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The Fifty-Year Mission: The Complete, Uncensored, Unauthorized Oral History of Star Trek: The First 25 Years

Edward Gross · Thomas Dunne Books
Pages: 576
Format: Print book

This is the unauthorized, uncensored and unbelievable true story behind the making of a pop culture phenomenon. The original Star Trek series debuted in 1966 and has spawned five TV series spin-offs and a dozen feature films, with an upcoming one from Paramount arriving in 2016. The Fifty-Year...
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Traveling Soul: The Life of Curtis Mayfield

Todd Mayfield · Chicago Review Press
Pages: 384
Format: Print book

Curtis Mayfield was one of the seminal vocalists and most talented guitarists of his era, and his music played a vital role in the civil rights movement. "People Get Ready" is the black anthem of the 1960s. On his Superfly album, rather than glorifying the blaxploitation imagery...
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Too Late to Say Goodbye: A True Story of Murder and Betrayal

Ann Rule · Pocket Books
Pages: 448
Format: Mass Market Paperback

A charming and briliant dentist, tied to two murders nearly two decades apart.... A twisting case in which past and present colide.... Go inside one of the most compelling double homicide investigations of our time with Ann Rule, who was given exclusive access inside the case of Bart...
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Paul McCartney: The Life

Philip Norman · Little
Pages: 853
Format: Print book

The definitive Paul McCartney biography, written with his approval by bestselling biographer Philip Norman.Since the age of twenty-one, Paul McCartney has lived one of the ultimate rock-n-roll lives played out on the most public of stages. Now, Paul's story is told by rock music's foremost...
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Raising Trump

NOT AVAILABLE. · Gallery Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

In Raising Trump, Ivana Trump reflects on her extraordinary life and the raising of her three children - Donald Jr., Eric, and Ivanka - and recounts the lessons she taught her children as they were growing up.As her former husband takes his place as the 45th President of the United States,...
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True Crime Addict: How I Lost Myself in the Mysterious Disappearance of Maura Murray

James Renner · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 300
Format: eBook

When an eleven year old James Renner fell in love with Amy Mihaljevic, the missing girl seen on posters all over his neighborhood, it was the beginning of a lifelong obsession with true crime. That obsession leads James to a successful career as an investigative journalist. It also gave...
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The 37th Parallel: The Secret Truth Behind America's UFO Highway

Ben Mezrich · Atria Books
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

This real-life The X-Files and Close Encounters of the Third Kind tells the true story of a computer programmer who tracks paranormal events along a 3,000-mile stretch through the heart of America and is drawn deeper and deeper into a vast conspiracy.Like "Agent Mulder" of The X-Files,...
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Testimony

Robbie Robertson · Crown
Pages: 512
Format: Print book

On the 40th anniversary of The Band's legendary The Last Waltz concert, Robbie Robertson finally tells his own spellbinding story of the band that changed music history, his extraordinary personal journey, and his creative friendships with some of the greatest artists of the last half-century....
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Wendy's Got the Heat

Wendy Williams · Atria; 1 edition
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

Known as a "shock jock diva" and "a radio gossip guru," Wendy Williams has had a following in the nation's number one media market, New York City, and across the nation from the time she became a top-rated radio personality and "It Girl" in the mid-1990s....
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Lassoing the Sun: A Year in America's National Parks

Mark Woods · St Martin'S Press
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

Many childhood summers, Mark Woods piled into a station wagon with his parents and two sisters and headed to America's national parks. Mark's most vivid childhood memories are set against a backdrop of mountains, woods, and fireflies in places like Redwood, Yosemite, and Grand Canyon national...
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Agnes Martin: Her Life and Art

Nancy Princenthal · Thames & Hudson
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

The first biography of visionary artist Agnes Martin, one of the most original and influential painters of the postwar period Over the course of a career that spanned fifty years, Agnes Martin's austere, serene work anticipated and helped to define Minimalism, even as she battled psychological...
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Through a Glass, Darkly: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and the Quest to Solve the Greatest Mystery of All

STEFAN BECHTEL · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

After the American Civil War, while bodies still littered battlefields, the movement known as Spiritualism began to sweep across America as thousands of people, mostly from shock and grief, tried to make contact with the recently departed. The movement captivated Europe as well, especially...
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Five presidents : my extraordinary journey with Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford

Clint Hill · Gallery Books
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover

Excerpt. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
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Believing in Magic: My Story of Love, Overcoming Adversity, and Keeping the Faith

COOKIE JOHNSON · Howard Books
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback

In her powerful and inspiring memoir, Cookie Johnson, wife of NBA legend Earvin "Magic" Johnson, shares details of her marriage, motherhood, faith, and how an HIV diagnosis twenty-five years ago changed the course of their lives forever.On November 7, 1991, basketball icon Earvin...
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83 Minutes: The Doctor, the Damage, and the Shocking Death of Michael Jackson

Matt Richards · Thomas Dunne Books
Pages: 432
Format: Print book

A definitive look at Michael Jackson's final minutes, revealing for the first time the shocking details behind the tragic death of one of the world's biggest pop stars.On June 25th, 2009, the world was rocked by the tragic news that Michael Jackson -- the biggest and most influential music...
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