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South Toward Home: Adventures and Misadventures in My Native Land
Julia Reed · St. Martin's Press Pages: 256 Format: Hardcover
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In considering the pleasures and absurdities of her native culture, Julia Reed quotes another Southern writer, Willie Morris, who said, "It's the juxtapositions that get you down here." These juxtapositions are, for Julia, the soul of the South, and in her warmhearted and funny... |
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My Sister, the Serial Killer: A Novel
Oyinkan Braithwaite · Doubleday Pages: 240 Format: Hardcover
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"My Sister, the Serial Killer is a gem, in the most accurate sense: small, hard, sharp, and polished to perfection."--Edgar Cantero, New York Times bestselling author of Meddling KidsSatire meets slasher in this short, darkly funny hand grenade of a novel about a Nigerian woman... |
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Assume the Worst: The Graduation Speech You'll Never Hear
CARL HIAASEN · Knopf Pages: 64 Format: Hardcover
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This is Oh, the Places You'll Never Go--the ultimate hilarious, cynical, but absolutely realistic view of a college graduate's future. And what he or she can or can't do about it."This commencement address will never be given, because graduation speakers are supposed to offer encouragement... |
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Morgan Freeman: A Biography
Kathleen Tracey · Barricade Books Pages: 288 Format: Hardcover
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Just one look into Morgan Freeman's eyes and it is apparent that this is a man who has lived a full, sometimes hard, life. To better appreciate his achievements and successes, this book will equally show the triumphs and the struggles and failures he has overcome in his colorful life... |
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What Would Dolly Do?: How to Be a Diamond in a Rhinestone World
Lauren Marino · Grand Central Publishing Pages: 256 Format: Hardcover
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A spirited homage to Dolly Parton that captures the unique humor, no-nonsense wisdom, flash, and sass of one of America's most iconic stars.One of twelve children raised in a shack in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, Dolly Parton grew to become an international superstar... |
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Life Expectancy: A Novel
Dean R Koontz · Bantam Pages: 476 Format: Book
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Before he died on a storm-wracked night, Jimmy Tock's grandfather predicted that there would be five dark days in his grandson's life - five dates whose terrible events Jimmy must prepare himself to face. The first is to occur in his twentieth year, the last... |
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None of My Business
P J O'ROURKE · Atlantic Monthly Press Pages: 304 Format: Hardcover
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After decades covering war and disaster, bestselling author and acclaimed satirist P. J. O'Rourke takes on his scariest subjects yet -- business, investment, finance, and the political chicanery behind them.Want to get rich overnight for free in 3 easy steps with no risk? Then don't buy this... |
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Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Ben Fountain · Ecco Pages: 307 Format: Print book
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New York Times BestsellerNow a Major Motion Picture"Brilliantly done . . . grand, intimate, and joyous." - New York Times Book Review"Mothers, father, sons, and daughters: read this giant-hearted novel." - MARIA SEMPLE, author of Where'd You Go, BernadetteThree minutes... |
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Confessions of a Domestic Failure
Bunmi Laditan · MIRA Pages: 330 Format: Paperback
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Instant Bestseller"Freaking hilarious. This is the novel moms have been waiting for." - Jenny Lawson, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Let's Pretend This Never Happened"Perfect for readers looking for a funny, realistic look at motherhood." - BOOKLIST (starred... |
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Rich Man, Poor Man: A Memoir
Nick Nolte · William Morrow Pages: 320 Format: Hardcover
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"I had become an actor because real life was hard for me. Sometimes it was really rough. Acting was different from real life, yet it gave me the chance to search for complex stories that helped me understand and cope with what I encountered away from the stage lights."Legendary... |
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Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
Helen Fielding · Vintage Contemporaries Pages: 478 Format: Print book
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Move over, Bridget Jones's diary: She's back, and this time she's texting and tweeting. . . Fourteen years after landing Mark Darcy, Bridget's life has taken her places she never expected. But despite the new challenges of single parenting, online dating, wildly morphing... |
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Family Tradition - Three Generations of Hank Williams
Susan Masino · Hal Leonard Corporation Format: Hardcover
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(Book). Covering three generations of Hank Williams, Family Tradition is both unique and vast in scope. Beginning in the present day with Hank III who gave the author unprecedented access and time-traveling across the years, this examines just what kind of rebel mojo inspired this... |
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Taylor Swift: This Is Our Song
Tyler Conroy · Simon & Schuster Pages: 320 Format: Print book
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This October will mark the ten-year anniversary of Taylor Swift's first record and the first decade of her career. To celebrate the occasion, Swift's fans, in collaboration with Simon & Schuster, are teaming up to produce and publish the first major book about the artist New York magazine... |
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