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Price of Fame: The Honorable Clare Boothe Luce
Sylvia Jukes Morris · Random House
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“I hope I shall have ambition until the day I die,” Clare Boothe Luce told her biographer Sylvia Jukes Morris. Price of Fame, the concluding volume of the life of an exceptionally brilliant polymath, chronicles Luce’s progress from the early months of World War II, when,... |
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The Keillor Reader
Garrison Keillor · Viking Books
Pages: 361
Format: Hardcover |
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Stories, essays, poems, and personal reminiscences from the sage of Lake Wobegon When, at thirteen, he caught on as a sportswriter for the Anoka Herald, Garrison Keillor set out to become a professional writer, and so he has done - a storyteller, sometime comedian, essayist, newspaper columnist,... |
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Getting Life: An Innocent Man's 25-Year Journey from Prison to Peace
Michael Morton · Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover |
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He spent twenty-five years in prison for a crime he did not commit. He lost his wife, his son, and his freedom. This is the story of how Michael Morton finally got justice—and a second chance at life. On August 13, 1986, just one day after his thirty-second birthday, Michael Morton went... |
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The Heir Apparent: A Life of Edward VII, the Playboy Prince
Jane Ridley · Random House
Pages: 752
Format: Book |
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NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW AND THE BOSTON GLOBEThis richly entertaining biography chronicles the eventful life of Queen Victoria's firstborn son, the quintessential black sheep of Buckingham Palace, who matured into as wise and effective... |
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Blue-eyed boy : a memoir
Robert Timberg · The Penguin Press
Pages: 304
Format: Print book |
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"From journalist Robert Timberg, a memoir of the struggle to reclaim his life after being severely burned as a Marine lieutenant in Vietnam. In January 1967, Robert Timberg was a short-timer, counting down the days until his combat tour ended. He had thirteen days to go when his vehicle... |
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Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner
Judy Melinek MD · Tantor Audio; Unabridged CD edition
Format: Audio CD |
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Just two months before the September 11 terrorist attacks, Dr. Judy Melinek began her training as a New York City forensic pathologist. With her husband and their toddler holding down the home front, Judy threw herself into the fascinating world of death investigation—performing autopsies,... |
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Take This Man: A Memoir
Brando Skyhorse · Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover |
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Named one of Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Books of 2014 One of NBC Newss 10 Best Latino Books of 2014 From PENHemingway award winner Brando Skyhorse comes this stunning, heartfelt memoir in the vein of The Glass Castle or The Tender Bar, the true story of a boys turbulent childhood growing... |
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A Torch Kept Lit: Great Lives of the Twentieth Century
William F Jr Buckley · Crown
Pages: 336
Format: Print book |
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A unique collection of eulogies of the twentieth century's greatest figures, written by conservative icon William F. Buckley Jr. and compiled by National Review and Fox News White House correspondent James Rosen In a half-century on the national stage, William F. Buckley Jr. achieved unique... |
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Hispanic Americans in Congress, 1822-2012
Matthew A Wasniewski · Congress
Pages: 764
Format: Paperback |
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Updated through 2012, Hispanic Americans in Congress 1822-2012 is written for a general audience and researched using primary and secondary sources, this book contains a profile of every Hispanic American who has served in Congress. Former Member profiles are introduced by contextual essays... |
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