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Filling Her Shoes: A Memoir of an Inherited Family
Betsy Graziani Fasbinder · She Writes Press Pages: 256 Format: Paperback
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On the day that she decided to marry a widower -- also a long-time friend -- Betsy Graziani Fasbinder knew that she wasn't only gaining a husband, she was inheriting a son. Unlike many stepmothers, Betsy didn't have to struggle with an ex, or court battles, or the weekend shuffle... |
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Born with Teeth: A Memoir
Kate Mulgrew · Little, Brown and Company, Pages: 306 Format: Large Print Hardcover
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Raised by unconventional Irish Catholics who knew "how to drink, how to dance, how to talk, and how to stir up the devil," Kate Mulgrew grew up with poetry and drama in her bones. But in her mother, a would-be artist burdened by the endless arrival of new babies, young Kate saw the consequences... |
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The Billion Dollar Spy: A True Story of Cold War Espionage and Betrayal
David E. Hoffman · Doubleday Books Pages: 336 Format: Hardcover
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From the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning history The Dead Hand comes the riveting story of a spy who cracked open the Soviet military research establishment and a penetrating portrait of the CIA's Moscow station, an outpost of daring espionage in the last years of the Cold War While... |
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Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill
Candice Millard · Doubleday Pages: 381 Format: Hardcover
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From New York Times bestselling author of Destiny of the Republic and The River of Doubt, a thrilling narrative of Winston Churchill's extraordinary and little-known exploits during the Boer War At age twenty-four, Winston Churchill was utterly convinced it was his destiny to become prime... |
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Hannibal: A Hellenistic Life
Eve MacDonald · Yale University Press; First Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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Hannibal lived a life of incredible feats of daring and survival, massive military engagements, and ultimate defeat. A citizen of Carthage and military commander in Punic Spain, he famously marched his war elephants and huge army over the Alps into Rome's own heartland to fight the Second... |
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Slice Harvester: A Memoir in Pizza
Colin Atrophy Hagendorf · Simon & Schuster Format: Hardcover
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"Over the course of two years, a twenty-something punk rocker eats a cheese slice from every pizzeria in New York City, gets sober, falls in love, and starts a blog that captures headlines around the world--he is the Slice Harvester, and this is his story. Since its arrival on US shores... |
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Toscanini: Musician of Conscience
HARVEY SACHS · Liveright Pages: 992 Format: Hardcover
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On the 150th anniversary of his birth comes this monumental biography of Arturo Toscanini, whose dramatic life is unparalleled among twentieth-century musicians.It may be difficult to imagine today, but Arturo Toscanini -- recognized widely as the most celebrated conductor of the twentieth... |
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Hank : the short life and long country road of hank williams
Mark Ribowsky · Liveright Publishing Corporation Pages: 496 Format: Print book
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A heartbreaking and unforgettable portrait of country music's founding father.After he died in the backseat of a Cadillac at the age of twenty-nine, Hank Williams?a frail, flawed man who had become country music's most compelling and popular star?instantly morphed into its first tragic... |
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The Big Fix: Hope After Heroin
Tracey Helton Mitchell · Seal Press Pages: 272 Format: Print book
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After surviving nearly a decade of heroin abuse and hard living on the streets of San Francisco's Tenderloin District, Tracey Helton Mitchell decided to get clean for good. With raw honesty and a poignant perspective on life that only comes from starting at rock bottom, The Big Fix tells... |
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Careless People: Murder, Mayhem, and the Invention of The Great Gatsby
Sarah Churchwell · Penguin Group USA Pages: 399 Format: Hardcover
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Kirkus (STARRED review)"Churchwell... has written an excellent book... she's earned the right to play on [Fitzgerald's] court. Prodigious research and fierce affection illumine every remarkable page."The autumn of 1922 found F. Scott Fitzgerald at the height of his fame,... |
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