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A Life in Parts
Bryan Cranston · Simon & Schuster Audio
Format: Audiobook
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A poignant, intimate, funny, inspiring memoir - both a coming-of-age story and a meditation on creativity, devotion, and craft - from Bryan Cranston, beloved and acclaimed star of one of history's most successful TV shows, Breaking Bad.Bryan Cranston landed his first role at seven, when... |
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In Search of Mary Shelley: The Girl Who Wrote Frankenstein
FIONA SAMPSON · Pegasus Books
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
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Coinciding with the 200th anniversary of the publication of Frankenstein in 1818, a prize-winning poet delivers a major new biography of Mary Shelley -- as she has never been seen before.We know the facts of Mary Shelley's life in some detail -- the death of her mother, Mary Wollstonecraft,... |
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True Reagan: What Made Ronald Reagan Great and Why It Matters
James S Rosebush · Center Street
Pages: 288
Format: Print book
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Senior Advisor to Ronald Reagan and Chief of Staff to Nancy Reagan, James Rosebush had unique access to the 40th President. Now he shares his observations to reveal the heart of the man--the thinking, beliefs, and character many have declared "mysterious and unknowable."Peeling... |
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Freddie Mercury: A Kind of Magic
Mark Blake · Backbeat Books
Pages: 224
Format: Print book
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(Book) . Freddie Mercury was one of rock's most dazzling front men. When he died in 1991, the music world lost one of its most flamboyant characters, as well as a supremely talented writer and vocalist. Best known as the lead singer of Queen, his amazing four-octave voice was a distinctive... |
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The Old Man and the Cat: A Love Story
Nils Uddenberg · Center Point Large Print
Pages: 157
Format: Large print book
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One winter morning the author discovered a cat - whom he would later find was homeless - sitting outside his bedroom window, staring at him with big yellow eyes. Slowly but surely the cat worked itself into his life. |
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Astrid Lindgren: The Woman Behind Pippi Longstocking
Jens Andersen · Yale University Press
Pages: 360
Format: Hardcover
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The first English‑language biography of Astrid Lindgren provides a moving and revealing portrait of the beloved Scandinavian literary icon whose adventures of Pippi Longstocking have influenced generations of young readers all over the world. Lindgren's sometimes turbulent life as an unwed... |
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Kim Jong-un: The Mysterious and Controversial Life of North Korea's Supreme Leader
Charles River Editors · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Pages: 42
Format: Paperback
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*Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading "There is no force in the world that can block the powerful march of our army and people, who are holding high the banner of the suns of great Comrade Kim Il Sung and great Comrade Kim Jong Il and continuing... |
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The Thorn Necklace: Healing Through Writing and the Creative Process
Francesca Lia Block · Seal Press
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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For devotees of Bird by Bird and The Artist's Way, a memoir-driven guide to healing through the craft of writing A cinematic exploration of the writing life by Francesca Lia Block, the bestselling author of the Weetzie Bat series of magical-realism novels, The Thorn Necklace offers visceral... |
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Tranny: Confessions of Punk Rock's Most Infamous Anarchist Sellout
Laura Jane Grace · Hachette Books
Pages: 272
Format: Print book
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"If I could have chosen, I would have been born a woman/ My mother once told me she would have named me Laura/ I would grow up to be strong and beautiful like her."-The OceanA searing account of her search for identity and true self, TRANNY reveals the struggles and victories... |
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Spinster: Making a Life of One's Own
Kate Bolick · Crown
Format: Hardcover
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"A single woman considers her life, the life of the bold single ladies who have gone before her, and the long arc of slowly changing attitudes towards women"-- |
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Mahatma Gandhi and his Apostles
Ved Mehta · Viking Press
Pages: 260
Format: Book
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In this book, the renowned author Ved Mehta brings Gandhi to life in all his holiness and humanness, shedding light on his principles and his purposes, his ideas and his actions. Through interviewing disciples of Gandhi in five countries, Mehta reconstructs in precise detail Gandhi's... |
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Where Monsters Hide: Sex, Murder, and Madness in the Midwest
M. William Phelps · Kensington
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback
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A tragic missing person case spirals into an unrelenting murder mystery. Intrigue, deception, and serial homicide erupt in the latest real-life thriller by New York Times bestselling investigative journalist M. William Phelps. In October 2014, after Chris Regan failed to arrive at his new job,... |
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