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New Titles - Biographies & Memoirs
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Cane River Bohemia: Cammie Henry and Her Circle at Melrose Plantation
Patricia Austin Becker · LSU Press
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
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A National Historic Landmark with a complex and remarkable two-hundred-year history, Melrose Plantation near Natchitoches, Louisiana, was home to many notable women, including freedwoman and entrepreneur Marie Thérèse Coincoin and artist Clementine Hunter. Among that influential group,... |
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Inside Out: A Memoir
Moore, Demi · Harper
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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Famed American actress Demi Moore at last tells her own story in a surprisingly intimate and emotionally charged memoir.For decades, Demi Moore has been synonymous with celebrity. From iconic film roles to high-profile relationships, Moore has never been far from the spotlight - or the headlines.Even... |
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The Yellow House
Broom, Sarah M. · Grove Press
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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In 1961, Sarah M. Broom's mother Ivory Mae bought a shotgun house in the then-promising neighborhood of New Orleans East and built her world inside of it. It was the height of the Space Race and the neighborhood was home to a major NASA plant -- the postwar optimism seemed assured.... |
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My Twenty-Five Years in Provence: Reflections on Then and Now
Mayle, Peter · Knopf
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover
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The beloved author Peter Mayle, champion of all things Provence, here in a final volume of all new writing, offers vivid recollections from his twenty-five years in the South of France--lessons learned, culinary delights enjoyed, and changes observed.Twenty-five years ago, Peter Mayle and his wife,... |
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Loyal: 38 Inspiring Tales of Bravery, Heroism, and the Devotion of Dogs
Ascher-Walsh, Rebecca · National Geographic
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover
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This treasury features heartwarming photographs and touching stories of dedicated working dogs who have gone above and beyond the call of duty and proven themselves as true heroes.This special collection of dog stories and photographs features four-legged heroes who have worked side by side... |
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Motivated by Dance: My Dream, Realized - A Memoir
Dr Virgie Broussard Pradia · Outskirts Press
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback
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The author takes the reader through her childhood of poverty, growing up in gritty but dignified rural south Louisiana, and reveals how she developed a passionate love for dance. She also shares her personal story of growing up poor; picking cotton, dreaming of going to New York City and how guiding... |
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The Hue and Cry at Our House: A Year Remembered
Taylor, Benjamin · Penguin Books
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
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The award-winning memoir of one tumultuous year of boyhood in Fort Worth, Texas, opening with a handshake with JFK, and recalling the changes and revelations of the months that followed.Winner of the LA Times Christopher Isherwood Prize for Autobiographical Prose, and a New York Times Editor's... |
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