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Ask Me About My Uterus: A Quest to Make Doctors Believe in Women's Pain
Abby Norman · Nation Books Pages: 288 Format: Hardcover
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For any woman who has experienced illness, chronic pain, or endometriosis comes an inspiring memoir advocating for recognition of women's health issuesIn the fall of 2010, Abby Norman's strong dancer's body dropped forty pounds and gray hairs began to sprout from her temples. She was repeatedly... |
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Adnan's Story: Murder, Justice, and the Case that Captivated a Nation
Rabia Chaudry · St. Martin's Press Pages: 410 Format: Print book
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*Now a New York Times bestseller*Serial told Only Part of the Story ... In early 2000, Adnan Syed was convicted and sentenced to life plus thirty years for the murder of his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee, a high school senior in Baltimore, Maryland. Syed has maintained his innocence, and Rabia... |
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The Search for Anne Perry: The Hidden Life of a Bestselling Crime Writer
Joanne Drayton · Arcade Publishing Format: Hardcover
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In 1994, director Peter Jackson released the movie Heavenly Creatures, based on a famous 1950s matricide committed in New Zealand by two teenage girls embroiled in an obsessive relationship. The movie launched Jackson’s international career. It also forever changed the life of Anne... |
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Joan of Arc: A Life Transfigured
Kathryn Harrison · Doubleday; First Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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The profoundly inspiring and fully documented saga of Joan of Arc, the young peasant girl whose voices moved her to rally the French nation and a reluctant king against British invaders in 1428, has fascinated artistic figures as diverse as William Shakespeare, Mark Twain, Voltaire, George... |
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Never Enough: Donald Trump and the Pursuit of Success
Michael D'Antonio · Thomas Dunne Books Pages: 400 Format: Print book
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In the summer of 2015, as he vaulted to the lead among the many GOP candidates for president, Donald Trump was the only one dogged by questions about his true intentions. This most famous American businessman had played the role of provocateur so often that pundits, reporters, and voters... |
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Memory's Last Breath: Field Notes on My Dementia
Gerda Saunders · Hachette Books Pages: 288 Format: Hardcover
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"[A] courageous and singular book."---Andrew Solomon In the tradition of Brain on Fire and When Breath Becomes Air, Gerda Saunders' Memory's Last Breath is an unsparing, beautifully written memoir--a true-life Still Alice that captures Saunders' experience as a fiercely intellectual... |
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Blood Will Out: The True Story of a Murder, a Mystery, and a Masquerade
Walter Kirn · W W Norton & Co Inc Pages: 255 Format: Hardcover
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A Slate, San Francisco Chronicle, Amazon, and BookPage Best Book of 2014 A USA Today Top 10 Best Book of Winter 2014 An In Cold Blood for our time, a chilling, compulsive story of a writer unwittingly caught in the wake of a grifter-turned-murderer. In the summer of 1998, Walter Kirn - then... |
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Queen of Bebop: The Musical Lives of Sarah Vaughan
ELAINE M HAYES · Ecco Pages: 320 Format: Hardcover
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Queen of Bebop brilliantly chronicles the life of jazz singer Sarah Vaughan, one of the most influential and innovative musicians of the twentieth century and a pioneer of women's and civil rightsSarah Vaughan, a pivotal figure in the formation of bebop, influenced a broad array of singers... |
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Strangers Tend to Tell Me Things
Amy Dickinson · Hachette Books Pages: 240 Format: Print book
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In STRANGERS TEND TO TELL ME THINGS--her follow-up memoir to the NYT bestselling The Mighty Queens of Freeville--America's most popular advice columnist, "Ask Amy," shares her journey of family, second chances, and finding love.By peeling back the curtain of her syndicated advice... |
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Rise: How a House Built a Family
Cara Brookins · St. Martin's Press Pages: 310 Format: Print book
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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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Manderley Forever
Tatiana De Rosnay · St. Martin's Press Pages: 340 Format: Hardcover
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The nonfiction debut from beloved international sensation and #1 New York Times bestselling author Tatiana de Rosnay: her bestselling biography of novelist Daphne du Maurier."It's impressive how Tatiana was able to recreate the personality of my mother, including her sense of humor.... |
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My Mother's Kitchen: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, and the Meaning of Life
Peter Gethers · Henry Holt and Company Pages: 320 Format: Print book
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A funny, moving memoir about a son's discovery that his mother has a genius for understanding the intimate connections between cooking, people and lovePeter Gethers wants to give his aging mother a very personal and perhaps final gift: a spectacular feast featuring all her favorite dishes.... |
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Flyover Lives: A Memoir
Diane Johnson · Viking Pages: 288 Format: Print book
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"Smart . . . perceptive . . . Flyover Lives is a memoir of the Midwest sure to charm readers." - Maureen Corrigan, NPRFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Le Divorce, a dazzling meditation on the mysteries of the "wispy but material" family ghosts who shape... |
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The Crusades of Cesar Chavez: A Biography
Miriam Pawel · Bloomsbury USA Pages: 548 Format: Book
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Cesar Chavez founded a labor union, launched a movement, and inspired a generation. He rose from migrant worker to national icon, becoming one of the great charismatic leaders of the 20th century. Two decades after his death, Chavez remains the most significant Latino leader in US history.... |
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