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Foxcatcher

the true story of my brother's murder, John du Pont's madness, and the quest for Olympic gold
The author, an Olympic gold medalist wrestler, presents a memoir of his and his wrestler brother's destructive relationship with philanthropist John du Pont, and the murder of his brother by du Pont while the brothers were training at du Pont's Foxcatcher Farm sports center.

Reed Hastings and Netflix

2016
Profiles Reed Hastings, the founder of Netflix, a pioneer in the development of streaming entertainment.

And then life happens

a memoir
2013
An autobiography of Auma Obama, sister of President Barack Obama, discussing her childhood in a remote village in Kenya, her life and education in Germany and England, and her relationship with her brother that only began in the 1980s.

Jane Lynch

actress and activist
Looks at the life and career of gay actress and activist, Jane Lynch.

The job

true tales from the life of a New York City cop
2015
Steve Osborne shares stories from his twenty years as an NYPD street cop.

What the robin knows

how birds reveal the secrets of the natural world
Examines the birdsongs of the robin and how listening to robins and studying them and a variety of song birds can help a human better integrate in his or her natural environment.

Netflix

how Reed Hastings changed the way we watch movies & TV
Describes the life and accomplishments of Reed Hastings, founder of Netflix, Internet video giant.

Taking heat

the president, the press, and my years in the White House
2005
Former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer recounts the experiences he had working under President George W. Bush and offers an insider's opinion of some of the more controversial issues the president faced.

Thunder in the mountains

a portrait of American gun culture
In this beautifully written and powerful memoir, author Craig K. Collins ushers readers down a remarkable path--one that wends from the American frontier to present-day suburbia. Along the way, he explores the meaning of a history--of his family's and his country's--that is infused with the culture of the gun. Stops include an Indian massacre at Bad Axe, the siege of Vicksburg, the slaughter of buffalo in Montana, and the discovery of gold in a remote Nevada canyon. The story begins on a hunting trip Collins took with his father and brothers in the early '70s, when he was accidentally shot with a high-powered deer rifle at the age of 13 near the top of an isolated peak in northeastern Nevada. He tells a personal story of a childhood in Idaho and Nevada, where hunting is a way of life and guns are revered--often with fatal and unintended results. He recalls friends--past and present--whose lives have been forever shattered or altered by the explosive force of a bullet.

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