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Rebel Prince

Tom Bower · HARPER COLLINS
Pages: 366
Format: Hardcover

Tom Bower reveals the power, passion and defiance of Prince Charles. Few heirs to the throne have suffered as much humiliation as Prince Charles. Despite his hard work and genuine concern for the disadvantaged, he has struggled to overcome his unpopularity. After Diana's death, his approval...
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A Journey to the Center of the Mind: Book II

James R Fitzgerald · Infinity Publishing
Pages: 816
Format: Paperback

Jim "Fitz" Fitzgerald is a newly sworn officer in a mid-sized PD. He's about to embark on the next stage of his life's journey. Experience his very first headline-producing night on patrol, as well as the later investigations, arrests, prosecutions, and politics, with...
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The Hot One: A Memoir of Friendship, Sex, and Murder

Carolyn Murnick · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 244
Format: Hardcover

Recommended by NPR, Elle, Cosmopolitan, Entertainment Weekly, New York Magazine, New York Post, and Bustle A gripping memoir of friendship with a tragic twist - two childhood best friends diverge as young adults, one woman is brutally murdered and the other is determined to uncover the truth...
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At Balthazar: The New York Brasserie at the Center of the World

Reggie Nadelson · Gallery Books
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

Explore New York restaurant Balthazar and everything that makes it iconic in this brilliantly revealing book that celebrates the brasserie's twentieth anniversary. Keith McNally, star restauranteur, gave author Reggie Nadelson unprecedented access to his legendary Soho brasserie, its staff,...
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The Memory of You

Catherine West · Center Point Pub
Pages: 447
Format: Hardcover

Thirteen years ago, Natalie lost a part of herself when her twin sister died. Will traveling back to the family winery finally put the memory to rest, or will it completely destroy her?
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Girlbomb: A Halfway Homeless Memoir

Janice Erlbaum · Villard
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback

At fifteen, sick of her unbearable and increasingly dangerous home life, Janice Erlbaum walked out of her family’s Brooklyn apartment and didn’t look back. From her first frightening night at a shelter, Janice knew she was in over her head. She was beaten up, shaken down,...
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Save Room for Pie: Food Songs and Chewy Ruminations

Roy Jr Blount · Sarah Crichton Books
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

Our best-laid plans will yield to fate.And we will say, "We lived. We ate."Roy Blount Jr. is one of America's most cherished comic writers. He's been compared to Mark Twain and James Thurber, and his books have been called everything from "a work of art" (Robert...
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The Fifty-Year Mission: The Next 25 Years: From The Next Generation to J. J. Abrams: The Complete, Uncensored, and Unauthorized Oral History of Star Trek

Edward Gross · Thomas Dunne Books
Pages: 864
Format: Print book

This is the true story behind the making of a television legend. There have been many books written about Star Trek, but never with the unprecedented access, insight and candor of authors Mark A. Altman and Edward Gross. Having covered the franchise for over three decades, they've assembled...
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Sunny's Nights: Lost and Found at a Bar on the Edge of the World

Tim Sultan · Random House
Pages: 276
Format: Print book

Imagine that Alice had walked into a bar instead of falling down the rabbit hole. In the tradition of J. R. Moehringer's The Tender Bar and the classic reportage of Joseph Mitchell, here is an indelible portrait of what is quite possibly the greatest bar in the world - and the mercurial,...
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Hi, Anxiety: Life With a Bad Case of Nerves

Kat Kinsman · Dey Street Books
Pages: 221
Format: Hardcover

Joining the ranks of such acclaimed accounts as Manic, Brain on Fire, and Monkey Mind, a deeply personal, funny, and sometimes painful look at anxiety and its impact from writer and commentator Kat Kinsman.Feeling anxious? Can't sleep because your brain won't stop recycling thoughts? Unable...
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Struck: One Christian's Reflections on Encountering Death

Russ Ramsey · IVP Books
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback

"Struck will hearten those adrift in the valleys. You know who you are." Leif Enger, Bestselling Author of Peace Like A River
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Cooking as Fast as I Can: A Chef's Story of Family, Food, and Forgiveness

Cat Cora · Scribner Book Company
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Remarkably candid, compulsively readable, renowned chef Cat Cora's no-holds-barred memoir on Southern life, Greek heritage, same sex marriage, and the meals that have shaped her memories.Before she became a celebrated chef, Cathy Cora was just a girl from Jackson, Mississippi, where...
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It's All Relative: Adventures Up and Down the World's Family Tree

A J JACOBS · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author of The Know-It-All and The Year of Living Biblically, A.J. Jacobs undergoes a hilarious, heartfelt quest to understand what constitutes family - where it begins and how far it goes - and attempts to untangle the true meaning of the "Family of Humankind."A.J....
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