Category: biographies-&-memoirs
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Above the Noise: My Story of Chasing Calm by DeMar DeRozan is the biography of one of the Toronto Raptors’ current all-time leading scorers and one of the NBA’s most deadly mid-range shooters today. Although it’s true that many professional athletes literally came from nothing prior to gaining superstardom, I was for some odd reason…
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Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder by Salman Rushdie is a memoir going over the events before, during, and afterwards of the attempted murder of the author himself on August 12 of 2022. To be quite honest and clear, I had never heard of Salman Rushdie before this attack. I do remember getting notifications of…
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With the Old Breed by E.B. Sledge is a memoir and recounting of the World War II battles at Peleliu and Okinawa Island. Private First Class E.B. Sledge, aka “Sledgehammer,” initially wanted to write the memoir to recount his hellish days of war for his family members only. He was then urged to publish the…
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The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz by Erik Larson talks about Britain’s involvement and defiance in Germany’s invasion of World War II. In particular, it focuses on Britain’s newly elected prime minister, Winston Churchill, and his first year in office when Britain was constantly bombed by…
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What My Bones Know by Stephanie Foo is a deep look at complex PTSD and how it can affect not just the individual but everyone around them as well. It’s kind of weird how I decided to read this memoir, as I myself don’t suffer from this syndrome, but interestingly, it just somehow got my…
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A River of Darkness by Masaji Ishikawa details the horror one man had to go through in order to survive the clutches of the North Korean regime. It’s a brutal story with a mixed range of emotions as expected. While thinking that spending a lot of time researching and reading about World War II stories…
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