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All the Gallant Men: An American Sailor's Firsthand Account of Pearl Harbor
Donald Stratton · William Morrow Pages: 306 Format: Print book
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The extraordinary first and only memoir by a survivor of the USS Arizona, published in conjunction with the seventy-fifth anniversary of Pearl Harbor. An unforgettable and moving story of tragedy, heroism, resilience, and redemption that is sure to become an enduring document of American... |
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The Cancer Whisperer: Finding Courage, Direction, and The Unlikely Gifts of Cancer
Sophie Sabbage · Penguin Publishing Group Pages: 224 Format: Print book
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The self-published sensation and UK bestseller that has helped thousands touched by cancer. "I have cancer. Cancer does not have me." Sophie Sabbage was forty-eight years old, happily married, and mother to a four-year-old daughter when she was diagnosed with late-stage lung cancer.... |
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Andrew Jackson and the Miracle of New Orleans: The Battle That Shaped America's Destiny
Brian Kilmeade · Sentinel Pages: 304 Format: Hardcover
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Another pop history pageturner from the New York Times bestselling authors of George Washington's Secret Six and Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates. When the British fought the young United States during the War of 1812, they knew that taking the mouth of the Mississippi River was the key to crippling... |
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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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True crimes : a family album
Kathryn Harrison · Random House, 2016. Pages: 240 Format: Print book
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From acclaimed literary talent and New York Times bestselling author Kathryn Harrison comes a collection of illuminating and surprising essays, written over the course of more than a decade, that reexamine our ideas of family, love, loss, and memory. Fixing an acute and sensitive eye on family... |
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The Tank Man's Son: A Memoir
Mark Bouman · Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. Format: Print book
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In the tradition of The Glass Castle and Angela's Ashes comes the most unforgettable memoir you'll read this year!"What did it mean to be the Tank Man's son? To grow up overwhelmed by my father's presence and personality? It was as if I didn't exist, as if I was just... |
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Child Star: An Autobiography
Shirley Temple Black · Mcgraw-Hill; First Edition edition Pages: 546 Format: Hardcover
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With amazing clarity and total recall, Shirley Temple Black vividly describes her experiences as a child actress. Despite abuses by exploitive studio executives, her talent and perseverance could not be thwarted; before long she was making movies with the top stars of the day. And her memoirs... |
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First Dads: Parenting and Politics from George Washington to Barack Obama
Joshua C Kendall · Grand Central Publishing Pages: 391 Format: Print book
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Every president has had some experience as a parent. Of the 43 men who have served in the nation's highest office, 38 have fathered biological children and the other five adopted children. Each president's parenting style reveals much about his beliefs as well as his psychological make-up.... |
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This is Ce?zanne
Jorella Andrews; Patrick Vale · Laurence King Publishing Format: Hardcover
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This book follows Celzanne on his extraordinary artistic journey, focusing on his formative discoveries, made not in the flashy, fashionable metropolis but in provincial and rural France and often in isolation. |
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After a While You Just Get Used to It: A Tale of Family Clutter
Gwendolyn Knapp · Gotham Format: Hardcover
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A vibrant new voice ups the self-deprecating memoir ante with tragicomic tales of her dysfunctional life in swampland Florida and America's Big Easy A dive bar palm reader who calls herself the Disco Queen Taiwan; a slumlord with a penis-of-the-day LISTSERV; and Betty, the middle-aged... |
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The Kinks: A Thoroughly English Phenomenon
Carey Fleiner · Rowman & Littlefield Pages: 242 Format: Print book
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Emerging from the same British music boom that birthed the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, Dave and Ray Davies's band, the Kinks, became one of England's most influential groups. Remembered best for such singles as "You Really Got Me," "Lola," and "Sunny... |
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The World Remade: America in World War I
G J Meyer · Bantam Pages: 688 Format: Print book
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A bracing, indispensable account of America's epoch-defining involvement in the Great War, rich with fresh insights into the key issues, events, and personalities of the period After years of bitter debate, the United States declared war on Imperial Germany on April 6, 1917, plunging the country... |
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Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life
Ruth Franklin · Liveright Pages: 624 Format: Hardcover
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A New York Times Notable Book of 2016 A Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Pick of 2016 An Entertainment Weekly Best Book of 2016 A Time Magazine Top Nonfiction of 2016 A Seattle Times Best Book of 2016 A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2016 An NPR 2016's Great Read A Boston Globe Best Book... |
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Nujeen: One Girl's Incredible Journey from War-Torn Syria in a Wheelchair
Nujeen Mustafa · Harper Wave Pages: 288 Format: Print book
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Prize-winning journalist and the co-author of smash New York Times bestseller I Am Malala, Christina Lamb, now tells the inspiring true story of another remarkable young hero: Nujeen Mustafa, a teenager born with cerebral palsy, whose harrowing journey from war-ravaged Syria to Germany... |
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