humorously) to fit in as a biracial child and adult (NEW BIO Nissel,A.)
J. Robert Oppenheimer: a Life by Abraham Pais and Robert P. Crease--selective account of Oppenheimer's life by fellow co-worker and physicist Pais, completed after Pais' death by science historian Crease (NEW BIO OPP)
Danica Patrick by Jonathan Ingram & Paul Webb--account of the life of the first woman racer to lead a lap at the Indy 500 (2005) (NEW BIO PAT)
Danica Crossing the Line by Danica Patrick with Laura Morton--autobiography of the Indy racer's 14 year racing career that began with go-karting at the age of 10 (NEW BIO PATRICK,D.)
Big Bam: The Life and Times of Babe Ruth by Leigh Montville--updated comprehensive biography of the legendary baseball star (NEW BIO RUT)
Everything I'm Cracked Up to Be: A Rock & Roll Fairy Tale by Jen Trynin--90's hard-rocker tells how she made it then lost it in the pop-rock scene(NEW BIO TRY)
J.M.W. Turner by Peter Ackroyd--from the Brief Lives Series, an account of the career of perennial bachelor and controversial late 18th-mid 19th century landscape painter (NEW BIO TUR)
Posted by egvpl at June 10, 2006 03:59 PM