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Bing Crosby: A Pocketful of Dreams--The Early Years 1903-1940
Gary Giddins · Little, Brown and Company; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover |
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From Bing Crosby's early days in college minstrel shows and vaudeville, to his first hit recordings, from his 11 year triumph as star of America's most popular radio show, to his first success in Hollywood, Gary Giddins provides a detailed study of the rise of this American star. |
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Marissa Mayer and the Fight to Save Yahoo!
Nicholas Carlson · Twelve
Format: Hardcover |
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When Yahoo hired Google executive Mayer to be its CEO in 2012 employees rejoiced. They put posters on the walls throughout Yahoo's California headquarters. On them there was Mayer's face and one word: HOPE. But one year later, Mayer sat in front of those same employees in a huge... |
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The Lady with the Borzoi: Blanche Knopf, Literary Tastemaker Extraordinaire
Laura Claridge · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover |
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Left off her company's fifth anniversary tribute but described by Thomas Mann as "the soul of the firm," Blanche Knopf began her career when she founded Alfred A. Knopf with her husband in 1915. With her finger on the pulse of a rapidly changing culture, Blanche quickly became... |
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Reasons to Stay Alive
Matt Haig · Penguin Books
Pages: 272
Format: Print book |
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A runaway bestseller in the UK - Matt Haig's accessible and life-affirming memoir of his struggle with depression, and how his triumph over the illness taught him to live Like nearly one in five people, Matt Haig suffers from depression. Reasons to Stay Alive is Matt's inspiring account... |
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Diary of a Mad Diva
Joan Rivers · Berkley Pub Group
Pages: 289
Format: Print book |
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Following up the phenomenal success of her headline-making New York Times bestseller I Hate Everyone...Starting With Me, the unstoppable Joan Rivers is at it again. When her daughter Melissa gives her a diary for Christmas, at first Joan is horrified - who the hell does Melissa think she is? That... |
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Filthy Rich
James Patterson · Little
Pages: 320
Format: Print book |
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A shocking true crime tale of money, power, and sex from the world's most popular thriller writer.Jeffrey Epstein rose from humble origins to the rarefied heights of New York City's financial elite. A college dropout with an instinct for numbers--and for people--Epstein amassed his wealth... |
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