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The Nine of Us: Growing Up Kennedy

Jean Kennedy Smith · Harper
Pages: 262
Format: Print book

In this evocative and affectionate memoir, Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith, the last surviving child of Joe and Rose Kennedy, offers an intimate and illuminating look at a time long ago when she and her siblings, guided by their parents, laughed and learned a great deal under one roof.Prompted...
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Every Little Step: My Story

Bobby Brown · Dey St.
Pages: 326
Format: Print book

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn Every Little Step, Brown will for the first time tell the full story of his life and set the record straight, particularly about his relationship with Whitney Houston.Bobby Brown has been one of the most compelling American artists of the past thirty years, a magnetic...
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James Patterson's Murder Is Forever

JAMES PATTERSON · Grand Central Pub
Pages: 350
Format: Hardcover

In deze aantekening gaan we in op de uitzondering van de aftrekuitsluiting van werkkleding en persoonlijke verzorging voor artiesten, presentatoren en sporters (aant. 14.1) en de relatie van de aftrekuitsluiting van deze kosten in het tweede lid, onderdeel c en de uitzondering voor artiesten,...
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Three Days in January: Dwight Eisenhower's Final Mission

Bret Baier · William Morrow
Pages: 346
Format: Print book

"THE BEST BOOK ON EISENHOWER TO APPEAR IN A VERY LONG TIME"*: BRET BAIER'S "RIVETING ACCOUNT"† OF IKE'S FINAL MISSION IS "A LANDMARK ACHIEVEMENT"‡ THAT IS "DESTINED TO TAKE ITS PLACE AS ONE OF THE CLASSICS OF PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY"§January...
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Iris Apfel: Accidental Icon

Iris Apfel · Harper Design
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover

"Iris is one of my favorite subjects to photograph. She has four eyes in front and two eyes behind, and that's why she can see things in a round-about way. She flirts with us just enough to make us fall madly in love with her, as she once did to her beloved husband Carl. In the midst...
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NO BLOOD IN THE TURNIP: Memoirs of a Codependent

Maple Sudds · Booklocker.com
Pages: 376
Format: Paperback

No Blood in the Turnip is a creative nonfiction narrative depicting the emotional struggles of an African American family based on codependency. Maple's story describes a journey of codependency that followed her from childhood through adulthood, and she shares intimate details about...
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All Happy Families: A Memoir

JEANNE MCCULLOCH · Harper Wave
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

The Glass Castle meets The Nest in this stunning debut, an intimate family memoir that gracefully brings us behind the dappled beachfront vista of privilege, to reveal the inner lives of two wonderfully colorful, unforgettable families.On a mid-August weekend, two families assemble for a wedding...
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Sixty: A Diary of My Sixty-First Year: The Beginning of the End, or the End of the Beginning?

Ian Brown · The Experiment
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

From a multiple-award-winning author and journalist, a dispatch - at once funny, serious, informative, wistful, and hopeful - from the line between middle-aged and soon-to-be elderly "This is the thing, you see: I am on my way to being an old man. But at sixty, I am still the youngest...
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From Slave to Statesman: The Life of Educator, Editor, and Civil Rights Activist Willis M. Carter of Virginia

Robert Heinrich · Louisiana State University Press
Pages: 162
Format: Hardcover

In the 1980s, Willis McGlascoe Carter's handwritten memoir turned up unexpectedly in the hands of a midwestern antiques dealer. Its twenty-two pages told a fascinating story of a man born into slavery in Virginia who, at the onset of freedom, gained an education, became a teacher, started...
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Unnecessary Roughness: Inside the Trial and Final Days of Aaron Hernandez

Jose Baez · Hachette Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

The unabridged, inside story of the trial and final days of New England Patriots superstar Aaron Hernandez, by his attorney and New York Times bestselling author Jose Baez ("The best defense lawyer in the country." - Sean Hannity) .When renowned defense attorney Jose Baez received...
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American Commander: Serving a Country Worth Fighting For and Training the Brave Soldiers Who Lead the Way

Ryan Zinke · Thomas Nelson
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

In recent years, the world has learned just what is required to bravely serve America through SEAL Team Six. Now, for the first time, we hear from their commander. For more than half a decade, Ryan Zinke was a Commander at the elite unit Navy SEAL Team Six. A 23-year veteran of the U.S....
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Rough Riders: Theodore Roosevelt, His Cowboy Regiment, and the Immortal Charge Up San Juan Hill

Mark Lee Gardner · William Morrow
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

The first definitive account of this legendary fighting force and its extraordinary leader, Theodore Roosevelt, Mark Lee Gardner's Rough Riders is narrative nonfiction at its most invigorating and compulsively readable. Its dramatic unfolding of a familiar, yet not-fully-known story will...
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My Life, My Love, My Legacy

Coretta Scott King · Holt, Henry & Company, Inc.
Pages: 368
Format: Print book

The Washington Post's Books to Read in 2017The New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceUSA Today, "New and Noteworthy""This book is distinctly Coretta's story . . . particularly absorbing. . . generous, in a manner that is unfashionable in our culture." -- New York...
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Diane Arbus: Portrait of a Photographer

Arthur Lubow · Ecco
Pages: 752
Format: Paperback

The definitive biography of the beguiling Diane Arbus, one of the most influential and important photographers of the twentieth century, a brilliant and absorbing exposition that links the extraordinary arc of her life to her iconic photographs.Diane Arbus brings to life the full story...
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Bitter Remains: A Custody Battle, A Gruesome Crime, and the Mother Who Paid the Ultimate Price

Diane Fanning · Berkley Books
Pages: 416
Format: Print book

The bestselling author of Under Cover of the Night recounts Laura Ackerson's disappearance and murder in North Carolina, the discovery of her remains in Texas, and the aftermath ... On July 13, 2011, Laura Jean Ackerson of Kinston, North Carolina, went to pick up her two toddler...
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