November 20, 2009
New Arrivals · Biography
These titles were recently added to the collection of the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County.
Willie-Radio's great American : the biography of Bill Cunningham
November 20, 2009
Deters, Eric.
Morley, MO : Acclaim Press, 2009.
256 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
Grace Hopper and the invention of the information age
November 20, 2009
Beyer, Kurt.
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2009.
xii, 389 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
The career of computer visionary Grace Murray Hopper, whose innovative work in programming laid the foundations for the user-friendliness of today's personal computers.
The myth of amazing Grace -- The rebirth of Grace Murray Hopper -- The origins of computer programming -- The Harvard Computation Laboratory -- The beginning of a computing community -- The 1947 Harvard symposium on Large-Scale Digital Calculating Machinery -- Staring into the abyss -- The education of a computer -- IBM answers Remington Rand's challenge -- The development of problem-oriented languages -- Distributed invention matures : Grace Hopper and the development of Cobol -- Inventing the information age.
Thank heaven : a memoir
November 19, 2009
Caron, Leslie.
New York : Viking, 2009.
xiv, 272 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
One of the best-loved stars of classic American cinema tells all in this wry, funny, and poignant memoir. "Thank Heaven" is filled with reminiscences of MGM at the end of its Golden Era, of the great stars with whom Caron worked, and of her own struggles as an actress.
Childhood -- Paradise is called Goyetchea -- The war -- First ballet classes -- Phone call -- Metro Goldwyn Meyer -- The making of An American in Paris -- This new life -- Under contract -- Renoir -- Gigi -- Family life -- The prediction -- Life with Warren -- Learning independence -- Marriage again -- A new passion -- Black days -- Changing track -- Brake down -- Recovery -- Latest adventures.
Here's the deal, don't touch me
November 19, 2009
Mandel, Howie.
New York : Bantam Books, c2009.
xvii, 220 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 22 cm.
A frank, funny, no-holds-barred memoir, "Here's the Deal" reveals Mandel's ongoing struggle with OCD and ADHD--and tells how it has shaped his life and career. As heartfelt as it is hilarious, this is the story of one man's effort to draw comic inspiration out of his most vulnerable places.
Introduction: in comedy nobody can hear you scream -- Welcome to me -- OCD and me -- A sense of humor -- Yuk Yuk's -- I will support her with a rubber glove -- A dramatic turn of events -- Uh oh -- Howie Lou's a friend -- Another day at the office -- The litmus test -- The five-mile radius -- 1/2: uh oh, it's worse -- Shit happens -- Stand-up and be counted -- Here's the deal -- Epilogue: goodbye.
Cleaving : a story of marriage, meat, and obsession
November 19, 2009
Powell, Julie.
New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2009
307 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Her marriage challenged by an insane, irresistible love affair, Julie decides to leave town and immerse herself in a new obsession: butchery.
Includes index.
Raymond Carver : a writer's life
November 19, 2009
Sklenicka, Carol, 1948-
New York : Scribner, 2009.
xi, 578 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
A profile of the late short-story master analyzes the myths and controversies attributed to his character and covers his struggles with alcohol, the role of a zealous editor in shaping his first collections, and his ability to portray the challenges of ordinary people.
The cynical idealist : a spiritual biography of John Lennon
November 18, 2009
Tillery, Gary.
Wheaton, Ill. : Theosophical Pub. House, c2009.
xi, 202 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
The roots of rebellion. Nowhere land ; Rock 'n' roll ; Help! -- The long, dark cynical night. God ; Love ; Meditation ; Cynicism -- Life as work of art. Reborn artist ; Peace advocate ; Social activist ; Househusband -- Cynical idealism. Superstars ; Mind games ; Imagine ; Shining on.
