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We're Going to Need More Wine: Stories That are Funny, Complicated, and True
GABRIELLE UNION · Dey Street Books
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"A book of essays as raw and honest as anyone has ever produced." - Lena Dunham, Lenny LetterIn the spirit of Amy Poehler's Yes Please, Lena Dunham's Not That Kind of Girl, and Roxane Gay's Bad Feminist, a powerful collection of essays about gender,... |
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Alvin York: A New Biography of the Hero of the Argonne
Douglas Mastriano · University Press of Kentucky
Format: Hardcover
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Alvin C. York 18871964devout Christian, conscientious objector, and reluctant hero of World War Iis one of Americas most famous and celebrated soldiers. Known to generations through Gary Coopers Academy Award-winning portrayal in the 1941 film Sergeant York, York is credited with the capture... |
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The Only Girl in the World: A Memoir
Maude Julien · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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For readers of Room and The Glass Castle, a memoir to be read in one breathless sitting that will leave you astonished by the courage and creative power of even the most neglected soul. Maude Julien's parents were fanatics who believed it was their sacred duty to turn her into the ultimate... |
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Strayhorn: An Illustrated Life
A. Alyce Claerbaut · Agate Bolden
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover
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Strayhorn: An Illustrated Life is a stunning collection of essays, photographs, and ephemera celebrating Billy Strayhorn, one of the most significant yet under-appreciated contributors to 20th century American music. Released in commemoration of Strayhorn's centennial, this luxurious coffee-table... |
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Unusual for Their Time
Andrew Och · Tactical 16
Pages: 297
Format: Print book
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FIRST LADIES MAN: "UNUSUAL FOR THEIR TIME: ON THE ROAD WITH AMERICA'S FIRST LADIES" BEHIND EVERY GREAT MAN IS AN EVEN GREATER WOMAN...OR IN THIS CASE...LADY. IF GEORGE WASHINGTON HAD NEVER MET AND MARRIED MARTHA DANDRIDGE CUSTIS, THIS BOOK WOULD BE CALLED SOMETHING QUITE DIFFERENT.... |
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Shackleton: By Endurance We Conquer
Michael Smith · Oneworld Publications
Format: Book
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Mr. Smith, in illuminating this unforgettable figure, brings his own considerable scholarship in the field to the story, in addition to access to new archives. - The Wall Street Journal Shackleton has finally received the literary treatment his legendary life deserves. - Booklist An extraordinary... |
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Augustus: First Emperor of Rome
Adrian Goldsworthy · Tantor Audio; Unabridged CD edition
Format: Audio CD
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The dramatic story of Rome's first emperor, who plunged into Rome's violent power struggles at the age of nineteen, proceeded to destroy all rivals, and more than anyone else created the Roman Empire Caesar Augustus' story, one of the most riveting in Western history, is filled... |
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In Pursuit of Memory: The Fight Against Alzheimer's
Joseph Jebelli · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 301
Format: eBook
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For readers of Atul Gawande, Siddhartha Mukherjee, and Henry Marsh, a riveting, gorgeously written biography of one of history's most fascinating and confounding diseases--Alzheimer's--from its discovery more than 100 years ago to today's race towards a cure. SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL... |
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Off the Sidelines: Raise Your Voice, Change the World
Kirsten Gillibrand · Ballantine Books; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Foreword by Hillary Rodham Clinton Fourteen years before Kirsten Gillibrand succeeded Hillary Rodham Clinton as senator from New York, she heard her future mentor say these life-changing words Decisions are being made every day in Washington, and if you are not part... |
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Victoria: A Life
A. N. Wilson · Penguin Press; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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PENJacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography 2015 LONGLISTA shimmering and rather wonderful biography. --The Guardian UK When Queen Victoria died in 1901, she had ruled for nearly sixty-four years. She was a mother of nine and grandmother of forty-two and the matriarch of royal Europe... |
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Stephen Crane: A Life of Fire
Paul Sorrentino · Belknap Press
Pages: 494
Format: Hardcover
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With the exception of Poe, no American writer has proven as challenging to biographers as the author of The Red Badge of Courage. Stephen Crane's short, compact life -- "a life of fire," he called it -- continues to be surrounded by myths and half-truths, distortions and outright... |
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The Mob and the City: The Hidden History of How the Mafia Captured New York
C. Alexander Hortis · Prometheus Books; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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Forget what you think you know about the Mafia. After reading this book, even life-long mob aficionados will have a new perspective on organized crime.Informative, authoritative, and eye-opening, this is the first full-length book devoted exclusively to uncovering the hidden history... |
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The Nixon Defense: What He Knew and When He Knew It
John W. Dean · Viking
Pages: 746
Format: Hardcover
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Based on Nixon's overlooked recordings, New York Times bestselling author John W. Dean connects the dots between what we've come to believe about Watergate and what actually happened Watergate forever changed American politics, and in light of the revelations about the NSA's... |
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In the Great Green Room: The Brilliant and Bold Life of Margaret Wise Brown
Amy Gary · Flatiron Books
Pages: 304
Format: Print book
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For decades children and their parents around the world have cuddled together to read Goodnight Moon and Runaway Bunny. While the lulling words of these stories have formed nighttime rituals for millions, few know that these classic works were part of a publishing revolution led by Margaret... |
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