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Letterman: The Last Giant of Late Night
Jason Zinoman · Harper Pages: 345 Format: Hardcover
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New York Times comedy critic Jason Zinoman delivers the definitive story of the life and artistic legacy of David Letterman, the greatest television talk show host of all time and the signature comedic voice of a generation.In a career spanning more than thirty years, David Letterman redefined... |
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Notes on a Banana: A Memoir of Food, Love, and Manic Depression
David Leite · Dey Street Books Pages: 384 Format: Hardcover
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The stunning and long-awaited memoir from the beloved founder of the James Beard Award-winning website Leite's Culinaria - a candid, courageous, and at times laugh-out-loud funny story of family, food, mental illness, and sexual identity.Born into a family of Azorean immigrants, David Leite... |
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Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
David Grann · Doubleday Pages: 338 Format: Hardcover
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From New Yorker staff writer David Grann, #1 New York Times best-selling author of The Lost City of Z, a twisting, haunting true-life murder mystery about one of the most monstrous crimes in American history In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage... |
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Hallelujah Anyway: Rediscovering Mercy
Anne Lamott · Riverhead Books Pages: 192 Format: Hardcover
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From the bestselling author of Help, Thanks, Wow and Stitches comes a powerful exploration of mercy, its limitless (if sometimes hidden) presence, why we ignore it, and how we can embrace it."Mercy is radical kindness," Anne Lamott writes in her enthralling and heartening book,... |
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Prince Charles: The Passions and Paradoxes of an Improbable Life
Sally Bedell Smith · Random House Pages: 640 Format: Print book
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The first major biography of Prince Charles in more than two decades, with new insights into his family and his two marriages - from the New York Times bestselling author of Elizabeth the Queen Drawing on her extensive access to the Royal Family's inner circle, Sally Bedell Smith delivers... |
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Janesville: An American Story
AMY GOLDSTEIN · Simon & Schuster Pages: 368 Format: Hardcover
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A Washington Post reporter's intimate account of the fallout from the closing of a General Motors' assembly plant in Janesville, Wisconsin - Paul Ryan's hometown - and a larger story of the hollowing of the American middle class.This is the story of what happens to an industrial town in the American... |
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Castles: Their History and Evolution in Medieval Britain
Marc Morris · Pegasus Books Pages: 288 Format: Print book
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From the author of The Norman Conquest and A Great and Terrible King comes a sweeping and stunning history of the most magnificent castles in Britain. Beginning with their introduction in the eleventh century, and ending with their widespread abandonment in the seventeenth, Marc Morris... |
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Think Better, Live Better: A Victorious Life Begins in Your Mind
Joel Osteen · Faithwords Pages: 224 Format: Print book
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Bestselling author Joel Osteen shares how reprogramming your thoughts to remove negativity will lead to a more blessed, fulfilled life. Your mind has incredible power over your success or failure. THINK BETTER, LIVE BETTER offers a simple yet life-changing strategy for erasing the thoughts... |
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Penguin the Magpie: The Odd Little Bird Who Saved a Family
Cameron Bloom · Atria Books Pages: 208 Format: Hardcover
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Penguin the Magpie is the extraordinary true story of recovery, hope, and courage as one injured bird and her human family learn to heal and celebrate life, featuring the gorgeous photography of Cameron Bloom and a captivating narrative by New York Times bestselling author of The Blue Day Book... |
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South and West: From a Notebook
JOAN DIDION · ALFRED A KNOPF Pages: 144 Format: Print book
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From the best-selling author of the National Book Award-winning The Year of Magical Thinking: two extended excerpts from her never-before-seen notebooks--writings that offer an illuminating glimpse into the mind and process of a legendary writer. Joan Didion has always kept notebooks: of overheard... |
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Dadland
Keggie Carew · Atlantic Monthly Pages: 432 Format: Print book
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Keggie Carew grew up in the gravitational field of an unorthodox father who lived on his wits and dazzling charm. For most of her adult life, Keggie was kept at arm's length from her father's personal history, but when she is invited to join him for the sixtieth anniversary of the Jedburghs... |
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A Surgeon in the Village: An American Doctor Teaches Brain Surgery in Africa
Tony Bartelme · Beacon Press Pages: 288 Format: Print book
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An inspiring story of doctors who changed the health care of an African nationBy 2006, Dilan Ellegala, an accomplished neurosurgeon, had reached the highest rungs of the American medical establishment. But he was on the verge of burning out. In search of personal restoration, he took a sabbatical... |
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Shoot Like a Girl: One Woman's Dramatic Fight in Afghanistan and on the Home Front
Mary Jennings Hegar · NAL Pages: 368 Format: Print book
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On June 29, 2009, Air National Guard major Mary Jennings "MJ" Hegar was shot down while on a Medevac mission on her third tour in Afghanistan. Despite being wounded, she fought the enemy and saved the lives of her crew and their patients. But soon she would face a new battle:... |