Remember us : a collection of memories from Hungarian hidden children of the Holocaust
November 18, 2009
Bloomington, Ind. : Authorhouse, 2009.
xvi, 285 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Common themes in the lives of Hungarian hidden children / by Susan Bendor -- Borrowed identities / Judit Szekacs-Weisz -- How the beads saved me / Judy Abrams -- The end / Marika Barnett -- The ice cream men. The cellar / Susan Bendor -- Truth and immortality / Judith Bihaly -- Air raid. Between feast and famine / Evie Blaikie -- A war story. The visit to Kiskörös / Susan Charney -- Sadness, despair, fear, and hope / Eva Cooper -- Letter to my grandchildren / Suzanne Devorsetz -- A mother in 1939. Where is my teddy bear. My beautiful grandmother / Greta Elbogen -- A miraculous escape. An unknown woman / Ivan Elkan -- A journey to remember / Eva Fabry -- Residual memories / Kathlin Feuerstein -- Escape on New Year's eve / Susan Gerey -- Holocaust odyssey / Marianna Gersch -- Have US passport : will it save me? / Judith Gertler -- Food from the sky. Buda / Hans Gesell -- Conversion / Erika Hecht -- Rooted in the past / Susan Kalev -- Close calls / Peter Klepa -- Recovered memories / Marielle Lang -- My two wars / Ildi Marshall -- A childhood in flight / Tutzi Marton -- Blood for trucks / Erika Montalbano -- Ironies and absurdities / Suzanne Nash -- Getting away with murder / Tamas Revai -- I never got the gold earrings. Winter 1944 : Budapest Jew house. Prayer for Magda. Midnight blues / Miriam Steinmetz -- Stations on the road to life / Zahava Szasz Stessel -- The siege. Cupi / Gabor Vermes -- A significant memory / Agnes Vertes -- A true fairy tale / Anna Waller.
A brilliant darkness : the extraordinary life and disappearance of Ettore Majorana, the troubled genius of the nuclear age
November 18, 2009
Magueijo, João.
New York : Basic Books, c2009.
xxi, 280 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
One of the greatest mysteries of twentieth-century science: a tormented genius discovers a key element of atomic fission, then disappears forever
Prologue : a moment of fatigue or moral discomfort -- Life : the grand inquisitor. The attic of 251 Via Etnea -- Nuclear crisis -- Frankenstein's youth -- Poltergeist exposed -- Bread and sperm -- Strong interactions -- Meet Ettore Majorana -- Boys will be boys -- Neutrinos from Transylvania -- Ode to the vanquished -- Creation and annihilation -- The serpent's egg -- His unfinished symphony -- The hand that rocks the cradle -- Stellar collapse -- Artichokes -- Meanwhile, at Via Panisperna -- The crepuscule of Via Panisperna -- Ettore's neutrino -- The quiet before the storm -- The search party -- Afterlife : the dark matter. Pagliacci -- A pirandellian intermezzo -- Don't cry for him, Argentina -- They thought the sun was sick -- The sign of the beast -- Ettore Majorana -- A vote of silence -- Epilogue : Mediterranean whales.
Nylon road : a graphic memoir of coming of age in Iran
November 18, 2009
Bashi, Parsua, 1966-
New York, N.Y. : St. Martin's Griffin, 2009.
127 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 24 cm.
In the tradition of graphic memoirs such as Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis, comes the story of a young Iranian woman's struggles with growing up under Shiite Law, her journey into adulthood, and the daughter whom she had to leave behind when she left Iran. NYLON ROAD is a window into the soul of a culture that we are still struggling to understand. Beautifully told, poignant, this is a powerful work about the necessity of freedom.
Jacob's cane : a Jewish family's journey from the four lands of Lithuania to the ports of London and Baltimore
November 18, 2009
New, Elisa.
New York : Basic Books, c2009.
v, 328 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
A five-generation family memoir that poignantly captures the Jewish American immigrant story
Initials -- From Shavli, in Lita -- From the river Bug to Riga -- The free Hanseatic city of Balt-ee-mewer -- That bewitching vegetable -- What is to be done? -- Beautiful machines -- What she wears, what he wears -- The social-eest -- Mother earth -- The arcadia works -- Jacob's cane -- Blitzkrieg Barbarossa -- Yellow star, gold star -- We expand from shrinking.
Going rogue : an American life
November 17, 2009
Palin, Sarah, 1964-
New York : Harper, c2009.
413 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), map ; 24 cm.
Sarah Palin, the first female Republican Vice Presidential candidate, recounts her political experiences, her rapid rise on the national stage during the 2008 campaign, and the personal challenges she's faced including balancing her time as a working mother, recognizing the war's impact with her son serving in Iraq, having a child with a disability, and supporting her teenage daughter with an unplanned pregnancy.
True confessions from a serial killer
November 17, 2009
Nagy, Cheryl.
[United States] : BookSurge, 2006.
183 p. : col. ill. ; 21 cm.
