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Andy Warhol Was a Hoarder: Inside the Minds of History's Great Personalities
Claudia Kalb - National Geographic Books
Format: Print book
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Was Andy Warhol a hoarder? Did Einstein have autism? Was Frank Lloyd Wright a narcissist? In this surprising, inventive, and meticulously researched look at the evolution of mental health, acclaimed health and science journalist Claudia Kalb gives readers a glimpse into the lives of high-profile... |
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32 Yolks: From My Mothers Table to Working the Line
Eric Ripert - Random House Audio
Format: Hardcover
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New York Times best sellerHailed by Anthony Bourdain as "heartbreaking, horrifying, poignant, and inspiring", 32 Yolks is the brave and affecting coming-of-age story about the making of a French chef, from the culinary icon behind the renowned New York City restaurant Le Bernardin.Named... |
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83 Minutes: The Doctor, the Damage, and the Shocking Death of Michael Jackson
Matt Richards - Thomas Dunne Books
Format: Print book
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A definitive look at Michael Jackson's final minutes, revealing for the first time the shocking details behind the tragic death of one of the world's biggest pop stars.On June 25th, 2009, the world was rocked by the tragic news that Michael Jackson -- the biggest and most influential music... |
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Approaching Ali: A Reclamation in Three Acts
Davis Miller - Liveright Publishing Corporation
Format: Print book
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The single most intimate look at Muhammad Ali's life after boxing, told through the story of an unexpected friendship.On Easter weekend 1988, then struggling writer and movie store clerk Davis Miller drove to Muhammad Ali's mother's modest house in Louisville, knocked on the front door,... |
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Approval Junkie: Adventures in Caring Too Much
Faith Salie - Crown Archetype
Format: Print book
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From comedian and journalist Faith Salie, of NPR's Wait Wait ... Don't Tell Me! and CBS News Sunday Morning, a collection of humorous essays chronicling the author's adventures during her lifelong quest for approval. Faith Salie has done it all in the name of validation.... |
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1924: The Year That Made Hitler
Peter Ross Range - Little
Format: Print book
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The dark story of Adolf Hitler's life in 1924--the year that made a monsterBefore Adolf Hitler's rise to power in Germany, there was 1924. This was the year of Hitler's final transformation into the self-proclaimed savior and infallible leader who would interpret and distort Germany's historical... |
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The Art of Tough: Fearlessly Facing Politics and Life
Barbara Boxer - Hachette Books
Format: Hardcover
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"One goal of this memoir is to inspire people to fight for change. It takes what I call the Art of Tough and I've had to do it all my life."---Senator Barbara BoxerBarbara Boxer has made her mark, combining compassionate advocacy with scrappiness in a political career spanning... |
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Above the Line: My Wild Oats Adventure
Shirley Maclaine - Atria Books
Format: Hardcover
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From the beloved and bestselling actress, a book about her experiences filming Wild Oats in the Canary Islands - which brings forth memories of a past life on the lost continent of Atlantis. This is a terrific companion to the movie, telling the behind-the-scenes, over-the-top story of how the film... |
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Alive, Alive Oh!: And Other Things That Matter
Diana Athill - W.W. Norton & Company
Format: Print book
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A luminous, wise, and joyful insight into what really matters at the end of a long life, from the beloved author of the award-winning Somewhere Towards the End.What will you remember if you live to be 100?Diana Athill charmed readers with her prize-winning memoir Somewhere Towards the End,... |
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The Auctioneer: Adventures in the Art Trade
Simon De Pury - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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Just as William Goldman, the ultimate screenwriter, took us inside Hollywood, Simon de Pury, the ultimate art player, will take us inside an even more secretive business, whose staggering prices, famous collectors, and high crimes are front page news almost every day. The former Chairman... |
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All Strangers Are Kin: Adventures in Arabic and the Arab World
Zora O'Neill - Houghton Mifflin
Format: Hardcover
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"The shaddais the key difference between a pigeon (hamam) and a bathroom (hammam) . Be careful, our professor advised, in the first moment of outright humor in class, that you don't ask a waiter, 'Excuse me, where is the pigeon?' - or, conversely, order... |
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Available: A Memoir of Heartbreak, Hookups, Love and Brunch
Matteson Perry - Scribner
Format: Print book
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From a breakout storytelling star at The Moth, a real-life romantic comedy about a guy and a girl - and twenty-nine other girls: a memoir about an unexpected break-up, one self-imposed year of being single, and how a "nice guy" survived dating in the twenty-first century.Matteson... |
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Alligator Candy: A Memoir
David Kushner - Simon & Schuster
Format: Print book
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From award-winning journalist David Kushner, a regular contributor to "Rolling Stone, " "The New Yorker, " "Vanity Fair, " and other premier magazines, "Alligator Candy "is a reported memoir about family, survival, and the unwavering power of love.... |
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Bare Bones: I'm Not Lonely If You're Reading This Book
Bobby Bones - Dey Street Books
Format: Print book
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A touching, funny, heart-wrenching, and triumphant memoir from one of the biggest names in radio, the host of The Bobby Bones Show, one of the most listened-to drive time morning radio shows in the nation.Growing up poor in Mountain Pine, Arkansas, with a young, addicted mom, Bobby Estell... |
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Alone on the wall
Alex Honnold - W.W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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"The extreme climber famed for his solo ascents without ropes, partners or gear describes his seven most significant achievements, including a free-solo climb up Mexico's Sendero Luminoso and the Fitz Traverse ascent in Patagonia, "--NoveList. |
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The Battle for Room 314: My Year of Hope and Despair in a New York City High School
Ed Boland - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Print book
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THE BATTLE FOR ROOM 314In a fit of idealism, Ed Boland left a twenty-year career as a non-profit executive to teach in a tough New York City public high school. But his hopes quickly collided headlong with the appalling reality of his students' lives and a hobbled education system unable... |
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Always Too Much and Never Enough: A Memoir
Jasmin Singer - Berkley Books
Format: Print book
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One woman's journey to find herself through juicing, veganism, and love, as she went from fat to thin and from feeding her emotions to feeding her soul. From the extra pounds and unrelenting bullies that left her eating lunch alone in a bathroom stall at school to the low self-esteem... |
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American Governor: Chris Christie's Bridge to Redemption
Matt Katz - Threshold Editions
Format: Print book
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The ultimate insider to Chris Christie's 2016 presidential campaign delivers a definitive biography of the popular and controversial governor of New Jersey - including the true story behind the Bridgegate lane-closure scandal.Journalist Matt Katz has been covering Christie since 2011 and has seen... |
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American Pharoah: The Untold Story of the Triple Crown Winner's Legendary Rise
Joe Drape - Hachette Books
Format: Hardcover
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERHistory was made at the 2015 Belmont Stakes when American Pharoah won the Triple Crown, the first since Affirmed in 1978. As magnificent as the champion is, the team behind him has been all too human while on the road to immortality.Written by an award-winning... |
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An Abbreviated Life: A Memoir
Ariel Leve - Harper
Format: Print book
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A beautiful, startling, and candid memoir about growing up without boundaries, in which Ariel Leve recalls with candor and sensitivity the turbulent time she endured as the only child of an unstable poet for a mother and a beloved but largely absent father, and explores the consequences... |
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And Then All Hell Broke Loose: Two Decades in the Middle East
Richard Engel - Simon & Schuster
Format: Print book
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When he was just twenty-three, a recent graduate of Stanford University, Richard Engel set off to Cairo with $2,000 and dreams of being a reporter. Shortly thereafter he was working freelance for Arab news sources and got a call that a busload of Italian tourists were massacred at a Cairo... |
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