Summer Reading : Biography

A history of the Beatles through intimate interviews with Paul McCartney, Yoko Ono, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, their families, friends, business associates, and ex-wives Cynthia Lennon, Pattie Harrison Clapton, and Maureen Starkey. The interviews also shed light on why the Beatles broke up.

First Ladies Michelle Obama and Melania Trump have more in common than one might think. Both women rose from humble origins to pursue their ambitions and support their husbands, and each has crafted their public image and used their platforms to influence the country, while also serving as a paragon of fashion and American womanhood. From their pre-nomination lives to their attitudes while occupying the White House, Vigil builds portraits of Melania Trump and Michelle Obama that provide a new appreciation for how these women have shaped our country.

Dancer and choreographer John Clifford offers a highly personal look inside the day-to-day operations of the New York City Ballet and its creative mastermind, George Balanchine. Clifford provides firsthand insight into Balanchine’s relationships with his dancers, and explores questions of creative influence and integrity.

Growing up Black and gay in America has never been easy. Billy Porter’s autobiography is the story of a teenager discovering himself, learning his voice and his craft amidst deep trauma, and whose unbreakable determination led him through countless challenging times to where he is now.

The authorized biography of "cool cat" actor James Coburn, covering his career, romances, friendships, and spirituality. Coburn speaks candidly about acting, show business, people he liked, and people he didn't, with many behind-the-scenes stories from his work.

Wall Street attorney Donald A. Jelinek traveled to the Deep South to volunteer as a civil rights lawyer in the Mississippi Summer Project of 1964. Jelinek recounts the battles he fought in defense of militant civil rights activists and rural African Americans, risking his career and his life to further the struggle for racial equality as an organizer for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and an attorney for the Lawyers Constitutional Defense Committee of the American Civil Liberties Union.

Ann Miller was an American actor, singer, and tap dancer whose solo routines are some of the most famous in recorded film musical history. Miller’s career began with child acting and went on to include three Hollywood studio contracts, and appearances in film, stage, variety shows, and sitcoms.