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Figures in a Landscape: People and Places
Paul Theroux · Eamon Dolan/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
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A delectable collection of Theroux's recent writing on great places, people, and prose In the spirit of his much-loved Sunrise with Seamonsters and Fresh Air Fiend, Paul Theroux's latest collection of essays leads the reader through a dazzling array of sights, characters, and experiences,... |
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Feast: True Love in and out of the Kitchen
Hannah Howard · Little A
Pages: 252
Format: Hardcover
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The compulsively readable memoir of a woman at war - with herself, with her body, and with food - while working her way through the underbelly of New York City's glamorous culinary scene.Hannah Howard is a Columbia University freshman when she lands a hostess job at Picholine, a Michelin-starred... |
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Failure Is An Option: An Attempted Memoir
HJON BENJAMIN · Dutton
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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H. Jon Benjamin--the lead voice behind Archer and Bob's Burgers--helps us all feel a little better about our own failures by sharing his own in a hilarious memoir-ish chronicle of failure.Most people would consider H. Jon Benjamin a comedy show business success. But he'd like to remind... |
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Facts and Fears: Hard Truths from a Life in Intelligence
James R Clapper · Penguin Audio
Format: Hardcover
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New York Times bestsellerThe former Director of National Intelligence's candid and compelling account of the intelligence community's successes--and failures--in facing some of the greatest threats to AmericaWhen he stepped down in January 2017 as the fourth United States director... |
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The Fabulous Bouvier Sisters: The Tragic and Glamorous Lives of Jackie and Lee
SAM KASHNER · Harper
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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A poignant, evocative, and wonderfully gossipy account of the two sisters who represented style and class above all else - Jackie Kennedy Onassis and Lee Radziwill - from the authors of Furious Love.When sixty-four-year-old Jackie Kennedy Onassis died in her Fifth Avenue apartment, her younger... |
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An Excellent Choice: Panic and Joy on My Solo Path to Motherhood
Emma Brockes · Penguin Press
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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From the author of She Left Me The Gun, an explosive and hilarious memoir about the exceptional and life-changing decision to conceive a child on one's own via assisted reproduction When British journalist, memoirist, and New York-transplant Emma Brockes decides to become pregnant,... |
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Eunice: The Kennedy Who Changed the World
Eileen McNamara · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover
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A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist examines the life and times of Eunice Kennedy Shriver, arguing she left behind the Kennedy family's most profound political legacy.While Joe Kennedy was grooming his sons for the White House and the Senate, his Stanford-educated daughter Eunice was tapping... |
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Empress: The Astonishing Reign of Nur Jahan
RUBY LAL · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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Four centuries ago, a Muslim woman ruled an empire.When it came to hunting, she was a master shot. As a dress designer, few could compare. An ingenious architect, she innovated the use of marble in her parents' mausoleum on the banks of the Yamuna River that inspired her stepson's... |
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Elizabeth Warren: Her Fight. Her Work. Her Life.
ANTONIA FELIX · Sourcebooks
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
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Elizabeth Warren's rise as one of America's most powerful women is a stirring lesson in persistence. From her fierce support of the middle class to her unapologetic response to political bullies, Warren is known as a passionate yet plain-speaking champion of equity and fairness.... |
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