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Over the Hills and Far Away: The Life of Beatrix Potter
Matthew Dennison · Pegasus Books Pages: 304 Format: Print book
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Beatrix Potter is one of the world's bestselling, most cherished authors, whose books have enchanted generations of children for over a hundred years. Yet how she achieved this legendary status is just one of several stories of her remarkable and unexpected life. Inspired by the twenty-three... |
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The Chicago Guide to Fact-Checking
Brooke Borel · The University of Chicago Press Pages: 174 Format: Print book
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"A column by Glenn Garvin on Dec. 20 stated that the National Science Foundation 'funded a study on Jell-O wrestling at the South Pole.' That is incorrect. The event took place during off-duty hours without NSF permission and did not involve taxpayer funds." Corrections... |
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How to Speak Midwestern
EDWARD MCCLELLAND · BELT PUB Pages: 120 Format: Print book
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Pittsburgh toilet, squeaky cheese, city chicken, shampoo banana, and Chevy in the Hole are all phrases that are familiar to Midwesterners but sound foreign to anyone living outside the region. This book explains not only what Midwesterners say but also how and why they say it and covers... |
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5-Minute Sketching -- People: Super-quick Techniques for Amazing Drawings
Pete Scully · Firefly Books Pages: 128 Format: Paperback
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Sketching has become an extremely popular pastime. For example, on YouTube, "Tips to Draw Better in 6 Minutes" has 1.7 million views, and "How to Draw Better in 2 Minutes", has 2 million views. Every day, the website @SketchDailies tweets an "inspiration" to 45,000... |
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Insomniac City: New York, Oliver, and Me
Bill Hayes · Bloomsbury Pages: 304 Format: Print book
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"If you are lonely or bone-tired or blue, you need only come down from your perch and step outside. New York--which is to say, New Yorkers--will take care of you."Bill Hayes came to New York City in 2009 with a one-way ticket and only the vaguest idea of how he would get by. But,... |
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Richard Nixon: The Life
John A Farrell · Doubleday Pages: 752 Format: Print book
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Brilliantly researched, authoritatively crafted by a prize-winning biographer, and lively on the page, this is the Nixon we've been waiting for. Richard Nixon opens with young Navy lieutenant "Nick" Nixon returning from the Pacific and setting his cap at Congress, an idealistic... |
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The First Love Story: Adam, Eve, and Us
Bruce Feiler · Penguin Books Pages: 320 Format: Print book
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Walking the Bible and Abraham comes a revelatory journey across four continents and 4,000 years exploring how Adam and Eve introduced the idea of love into the world, and how they continue to shape our deepest feelings about relationships, family,... |
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The Honeymoon Handbook
Lonely Planet · Lonely Planet Global Limited Pages: 166 Format: Print book
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Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet's first dedicated honeymoon guide is packed with advice for travel-lovers who want their honeymoon their way: no all-inclusive in sight here. Set your heart racing with real adventures, tailored to what you two love... |
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Icefall: Adventures at the Wild Edges of Our Dangerous, Changing Planet
John All · PublicAffairs Pages: 248 Format: Print book
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In May 2014, the mountaineer and scientist John All fell into a crevasse near Everest and took a series of videos as he struggled to climb out 70 feet of ice and snow with fifteen broken bones - including 6 cracked vertebrae, internal bleeding, a severely dislocated shoulder, and his face... |
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The Amazing Story of the Man Who Cycled from India to Europe for Love
Per J Andersson · Oneworld Publications Pages: 281 Format: Hardcover
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"A romance, a travelogue, and a cultural critique ... filled with sumptuous prose. [PK's] determination is more than enough to keep readers enthralled." -- Publishers Weekly "This book will appeal to the optimistic, the romantic, and the armchair traveler. This is a story... |
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Nevertheless: A Memoir
Alec Baldwin · Harpercollins Pages: 288 Format: Print book
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One of the most accomplished and outspoken actors today chronicles the highs and lows of his life in this beautifully written, candid memoir.Over the past three decades, Alec Baldwin has established himself as one of Hollywood's most gifted, hilarious, and controversial leading men. From... |
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Judy and I: My Life with Judy Garland
Sid Luft · Chicago Review Press Pages: 480 Format: Print book
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The third of Judy Garland's five husbands, Sid Luft was the one man in her life who stuck around. He was chiefly responsible for the final act of Judy's meteoric comeback after she was unceremoniously booted off the MGM lot: he produced her iconic, Oscar-nominated vehicle A Star Is Born... |
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Grace Notes: My Recollections
Katey Sagal · Gallery Books Pages: 256 Format: Print book
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Gripping, singular, and gorgeously reflective, Grace Notes is a memoir told in essays by beloved actress, Hollywood veteran, and singer/songwriter Katey Sagal - perfect for fans of Mary Louise Parker's Dear Mr. You and Patti Smith's M Train.Popular and award-winning star Katey Sagal chronicles... |
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