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I'll Be There for You: The One about Friends
Kelsey Miller · Hanover Square Press
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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This definitive retrospective of Friends incorporates interviews, history and behind-the-scenes anecdotes to offer a critical analysis of how a sitcom about six twentysomethings changed television forever
When Friends debuted in 1994, no one expected it to become a mainstay of NBC's... |
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James Herriot's Cat Stories
James Herriot · St. Martin's Press; 2 edition
Format: Hardcover
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Between these covers, teller and tales finally meet in a warm and joyful new collection that will bring delight to the hearts of readers the world over James Herriots Cat Stories. Here are Buster, the kitten who arrived on Christmas Alfred, the cat at the sweet shop little Emily, who lived... |
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Dreamers and Deceivers: True Stories of the Heroes and Villains Who Made America
Glenn Beck · Threshold Editions
Format: Kindle Edition
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The new nonfiction from #1 bestselling author and popular radio and television host Glenn Beck.THEIR NAMES ARE FAMILIAR.THEIR STORIES ARE NOT.Everyone has heard of a "Ponzi scheme," but do you know what Charles Ponzi actually did to make his name synonymous with fraud? Credit... |
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Some Bright Morning, I'll Fly Away: A Memoir
ALICE ANDERSON · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
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Some Bright Morning, I'll Fly Away is a deeply poignant memoir set in a post-Katrina Mississippi. Alice Anderson is returning to assess the damage to her beloved Mississippi coastline and the once-immaculate home that she'd carefully cultivated for her husband, Dr. Liam Rivers, and their... |
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Founding Fathers: The Fight for Freedom and the Birth of American Liberty
K. M. Kostyal · National Geographic
Format: Hardcover
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Kostyal tells the story of the great American heroes who created the Declaration of Independence, fought the American Revolution, shaped the US Constitution--and changed the world. The eras dramatic events, from the riotous streets in Boston to the unlikely victory at Saratoga, are punctuated... |
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A Backpack, a Bear, and Eight Crates of Vodka: A Memoir
Lev Golinkin · Doubleday
Format: Kindle Edition
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A compelling story of two intertwined journeys: a Jewish refugee family fleeing persecution and a young man seeking to reclaim a shattered past. In the twilight of the Cold War (the late 1980s) , nine-year old Lev Golinkin and his family cross the Soviet border with only ten suitcases,... |
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Burned: A True Story of Murder and the Crime That Wasn't
Edward Humes · Dutton
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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Was a monstrous killer brought to justice or an innocent mother condemned?
On an April night in 1989, Jo Ann Parks survived a house fire that claimed the lives of her three small children. Though the fire at first seemed a tragic accident, investigators soon reported finding evidence... |
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Devotion: An Epic Story of Heroism, Friendship, and Sacrifice
Adam Makos · Ballantine Books
Pages: 445
Format: Print book
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For readers of Unbroken comes an unforgettable tale of courage from America's "forgotten war" in Korea, by the New York Times bestselling author of A Higher Call.
Devotion tells the inspirational story of the U.S. Navy's most famous aviator... |
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Promise me, Dad : a year of hope, hardship, and purpose
Joseph R Biden · Thorndike Press
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""Promise me, Dad," Beau had told his father. "Give me your word that no matter what happens, you're going to be all right." Joe Biden gave him his word. Promise Me, Dad chronicles the year that followed, which would be the most momentous and challenging in Joe Biden's... |
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Victoria: The Queen: An Intimate Biography of the Woman Who Ruled an Empire
Julia Baird · Random House
Pages: 696
Format: Print book
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This page-turning biography reveals the real woman behind the myth: a bold, glamorous, unbreakable queen - a Victoria for our times. Drawing on previously unpublished papers, this stunning new portrait is a story of love and heartbreak, of devotion and grief, of strength and resilience.
"Victoria... |
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Happily Ali After: And Other Fairly True Tales
Ali Wentworth · Harper
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
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The actress, comedian, media darling, and New York Times bestselling author picks up where she left off in Ali in Wonderland, dissecting modern life - and this time, on a mission of self-improvement - in a series of laugh-out-loud comic vignettes. Moved by a particularly inspirational... |
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The General vs. the President: MacArthur and Truman at the Brink of Nuclear War
H W Brands · Doubleday
Pages: 437
Format: Print book
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From master storyteller and historian H. W. Brands, twice a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, comes the riveting story of how President Harry Truman and General Douglas MacArthur squared off to decide America's future in the aftermath of World War II. At the height... |
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A Brief Stop On the Road From Auschwitz
Goran Rosenberg · Other Press (NY)
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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This shattering memoir by a journalist about his father's attempt to survive the aftermath of Auschwitz in a small industrial town in Sweden won the prestigious August PrizeOn August 2, 1947 a young man gets off a train in a small Swedish town to begin his life anew. Having endured... |
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Women's Work: A Reckoning with Work and Home
Megan K. Stack · Doubleday
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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A National Book Award finalist's unforgettable account of raising her children abroad with the help of Chinese and Indian women who are also working mothersWhen Megan Stack left her prestigious job as a foreign correspondent to have a baby and work from her home in Beijing writing a book,... |
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Capital Dames: The Civil War and the Women of Washington, 1848-1868
Cokie Roberts · Harper
Format: Hardcover
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In this engrossing and informative companion to her New York Times bestsellers Founding Mothers and Ladies of Liberty, Cokie Roberts marks the sesquicentennial of the Civil War by offering a riveting look at Washington, D.C. and the experiences, influence, and contributions of its women... |
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