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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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A Field Guide to Awkward Silences
Alexandra Petri · NAL
Format: Hardcover
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Washington Post columnist Alexandra Petri turns her satirical eye on her own life in this hilarious new memoir...Most twentysomethings spend a lot of time avoiding awkwardness.Not Alexandra Petri.Afraid of rejection? Alexandra Petri has auditioned for Americas Next Top Model. Afraid of looking... |
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The Map of Enough: One Woman's Search for Place
Molly May · Counterpoint LLC
Pages: 292
Format: Hardcover
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Molly Caro May grew up as part of a nomadic family, one proud of their international sensibilities, a tribe that never settled in one place for very long. Growing up moving from foreign country to foreign country, just like her father and grandfather, she became attached to her identity... |
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Sound Pictures: The Life of Beatles Producer George Martin, The Later Years, 1966–2016
Kenneth Womack · Chicago Review Press
Pages: 560
Format: Hardcover
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More than anyone besides the bandmates themselves, George Martin was the man who created the unique sound of the Beatles. Sound Pictures offers a powerful and intimate account of how he did so.
The second and final volume of the definitive biography of the man, Sound Pictures traces... |
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Young Money: Inside the Hidden World of Wall Street's Post-Crash Recruits
Kevin Roose · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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Becoming a young Wall Street banker is like pledging the world's most lucrative and soul-crushing fraternity. Every year, thousands of eager college graduates are hired by the world's financial giants, where they're taught the secrets of making obscene amounts of money-- as well... |
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After the Eclipse: A Mother's Murder, a Daughter's Search
Sarah Perry · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
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A fierce memoir of a mother's murder, a daughter's coming-of-age in the wake of immense loss, and her mission to know the woman who gave her life.
When Sarah Perry was twelve, she saw a partial eclipse of the sun, an event she took as a sign of good fortune for her and her mother,... |
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George Washington: The Crossing
Jack E. Levin · Threshold Editions; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover
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The 1 New York Times bestselling book for many weeks, Jack Levin presents a beautifully designed account of George Washingtons historic crossing of the Delaware River and the decisive Battle of Trenton, with a foreword by his son, 1 New York Times bestselling author and radio host Mark... |
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Diary of a Mad Diva
Joan Rivers · Berkley Pub Group
Pages: 289
Format: Print book
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Following up the phenomenal success of her headline-making New York Times bestseller I Hate Everyone...Starting With Me, the unstoppable Joan Rivers is at it again. When her daughter Melissa gives her a diary for Christmas, at first Joan is horrified - who the hell does Melissa... |
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Dare to Be Kind: How Extraordinary Compassion Can Transform Our World
Lizzie Velasquez · Hachette Books
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover
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YouTube personality and celebrated motivational speaker Lizzie Velasquez shows us how we can learn to accept all parts of ourselves and others, and in doing so create a more compassionate world.
Born with a rare genetic condition, Lizzie Velasquez always knew she was different,... |
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Daring: My Passages: A Memoir
Gail Sheehy · William Morrow; Hardcover Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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The author of the classic New York Times bestseller Passages returns with her inspiring memoir—a chronicle of her trials and triumphs as a groundbreaking girl journalist in the 1960s, to iconic guide for women and men seeking to have it all, to one of the premier political profilers of modern... |
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Reach: 40 Black Men Speak on Living, Leading, and Succeeding
Ben Jealous · Atria Books
Format: Print book
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In this timely and important collection of personal essays, black men from all walks of life share their inspiring stories and ultimately how each, in his own way, became a source of hope for his community and country. Reach includes forty first-person accounts from well-known men like... |
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Anyone Who Had a Heart: My Life and Music
Burt Bacharach · Harper; F First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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In his memoir Anyone Who Had a Heart, Burt Bacharach, one of the greatest songwriters of all time, offers a frank and riveting account of his unparalleled life.From his tumultuous marriages and the tragic suicide of his daughter, to his collaborations with Hal David, Carole Bayer Sager,... |
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