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Just the Funny Parts: My 30 Years on the Hollywood Jungle Gym

Nell Scovell · Dey Street Books
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

Introduction by Sheryl SandbergIf Bossypants and Lean In got drunk and hooked up, their sloppy-sex-love-child would be this juicy and insightful memoir which blows the doors off the male dominated writers' room and offers a scathingly funny account of Hollywood's sexual politics over the last...
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Courageous Faith: My Story From a Life of Obedience

Charles F Stanley · Howard Books
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

As trusted pastor Dr. Charles Stanley comes to the later years of his life, he is ready to share his personal story - on a more intimate level than ever before. As he walks us through his ups and downs, he shares how the biblical principles he's taught all his life affected the way he's...
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A Black Night for the Bluegrass Belle

Ian Punnett · Acclaim Press
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

On November 6, 1936, 40-year-old Verna Garr Taylor of LaGrange, KY, was found dead in a soggy ditch just over the Henry County line. Her companion that night, 60-year-old Henry H. Denhardt, the sitting adjutant general of the Kentucky National Guard and recent lieutenant governor of the Commonwealth...
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God & Churchill: How the Great Leader's Sense of Divine Destiny Changed His Troubled World and Offers Hope for Ours

Jonathan Sandys · Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., 2015.
Pages: 312
Format: Print book

When Winston Churchill was a boy of sixteen, he already had a vision for his purpose in life. "This country will be subjected somehow to a tremendous invasion . . . I shall be in command of the defences of London . . . it will fall to me to save the Capital, to save the Empire."It...
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Women of the American Revolution

E F Ellet · Corner House Publishers
Pages: 312

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally...
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Royal Love Stories

Gill Paul · Metro Books
Pages: 192
Format: Print book

Ruled by responsibility, forbidden from marrying for true love ... royal love stories are often far removed from the fairy tale romances of children's storybooks. In Royal Love Stories the true tales of royal affairs of the heart are laid bare. From the tragic love story of Louis XVI and Marie...
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Lucky Penny's Tail

Gregory J. Matenkoski · Greg
Pages: 218
Format: Paperback

"Lucky Penny's Tail is a gripping, vivid, first person account. Great and fascinating in detail, the book reads as if one is watching an old war movie." Ricardo R. Villarreal Laredo...
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Esquire What I've Learned: The Meaning of Life According to 65 Artists, Athletes, Leaders & Legends

Joe Keohane · Hearst Books
Pages: 151
Format: Print book

From Esquire's popular "What I've Learned" column comes a stunning, all-new collection of candid interviews with 65 actors, athletes, directors, musicians, writers, comedians, politicians, and other legendary figures. Every one of the impressive figures profiled here offers...
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Unforgettable: A Son, a Mother, and the Lessons of a Lifetime

Scott Simon · Flatiron Books, 2016.
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

I'm getting a life's lesson about grace from my mother in the ICU. We never stop learning from our mothers, do we? Scott Simon sat beside his once gorgeous and vivacious mother, holding her hand, comforting her, and reminiscing about good times and bad as she faced her final days. The result...
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Escape Artist: Memoir of a Visionary Artist on Death Row

William Noguera · Seven Stories Press
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover

An ABA Indies Introduce Top Ten Title for Winter 2018William A. Noguera has spent thirty-four years at the notorious San Quentin Prison, home to the nation's largest and deadliest death row. Each day, men plot against you and your life rests on a razor's edge. In Escape Artist, he describes...
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They're playing our song : a memoir

Carole Bayer Sager · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

Grammy and Academy Award-winning songwriter Carole Bayer Sager shares the remarkably frank and darkly funny story of her life in and out of the recording studio, from her fascinating (and sometimes calamitous) relationships to her collaborations with some of the greatest composers and musical...
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Out of Line: A Life of Playing with Fire

Barbara Lynch · Atria Books
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

Blood, Bones, & Butter meets A Devil in the Kitchen in this funny, fierce, and poignant memoir by world-renowned chef, restaurateur, and Top Chef judge Barbara Lynch, recounting her rise from a hard-knocks South Boston childhood to culinary stardom.Celebrated chef Barbara Lynch credits...
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Surpassing Certainty: What My Twenties Taught Me

JANET MOCK · Atria Books
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Riveting, rousing, and utterly real, Surpassing Certainty is a portrait of a young woman searching for her purpose and place in the world - without a road map to guide her.The journey begins a few months before her twentieth birthday. Janet Mock is adjusting to her days as a first-generation...
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Mrs. Sherlock Holmes: The True Story of New York's City's Greatest Female Detective and the 1917 Missing Girl Case that Captivated a Nation

Brad Ricca · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 448
Format: Print book

★ Recipient of the Kirkus Star, Awarded to Books of Exceptional Merit"An express train of a story...Rapid, compelling storytelling informed by rigorous research and enlivened by fecund imagination." -Kirkus ReviewsMrs. Sherlock Holmes tells the true story of Mrs. Grace Humiston,...
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Fully Alive: Discovering What Matters Most

Timothy Shriver · Sarah Crichton Books
Format: Hardcover

On a quest for what matters most, Timothy Shriver discovers a radically different, inspiring way of life.At a time when we are all more rudderless than ever, we look for the very best teachers and mentors to guide us. In Fully Alive, an unusual and gripping memoir, Timothy Shriver shows...
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