by Michelle | Jun 24, 2010 | Biography, Non-fiction
HarperCollins, the publisher of an upcoming biography that focuses on the love story that played out between Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor, has a neat feature that allows you to look inside the book, sample the writing, the story. They’re offering up that...
by Peabody Institute Library | Feb 8, 2010 | Biography, Non-fiction
When The Game Was Ours by Larry Bird and Earvin Magic Johnson with Jackie MacMullen For Boston sports fans growing up in the 1980s, nothing was bigger than the Celtics vs. the Lakers. The nearly two decades that have passed since the retirement of their franchise...
by Peabody Institute Library | Jan 23, 2010 | Biography, Non-fiction
We’ll Be Here For the Rest of Our Lives: A Swingin’ Show-biz Saga by Paul Shaffer As a longtime Late Night/Late Show with David Letterman fan, Paul Shaffer’s memoir was a must-read for me. And while he shares plenty of great behind-the-scenes...
by maturid | Aug 17, 2009 | Biography, Fiction, Literature, Non-fiction
If you haven’t yet discovered the talented and passionate writer Louise Desalvo, On Moving is a wonderful opportunity to begin to glimpse this unapologetic feminist and highly accomplished scholar’s inner life and to share her fascinating musings and...
by radguru | Jan 7, 2009 | Biography
John Grogan, the author of the very popular book Marley & Me, has written a biography centered around his dying father. The utmost homage is paid to his dad while he regales his audience with flashbacks from his own life. He and his siblings were subjected to a...
by ta | Oct 22, 2008 | Biography, Graphic Novels
In this groundbreaking, bestselling graphic memoir, Alison Bechdel charts her fraught relationship with her late father. In her hands, personal history becomes a work of amazing subtlety and power, written with controlled force and enlivened with humor, rich literary...
