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Ingenious: A Biography of Benjamin Franklin, Scientist
Richard Munson - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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The dramatic story of an ingenious man who explained nature and created a country.Benjamin Franklin was one of the preeminent scientists of his time. Driven by curiosity, he conducted cutting-edge research on electricity, heat, ocean currents, weather patterns, chemical bonds, and plants.... |
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The White Ladder: Triumph and Tragedy at the Dawn of Mountaineering
Daniel Light - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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A sweeping history of mountaineering before Everest, and the epic human quest to reach the highest places on Earth.Whether in the name of conquest, science, or the divine, humans across the centuries have had myriad reasons to climb mountains. From the smoking volcanoes of South America... |
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No One Gets to Fall Apart: A Memoir
Sarah LaBrie - Harper
Format: Hardcover
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In this poignant memoir, as candid and indelible as The Glass Castle and Memorial Drive, a writer takes on the conflict between the love that binds us to home and the desire to escape it for good. On a highway in Houston, Texas, Sarah LaBrie's mother was found screaming at passing cars,... |
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Friendly Fire: A Fractured Memoir
Paul Rousseau - Harper Horizon
Format: Hardcover
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One month before his college graduation, Paul Rousseau is accidentally shot in the head by his roommate and best friend. At some point in the course of Paul and Mark's friendship, Mark acquired - legally and with required permits - five firearms. Those weapons lived with them in their... |
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The Name of This Band Is R.E.M.: A Biography
Peter Ames Carlin - Doubleday
Format: Hardcover
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An electrifying cultural biography of the greatest and last American rock band of the millennium, whose music ignited a generation - and reasserted the power of rock and roll. In the spring of 1980, an unexpected group of musical eccentrics came together to play their very first performance... |
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Dorothy Parker in Hollywood
Gail Crowther - Gallery Books
Format: Hardcover
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An expansive and illuminating study of legendary writer Dorothy Parker's life and legacy in Hollywood from the author of the "fascinating" (Town & Country) Three Martini Afternoons at the Ritz. . The glamorous extravagances and devasting lows of her time in Hollywood are revealed... |
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Damn Glad to Meet You: My Seven Decades in the Hollywood Trenches
Tim Matheson - Hachette Books
Format: Hardcover
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"I found myself underlining and highlighting things to remember for my own career. It's also entertaining - a great combination. Tim's words encourage you to keep dreaming."--Reba McEntire. "Tim was a cast, crew, and audience favorite on The West Wing. He's been... |
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Carson the Magnificent
Bill Zehme - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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A much-anticipated biography - twenty years in the making - of the entertainer who redefined late-night television and reshaped American culture.. In 2002, Bill Zehme landed one of the most coveted assignments for a magazine writer: an interview with Johnny Carson - the only one he'd... |
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