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I'm Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen
Sylvie Simmons · Ecco Pages: 570 Format: Print book
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The legend behind such songs as Suzanne, Bird on the Wire and Hallelujah andthe poet and novelist behind such groundbreaking literary works as Beautiful Losers and Book of Mercy, Leonard Cohen is one of the most important and influential artists of our era, a man of powerful emotion and intelligence... |
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Becoming Beyoncé: The Untold Story
J. Randy Taraborrelli · Grand Central Publishing Pages: 512 Format: Hardcover
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"Beyonce' Knowles is a woman who began her career at the age of eight performing in pageant shows and talent contests, honing her craft through her teenage years until, at the age of 16, she had her first number one record with Destiny's Child. That hit-making trio launched... |
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Blood Aces: The Wild Ride of Benny Binion, the Texas Gangster Who Created Vegas Poker
Doug J Swanson · Viking Pages: 355 Format: Book
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The astonishing story of Benny Binion - a rip-roaring saga of murder, money, and the making of Las Vegas Benny Binion was many things: a cowboy, a pioneering casino owner, a gangster, a killer, and founder of the hugely successful World Series of Poker. Blood Aces tells the story of Binion's... |
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Finding Me: A Decade of Darkness, a Life Reclaimed: A Memoir of the Cleveland Kidnappings
Michelle Knight · Perseus Books Group Pages: 252 Format: Print book
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The #1 New York Times BestsellerMichelle was a young single mother when she was kidnapped by a local school bus driver named Ariel Castro. For more than a decade afterward, she endured unimaginable torture at the hand of her abductor. In 2003 Amanda Berry joined her in captivity, followed... |
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No Way But This: in search of Paul Robeson
Jeff Sparrow · Scribe US Pages: 292 Format: Paperback
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Film star. Singer. Athlete. Icon. Agitator. Martyr. Paul Robeson was a brilliant student and champion athlete who abandoned a career in law to find worldwide fame as a performer and activist. He was undoubtedly the most famous African American of his time, perhaps, in the words of both... |
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Letters to a Young Writer: Some Practical and Philosophical Advice
COLUM MCCANN · Random House Pages: 166 Format: Hardcover
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From the bestselling author of the National Book Award winner Let the Great World Spin comes the perfect graduation gift: a lesson in how to be a writer, and so much more. Intriguing and inspirational, this book is a call to look outward rather than inward. McCann asks his readers to constantly... |
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Why Religion?: A Personal Story
ELAINE PAGELS · Ecco Pages: 256 Format: Hardcover
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Why is religion still around in the twenty-first century? Why do so many still believe? And how do various traditions still shape the way people experience everything from sexuality to politics, whether they are religious or not? In Why Religion? Elaine Pagels looks to her own life to help... |
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The Bitter Taste of Victory: In the Ruins of the Reich
Lara Feigel · Bloomsbury Press Pages: 443 Format: Print book
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When Germany surrendered in May 1945 it was a nation reduced to rubble. Immediately, America, Britain, Soviet Russia, and France set about rebuilding in their zones of occupation. Most urgent were physical needs--food, water, and sanitation--but from the start the Allies were also anxious... |
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Look at You Now: My Journey from Shame to Strength
Liz Pryor · Random House Pages: 272 Format: Print book
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For readers of Orange Is the New Black and The Glass Castle, a riveting memoir about a lifelong secret and a girl finding strength in the most unlikely place In 1979, Liz Pryor is a seventeen-year-old girl from a good family in the wealthy Chicago suburbs. Halfway through her senior year... |
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All Happy Families: A Memoir
JEANNE MCCULLOCH · Harper Wave Pages: 240 Format: Hardcover
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The Glass Castle meets The Nest in this stunning debut, an intimate family memoir that gracefully brings us behind the dappled beachfront vista of privilege, to reveal the inner lives of two wonderfully colorful, unforgettable families.On a mid-August weekend, two families assemble for a wedding... |
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King Con: The Bizarre Adventures of the Jazz Age's Greatest Impostor
PAUL WILLETTS · Crown Pages: 352 Format: Hardcover
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The spellbinding tale of hustler Edgar Laplante - the king of Jazz Age con artists - who becomes the victim of his own dangerous game. Edgar Laplante was a smalltime grifter, an erstwhile vaudeville performer, and an unabashed charmer. But after years of playing thankless gigs and traveling... |
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One Righteous Man: Samuel Battle and the Shattering of the Color Line in New York
Arthur Browne · Beacon Press Format: Hardcover
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A history of African Americans in New York City from the 1910s to 1960, told through the life of Samuel Battle, the New York Police Department's first black officer. When Samuel Battle broke the color line as New York City's first African American cop in the second decade of the twentieth... |
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Running Against the Tide: True Tales from the Stud of the Sea
Captain Lee · Gallery Books Pages: 256 Format: Hardcover
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From the star of Bravo's hit reality show Below Deck, comes Running Against the Tide, the "Stud of the Sea's" first-ever memoir recounting his journey from landlocked Saginaw, Michigan to the high seas, where he has spent more than twenty-five years as a superyacht captain.The... |
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Frederick the Great: King of Prussia
Tim Blanning · Random House Pages: 720 Format: Hardcover
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Frederick the Great, King of Prussia, dominated the 18th century in the same way that Napoleon dominated the start of the 19th - a force of nature, a caustic, ruthless, brilliant military commander, a monarch of exceptional energy and talent, and a knowledgeable patron of artists, architects... |
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