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Tomlinson Hill: The Remarkable Story of Two Families who Share the Tomlinson Name - One White, One Black

Chris Tomlinson · Thomas Dunne Books
Format: Hardcover

A New York Times Best Seller!Tomlinson Hill is the stunning story of two families--one white, one black--who trace their roots to a slave plantation that bears their name. Internationally recognized for his work as a fearless war correspondent, award-winning journalist Chris Tomlinson grew...
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Alban Berg: The man and the work

Mosco Carner · Holmes & Meier Publishers
Format: Hardcover

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Settle for More

Megyn Kelly · Harper
Pages: 340
Format: Print book

Click Here For the Autographed Copy Anchor of the number one news show on cable, The Kelly File, Fox News Channel's Megyn Kelly writes her much anticipated book, a revealing and surprising memoir detailing her rise as one of the most respected journalists working today. From the values...
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Tudors Versus Stewarts: The Fatal Inheritance of Mary, Queen of Scots

Linda Porter · St. Martin's Press; Reprint edition
Format: Hardcover

The war between the fertile Stewarts and the barren Tudors was crucial to the history of the British Isles in the sixteenth century. The legendary struggle, most famously embodied by the relationship between Elizabeth I and her cousin, Mary Queen of Scots, was fuelled by three generations...
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Barefoot to Avalon: A Brother's Story

David Payne · Grove Press
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

An Amazon Best Book of 2015, A Kirkus Reviews' Best Book of 2015"A brave book with beautiful sentences on every page." - New York Times"Piercing...a tour de force." - Los Angeles TimesIn 2000, while moving his household from Vermont to North Carolina, David Payne...
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Hungry Heart: Adventures in Life, Love, and Writing

Jennifer Weiner · Atria Books
Pages: 320
Format: Book

"I'm mad Jennifer Weiner's first book of essays is as wonderful as her fiction. You will love this book and wish she was your friend." - Mindy Kaling, author of Why Not Me? "A fiercely funny, powerfully smart, and remarkably brave book. I was spellbound from the first page...
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Bastards: A Memoir

Mary Anna King · W.W. Norton & Company
Pages: 248
Format: Print book

"A stirring, vividly told story of a young woman's quest to find the family she lost . . . an impressive debut." -- Peter BalakianIn the early 1980s, Mary Hall is a little girl growing up in poverty in Camden, New Jersey, with her older brother Jacob and parents who, in her words,...
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Selected Letters of Norman Mailer

Norman Mailer · Random House
Format: Hardcover

A genuine literary event - an illuminating collection of correspondence from one of the most acclaimed American writers of all time Over the course of a nearly sixty-year career, Norman Mailer wrote more than 30 novels, essay collections, and nonfiction books. Yet nowhere was he more prolific...
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The Big Heist: The Real Story of the Lufthansa Heist, the Mafia, and Murder

ANTHONY M DESTEFANO · Citadel
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

"Terrific DeStefano. He finally gives us a fitting end to the murderous and fabled story of the 1978 Lufthansa heist." - Nicholas Pileggi, author of Wiseguy and Casino The crime that inspired the movie Goodfellas. The story that couldn't be told - until now. One of the biggest...
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Life's Work: A Moral Argument for Choice

WILLIE PARKER · 37 INK
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

In Life's Work, an outspoken, Christian reproductive justice advocate and abortion provider (one of the few doctors to provide such services to women in Mississippi and Alabama) pulls from his personal and professional journeys as well as the scientific training he received as a doctor...
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The Electric Pencil: Drawings from Inside State Hospital No. 3

Edward Deeds · Princeton Architectural Press, 2016.
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

Deeds's subtle, meticulous, and wildly imaginative pencil and crayon drawings portray an unusual cast of characters: nineteenth-century dandies, Civil War soldiers, antique cars, fantastic boats and trains, country landscapes dotted with roaming animals, and fanciful architecture. None...
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Jackie's Girl: My Life with the Kennedy Family

Kathy Mckeon · Gallery Books
Pages: 309
Format: Hardcover

An endearing coming-of-age memoir by a young woman who spent thirteen years as Jackie Kennedy's personal assistant and occasional nanny - and the lessons about life and love she learned from the glamorous first lady.In 1964, Kathy McKeon was just nineteen years old and newly arrived from...
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Visiting Hours: A Memoir of Friendship and Murder

Amy Butcher · Blue Rider Press
Format: Hardcover

In this powerful and unforgettable memoir, award-winning writer Amy Butcher examines the shattering consequences of failing a friend when she felt he needed one most. Four weeks before their college graduation, twenty-one-year-old Kevin Schaeffer walked Amy Butcher to her home in their...
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The Light of the World: A Memoir

Elizabeth Alexander · Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover

"PULITZER PRIZE IN LETTERS: BIOGRAPHY FINALIST"
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Between Breaths: A Memoir of Panic and Addiction

Elizabeth Vargas · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

From the moment she uttered the brave and honest words, "I am an alcoholic, " to interviewer George Stephanopoulos, Elizabeth Vargas began writing her story, as her experiences were still raw. Now, in BETWEEN BREATHS, Vargas discusses her accounts of growing up with anxiety-which...
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