Adults! Welcome to year 3 of our year-long reading challenge. Explore different genres, discover new authors and be entered to win prizes. To complete the challenge, read just one book in each category by midnight on December 31st, 2024. Earn bigger prizes by reading more!
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September’s theme is Face Books – Biographies, memoirs, or any book with a face on the cover. Here are a few suggestions to get you started.
DANCING ON THE EDGE by Russ Tamblyn
“This is one of those rare Hollywood memoirs whose appeal stretches far beyond its subject’s star power.” ~Publishers Weekly
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ON GREAT FIELDS: THE LIFE AND UNLIKELY HEROISM OF JOSHUA LAWRENCE CHAMBERLAIN by Ronald C. White
“Biographer White provides an admiring portrait of Civil War hero and politician Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain (1828–1914), whose actions defending Little Round Top during the Battle of Gettysburg earned him widespread acclaim.” ~ Publishers Weekly
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LAST TO EAT, LAST TO LEARN: MY LIFE IN AFGHANISTAN FIGHTING TO EDUCATE WOMEN by Pashtana Durrani and Tamara Bralo
“Durrani offers a persuasive road map for pursuing gender equality while honoring Afghanistan’s religious and cultural traditions. It’s an inspiring portrait of a change-maker in action.” ~ Publishers Weekly
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THE HOUSE OF HIDDEN MEANINGS: A MEMOIR by RuPaul
“Touching also on belonging, love, and sobriety, this vibrant and multifaceted celebrity memoir will have readers rapt.” ~ Booklist
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IAN FLEMING: THE COMPLETE MAN by Nicholas Shakespeare
“Novelist Shakespeare delivers an exemplary biography of British spy novelist Ian Fleming…This will stand as the definitive biography of the popular author.” ~ Publishers Weekly
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CLOISTERED: MY YEARS AS A NUN by Catherine Coldstream
“Readers interested in spiritual memoirs and religious formation, abuse, and reform will welcome Coldstream’s intelligent, unflinching writing and perceptive account of years as a cloistered nun.” ~ Booklist
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SOLDIER OF DESTINY: SLAVERY, SECESSION, AND THE REDEMPTION OF ULYSSES S. GRANT by John Reeves
“Grant’s contradictions and complexities are on full display in this candid and unusually critical biography.” ~ Publishers Weekly
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