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The Schubert Treatment: A Story of Music and Healing

Claire Oppert - Greystone Books
Format: Hardcover

For readers of Oliver Sacks and Being Mortal by Atul Gawande.. A celebrated art therapist plays the cello for patients with autism, neurodegenerative disease and terminal illness - and offers a moving reflection on the extraordinary power of music to enrich our lives, all the way to the very...
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CABIN: Off the Grid Adventures with a Clueless Craftsman

Patrick Hutchison - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

A memoir of the author's journey from an office job to restoring a cabin in the Pacific Northwest, based on his wildly popular Outside Magazine piece.. Wit's End isn't just a state of mind. It's the name of a gravel road, the address of a run-down off-the-grid cabin, 120 shabby...
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Tuned In - Memoirs of a Piano Man: Behind the Scenes with Music Legends and Finding the Artist Within

Jim Wilson - Willow Bay Media
Format: Hardcover

Tuned In is an inspiring story of one man's relentless pursuit of a dream, and a revealing testimony to the power of music in all our lives.The unique confluence of Jim Wilson's two careers - piano technician/confidant to the stars and a globally successful recording artist - has led to extraordinary...
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The Piano Player of Budapest: A True Story of Survival, Hope, and Music

Roxanne de Bastion - Pegasus Books
Format: Hardcover

A story about a piano and its most prodigious player - and how they both survived one of the darkest periods in history. . When her father died, singer-songwriter Roxanne de Bastion inherited a piano she knew had been in her family for over a hundred years. But it is only when she finds...
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Melania

Melania Trump - Skyhorse
Format: Hardcover

Melania is a compelling and inspirational memoir that offers a glimpse into the life of a remarkable woman who has navigated challenges with grace and determination. In her memoir, Melania reflects on her Slovenian childhood, the pivotal moments that led her to the world of high fashion...
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Outspoken: My Fight for Freedom and Human Rights in Afghanistan

Sima Samar - Random House Canada
Format: Hardcover

NATIONAL BESTSELLER. The impassioned memoir of Afghanistan's Sima Samar: medical doctor, public official, founder of schools and hospitals, thorn in the side of the Taliban, nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize, and lifelong advocate for girls and women.. "I have three strikes against...
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Portrait of a Woman: Art, Rivalry, and Revolution in the Life of Adélaïde Labille-Guiard

Bridget Quinn - Chronicle Books LLC
Format: Hardcover

Discover the story of Adélaïde Labille-Guiard - a long-ignored artist and feminist of eighteenth-century France - in this imaginative and illuminating biography from an award-winning writer.. Born in Paris in 1749, Adélaïde Labille-Guiard rose from shopkeeper's daughter to an official...
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Playing from the Rough: A Personal Journey through America's 100 Greatest Golf Courses

Jimmie James - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

The story of one man's quest to become the first person to play each of America's 100 greatest golf courses in a single year, an odyssey that brings him face to face with the gulf between his impoverished childhood in the Jim Crow South and the successful executive he became.. When...
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Just Add Water: My Swimming Life

Katie Ledecky - Simon & Schuster
Format: Audio CD

New York Times Bestseller A candid and inspiring memoir from Olympic gold medalist, world champion, and one of the best swimmers ever to compete: Katie Ledecky.. Katie Ledecky has won more individual Olympic races than any female swimmer in history. She is a three-time Olympian, a seven-time...
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Cactus Country: A Boyhood Memoir

Zoë Bossiere - Abrams Press
Format: Hardcover

A striking literary memoir of genderfluidity, class, masculinity, and the American Southwest that captures the author's experience coming of age in a Tucson, Arizona, trailer park. Newly arrived in the Sonoran Desert, eleven-year-old Zoe's world is one of giant beetles, thundering...
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