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Vivien Leigh: An Intimate Portrait by Kendra Bean

Vivien Leigh: An Intimate Portrait

Kendra Bean

272 pages • 2013 • 2 editions

nonfiction biography informative medium-paced
5.0 cook_memo...'s review
Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis by Timothy Egan

Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis

Timothy Egan

370 pages • 2011 • 9 editions

nonfiction biography history adventurous slow-paced
5.0 cook_memo...'s review
Mother. Wife. Sister. Human. Warrior. Falcon. Yardstick. Turban. Cabbage. by Rob Delaney

Mother. Wife. Sister. Human. Warrior. Falcon. Yardstick. Turban. Cabbage.

Rob Delaney

208 pages • 2013 • 9 editions

nonfiction memoir funny medium-paced
4.0 cook_memo...'s review
Jim Henson: The Biography by Brian Jay Jones

Jim Henson: The Biography

Brian Jay Jones

495 pages • 2013 • 5 editions

nonfiction biography adventurous informative sad medium-paced
4.0 cook_memo...'s review
Dear Leader: Poet, Spy, Escapee - A Look Inside North Korea by Jang Jin-sung

Dear Leader: Poet, Spy, Escapee - A Look Inside North Korea

Jang Jin-sung

339 pages • 2014 • 20 editions

nonfiction memoir politics emotional informative sad medium-paced
4.0 cook_memo...'s review
Dear Abigail: The Intimate Lives and Revolutionary Ideas of Abigail Adams and Her Two Remarkable Sisters by Diane Jacobs

Dear Abigail: The Intimate Lives and Revolutionary Ideas of Abigail Adams and Her Two Remarkable Sisters

Diane Jacobs

499 pages • 2014 • 2 editions

nonfiction biography historical history informative slow-paced
4.0 cook_memo...'s review
An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth: What Going to Space Taught Me about Ingenuity, Determination, and Being Prepared for Anything by Chris Hadfield

An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth: What Going to Space Taught Me about Ingenuity, Determination, and Being Prepared for Anything

Chris Hadfield

304 pages • 2013 • 47 editions

nonfiction memoir science adventurous informative inspiring medium-paced
4.0 cook_memo...'s review
Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay

Bad Feminist

Roxane Gay

326 pages • 2014 • 43 editions

nonfiction essays feminism memoir funny informative reflective medium-paced
5.0 cook_memo...'s review
Facing the Wave: A Journey in the Wake of the Tsunami by Gretel Ehrlich

Facing the Wave: A Journey in the Wake of the Tsunami

Gretel Ehrlich

224 pages • 2013 • 3 editions

nonfiction history emotional reflective sad slow-paced
4.0 cook_memo...'s review
Jerry Lee Lewis: His Own Story by Rick Bragg

Jerry Lee Lewis: His Own Story

Rick Bragg

512 pages • 2014 • 8 editions

nonfiction biography history music informative medium-paced
4.0 cook_memo...'s review