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Lincoln's Boys: John Hay, John Nicolay, and the War for Lincoln's Image
Joshua Zeitz · Viking Pages: 400 |
A timely and intimate look into Abraham Lincoln's White House through the lives of his two closest aides and confidantsLincoln's official secretaries John Hay and John Nicolay enjoyed more access, witnessed more history, and knew Lincoln better than anyone outside of the president's... |
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The quartet : orchestrating the second American Revolution, 1783-1789
Joseph J Ellis · Alfred A. Knopf, 2015. Pages: 290 Format: Print book |
From Pulitzer Prize-winning American historian Joseph J. Ellis, the unexpected story of why the thirteen colonies, having just fought off the imposition of a distant centralized governing power, would decide to subordinate themselves anew. We all know the famous opening phrase of Lincoln's... |
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What Comes Next and How to Like It: A Memoir
Abigail Thomas · Scribner Format: Hardcover |
In her bestselling and beloved memoir A Three Dog Life, Abigail Thomas wrote about the tragic loss of her husband. In What Comes Next and How to Like It, she writes about aging, family, creativity, tragedy, friendship, and the richness of life. And it is exhilarating.What comes next? What... |
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Little Failure: A Memoir
Gary Shteyngart · Random House of Canada, Limited Pages: 368 Format: Hardcover |
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALISTNAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY MICHIKO KAKUTANI, THE NEW YORK TIMES * NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY TIMENAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY MORE THAN 45 PUBLICATIONS,... |
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Unremarried Widow: A Memoir
Artis Henderson · Simon & Schuster Pages: 256 Format: Hardcover |
In this powerful memoir, a young woman loses her husband twenty years after her own mother was widowed, and overcomes two generations of tragedy to discover that both hope and love endure. Artis Henderson was a free-spirited young woman with dreams of traveling the world and one day becoming... |
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Who Killed My Daughter?
Lois Duncan · Dell; Reprint edition |
The best-selling young adult novelist recounts her daughters mysterious shooting death and her own investigation into the crime, describing her use of a psychic to contact her dead child and expose the truth., |
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All Things Possible: Setbacks and Success in Politics and Life
Andrew M. Cuomo · Harper Format: Hardcover |
In this full and frank memoir—a personal story of duty, family, justice, politics and resilience—New York Governor Andrew Cuomo reflects on his rise, fall, and rise in politics, and recounts his defining personal and political moments and tough but necessary lessons he has learned along... |
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