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Shaya: An Odyssey of Food, My Journey Back to Israel
Alon Shaya · Knopf
Pages: 440
Format: Hardcover
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An exciting debut cookbook that confirms the arrival of a new guru chef . . . A moving, deeply personal journey of survival and discovery that tells of the evolution of a cuisine and of the transformative power and magic of food and cooking. From the two-time James Beard Award-winning chef... |
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Lady Killers: Deadly Women Throughout History
Tori Telfer · Harper Perennial
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback
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Inspired by author Tori Telfer's Jezebel column "Lady Killers," this thrilling and entertaining compendium investigates female serial killers and their crimes through the ages.When you think of serial killers throughout history, the names that come to mind are ones like Jack... |
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White Walls: A Memoir About Motherhood, Daughterhood, and the Mess In Between
Judy Batalion · New American Library
Pages: 341
Format: Print book
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A memoir of mothers and daughters, hoarding, and healing. Judy Batalion grew up in a house filled with endless piles of junk and layers of crumbs and dust; suffocated by tuna fish cans, old papers and magazines, swivel chairs, tea bags, clocks, cameras, printers, VHS tapes, ballpoint pens... |
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The Grand Tour: The Life and Music of George Jones
Rich Kienzle · Dey Street Books
Pages: 279
Format: Hardcover
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In the vein of the classic Johnny Cash: The Life, this groundbreaking work explores the wild life and extraordinary musical career of "the definitive country singer of the last half century" (New York Times) , who influenced, among others, Bob Dylan, Buck Owens, Emmylou Harris,... |
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The Hospital Always Wins: A Memoir
Issa Ibrahim · Chicago Review Press
Pages: 279
Format: Print book
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Issa Ibrahim's memoir details in searing prose his development of severe mental illness leading to a horrific family tragedy, his acquittal by reason of insanity, and his subsequent commission to a mental hospital for nearly twenty years. Raised in an idyllic creative environment,... |
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Foo Fighters: Learning to Fly
Mick Wall · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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There's a reason why Dave Grohl is known, however naively, as "the nicest man in rock." A reason why millions have bought his Foo Fighters albums and DVDs, his concert and festival tickets. A reason why generations have bought into his story, his dream, his self-fulfilling prophecies.... |
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Artists: Their Lives and Works
DK · DK
Pages: 360
Format: Hardcover
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A visual celebration of more than 80 great artists, from the Early Renaissance to the present day.Exploring the vision and techniques of the greatest painters and sculptors throughout history, Artists tells the fascinating stories behind each masterpiece, including the historical context... |
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Agatha Christie: Murder in the Making
John Curran · Harper; First Edition
Format: Hardcover
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John Curran reveals the secrets of the world’s greatestmystery writer in Agatha Christie: Murder in the Making, the fascinating follow up to Agatha Christie’s SecretNotebooks featuring moreinsight into Christie’s captivating life story and a new windfall ofChristie’s... |
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Dust tracks on a road: An autobiography
Zora Neale Hurston · University of Illinois Press
Pages: 348
Format: Hardcover
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Biography Large Print EditionDelightful . . . wise . . . full of humor, color, and good sense. Saturday Review of BooksThis very personal portrait that Hurston paints of herself offers a rare, poignant, and often audacious glimpse of the public and private persona of a writer, artist, anthropologist... |
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The Way It Was: My Life with Frank Sinatra
Eliot Weisman · Hachette Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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In the bestselling tradition of Henry Bushkin's Johnny Carson comes THE WAY IT WAS: My Life with Frank Sinatra, a candid and eye-opening inside look at the final decades of Sinatra's life, told by his long-time manager and friend, Eliot Weisman.Eliot Weisman worked with Frank Sinatra... |
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She Made Me Laugh: My Friend Nora Ephron
Richard Cohen · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 320
Format: Print book
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Nora Ephron, one of the most famous writers, film makers, and personalities of her time is captured by her long-time and dear friend in a hilarious, blunt, raucous, and poignant recollection of their decades-long friendship.Nora Ephron (1941-2012) was a phenomenal personality, journalist,... |
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The Comfort Food Diaries
Emily Nunn · Atria Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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In the tradition of Elizabeth Gilbert and Ruth Reichl, former New Yorker editor Emily Nunn chronicles her journey to heal old wounds and find comfort in the face of loss through travel, home-cooked food, and the company of friends and family.One life-changing night, reeling from her beloved... |
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Then No One Can Have Her
Caitlin Rother · Pinnacle Books
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
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"I couldn't stop reading Caitlin Rother's Then No One Can Have Her. It's riveting, revealing, and insightful." --Suzy Spencer, New York Times bestselling author of WastedShe thought she had married her soulmate. But when Carol Kennedy could no longer tolerate her husband's... |
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