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Take This Man: A Memoir
Brando Skyhorse · Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover |
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Named one of Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Books of 2014 One of NBC Newss 10 Best Latino Books of 2014 From PENHemingway award winner Brando Skyhorse comes this stunning, heartfelt memoir in the vein of The Glass Castle or The Tender Bar, the true story of a boys turbulent childhood growing... |
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Navigating life : things i wish my mother had told me
Margaux Bergen · Penguin Books
Pages: 256
Format: Print book |
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An inspiring, piercingly honest user's guide to life, written for the author's daughter and given to her on her first day of college, reflecting tough lessons about family, work, and marriage. You learn a few useful things at school--the three Rs come in handy, and it's good... |
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Gray Work: Confessions of an American Paramilitary Spy
Jamie Smith · William Morrow
Format: Hardcover |
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The first ever, first-person story of Americas private, paramilitary contractors at work around the world-from a man who performed these missions himself and has decades of stories to tell. This is a fascinating tale-and potentially the first-to describe the work of American contractors,... |
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Jane Doe January : my twenty-year search for truth and justice
Emily Winslow · William Morrow & Company
Pages: 288
Format: Print book |
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In the vein of Alice Sebold s Lucky, comes a compelling, real-life crime mystery and gripping memoir of the cold case prosecution of a serial rapist, told by one of his victims. On the morning of September 12, 2013, a fugitive task force arrested Arthur Fryar at hisapartment in Brooklyn.... |
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Masterful Marks: Cartoonists Who Changed the World
Monte Beauchamp · Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover |
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In a first-of-its-kind collection, award-winning illustrators celebrate the lives of the visionary artists who created the world of comic art and altered pop culture forever.Sixteen Graphic Novel Biographies of: * Walt Disney * Dr. Seuss * Charles Schulz * The Creators of Superman * R. Crumb... |
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Becoming Madison: The Extraordinary Origins of the Least Likely Founding Father
Michael Signer · PublicAffairs
Format: Hardcover |
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In a time when America is desperately searching for leadership comes this inspiring story of James Madison's coming of age, providing incisive and original insight into the Founding Father who did the most but is known the least. Michael Signer takes a fresh look at the life of our fourth... |
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Matthew McConaughey: The Biography
Neil Daniels · John Blake
Format: Hardcover |
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The authoritative biography of one of Hollywoods leading hunksGrowing up in Texas, the youngest of three boys, Matthew McConaughey was known for his good looks and charm. His acting career began with TV commercials, B movies, and low-budget independent films, which included the much respected... |
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Tudors Versus Stewarts: The Fatal Inheritance of Mary, Queen of Scots
Linda Porter · St. Martin's Press; Reprint edition
Format: Hardcover |
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The war between the fertile Stewarts and the barren Tudors was crucial to the history of the British Isles in the sixteenth century. The legendary struggle, most famously embodied by the relationship between Elizabeth I and her cousin, Mary Queen of Scots, was fuelled by three generations... |
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Face the Music: A Life Exposed
Paul Stanley · Fourth Estate
Pages: 462
Format: Hardcover |
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In Face the Music, Paul Stanley - the co-founder and famous "Starchild" frontman of KISS - reveals for the first time the incredible highs and equally incredible lows in his life both inside and outside the band. Face the Music is the shocking, funny, smart, inspirational story... |
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