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[quote=Anonymous]- Open - Agassi (ghostwriter is one of my favorite writers, the guy who wrote Tender Bar which actually is another great read about his childhood)

- Tallyrand - Duff Cooper (an oldie but a goodie :)  Charles Maurice de Talleyrand,  Napoleon's foreign diplomat - cunning, shrewd, total AHole and much evil fun :)

- Shoe Dog (Phil Knight) - Nike CEO (ghostwriter is Agassi's same guy

- Liar's Poker - Michael Lewis first book, his bio from time on Wall St.  [b]TOO fun.
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More serious but amazing..

- Gift From The Sea  - Anne Morrow Lindberg (wife of Charles whose baby was kidnapped) (serious but not depressing and one of the most inspirational, wise books ever.  Every few years, I re-read)

-What Remains Behind - OK this is by Carole Radziwell, one of the Real Housewives so I don't know what happened to her LOL but I'm going to say that if this isn't one of the best damn books ever written.  It's serious but not depressing.  She lost her husband and 2 best friends JFK/Carolyn shortly after.  But the writing is phenomenal - it moves, it is insightful, it's a good story.  I'm pretty well read in English and American Lit, I read a lot of fun and serious books and truly, this is one of my favorite all time bios.

-West with the Night - Beryl Markham.  Sad nobody knows who she is - first person who flew Atlantic from East to West (much harder due to the winds).  Her story, my bible :)  What a lady.  Hemingway called it best book he ever read and reduced him to tears as a writer because she is so beautiful.

-A Moveable Feast - Hemingway - he made up most of this really but it's a good read :) Chronicles his journalist years when he was his  prime adventuresome self

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