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And Then We Grew Up: On Creativity, Potential, and the Imperfect Art of Adulthood

Rachel Friedman · Penguin Books
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback

A journey through the many ways to live an artistic life - from the flashy and famous to the quiet and steady - full of unexpected insights about creativity and contentment, from the author of The Good Girl's Guide to Getting Lost.Rachel Friedman was a serious violist as a kid. She quit...
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A Song for You: My Life with Whitney Houston

Robyn Crawford · Dutton
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

The New York Times Bestseller!After decades of silence, Robyn Crawford, close friend, collaborator, and confidante of Whitney Houston, shares her story. Whitney Houston is as big a superstar as the music business has ever known. She exploded on the scene in 1985 with her debut album and spent...
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The League of Extraordinarily Funny Women: 50 Trailblazers of Comedy

Sheila Moeschen · Running Press Adult
Pages: 232
Format: Hardcover

A celebration of the most groundbreaking women in comedy who used humor to shake up the status quo and change perceptions of gender and comedy forever.The League of Extraordinarily Funny Women celebrates the outstanding contributions of fifty women in comedy past and present. From legends...
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In the Dream House: A Memoir

Carmen Maria Machado · Graywolf Press
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

A revolutionary memoir about domestic abuse by the award-winning author of Her Body and Other PartiesIn the Dream House is Carmen Maria Machado's engrossing and wildly innovative account of a relationship gone bad, and a bold dissection of the mechanisms and cultural representations...
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Rowing My Boat Ashore

Doris Clark · Doris Clark Books
Pages: 180
Format: Paperback

"If I have learned anything, it's to trust my instincts." Losing a son and gaining an angel is no trade any mother would sign up for, but life's what's happening and we may someday come to understand the turning tides. Until then, turn these pages and row with your...
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Travel Light, Move Fast

Fuller, Alexandra · Penguin Press
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

From bestselling author Alexandra Fuller, the utterly original story of her father, Tim Fuller, and a deeply felt tribute to a life well livedSix months before he died in Budapest, Tim Fuller turned to his daughter: "Let me tell you the secret to life right now, in case I suddenly...
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Acid for the Children: A Memoir

Flea · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

The iconic bassist and co-founder of the Red Hot Chili Peppers tells his fascinating origin story, complete with all the dizzying highs and the gutter lows you'd want from an LA street rat turned world famous rock star.In Acid for the Children, Flea takes readers on a deeply personal...
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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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The Girl in the Photograph: The True Story of a Native American Child, Lost and Found in America

Byron L. Dorgan · Thomas Dunne Books
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

Through the story of Tamara, an abused Native American child, North Dakota Senator Byron Dorgan describes the plight of many children living on reservations -- and offers hope for the future. On a winter morning in 1990, U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan of North Dakota picked up the Bismarck Tribune....
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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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