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A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety
Jimmy Carter · Simon & Schuster Pages: 272 Format: Hardcover
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Jimmy Carter, thirty-ninth President, Nobel Peace Prize winner, international humanitarian, fisherman, reflects on his full and happy life with pride, humor, and a few second thoughts. At ninety, Carter reflects on his public and private life with a frankness that is disarming. He adds... |
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The Bright Hour: A Memoir of Living and Dying
NINA RIGGS · Simon & Schuster Pages: 320 Format: Hardcover
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An exquisite memoir about how to live - and love - every day with "death in the room," from poet Nina Riggs, mother of two young sons and the direct descendant of Ralph Waldo Emerson, in the tradition of When Breath Becomes Air."We are breathless, but we love the days. They... |
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On His Own Terms: A Life of Nelson Rockefeller
Richard Norton Smith · Random House Format: Hardcover
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NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE BOSTON GLOBE AND KIRKUS REVIEWSFrom acclaimed historian Richard Norton Smith comes the definitive life of an American icon: Nelson Rockefeller - one of the most complex and compelling figures of the twentieth century. Fourteen years in the making,... |
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Diary of a Mad Diva
Joan Rivers · Berkley Pub Group Pages: 289 Format: Print book
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Following up the phenomenal success of her headline-making New York Times bestseller I Hate Everyone...Starting With Me, the unstoppable Joan Rivers is at it again. When her daughter Melissa gives her a diary for Christmas, at first Joan is horrified - who the hell does Melissa think she is? That... |
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Julissa Arce · Center Street Pages: 304 Format: Print book
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For an undocumented immigrant, what is the true cost of the American Dream? Julissa Arce shares her story in a riveting memoir.When she was 11 years old Julissa Arce left Mexico and came to the United States on a tourist visa to be reunited with her parents, who dreamed the journey would... |
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Love, Africa: A Memoir of Romance, War, and Survival
Jeffrey Gettleman · Harper Pages: 352 Format: Hardcover
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From Jeffrey Gettleman, a Pulitzer Prize - winning New York Times journalist, comes a memoir about finding love and finding a calling in one of the most violent yet most beautiful places in the world.A seasoned war correspondent, Jeffrey Gettleman has covered every major conflict over the past... |
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Call Girl Confidential: An Escort's Secret Life as an Undercover Agent
Rebecca Kade · Gallery Books, 2014. Pages: 230 Format: Print book
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You've probably heard of Anna Gristina, the notoriÂous "Soccer Mom Madam," who allegedly operated a multimillion-dollar escort service with clients from the Forbes billionaires list to Capitol Hill. But you haven't heard of the woman who helped bring the Soccer Mom Madam... |
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Stanley Kubrick and Me: Thirty Years at His Side
Emilio D'Alessandro · Arcade Publishing Pages: 384 Format: Print book
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This intimate portrait by his former personal assistant and confidante reveals the man behind the legendary filmmaker - for the first time.Stanley Kubrick, the director of a string of timeless movies from Lolita and Dr. Strangelove to A Clockwork Orange, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Full Metal... |
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Eleanor Marx: A Life
Rachel Holmes · Bloomsbury Press Format: Hardcover
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Unrestrained by convention, lionhearted and free, Eleanor Marx 1855-98 was an exceptional woman. Hers was the first English translation of Flauberts Madame Bovary. She pioneered the theater of Henrik Ibsen. She was the first woman to lead the British dock workers and gas workers trade unions.... |
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Hidden Hemingway: Inside the Ernest Hemingway Archives of Oak Park
Robert K Elder · The Kent State University Press Pages: 240 Format: Print book
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Thinking of Ernest Hemingway often brings to mind his travels around the world, documenting war and engaging in thrilling adventures. However, fully understanding this outsized international author means returning to his place of birth. Hidden Hemingway presents highlights from the extraordinary... |
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White Dresses: A Memoir of Love and Secrets, Mothers and Daughters
Mary Pflum Peterson · William Morrow Pages: 336 Format: Print book
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In this riveting, poignant memoir of three generations of women and the white dresses that adorned them - television producer Mary Pflum Peterson recounts a journey through loss and redemption, and her battle to rescue her mother, a former nun, from compulsive hoarding.As a successful... |
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The Cost of Courage
Charles Kaiser · Other Press (NY) Pages: 288 Format: Hardcover
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"The result is a mix of history, biography and memoir which reads like a nerve-racking thriller." - The Guardian (US) This heroic true story of the three youngest children of a bourgeois Catholic family who worked together in the French Resistance is told by an American writer... |
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Behind the Scenes
Judi Dench · St. Martin's Press Pages: 256 Format: Hardcover
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From her first theatrical roles as a teenager in York to her scene-stealing performances as 'M' in the James Bond films, Dame Judi Dench's professional life has consisted of non-stop acting, leading to numerous accolades, including an Academy Award for her performance as Queen... |
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