Becoming Dr. Seuss by Brian Jay Jones
“Dr.
Seuss is a classic American icon. Theodor Geisel, however, had a second, more
radical side. It is there that the allure and fascination of his Dr. Seuss
alter ego begins. He had a successful career as an advertising man and then as
a political cartoonist, his personal convictions appearing, not always subtly,
throughout his books. Geisel was a complicated man on an important mission. He
introduced generations to the wonders of reading while teaching young people
about empathy and how to treat others well.” –WorldCat
Brave Face: A Memoir by Shaun David Hutchinson
“At
nineteen, Hutchinson was struggling to find the vocabulary to understand and
accept who he was and how he fit into a community in which he couldn't see
himself. Convinced that he couldn't keep going, that he had no future,
Hutchinson followed through on trying to make that a reality -- an attempted
suicide. Over time, he came to embrace life, and to find self-acceptance. In
his deeply honest memoir, he takes readers through the journey of what brought
him to the edge, and what has helped him truly believe that it does get
better.” –WorldCat
Formation: A Woman’s Memoir of Stepping Out of Line by Ryan Leigh
Dostie
“Raised
by powerful women in a restrictive, sheltered Christian community in New
England, Ryan Dostie never imagined herself on the front lines of a war halfway
around the world. But then a conversation with an Army recruiter in her
high-school cafeteria changes the course of her life. Hired as a linguist, she
quickly has to find a space for herself in the testosterone-filled world of the
Army barracks, and has been holding her own until the unthinkable happens: she
is raped by a fellow soldier. Struggling with PTSD and commanders who don't
trust her story, Dostie finds herself fighting through the isolation of trauma
amid the challenges of an unexpected war. What follows is a riveting story of
one woman's extraordinary journey to prove her worth, physically and mentally,
in a world where the odds are stacked against her.” –WorldCat
Mary’s Monster: Love, Madness, and How Mary Shelley
created Frankenstein by Lita Judge
“Pairing
free verse with over three hundred pages of black-and-white watercolor
illustrations, Mary’s Monster is a unique and stunning biography of Mary
Shelley, the pregnant teenage runaway who became one of the greatest authors of
all time.” –Amazon
Member of the Family by Dianne Lake
"In
late 1967, fourteen-year-old Dianne Lake became one of ‘Charlie's girls,’ a
devoted acolyte of cult leader Charles Manson and member of his Family. Joining
the group with little more than an old note from her hippie parents granting
her permission to leave them, the two years that followed were a mixture of
sexual manipulation, psychological control, and physical abuse, as the harsh
realities and looming darkness of Charles Manson's true nature revealed
themselves to the impressionable teenager.” –WorldCat
Permanent Record by Edward Snowden
“In
2013, twenty-nine-year-old Edward Snowden shocked the world when he broke with
the American intelligence establishment and revealed that the United States
government was secretly pursuing the means to collect every single phone call,
text message, and email. The result would be an unprecedented system of mass
surveillance with the ability to pry into the private lives of every person on
earth. Six years later, Snowden reveals for the very first time how he helped
to build this system and why he was moved to expose it.” –WorldCat
Shout by Laurie Halse Anderson
"Bestselling
author Laurie Halse Anderson is known for the unflinching way she writes about,
and advocates for, survivors of sexual assault. Now, inspired by her fans and
enraged by how little in our culture has changed since her groundbreaking novel
Speak was first published twenty years ago, she has written a poetry memoir
that is as vulnerable as it is rallying, as timely as it is timeless.”
–WorldCat
Stephen Hawking: An Unfettered Mind by Kitty
Ferguson
“With
rare access to Hawking, including childhood photos and in-depth research,
Ferguson creates a rich and comprehensive picture of his life: his childhood;
the heartbreaking ALS diagnosis when he was a first-year graduate student; his
long personal battle for survival in pursuit of a scientific understanding of
the universe; and his rise to international fame. She also uses her gift for
translating the language of theoretical physics into the language of the rest
of us to make Hawking’s scientific work accessible.” –Amazon
The Life and Death of Anna Mae Aquash by Johanna
Brand
“Pine
Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota, 1976. It took two autopsies and demands
from family and friends to uncover that Canadian Indian activist Anna Mae
Aquash had been killed by a bullet, fired execution-style into the back of her
head. Was she murdered by the FBI, or by colleagues in the American Indian
Movement? No serious investigation has ever been undertaken to determine the
identities of her murderers.” –WorldCat
Unfiltered by Lily Collins
“For
the first time ever, actress Lily Collins shares her life and her own deepest
secrets, underlining that every single one of us experiences pain and
heartbreak. We all understand what it's like to live in the light and in the
dark. For Lily, it's about making it through to the other side, where you love
what you see in the mirror and where you embrace yourself just as you are.
She's learned that all it takes is one person standing up and saying something
for everyone else to realize they're not alone. By turns hilarious and heartbreaking,
Lily's honest voice will inspire you to be who you are and say what you feel.
It's time to claim your voice! It's time to live your life unfiltered.”
–WorldCat