O'Connell, Mark
Summary: "From the award-winning author comes a gripping account of one of the most scandalous murder in modern Irish history, at once a propulsive work of true crime and an act of literary subversion. Malcolm MacArthur was a well-known Dublin socialite and heir. Suave and urbane, he passed his days mingling with artists and aristocrats, reading philosophy, living a life of the mind. But by 1982, his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2023
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Summary: "This compelling and deeply personal memoir from WWE superstar Rebecca Quin--a.k.a. The Man, a.k.a. Becky Lynch--delves into her earliest wrestling days, her scrappy beginnings, and her meteoric rise to fame. By age seven, Rebecca Quin, now known in the ring as Becky Lynch, was already defying what the world expected of her. Raised in Dublin, Ireland in a devoutly Catholic family, Rebecca...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2024
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Summary: What do you do when your reality slips away? If you're Sky Yardley and Jane Dwinell, you accept each new challenge, reshape your life, and write. When Sky was diagnosed with "probable early stage Alzheimer's" at age 66, he was determined to live as fully with his new reality as possible. He researched dementia, talked about dementia, connected with other people with the disease, and, finally,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rootstock Publishing 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 DWIVargas, Vincent
Summary: "An inside look at the U.S./Mexican border through the eyes of former U.S. Border Patrol agent, Vincent Vargas, who served in Iraq and Afghanistan with the U.S. Army's 75th Ranger Regiment. Featuring a Foreword by #1 New York Times bestselling author Jocko Willink. The U.S./Mexican border stretches nearly 2,000 miles and is protected by a thin line of overworked and underfunded U.S. Border...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2023
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Summary: "Weaving his own moving family story with this sweeping history of cancer research, Lawrence Ingrassia delivers an intimate, gripping tale that sits at the intersection of memoir and medical thriller"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2024
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Summary: "Get to know the star of some of the world's favourite film and TV classics in this fascinating and remarkably honest memoir from Sam Neill'Hilarious, wicked, wonderful, kind, thoughtful, engaging and wise' STEPHEN FRY'Just wonderful, so funny and charming and sharp. Sam Neill's lively, lovely book made me laugh out loud' MERYL STREEP' Really, really, really funny. There are some cracking...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Michael Joseph 2023
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Summary: "In 2011, three years after leaving the NFL, Steve Gleason was diagnosed with ALS, a terminal disease that takes away the ability to move, talk, and breathe. Doctors gave him three years to live. He was thirty-three years old. As Steve says, he is now ten years past his expiration date. His memoir is the chronicle of a remarkable life, one filled with optimism and joy, despite the trauma and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2024
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Summary: "The life and legacy of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, wife of John F. Kennedy Jr., are reexamined in this captivating and effervescent biography that is perfect for fans of My Travels with Mrs. Kennedy, What Remains, and Fairy Tale Interrupted. A quarter of a century after the plane crash that claimed the lives of John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife Carolyn, and sister-in-law Lauren, the magnitude of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2024
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Summary: "A fresh biography of legendary entertainment manager Colonel Tom Parker, with a contrarian and corrective point of view"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 MCDGoodreau, Olivia
Summary: "So many young people are faced with life-changing hardships--from illness and disease to loss and calamity. What Olivia Goodreau discovers through her journey with chronic Lyme , and what she has been sharing with the world, is that inside of every predicament is also a possibility. This is the story of how Olivia turned the physical challenges and emotional hardships she had faced since she...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gaudium Publishing 2023
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Summary: "This final, essential chapter in Rex Ogle's memoir trilogy recounts being forced from his home and living on the streets after his father discovered he was gay. When Rex was outed the summer after he graduated high school, his father gave him a choice: he could stay at home, find a girlfriend, and attend church twice a week, or he could be gay--and leave. Rex left, driving toward the only...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Norton Young Readers, an Imprint of W. W. Norton & Company 2024
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA 921 OGLBurks, Ruth Coker
Summary: "In 1986, twenty-six-year-old Ruth visits a friend at the hospital when she notices a door to one of the rooms is painted red. Nurses are drawing straws to see who will tend to the patient crying for his mother on the other side, all of them unwilling tohelp. Ruth immediately steps into the quarantined space herself, comforting the young man in his last moments. Before she realizes what she's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BURKS, RUTH COKER BURGraybeal, Alyssa
Summary: When ten-year-old Alyssa is diagnosed with the rare genetic connective tissue disorder Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, she vows not to let it stop her. Unfortunately, her efforts to avoid being "too sensitive" lead her to neglect not only her health but other aspects of her life as well. Twenty years later, she's finally forced to confront the reality of her condition head on. When she finds herself...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Red Hen Press 2023
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Summary: "A memoir about one woman's search for her birth parents, exploring complicated relationships with family, the legacy of WWII internment on generations of Japanese Americans, and the challenges adoptees often face in learning their own histories"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mad Creek Books, an imprint of The Ohio State University Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ITO, SUSAN ITOButler, Blake
Summary: "Blake Butler and Molly Brodak instantly connected, fell in love, married and built a life together. Both writers with deep roots in contemporary American literature, their union was an iconic joining of forces between two major and beloved talents. Nearly three years into their marriage, grappling with mental illness and a lifetime of trauma, Molly took her own life. In the days and weeks...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Archway Editions 2023