"My father was a serial killer and the horrible affects it had on my childhood and through my adult life. A true story"--Cover.
Redeeming features : a memoir
November 17, 2009
Haslam, Nicholas.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.
viii, 338 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
From British interior designer Haslam comes a dazzling and witty account of afrenetic and full life--from the 1940s to the present--in Europe and America, in a crowd of friends and acquaintances that includes a who's-who of culturalicons.
Includes index.
Boyle : between God and science
November 17, 2009
Hunter, Michael Cyril William.
New Haven : Yale University Press, c2009.
xii, 366 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Ruby's diary : reflections on all I've lost and gained
November 16, 2009
Gettinger, Ruby.
New York : William Morrow, c2009.
xvi, 169 p., [16] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 21 cm.
"Based on The Style Network's hit series, Ruby"--Cover.
Still standing : the untold story of my fight against gossip, hate, and political attacks
November 16, 2009
Prejean, Carrie, 1987-
Washington, D.C. : Regnery Pub., c2009.
xi, 201 p., [16 p. of plates] : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Carrie Prejean had no idea, when she walked down the stage to face her final question before the selection and crowning of Miss USA, that her hopes, dreams, and reputation were about to come crashing down around her under a torrent of media attacks. Her crime? To have answered honestly that for her--and for most Americans--marriage is defined as a sacred bond between one man and one woman. For the thought crime of saying this, Carrie Prejean went from being the likely winner of the Miss USA competition to being the certain loser. She would be subjected to a campaign of vilification, verbal abuse, and betrayal that did not even end with her being stripped of her title of Miss California. Here at last is Carrie's own story--the full story--about what actually happened.--From publisher description.
Includes index.
The pink lady : the many lives of Helen Gahagan Douglas
November 16, 2009
Denton, Sally.
New York : Bloomsbury Press, 2009.
240 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
In this long-overdue political biography of Helen Gahagan Douglas--Broadway star, congresswoman, and forgotten heroine of American liberalism--acclaimed author Denton brings every dimension of this extraordinary woman to life.
Just a phrase I'm going through : my life in language
November 16, 2009
Crystal, David, 1941-
London ; New York : Routledge, 2009.
ix, 285 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
Sarah from Alaska : the sudden rise and brutal education of a new conservative superstar
November 16, 2009
Conroy, Scott.
New York : PublicAffairs, 2009.
301 p. ; 24 cm.
Reveals in riveting detail how Palin's vice presidential campaign became as dysfunctional as it was secretive, explores the circumstances behind her triumphs and baffling missteps, and provides new context for understanding her values, her political successes in Alaska, and her abrupt resignation from the governorship.
Introduction: Lights out -- Frozen paths -- Seeing red -- Honeymoon in Juneau -- Sharp elbows -- Plucked -- The Iron Curtain -- Taking the reins -- The final limp -- Can't let go -- Only in Alaska -- Alaska outgrown -- The next chapter.
Danger to self : on the front line with an ER psychiatrist
November 16, 2009
Linde, Paul R.
Berkeley : University of California Press, c2010.
xxiv, 253 p. ; 22 cm.
The ER doc : who's calling the shots? -- The rookie : Bruno's man down -- The scrambler : how to prevent a murder -- The psychodynamo : learning to listen with a professional ear -- The jailer : if you want to go, you have to stay -- The jury : playing the suicide card -- The clairvoyant : whose life is it anyway? -- The speed cop : talking to Tina -- The witness : trauma underlies the pain -- The judge : playing God from a psychiatric standpoint.
The greatest trade ever : the behind-the-scenes story of how John Paulson defied Wall Street and made financial history
November 16, 2009
Zuckerman, Gregory.
New York : Broadway Books, c2009.
295 p. : port. ; 25 cm.
A superbly written, behind-the-scenes narrative of how hedge fund manager John Paulson foresaw the escalating financial crisis and turned a falling housing market into financial history.
Your pretty face is going to hell : the dangerous glitter of David Bowie, Iggy Pop, and Lou Reed
November 16, 2009
Thompson, Dave, 1960 Jan. 3-
New York, N.Y. : Backbeat Books, 2009.
viii, 320 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.
In her hands : the story of sculptor Augusta Savage
November 16, 2009
Schroeder, Alan.
New York : Lee & Low Books, c2009.
