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The Long Game: A Memoir
Mitch Mcconnell · Sentinel Pages: 278 Format: Print book |
In October 1984, a hard-charging Kentucky politician waited excitedly for President Ronald Reagan to arrive at a presidential rally in Louisville. In the midst of a tough Senate campaign against an incumbent Democrat, the young Republican hoped Reagan's endorsement would give a much-needed... |
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Love, Loss, and What We Ate: A Memoir
Padma Lakshmi · Ecco Pages: 325 Format: Print book |
A vivid memoir of food and family, survival and triumph, Love, Loss, and What We Atetraces Padma Lakshmi s unlikely path from an immigrant childhood to a complicated life in front of the camera a tantalizing blend of Ruth Reichl s Tender at the Bone and Nora Ephron s HeartburnLong before... |
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The Killing Kind
M. William Phelps · Kensington Format: Hardcover |
She was seventeen years old, a beautiful girl with a Hollywood smile and luminous brown eyes. Sprawled in a culvert just off the gravel road like an abandoned doll, she wore only toe socks, a sweatshirt, and a necklace. She was not the killer's first victim. Nor would she be his last.The... |
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A Consequential President: The Legacy of Barack Obama
Michael D'Antonio · Thomas Dunne Books Pages: 320 Format: Print book |
Barack Obama was once a most unlikely candidate, but his successful campaign for the White House made him a worldwide sensation and a transformative figure even before he was inaugurated. Elected as the Iraq War and the Great Recession had discouraged millions of Americans, Obama made a promise... |
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You'll Grow Out of It
Jessi Klein · Grand Central Publishing Pages: 291 Format: Print book |
"You'll grow out of it hilariously, and candidly, explores the journey of the twenty-first century woman. As both a tomboy and a late bloomer, comedian Jessi Klein grew up feeling more like an outsider than a participant in the rites of modern femininity. In You'll grow out of it, Klein... |
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Prince Harry: Brother, Soldier, Son
Penny Junor · Grand Central Publishing; 1St Edition edition Format: Hardcover |
The authoritative biography of Prince Harry by noted royal family biographer Penny Junor, author of Prince William: The Man Who Will Be King and The Firm: The Troubled Life of the House of Windsor. Prince Harry, one of the most popular members of the British royal family, has had a colorful... |
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Les Parisiennes : how the women of Paris lived, loved, and died under Nazi occupation
Anne Sebba · St. Martin's Press Pages: 480 Format: Print book |
"What did it feel like to be a woman living in Paris from 1939 to 1949? These were years of fear, power, aggression, courage, deprivation and secrets until--finally--renewal and retribution. Even at the darkest moments of Occupation, with the Swastika flying from the Eiffel Tower and pet dogs... |
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Morgue: A Life in Death
Vincent Dimaio · St. Martin's Press Pages: 268 Format: Print book |
Forensic science is booming. TV dramas, books and movies have made morgues cool. Complex technology and intricate research can take curdled blood, bone shards, and flakes of skin and turn them into justice. And Vincent Di Maio, MD, son of a famous New York City medical examiner, is one of the lions... |
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Fearless: Stories of the American Saints
Alice Camille · Franciscan Media Format: Book |
The lives of the saints who helped build the Catholic Church in the United States - Frances Cabrini, Isaac Jogues, John Neumann, Elizabeth Ann Seton, and Damien de Veuster, among others - are marked by strength, courage, determination, and sanctity. But as this thoughtful and engaging book... |
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A Cool and Lonely Courage: The Untold Story of Sister Spies in Occupied France
Susan Ottaway · Little, Brown and Company; 1St Edition edition Format: Hardcover |
The incredible true story of British special agents Eileen and Jacqueline Nearne, sisters who risked everything to fight for freedom during the Second World War. When elderly recluse Eileen Nearne died, few suspected that the quiet little old lady was a decorated WWII war hero. Volunteering... |
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A Sliver of Light: Three Americans Imprisoned in Iran
Shane Bauer · Eamon Dolan/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Pages: 339 Format: Hardcover |
Three young Americans captured by Iranian forces and held in captivity for two years tell their story. In summer 2009, Shane Bauer, Joshua Fattal, and Sarah Shourd were hiking in Iraqi Kurdistan when they unknowingly crossed into Iran and were captured by a border patrol. Accused of espionage,... |
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Rise: How a House Built a Family
Cara Brookins · St. Martin's Press Pages: 310 Format: Print book |
If you were inspired by Wild and Eat, Pray, Love, you'll love this extraordinary true story of a woman taking the greatest risk of her life in order to heal from the unthinkable. After escaping an abusive marriage, Cara Brookins had four children to provide for and no one to turn to but herself.... |
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