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My Dyslexia
Philip Schultz
Paperback
“A success story . . . proof that one can rise above the disease and defy its so-called limitations on the brain.”—Daily Beast
My Father and Atticus Finch: A Lawyer's Fight for Justice in 1930s Alabama
Joseph Madison Beck
Hardback
A memoir about the author’s father, whose courageous defence of a black man accused of rape calls to mind To Kill a Mockingbird.
My Foreign Cities: A Memoir
Elizabeth Scarboro
Paperback
Winner of the Chautauqua Prize
Named one of the Best Books of the Year by the San Francisco Chronicle and Library Journal
“Uplifting... it’s about savoring the present, not allowing sadness to dominate and surrendering yourself to love, for better or worse.” —San Francisco Chronicle
My Life
Isadora Duncan, Joan Acocella
Revised and Updated
Paperback
A remarkable account of a wildly artistic life, finally restored to its unexpurgated form, with a revealing new introduction by Joan Acocella.
Nadia Boulanger: A Life in Music
Leonie Rosenstiel
Paperback
A detailed, authoritative portrait of a commanding figure in twentieth-century music.