Remember Linda Greenlaw, the highly acclaimed sword boat captain of the commercial fishing boat the “Hannah Boden?” She was touted in the book “The Perfect Storm,” by Sebastian Junger as being one of the best captains in the sword fishing industry, surviving the disastrous North Atlantic storm of 1991 that capsized her sister ship the “Andrea Gail”. Did you also know she is the often humorous author of six books? She has penned four non-fiction books highlighting her career as a fishing boat Captain, including her latest book, “Seaworthy,” along with two mystery fiction books, with plots also centered around the sea. Check all her newest book Seaworthy, as well as all her other books here at CPL.

The lady in the tower : the fall of Anne Boleyn by Alison Weir

The comforts of home : thrifty and chic decorating ideas for making the most of what you have by Caroline Clifton- Mogg

Lives like loaded guns : Emily Dickinson and her family's feuds by Lyndall Gordon

The men who stare at goats by Jon Ronson

Annie's ghosts : a journey into a family secret by Steve Luxenberg

Lord of misrule: a novel by Jaimy Gordon

Just kids: from Brooklyn to the Chelsea Hotel : a life of art and friendship by Patti Smith

Lighthead by Terrance Hayes

Mockingbird: (mok'ing-bûrd) by Kathryn Erskine

You can watch the 2010 National Book Awards ceremony on the National Book Foundation's website.

All over but the shoutin' by Rick Bragg

Foreign correspondence by Geraldine Brooks

The road from Coorain by Jill Ker Conway

True north : a memoir by Jill Ker Conway

Colored people : a memoir by Henry Louis Gates, Jr

John Glenn : a memoir by John Glenn with Nick Taylor

The first tycoon : the epic life of Cornelius Vanderbilt by T.J. Stiles

American lion : Andrew Jackson in the White House by Jon Meacham

Eden's outcasts : the story of Louisa May Alcott and her father by John Matteson

The most famous man in America : the biography of Henry Ward Beecher by Debby Applegate

American Prometheus : the triumph and tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin

If you're hooked on television series like House or Scrubs, you may like these medical memoirs.

• Another Day in the Frontal Lobe by Katrina Firlik
• Baby Catcher by Peggy Vincent
• Complications by Atul Gawande
• A Final Arc of Sky by Jennifer Culkin
• Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder
• The Pact by Sampson Davis

Auto Racing

Dale Earnhardt, Jr.: driven by destiny by Mark Stewart

Jeff Gordon by Anthony B. Cain

Bicycling

Lance Armstrong: a biography by Bill Gutman

Sweet victory: Lance Armstrong's incredible journey, the amazing story of the greatest comeback in sports by Mark Stewart

Major Taylor, champion cyclist by Lesa Cline-Ransome; illustrated by James E. Ransome

A forgotten champion: the story of Major Taylor, fastest bicycle racer in the world by Mary Wilds

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* = autobiography