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Cards for Brianna: A Mom's Messages of Living, Laughing, and Loving as Time Is Running Out

Heather McManamy · Sourcebooks
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

Though the end of your life may be near, it doesn't mean you have to stop livingAfter being diagnosed in her early thirties with terminal breast cancer, Heather McManamy felt like her life was crumbling. Her "normal" vanished -- and was replaced with multiple surgeries and dozens...
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American Dreamer: My Life in Fashion & Business

Tommy Hilfiger · Ballantine Books
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

In this tale of grit and glamour, setbacks and comebacks, business and pop culture icon Tommy Hilfiger shares his extraordinary life story for the first time. Few designers have stayed on top of changing trends the way Tommy Hilfiger has. Fewer still have left such an indelible mark on global...
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Sylvia, Queen of the Headhunters: An Eccentric Englishwoman and Her Lost Kingdom

Philip Eade · Picador; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

THE EXTRAORDINARY TALE OF SYLVIA BROOKE, THE LAST WHITE RULER OF THE JUNGLE KINGDOM OF BORNEOSylvia Brooke was one of the more exotic and outrageous figures of the twentieth century. Otherwise known as the Ranee of Sarawak, she was the wife of Sir Vyner Brooke, the last White Rajah, whose...
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Matter of honor

Anthony Summers · Harpercollins
Pages: 480
Format: Print book

On the seventy-fifth anniversary, the authors of Pulitzer Prize finalist The Eleventh Day unravel the mysteries of Pearl Harbor to expose the scapegoating of the admiral who was in command the day 2,000 Americans died, report on the continuing struggle to restore his lost honor - and clear...
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Obsessed

M William Phelps · Pinnacle Books
Pages: 500
Format: Paperback

"Anything by Phelps is always an eye-opening experience." --Suspense MagazineSheila Davalloo was young, attractive, and successful. When she started a new job at a cutting-edge research lab in Stamford, Connecticut, she met the man of her dreams. Nelson Sessler had no idea how violently...
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The Phantom of Fifth Avenue: The Mysterious Life and Scandalous Death of Heiress Huguette Clark

Meryl Gordon · Grand Central Pub
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

Born in 1906, Huguette Clark grew up in her family's 121-room Beaux Arts mansion in New York and was one of the leading celebrities of her day. Her father William Andrews Clark, was a copper magnate, the second richest man in America, and not above bribing his way into the Senate. Huguette...
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Hungry Heart: Adventures in Life, Love, and Writing

Jennifer Weiner · Atria Books
Pages: 320
Format: Book

"I'm mad Jennifer Weiner's first book of essays is as wonderful as her fiction. You will love this book and wish she was your friend." - Mindy Kaling, author of Why Not Me? "A fiercely funny, powerfully smart, and remarkably brave book. I was spellbound from the first page...
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Born a Crime

Trevor Noah · Spiegel & Grau
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The compelling, inspiring, and comically sublime story of one man's coming-of-age, set during the twilight of apartheid and the tumultuous days of freedom that followedNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Michiko Kakutani, New York Times * Newsday...
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One Lucky Bastard: Tales from Tinseltown

Roger Moore · Lyons Press
Format: Hardcover

In a career that spans over seven decades, Roger Moore has been at the very heart of Hollywood. Of course, hes an actor and has starred in films that have made him famous the world over but hes also a tremendous prankster, joker and raconteur. Despite the fact that he is well known as one of the nicest...
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Glitter and Glue: A Memoir

Kelly Corrigan · Ballantine
Pages: 224
Format: Book

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom the author of The Middle Place comes a new memoir that examines the bond - sometimes nourishing, sometimes exasperating, occasionally divine - between mothers and daughters. When Kelly Corrigan was in high school, her mother neatly summarized the family dynamic...
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"I Heard You Paint Houses", Updated Edition: Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran & Closing the Case on Jimmy Hoffa

Charles Brandt · Steerforth Press
Pages: 384
Format: Print book

Updated with a 57-page Conclusion by the author that features new, independent corroboration of Frank Sheeran's revelations about the killing of Jimmy Hoffa, the killing of Joey Gallo and the murder of JFK, along with stories that could not be told before."I Heard You Paint Houses"...
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Books for Living

Will Schwalbe · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

From the author of the beloved New York Times best-selling The End of Your Life Book Club, an inspiring and magical exploration of the power of books to shape our lives in an era of constant connectivity. Why is it that we read? Is it to pass time? To learn something new? To escape from...
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Dangerous Odds: My Secret Life Inside an Illegal Billion Dollar Sports Betting Operation

Marisa Lankester · Cappuccino Books Publishing
Format: Hardcover

Soon to be a WARNER BROS. movie starring MARGOT ROBBIE Wolf of Wall Street, Focus, produced by Film 360 Game of Thrones. DANGEROUS ODDS - a True Crime Thriller Memoire -  is the explosive, never been told, behind the scenes look into the world of illegal sports betting, revealed by an insider,...
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Marrow: A Love Story

Elizabeth Lesser · Harperwave
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

The author of the New York Times bestseller Broken Open returns with a visceral and profound memoir of two sisters who, in the face of a bone marrow transplant - one the donor and one the recipient - begin a quest for acceptance, authenticity, and most of all, love.A mesmerizing and courageous...
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Napoleon: A Life

Andrew Roberts · Viking
Pages: 926
Format: Book

The definitive biography of the great soldier-statesman by the New York Times bestselling author of The Storm of War - winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography and the Grand Prix of the Fondation Napoleon Austerlitz, Borodino, Waterloo: his battles are among the greatest...
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