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Hello Goodbye Hello: A Circle of 101 Remarkable Meetings
Craig Brown · Simon & Schuster
Format: Book
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Hello Goodbye Hello is a daisy chain of 101 fascinating true encounters, a book that has been hailed by reviewers in London as “howlingly funny” (The Spectator), “original and a complete delight” (The Sunday Times), and “rich and hugely enjoyable”... |
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Julius Chambers: A Life in the Legal Struggle for Civil Rights
Richard A Rosen · The University of North Carolina Press
Pages: 408 Format: Book
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Born in the hamlet of Mount Gilead, North Carolina, Julius Chambers (1936-2013) escaped the fetters of the Jim Crow South to emerge in the 1960s and 1970s as the nation's leading African American civil rights attorney. Following passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Chambers worked... |
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My Life, My Love, My Legacy
Coretta Scott King · Holt, Henry & Company, Inc.
Pages: 368 Format: Print book
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The Washington Post's Books to Read in 2017 The New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice USA Today, "New and Noteworthy" "This book is distinctly Coretta's story . . . particularly absorbing. . . generous, in a manner that is unfashionable... |
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Softly, With Feeling: Joe Wilder and the Breaking of Barriers in American Music
Edward Berger · Temple University Press
Pages: 378 Format: Book
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"Joe Wilder set the table. His struggles made it easier for me and many others."--From the Foreword by Wynton Marsalis Trumpeter Joe Wilder is distinguished for his achievements in both the jazz and classical worlds. He was a founding member of the Symphony of the New World,... |
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The Perilous West: Seven Amazing Explorers and the Founding of the Oregon Trail
Larry E. Morris · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers; 1 edition
Format: Book
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Although a host of adventurers stormed west in 1806 after Lewis and Clark's safe return, seven of them left unique legacies because of their monumental journeys, their lionhearted spirit in the face of hardship, and the way their paths intertwined time and again. The Perilous... |
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Dancing on Water: A Life in Ballet, from the Kirov to the ABT
Elena Tchernichova · Northeastern
Pages: 328 Format: Book
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Dancing on Water is both a personal coming-of-age story and a sweeping look at ballet life in Russia and the United States during the golden age of dance. Elena Tchernichova takes us from her childhood during the siege of Leningrad to her mother's alcoholism and suicide,... |
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Predator
Steven Walker · Pinnacle; Original edition
Format: Paperback
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The horrifying true story of Timothy Krajcir, a serial killer who terrorized the Midwest for three decades, claiming at least nine victims before he was finally convicted. This story has been covered by numerous major media outlets including CNN, The New York Times, and USA Today. ... |
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The Light of the World: A Memoir
Elizabeth Alexander · Grand Central Publishing
Format: Book
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A deeply resonant memoir for anyone who has loved and lost, from acclaimed poet and Pulitzer Prize finalist Elizabeth Alexander.
In THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD, Elizabeth Alexander finds herself at an existential crossroads after the sudden death of her husband. Channeling... |
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The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra
Helen Rappaport · St Martins Pr
Pages: 492 Format: Book
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They were the Princess Dianas of their day -- perhaps the most photographed and talked about young royals of the early twentieth century. The four captivating Russian Grand Duchesses -- Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia Romanov -- were much admired for their happy dispositions, their... |
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The New York Times Book of Crime: More Than 166 Years of Covering the Beat
Kevin Flynn · Sterling Pub Co Inc
Pages: 416 Format: Book
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From the archives of The New York Times, 165 years of the most notorious real-life crimes.
For 166 years, The New York Times has been a rich source of information about crime, its reporters racing alongside tabloids to track the shocking incidents that... |
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Hold Still: A Memoir with Photographs
Sally Mann · Little, Brown and Company, 2015. ©2015
Pages: 482 Format: Print book
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NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEARThe New York Times, Washington Post, The San Francisco Chronicle, Vogue, NPR, Publishers Weekly, BookPage A revealing and beautifully written memoir and family history... |
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The Little Red Guard: A Family Memoir
Wenguang Huang · Riverhead Hardcover
Format: Book
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Three generations of a family living under one roof reflect on the dramatic transformations of an entire society in this memoir of life in 20th century China.
When Wenguang Huang was nine years old, his grandmother became obsessed with her own death. Fearing cremation, she extracted... |
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Titian: His Life
Sheila Hale · Harper; 1st Printing of 1st Edition edition
Format: Book
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The first definitive biography of the master painter in more than a century, Titian: His Life is being hailed as a "landmark achievement" for critically acclaimed author Sheila Hale (Publishers Weekly). Brilliant in its interpretation of the 16th-century master's... |
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Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison
Piper Kerman · Spiegel & Grau
Pages: 298 Format: Book
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NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES * #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
With a career, a boyfriend, and a loving family, Piper Kerman barely resembles the reckless young woman who delivered a suitcase of drug money ten years before. But that past has caught up with her. Convicted... |
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