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New Titles - Biographies & Memoirs
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Imperfect Courage: Live a Life of Purpose by Leaving Comfort and Going Scared
Jessica Honegger · WaterBrook Pages: 240 Format: Hardcover
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The founder of the popular fair trade jewelry brand Noonday Collection shares her story of starting the rapid-growing business that impacts over 4,400 artisans in vulnerable communities across the globe and invites readers on a journey of transformation, challenging them to trade their... |
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Hunting Charles Manson: The Quest for Justice in the Days of Helter Skelter
Lis W Wiehl · Thomas Nelson Pages: 336 Format: Hardcover
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New York Times bestselling author and former federal prosecutor Lis Wiehl uses new research and first-hand interviews to tell the heart-pounding story of Charles Manson's horrific crimes, the painstaking investigation that followed, and the inspired prosecution that put him away.In... |
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Betty Ford: First Lady, Women's Advocate, Survivor, Trailblazer
Lisa McCubbin · Gallery Books Pages: 400 Format: Hardcover
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An intimate and insightful biography of Betty Ford, the groundbreaking, candid, and resilient First Lady and wife of President Gerald Ford, from the #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of Five Presidents and Mrs. Kennedy and Me.Betty Ford: First Lady, Women's Advocate, Survivor,... |
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The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers
Maxwell King · Abrams Press Pages: 416 Format: Hardcover
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Fred Rogers (1928-2003) was an enormously influential figure in the history of television and in the lives of tens of millions of children. As the creator and star of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, he was a champion of compassion, equality, and kindness. Rogers was fiercely devoted... |
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Elsa Lanchester, Herself
ELSA LANCHESTER · Chicago Review Press Pages: 368 Format: Paperback
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Being known as "The Bride of Frankenstein" is an unusual form of fame, but for Elsa Lanchester the unusual came naturally. Born to radical socialist parents, Elsa attended an all-boys school and later "studied" in Paris with dance pioneer Isadora Duncan. At 17, she opened... |
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Starting with Goodbye: A Daughter's Memoir of Love after Loss
Lisa Romeo · University of Nevada Press Pages: 240 Format: Paperback
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Starting with Goodbye begins with loss and ends with love, as a midlife daughter rediscovers her enigmatic father after his death. Lisa has little time for grief, but when her dead dad drops in for "conversations," his absent presence invites Lisa to examine why the parent she had turned... |
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Crane: Sex, Celebrity, and My Father's Unsolved Murder
Robert Crane · University Press of Kentucky Pages: 350 Format: Paperback
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On June 29, 1978, Bob Crane, known to Hogan's Heroes fans as Colonel Hogan, was discovered brutally murdered in his Scottsdale, Arizona, apartment. His eldest son, Robert Crane, was called to the crime scene. In this poignant memoir, Robert Crane discusses that terrible day and how he has lived... |
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