1 v. (unpaged) : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm
"A biography of African American sculptor Augusta Savage, who overcame many obstacles as a young woman to become a premier female sculptor of the Harlem Renaissance. Includes an afterword about Savage's adult life and works, plus photographs"--Provided by publisher.
Breaking my own heart : from tragedy to triumph...by choice
November 16, 2009
Dior, Regina.
Mustang, Ok. : Tate Pub. & Enterprises, c2008.
317 p. ; 23 cm.
A heart-warming and heart-rending story of one woman who dared to believe in herself once again, dared to believe in a God who cares, and dared to achieve her vision and succeed against seemingly impossible odds. Regina's story offers hope to many who are internally wounded, who silently cry out from the depths of their souls and ask, Why?
Paulo Coelho : a warrior's life : the authorized biography
November 13, 2009
Morais, Fernando.
New York, NY : HarperOne, c2009.
457 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Messenger : the legacy of Mattie J. T. Stepanek and Heartsongs
November 13, 2009
Stepanek, Jennifer Smith.
Detroit : Thorndike Press, 2009.
570 p. (large print) : ill. ; 23 cm.
The art of making money : the story of a master counterfeiter
November 13, 2009
Kersten, Jason.
Waterville, Me. : Thorndike Press, 2009.
449 p. (large print) ; 23 cm.
The true story of a brilliant counterfeiter who made millions, outwitted the Secret Service, and was finally undone when he went in search of the one thing his forged money couldn't buy: family.
Inklings : a memoir
November 13, 2009
Koterba, Jeffrey.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.
264 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
From the canyons of broken electronics, screaming matches, and discouragement that filled Koterba's childhood home emerges a young man determined to follow his creative spirit. "Inklings" is an exuberant, heart-felt memoir infused with an irresistible optimism.
Tinsel : a search for America's Christmas present
November 13, 2009
Stuever, Hank.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.
xi, 331 p. ; 22 cm.
In "Tinsel, " Hank Stuever turns his unerring eye for the idiosyncrasies of modern life to Frisco, Texas, a suburb at once all-American and completely itself, to tell the story of the nation's most over-the-top celebration: Christmas.
You better not cry : stories for Christmas
November 13, 2009
Burroughs, Augusten.
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2009.
206 p. ; 19 cm.
In this caustically funny, nostalgic, poignant, and moving collection Augusten Burroughs recounts Christmases past and present--as only he could. With gimleteyed wit and illuminated prose, he shows how the holidays bring out the worst in us and sometimes, just sometimes, the very, very best.
You better not cry -- And two eyes made out of coal -- Claus and effect -- Ask again later -- Why do you reward me thus -- The best and only everything -- Silent night.
Our journeys toward freedom : one family's search for freedom during and after World War II
November 12, 2009
Martin, Helle Ajango.
Milford, Ohio : Little Miami Pub. Co., 2009.
xii, 168 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Michael
November 12, 2009
New York : HarperStudio, c2009.
223 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Collects three decades of Rolling Stone magazine's reporting on Michael Jackson, including articles on the making of his albums and a 1983 look into the King of Pop's world, as well as never-before-published features.
The last emperor / Will.I.Am -- Remembering Michael -- The Rolling Stone covers -- Triumph and tragedy / Mikal Gilmore -- The bubblegum soul machine / David Ritz -- The prince of pop / Ben Fong-Torres -- When Michael became Michael / Rob Sheffield -- Michael reinvents pop / Anthony DeCurtis -- Dancing machine / Douglas Wolk -- On top of the world / Alan Light -- Michael gives back -- Inside the magical kingdom / Gerri Hirshey -- Bigger, tougher, riskier / Jon Dolan -- On the edge / Jon Dolan -- The thrill is gone / Jon Dolan -- Lost in club land / Jon Dolan -- Back in the groove / Jon Dolan -- Black superhero / Toure -- Show time / Douglas Wolk -- A new kind of Hollywood musical / Rob Sheffield -- What went wrong / Claire Hoffman and Brian Hiatt -- The 25 essential moments / Rob Sheffield -- Tributes -- The complete singles.
Paul McCartney : a life
November 12, 2009
Carlin, Peter Ames.
New York : Touchstone/Simon & Schuster, 2009.
374 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Takes a look at the whole life of the Beatles star, casting new light on his years with the band Wings and wife, Linda McCartney, and revealing a man as haunted by his legacy--and particularly his relationship with John Lennon--as he was inspired by it.
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