Florence Henderson Shares Her Story at Library

Wowbrary.com lists the top new releases at libraries around the country. Here is a look at 10 new items you can now find at the .

1. Everything Must Go, from Lions Gate Home Entertainment. "Everything Must Go finds Will Ferrell in a serious mood. But unlike many comedians seeking to demonstrate their acting chops, Ferrell doesn't confuse seriousness with humorlessness; instead, he discovers humor and pathos intertwined."

2. Greening of Southie, from A&E Home Video. "Set in the streets of South Boston, The Greening of Southie is a feature documentary about Boston's first residential green building, The Macallen Building, from the perspective of the men and women who bring it to life."

3. Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend, by Susan Orlean. "From the moment in 1918 when Corporal Lee Duncan discovers Rin Tin Tin on a World War I battlefield, he recognizes something in the pup that he needs to share with the world. Rin Tin Tin’s improbable introduction to Hollywood leads to the dog’s first blockbuster film and over time, the many radio programs, movies, and television shows that follow."

4. Maman's Homesick Pie: A Persian Heart in an American Kitchen, by Donia Bijan. "For Donia Bijan’s family, food has been the language they use to tell their stories and to communicate their love. In 1978, when the Islamic revolution in Iran threatened their safety, they fled to California’s Bay Area, where the familiar flavors of Bijan’s mother’s cooking formed a bridge to the life they left behind."

5. Unlikely Collaboration: Gertrude Stein, Bernard Faÿ, and the Vichy Dilemma (Gender and Culture Series), by Barbara Will. "In 1941, the Jewish American writer and avant-garde icon Gertrude Stein embarked on one of the strangest intellectual projects of her life: translating for an American audience the speeches of Marshal Philippe Pétain, head of state for the collaborationist Vichy government. From 1941 to 1943, Stein translated thirty-two of Pétain's speeches, in which he outlined the Vichy policy barring Jews and other 'foreign elements' from the public sphere while calling for France to reconcile with Nazi occupiers. Unlikely Collaboration pursues troubling questions: Why and under what circumstances would Stein undertake this project?"

6. Life Is Not a Stage: From Broadway Baby to a Lovely Lady and Beyond, by Florence Henderson. "For millions of people around the world, Carol Brady is synonymous with motherhood, but growing up as the youngest of ten children in rural Indiana in the aftermath of the Great Depression, Florence Henderson lived a life quite different from that of the quintessential TV mom she later played on television."

7. Harold: The Boy Who Became Mark Twain, by Hal Holbrook. "Harold is Hal Holbrook’s affecting memoir of growing up behind disguises, and his lifelong search for himself. Abandoned by his mother and father when he was two, Holbrook and his two sisters each commenced their separate journeys of survival. Raised by his powerful grandfather until his death when Holbrook was 12, Holbrook spent his childhood at boarding schools, visiting his father in an insane asylum, and hoping his mother would suddenly surface in Hollywood."

8. Unmeasured Strength, by Lauren Manning. "A survivor's awe-inspiring story of how she overcame tragedy and re-created herself as a wife, mother, and woman. She had a big job on Wall Street, a loving husband and an infant son, and a confidence born of intelligence and beauty. But on 9/11, good fortune was no match for catastrophe. When a wall of flame at the World Trade Center burned more than 80 percent of her body, Lauren Manning began a 10-year journey of survival and rebirth that tested her almost beyond human endurance."

9. Yossarian Slept Here: When Joseph Heller Was Dad, the Apthorp Was Home, and Life Was a Catch-22, by Erica Heller. "Catch-22 author Joseph Heller’s daughter, Erica, writes a spirited and utterly charming memoir about growing up amidst her father’s literary fame, her parents’ explosive divorce, and her delightfully eccentric upbringing."

10. Hemingway's Boat: Everything He Loved in Life, and Lost, 1934-1961, by Paul Hendrickson. "The author of the award-winning Sons of Mississippi now reveals Ernest Hemingway in a wholly new light."