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The Destiny Thief: Essays on Writing, Writers and Life

Richard Russo · Knopf
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

A master of the novel, short story, and memoir, the best-selling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Everybody's Fool now gives us his very first collection of personal essays, ranging throughout writing and reading and living.In these nine essays, Richard Russo provides insight into...
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My Twenty-Five Years in Provence: Reflections on Then and Now

PETER MAYLE · Knopf
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

The beloved author Peter Mayle, champion of all things Provence, here in a final volume of all new writing, offers vivid recollections from his twenty-five years in the South of France--lessons learned, culinary delights enjoyed, and changes observed.Twenty-five years ago, Peter Mayle and his wife,...
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The World as It Is: A Memoir of the Obama White House

BEN RHODES · Random House
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

From one of Obama's closest aides comes a revelatory, behind-the-scenes account of his presidency - and how idealism can confront harsh reality and still survive - in the tradition of Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.'s A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House. For nearly ten years,...
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I Love Capitalism!: An American Story

Kenneth G Langone · Portfolio
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Iconoclastic entrepreneur and New York legend Ken Langone tells the compelling story of how a poor boy from Long Island became one of America's most successful businessmen.Ken Langone has seen it all on his way to a net worth beyond his wildest dreams. A pillar of corporate America...
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The Royal Art of Poison: Filthy Palaces, Fatal Cosmetics, Deadly Medicine, and Murder Most Foul

Eleanor Herman · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Aja Raden, author of Stoned: "Herman has a delightful appreciation for all things beautiful and terrible. With her dishy signature style and a dazzling command of the facts, she brews up a heady mix of erudite history and delicious gossip."Hugely entertaining, a work of pop history...
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So Close to Being the Sh*t, Y'all Don't Even Know

Retta · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

In her hilarious book of essays, Parks and Recreation star Retta shares the stories that led to her success in Hollywood.In So Close to Being the Sh*t, Y'all Don't Even Know, Parks and Recreation star Retta takes us on her not-so-meteoric rise from roaches to riches (well, rich...
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A Parkinson's Primer: An Indispensable Guide to Parkinson's Disease for Patients and Their Families

John M Vine · Paul Dry Books
Pages: 154
Format: Paperback

"John Vine says he wrote this book for people who have been newly diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. Well, I was diagnosed 24 years ago, and I still learned something new on every page." - Michael Kinsley, Vanity Fair columnist and author of Old Age: A Beginner's GuideHere...
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First in Line: Presidents, Vice Presidents, and the Pursuit of Power

KATE ANDERSEN BROWER · Harper
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

From the author of the New York Times bestsellers First Women and The Residence, an intimate, news-making look at the men who are next in line to the most powerful office in the world - the vice presidents of the modern era - from Richard Nixon to Joe Biden to Mike Pence.Vice presidents...
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Balancing Acts: Behind the Scenes at London's National Theatre

Nicholas Hytner · Knopf
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

From the Tony Award and Laurence Olivier Award-winning former director of London's National Theatre--this is a fascinating, candid, eloquent memoir about his career directing theater, producing films and opera, and working closely with some of the world's most celebrated actors....
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Our Year of War: Two Brothers, Vietnam, and a Nation Divided

DANIEL BOLGER · Da Capo Press
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

The gritty and engaging story of two brothers--Chuck and Tom Hagel--who went to war in Vietnam, fought in the same unit, and saved each other's life. One supported the war, the other detested it, but they fought it together.1968. America was divided. Flag-draped caskets came home by the thousands....
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