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Bright Shining: How Grace Changes Everything

Julia Baird - HarperOne
Format: Hardcover

'A powerful book from one of my favorite writers on something we all need more of...and could give more of.' - Ryan Holiday, bestselling author of The Obstacle is the Way and Ego Is the Enemy"Luminous. . . . A work to both devour and savour, Baird has, once again, written...
 
 
Carson the Magnificent

Bill Zehme - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

A much-anticipated biography - twenty years in the making - of the entertainer who redefined late-night television and reshaped American culture.. In 2002, Bill Zehme landed one of the most coveted assignments for a magazine writer: an interview with Johnny Carson - the only one he'd...
 
 
Citizen: My Life After the White House

Bill Clinton - Knopf
Format: Hardcover

A powerful, candid, and richly detailed memoir from an American icon, revealing what life looks like after the presidency: triumphs, tribulations, and all.. On January 20, 2001, after nearly thirty years in politics - eight of them as president of the United States - Bill Clinton was suddenly...
 
 
Heartbreak Is the National Anthem: How Taylor Swift Reinvented Pop Music

Rob Sheffield - Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover

An intimate look at the life and music of modern pop's most legendary figure, Taylor Swift, from leading music journalist Rob Sheffield.A cultural phenomenon. A worldwide obsession. An agent of emotional chaos. There's no parallel to Taylor Swift in history: a teenage girl who turns...
 
 
The Name of This Band Is R.E.M.: A Biography

Peter Ames Carlin - Doubleday
Format: Hardcover

An electrifying cultural biography of the greatest and last American rock band of the millennium, whose music ignited a generation - and reasserted the power of rock and roll. In the spring of 1980, an unexpected group of musical eccentrics came together to play their very first performance...
 
 
Queen Victoria and Her Prime Ministers: Her Life, the Imperial Ideal, and the Politics and Turmoil That Shaped Her Extraordinary Reign

Anne Somerset - Knopf
Format: Hardcover

A riveting portrait of Queen Victoria and the ten prime ministers who headed British government during her sixty-three-year reign. It is generally accepted that Queen Victoria reigned but did not rule. This couldn't be more wrong. A passionate and opinionated leader, Victoria was born...
 
 
Taylor Swift Style: Fashion Through the Eras

Sarah Chapelle - St. Martin's Griffin
Format: Hardcover

Dazzling. Incomparable. Unforgettable. The definitive book of Taylor Swift's fashion evolution. This gorgeous hardcover edition has gilded gold edges, foiled cover accents and colored endpapers. For Taylor Swift, fashion and music go hand-in-hand -- each playing a powerful role in shaping...
 
 
That Deserves a Wow: Untold Stories of Legends and Champions, Their Wins and Heartbreaks

Chris Myers - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover

The Emmy Award-winning FOX Sports broadcaster provides a front row seat to some of the most memorable moments in sports history.Emmy Award-winning broadcaster Chris Myers reflects on his illustrious career as one of the most trusted and renowned journalists in sports. Myers has witnessed...
 
 
Unleashed

Boris Johnson - Harper
Format: Hardcover

Shattering the mold of the traditional political memoir, Unleashed is a candid, unrestrained, and revealing book by Boris Johnson, the Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. In Unleashed, Johnson takes readers through all the big decisions during his time in power and why he took...
 
 
Brothers

Alex van Halen - Harper
Format: Hardcover

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn this intimate and open account - nothing like any rock-and-roll memoir you've ever read - Alex Van Halen shares his personal story of family, friendship, music and brotherly love in a remarkable tribute to his beloved brother and band mate.Told with...