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Ian McKellen: A Biography

Garry O'Connor · HighBridge Audio
Format: Hardcover

The definitive biography of Sir Ian McKellen from an acclaimed biographer In 2001, Ian McKellen put on the robe and pointed hat of a wizard named Gandalf and won a place in the hearts of Tolkien fans worldwide. Though his role in the film adaptation of Lord of the Rings introduced him to a new audience,...
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Mobituaries: Great Lives Worth Reliving

Mo Rocca · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

From beloved CBS Sunday Morning correspondent and humorist Mo Rocca, an entertaining and rigorously researched book that celebrates the dead people who have long fascinated him.Mo Rocca has always loved obituaries - reading about the remarkable lives of global leaders, Hollywood heavyweights,...
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Around the World in 60 Seconds: The Nas Daily Journey?1,000 Days. 64 Countries. 1 Beautiful Planet.

Nuseir Yassin · HarperOne
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

60 seconds. That's how long it takes to dispel stereotypes in Mexico. Throw a house party for strangers in Israel. Change perspectives in Nebraska. Make friends in Japan. And connect millions of people all over the world.In 2016, Nuseir Yassin quit his job to travel for 1,000 consecutive...
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A Bookshop in Berlin: The Rediscovered Memoir of One Woman's Harrowing Escape from the Nazis

Francoise Frenkel · Atria Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

WINNER OF THE JQ-WINGATE LITERARY PRIZE "A beautiful and important book" (The Independent) in the tradition of rediscovered works like Suite Française and The Nazi Officer's Wife, the prize-winning memoir of a fearless Jewish bookseller on a harrowing fight for survival...
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My Penguin Year: Living with the Emperors

Lindsay McCrae · William Morrow
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

An unprecedented portrait of an emperor penguin colony in Antarctica, generously illustrated with the author's breathtaking photography.For 337 days, award-winning wildlife cameraman Lindsay McCrae intimately followed 11,000 emperor penguins amid the singular beauty of Antarctica. This...
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Face It

Harry, Debbie · Dey Street Books
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

A MULTILAYERED MEMOIR FROM A MULTIFACETED ARTISTAs a musician, an actor, a muse, an icon, the breadth of Debbie Harry's impact on our culture has been matched by her almost Sphinx-like reticence about her inner life. Through it all - while being acclaimed as one of the most beautiful...
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Revolutionary Brothers: Thomas Jefferson, the Marquis de Lafayette, and the Friendship that Helped Forge Two Nations

Tom Chaffin · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 528
Format: Hardcover

In a narrative both panoramic and intimate, Tom Chaffin captures the four-decade friendship of Thomas Jefferson and the Marquis de Lafayette.Thomas Jefferson and the Marquis de Lafayette shared a singularly extraordinary friendship, one involved in the making of two revolutions -- and two nations....
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Parisian Lives: Samuel Beckett, Simone de Beauvoir, and Me: A Memoir

Bair, Deirdre · Nan A. Talese
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

National Book Award-winning biographer Deirdre Bair explores her fifteen remarkable years in Paris with Samuel Beckett and Simone de Beauvoir, painting intimate new portraits of two literary giants and revealing secrets of the biographical art.In 1971 Deirdre Bair was a journalist and recently...
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No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference

Greta Thunberg · Penguin Books
Pages: 112
Format: Paperback

A New York Times Bestseller!The groundbreaking speeches of Greta Thunberg, the young climate activist who has become the voice of a generation, including her historic address to the United Nations In August 2018 a fifteen-year-old Swedish girl, Greta Thunberg, decided not to go to school...
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Moving Forward: A Story of Hope, Hard Work, and the Promise of America

Jean-Pierre, Karine · Hanover Square Press
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

A moving, inspiring political memoir and progressive call to arms from the chief public affairs officer for moveon.org, chronicling her own experiences - from growing up in New York's Haitian community to working in the Obama White House and charting a path for others to help change...
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