Biography

Hailed in The New York Times as "the most spellbinding and diverting portrait of funky-but-chic New York in the late '60s and early '70s that any alumnus has committed to print," poet and rocker Patti Smith's Just Kids is an intimate and irresistible account of her coming of age as a person and an artist with her one-time lover Robert Mapplethorpe, the late photographer.

• Robert Mapplethorpe
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She’s been a successful investment banker, a mother of four, and the campaign manager for one of American politics’ rising stars—her husband, Mark Sanford, seen as a possible candidate for president until the disclosure of his affair. Now, Jenny Sanford tells her story, a story about remaining true to oneself even in the most trying of circumstances.

• The Lies of Sarah Palin by Geoffrey Dunn
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