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Hidden Figures

By Margot Shetterly

Biographies and Memoirs

Det er begyndelsen af 60’erne, og USA og Sovjetunionen er i gang med et intenst rumkapløb. I jagten på kompetent arbejdskraft finder NASA uanede talenter, blandt en gruppe afroamerikanske, kvindelige matematikere. Selvom de har alle odds imod sig, lykkedes det…

High-Risk Homosexual

By Edgar Gomez

Biographies and Memoirs

*Winner of the American Book Award* *Winner of the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Memoir/Biography* An Honor Book for the 2023 Stonewall Book Award—Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Book Award This witty memoir traces a touching and often hilarious spiralic path to…

Half a Life

By Darin Strauss

Biographies and Memoirs

In this powerful, unforgettable memoir, acclaimed novelist Darin Strauss examines the far-reaching consequences of the tragic moment that has shadowed his whole life. In his last month of high school, he was behind the wheel of his dad's Oldsmobile, driving…

Grilling Dahmer

By Patrick Kennedy

Nonfiction

The Milwaukee detective who interrogated the notorious serial killer shares a vivid chronicle of what was revealed during the weeks-long encounter. In the late hours of July 22, 1991, Detective Patrick "Pat" Kennedy of the Milwaukee Police Department was asked…

Girl, Interrupted

By Susanna Kaysen

Biographies and Memoirs

"Set in the changing world of the 1960s, the motion picture Girl Interrupted is the searing story of Susanna, a young woman who finds herself at a mental institution for troubled young women. Susanna's 'short rest', prescribed by a psychiatrist…