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New Titles - Biographies & Memoirs
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Summertime: George Gershwin's Life in Music
Crawford, Richard · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 560
Format: Hardcover
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The life of a beloved American composer reflected through his music, writings, and letters.New York City native and gifted pianist George Gershwin blossomed as an accompanist before his talent as a songwriter opened the way to Broadway, where he fashioned his own brand of American music.... |
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The Apology
Ensler, Eve · Bloomsbury Publishing
Pages: 128
Format: Hardcover
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From Eve Ensler, author of one of the most influential works of the twentieth century--The Vagina Monologues--and one of Newsweek's "150 Women Who Changed the World," comes a powerful, life-changing examination of abuse and atonement.Like millions of women, Eve Ensler has been... |
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In Montparnasse: The Emergence of Surrealism in Paris, from Duchamp to Dali
Sue Roe · Penguin
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
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'Describes with plenty of colour how surrealism, from Rene Magritte's bowler hats to Salvador Dali's watches, was born and developed' The TimesDuring the 1920s, in the Parisian neighbourhood of Montparnasse, a unique flowering of avant-garde artistic creativity became the cradle... |
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Into the Planet: My Life as a Cave Diver
Heinerth, Jill · Ecco
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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From one of the world's most renowned cave divers, a firsthand account of exploring the earth's final frontier: the hidden depths of our oceans and the sunken caves inside our planetMore people have died exploring underwater caves than climbing Mount Everest, and we know more about... |
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Listen Up!: Recording Music with Bob Dylan, Neil Young, U2, R.E.M., The Tragically Hip, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Tom Waits...
Mark Howard · ECW Press
Pages: 232
Format: Paperback
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An album-by-album account of working with iconic artists such as Anthony Kiedis, Michael Stipe, Gord Downie, and Bono, from a leader in the field. Mark Howard, a record producer/engineer/mixer and a trailblazer in the industry, will take you through the star-studded world of recording and producing... |
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Texas Flood: The Inside Story of Stevie Ray Vaughan
Paul, Alan · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
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The first definitive biography of guitar legend Stevie Ray Vaughan, with an epilogue by Jimmie Vaughan, foreword by drummer Chris Layton, and afterword by bassist Tommy Shannon. A clean and sober Stevie Ray Vaughan seemed poised for a new, limitless chapter of his life and career just a few years... |
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And How Are You, Dr. Sacks?: A Biographical Memoir of Oliver Sacks
Weschler, Lawrence · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
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The untold story of Dr. Oliver Sacks, his own most singular patientThe author Lawrence Weschler began spending time with Oliver Sacks in the early 1980s, when he set out to profile the neurologist for his own new employer, The New Yorker. Almost a decade earlier, Dr. Sacks had published... |
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The Southern Education of a Jersey Girl: Adventures in Life and Love in the Heart of Dixie
Jaime Primak Sullivan · Touchstone
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
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Jaime Primak Sullivan, outspoken star of Bravo TV's Jersey Belle, offers no-nonsense Southern-spun advice for navigating life and love with her signature charismatic Jersey charm in this winning fish-out-of-water tale.Jamie Primak Sullivan, a Jersey-bred, tough-as-nails PR maven - and unlikely... |
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Sacred Duty: A Soldier's Tour at Arlington National Cemetery
Cotton, Tom · William Morrow
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The perfect Father's Day gift"An ode to excellence. An inspiring read for every American." - Robert M. GatesAn extraordinary journey behind the scenes of Arlington National Cemetery, Senator Tom Cotton's Sacred Duty offers an intimate and inspiring... |
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