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Black suit, worn once $45 Black suit, worn once $45 Michael Greenberg In Beg, Borrow, Steal Michael Greenberg regales us with his wry and vivid take on the life of a writer of little means trying to practice his craft or simply stay alive. He finds himself doctoring do… OL11804090W
Danger pay Danger pay Carol Spencer Mitchell "In this intensely thoughtful memoir, Carol Spencer Mitchell probes the motivations that impelled her - a single, Jewish woman - to document the turmoil roiling the Arab world in the 1980s and 1990s,… OL11892753W
The Camera Never Blinks The Camera Never Blinks Dan Rather This controversial autobiography is by one of the best known and most respected TV newscasters. OL121021W
Honeymoon in Tehran Honeymoon in Tehran Azadeh Moaveni Both a love story and a reporter's first draft of history, Honeymoon in Tehran is a stirring, trenchant, and deeply personal chronicle of two years in the maelstrom of Iranian life. In 2005, Azadeh M… OL13752268W
Eleni Eleni Nicholas Gage "In 1948, as civil war ravaged Greece, children were abducted and sent to communist 'camps' inside the Iron Curtain. Eleni Gatzoyiannis, forty-one, defied the traditions of her small village and the… OL15138582W
Love in black and white Love in black and white William S. Cohen In a world where it was commonplace to see signs that read "whites only" or "Jews not allowed," William Cohen was born in Bangor, Maine, the eldest son of a Jewish father and a Protestant Irish mothe… OL15145446W
Mr Playboy Mr Playboy Steven Watts The real Hugh Hefner-the extraordinary inside story of an American icon "Riveting... Watts packs in plenty of gasp-inducing passages."-Newark Star Ledger "Like it or not, Hugh Hefner has affected a… OL15174573W
The House of Happy Endings The House of Happy Endings Leslie Garis Leslie Garis's grandparents, Howard and Lillian Garis, were, from the turn of the century to the 1950s, phenomenally productive (and incredibly popular) authors of books for children. Every American … OL15186231W
My Times in Black and White My Times in Black and White Gerald M Boyd A rags-to-riches story of the climb from urban poverty to the New York Times, this insider’s view of struggle and change at the nation’s premier newspaper reconstructs the most controversial period i… OL15189312W
All things at once All things at once Mika Brzezinski From the MSNBC "Morning Joe" co-host comes a candid and inspiring memoir of one woman's confrontation with the unique professional and personal challenges she faced during the key moments in her life… OL15539180W
The curse of Lono The curse of Lono Hunter S. Thompson Gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson travels to Hawaii to cover the 1980 Honolulu Marathon. OL158070W
Kingdom of Fear Kingdom of Fear Hunter S. Thompson "Brilliant, provacative, outrageous, and brazen, Hunter S. Thomspon's infamous rule breaking - in his journalism, in his life, and under the law - changed the shape of American letters and the face o… OL158088W
Born round Born round Frank Bruni Bruni, restaurant critic for "The New York Times," tells his heartbreaking and hilarious account of his lifelong, often painful struggle with food. OL15835016W
No regrets No regrets Caroline Seebohm "Marietta Tree was both political activist and society doyenne, one of the last of her breed."--Jacket. OL15844320W
When a crocodile eats the sun When a crocodile eats the sun Peter Godwin After his father's heart attack in 1984, Peter Godwin began a series of pilgrimages back to Zimbabwe, the land of his birth, from Manhattan, where he now lives. On these frequent visits to check on h… OL16027174W
The sound of no hands clapping The sound of no hands clapping Toby Young The author describes his attempts to write a film script for a big Hollywood producer, his adjustment to married life and fatherhood, and some of his dubious journalistic assignments. OL16027590W
I Have Seen the Future I Have Seen the Future Peter Hartshorn At the dawn of the twentieth century, Lincoln Steffens, an internationally known and respected political insider, went rogue to work for McClure's Magazine. Credited as the proverbial father of muckr… OL16097452W
Brain on fire Brain on fire Susannah Cahalan The book narrates Cahalan's issues with anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis and the process by which she was diagnosed with this form of encephalitis. She wakes up in a hospital with no memory of the eve… OL16599694W
The Heming Way The Heming Way Marty Beckerman "More than fifty years have passed since the death of Ernest Hemingway, history's ultimate man, and young males today--obsessed with Facebook, Twitter, and Playstation--know nothing about his legenda… OL17435816W
Intolerable Intolerable Kamal Al-Solaylee In the 1960s, Kamal Al-Solaylee's father was one of the wealthiest property owners in Aden, in the south of Yemen, but when the country shrugged off its colonial roots, his properties were confiscate… OL17858429W
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