Publishers are gearing up for
fall! New biographies and memoirs are
sure to be popular and many will hit the bestseller lists. Check the ECRL catalog in the coming weeks
for the following:
Bruce by
Peter A. Carlin – the life of Bruce Springsteen based on interviews with
family, band members, friends, and ex-girlfriends
But Now I See by Steven Holcomb – the Olympic gold medalist faces possible blindness
Butch Cassidy by W.C. Jameson – the life, exploits, and controversial death of Robert Leroy Parker
Call of the American Wild by Guy Grieve – the author escapes to the Alaskan wilderness and builds a new life
Five Lieutenants by James Carl Nelson -- five brilliant young soldiers from Harvard serve their country during WWI
A Gift of Hope by Danielle Steel – the romance novelist discusses her tireless work with the homeless
The Godfather’s Daughter by Rita Gigante – growing up in the household of Vincent “The Chin” Gigante, head of all five New York crime families
Heisman by John M. Heisman – the first authorized biography of the man memorialized by the Heisman Trophy
Hello, Gorgeous by William J. Mann – Barbra Streisand’s early New York years and her rise to stardom
Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot by Bill O’Reilly – focuses on a 20th century assassination shrouded in mystery and conjecture
Lady Bird Johnson: An Oral History by Michael L. Gillette – 37 newly released oral histories collected over 14 years
Marmee & Louisa by Eve LaPlante – Louisa May Alcott’s relationship with her mother based on recently discovered family papers
Martin Luther King Jr: A King Family Tribute edited by Angela Farris Watkins – family members share their memories
Pray the Gay Away by Bernadette C. Barton – the extraordinary lives of 50 Bible Belt gays and lesbians
Thornton Wilder: A Life by Penelope Niven – the life of the great playwright and literary icon based on his personal papers
Titian: His Life by Sheila Hale – a definitive study of the great Renaissance painter
Twitch Upon a Star by Herbie J. Pilato – Elizabeth Montgomery “Bewitched” thousands of TV viewers in the 1960s
The Voice is All by Joyce Johnson – a groundbreaking portrait of Jack Kerouac as a young artist
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