Biography & Memoir Summer & Fall 2023
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Tremendous Joey "CoCo" Diaz with Erica Florentine
Talk of Champions
Wild Dances
Kenny Smith
William Lee Adams
HC: 978-1-63774-261-7 Also Available in eBook Edition BenBella Books | 75,000 On Sale May 2, 2023
HC: 978-0-385-54805-2 Also Available in eBook & DN Editions Doubleday | 125,000 On Sale May 9, 2023
HC: 978-1-66260-157-6 Also Available in eBook Edition Astra House | 75,000 On Sale May 23, 2023
Outsider. Misfit. Criminal. Convict. . . Movie star. Family man. Comedy legend. Joey Diaz has been called every name in the book (and then some). Now, for the first time, he shares the story of his unlikely rise to fame in his own words—with no punches pulled.
A poignant, humorous, behind-thescenes memoir from Kenny "The Jet" Smith—superstar basketball commentator, host of top-rated Inside the NBA, and two-time NBA champion.
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Starstruck Sarafina El-Badry Nance HC: 978-0-593-18679-4 Also Available in eBook & DN Editions Dutton | 25,000 On Sale June 6, 2023
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A memoir of glitz, glamour, geopolitics, and the power of pop music, following a misunderstood queer biracial kid from small-town Georgia who became the world's foremost Eurovision Song Contest blogger.
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Almost Brown Charlotte Gill HC: 978-0-593-44301-9 Also Available in eBook & DN Editions Crown | 40,000 On Sale June 6, 2023 An award-winning writer retraces her dysfunctional, biracial, globe-trotting family’s journey as she reckons with ethnicity and belonging, diversity and race, and the complexities of life within a multicultural household.
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Better Living Through Birding
By All Means Available
The Country of the Blind
Michael G. Vickers
Andrew Leland
Christian Cooper
HC: 978-1-101-94770-8 Also Available in eBook & DN Editions Knopf | 75,000 On Sale June 20, 2023
HC: 978-1-9848-8142-7 Also Available in eBook , DN, & LP Editions Penguin Press | 40,000 On Sale July 25, 2023
A vivid account of a life in intelligence, special operations, and strategy from the Cold War to the war with al-Qa’ida.
A witty, winning, and revelatory personal narrative of the author's transition from sightedness to blindness and his quest to learn about blindness as a rich culture all its own.
HC: 978-0-593-24238-4 Also Available in eBook & DN Editions Random House | 75,000 On Sale June 13, 2023
In a beautifully written, sciencepacked, and inspirational memoir, Egyptian-American astrophysicist Sarafina El-Badry Nance shares how she boldly carved out a place in the field of astrophysics, grounding herself in a lifelong love of the stars to face life’s inevitable challenges and embrace the unknown.
Central Park birder Christian Cooper takes us beyond the viral video that shocked a nation and into a world of avian adventures, global excursions, and the unexpected lessons you can learn from a life spent looking up at the birds.
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