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Good Trouble: Building a Successful Life and Business with Asperger's
Joe Biel · Microcosm Publishing
Pages: 256
Format: Print book |
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In 1996, everything about Joe Biel's life seemed like a mistake. He was 18, he lived in Cleveland, he got drunk every day, and he had mystery health problems and weird social tics. All his friends' lives were as bad or worse. To escape a nihilistic, apocalyptic worldview and to bring... |
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Trump and Me
Mark Singer · Tim Duggan Books
Pages: 112
Format: Print book |
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Ever since Donald Trump entered the presidential race - in a press conference attended by paid actors, in which he slandered Mexican immigrants - he has dominated headlines, becoming the unrestrained id at the center of one of the most bizarre and alarming elections in American history.It... |
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Books for Living
Will Schwalbe · Knopf Publishing Group
Pages: 288
Format: Print book |
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From the author of the beloved New York Times best-selling The End of Your Life Book Club, an inspiring and magical exploration of the power of books to shape our lives in an era of constant connectivity. Why is it that we read? Is it to pass time? To learn something new? To escape from... |
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Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Start-Up Bubble
Dan Lyons · Hachette Books
Pages: 272
Format: Print book |
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"Wildly entertaining ... Lyons has injected a dose of sanity into a world gone mad."--Ashlee Vance, New York Times-bestselling author of Elon MuskFor twenty-five years Dan Lyons was a magazine writer at the top of his profession--until one Friday morning when he received a phone... |
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Dreaming of Lions: My Life in the Wild Places
Elizabeth Marshall Thomas · Chelsea Green
Pages: 320
Format: Print book |
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Elizabeth Marshall Thomas has spent a lifetime observing other creatures and other cultures, from her own backyard to the African savannah. Her books have transported millions of readers into the hidden lives of animals -- from dogs and cats to deer and lions. She's chronicled the daily... |
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Hello Goodbye Hello: A Circle of 101 Remarkable Meetings
Craig Brown · Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover |
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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” (The... |
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The Jolly Roger Social Club: A True Story of a Killer in Paradise
Nick Foster · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 288
Format: Print book |
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The true story of a series of bold killings which took place in a shadowy American ex-pat community in Panama--a tale of greed, political history, and murderIn the remote Bocas del Toro, Panama, William Dathan Holbert, aka "Wild Bill," is awaiting trial for the murder of five... |
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Eleanor Marx: A Life
Rachel Holmes · Bloomsbury Press
Format: Hardcover |
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Unrestrained by convention, lionhearted and free, Eleanor Marx 1855-98 was an exceptional woman. Hers was the first English translation of Flauberts Madame Bovary. She pioneered the theater of Henrik Ibsen. She was the first woman to lead the British dock workers and gas workers trade unions.... |
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Old Age: A Beginner's Guide
Michael E Kinsley · Tim Duggan Books
Pages: 160
Format: Print book |
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Vanity Fair columnist Michael Kinsley escorts his fellow Boomers through the door marked "Exit."The notorious baby boomers - the largest age cohort in history - are approaching the end and starting to plan their final moves in the game of life. Now they are asking: What was that... |
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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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Porcelain: A Memoir
Moby. · Penguin Press
Pages: 406
Format: Print book |
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From one of the most interesting and iconic musicians of our time, a piercingly tender, funny, and harrowing account of the path from suburban poverty and alienation to a life of beauty, squalor and unlikely success out of the NYC club scene of the late '80s and '90s.There were many reasons... |
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The Telling
Zoe Zolbrod · Curbside Splendor Pub
Pages: 300
Format: Print book |
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"Zolbrod shows great courage as she tries to answer difficult and troubling questions about herself and her family, a powerfully rendered struggle that will strike a chord with abuse survivors and their loved ones." - Publishers Weekly"Evocative, fiercely intelligent, and beautifully... |
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A Pure Solar World: Sun Ra and the Birth of Afrofuturism
Paul Youngquist · University of Texas Press
Pages: 362
Format: Print book |
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Sun Ra said he came from Saturn. Known on earth for his inventive music and extravagant stage shows, he pioneered free-form improvisation in an ensemble setting with the devoted band he called the "Arkestra." Sun Ra took jazz from the inner city to outer space, infusing traditional... |
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