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Carmelo Anthony

Describes the life of Denver Nuggets' rookie Carmelo Anthony.

Born a crime

stories from a South African childhood
2019
"Trevor Noah's unlikely path from apartheid South Africa to the desk of The Daily Show began with a criminal act: his birth. Trevor was born to a white Swiss father and a black Xhosa mother at a time when such a union was punishable by five years in prison . . . 'Born a Crime' is the story of a mischievous young boy who grows into a restless young man as he struggles to find himself in a world where he was never supposed to exist. It is also the story of that young man's relationship with his fearless, rebellious, and fervently religious mother--his teammate, a woman determined to save her son from the cycle of poverty, violence, and abuse that would ultimately threaten her own life"--Amazon.com.
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Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan

top couple in tech and philanthropy
2019
A biography of Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan, a successful tech entrepreneur and conscious philanthropists.

Prince Harry & Meghan

royals for a new era
2019
Discusses the royal couple, Prince Harry of Wales and actress Meghan Markle, covering their lives prior to meeting, their courting and engagement, their wedding, and what they have been contributing as a couple to the world.

Zucked

waking up to a Facebook catastrophe
2019
"If you had told Roger McNamee even three years ago that he would soon be devoting himself to stopping Facebook from destroying our democracy, he would have howled with laughter. He had mentored many tech leaders in his illustrious career as an investor, but few things had made him prouder, or been better for his fund's bottom line, than his early service to Mark Zuckerberg. Still a large shareholder in Facebook, he had every good reason to stay on the bright side. Until he simply couldn't. "Zucked" is McNamee's intimate reckoning with the catastrophic failure of the head of one of the world's most powerful companies to face up to the damage he is doing. It's a story that begins with a series of rude awakenings. First there is the author's dawning realization that the platform is being manipulated by some very bad actors. Then there is the even more unsettling realization that Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg are unable or unwilling to share his concerns, polite as they may be to his face"--Provided by publisher.

Calvin Harris

superstar DJ
2018
Presents a brief biography of Calvin Harris.

It's Trevor Noah

born a crime : stories from a South African childhood
Trevor Noah, the funny guy who hosts The Daily Show, shares his remarkable story of growing up in South Africa, with a black South African mother and a white European father at a time when it was against the law for a mixed-race child like him to exist. But he did exist---and from the beginning, the often-misbehaved Trevor used his keen smarts and humor to navigate a harsh life under a racist government.
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North Korea's supreme leaders

Kim Il-Sung, Kim Jong-Il and Kim Jong-Un
Presents a collection of essays selected from the New York Times that looks at North Korean leaders Kim Il-Sung, Kim Jong-Il and Kim Jong-Un.

Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan

top couple in tech and philanthropy
"Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, are an . . . example of a young couple who are not only successful in their careers, he as a tech entrepreneur and she as a pediatrician, but who also serve as role models for socially conscious philanthropy. This . . . volume highlights Zuckerberg's accomplishments creating the social network that changed the world, Chan's desire to serve a greater good, and the couple's Giving Pledge, a promise to give away most of their income to charity and research"--Provided by publisher.

Facebook

"Explores how [Facebook] founder Mark Zuckerberg grew his social networking site from a small service only available on a single college campus to the world's largest social network"--Provided by publisher.

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