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Frida in America: The Creative Awakening of a Great Artist

Celia Stahr · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

The riveting story of how three years spent in the United States transformed Frida Kahlo into the artist we know today"[An] insightful debut....Featuring meticulous research and elegant turns of phrase, Stahr's engrossing account provides scholarly though accessible analysis for both...
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Father of Lions: One Man's Remarkable Quest to Save the Mosul Zoo

Louise Callaghan · Forge Books
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

Father of Lions is the powerful true story of the evacuation of the Mosul Zoo, featuring Abu Laith the zookeeper, Simba the lion cub, Lula the bear, and countless others, faithfully depicted by acclaimed, award-winning journalist Louise Callaghan in her trade publishing debut.Combining...
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Jessica Simpson · Dey Street Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Jessica Simpson has lived most of her life in the public eye. As a pop culture phenomenon, singer, reality show pioneer, actress, entrepreneur, and global businesswoman behind a $1 billion company (the most successful celebrity licensing brand in history) , Simpson is an icon of a generation....
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Smacked: A Story of White-Collar Ambition, Addiction, and Tragedy

Eilene Zimmerman · Random House
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

A journalist pieces together the mysteries surrounding her ex-husband's descent into drug addiction while trying to rebuild a life for her family, taking readers on an intimate journey into the world of white-collar drug abuse."A rare combination of journalistic rigor, personal...
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The Unexpected Spy: From the CIA to the FBI, My Secret Life Taking Down Some of the World's Most Notorious Terrorists

Tracy Walder · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

A highly entertaining account of a young woman who went straight from her college sorority to the CIA, where she hunted terrorists and WMDs"A thrilling tale...Walder's fast-paced and intense narrative opens a window into life in two of America's major intelligence agencies"...
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Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country

Sierra Crane Murdoch · Random House
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

The gripping true story of a murder on an Indian reservation, and the unforgettable Arikara woman who becomes obsessed with solving it - an urgent work of literary journalism. "I don't know a more complicated, original protagonist in literature than Lissa Yellow Bird, or a more...
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The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz

Erik Larson · Crown
Pages: 608
Format: Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Devil in the White City and Dead Wake delivers a fresh and compelling portrait of Winston Churchill and London during the BlitzOn Winston Churchill's first day as prime minister, Adolf Hitler invaded Holland and Belgium. Poland and Czechoslovakia...
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Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir

Dolly Alderton · Harper
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

"Reading this book is like coming home from a bad date and finding the person who knows you best in the world sitting on your couch, ready to pour you a glass of wine and give you a hug." - Kristen Roupenian, author of Cat PersonThe wildly funny, occasionally heartbreaking internationally...
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Strung Out: One Last Hit and Other Lies That Nearly Killed Me

Erin Khar · Park Row
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

"This vital memoir will change how we look at the opioid crisis and how the media talks about it. A deeply moving and emotional read, STRUNG OUT challenges our preconceived ideas of what addiction looks like." - Stephanie Land, New York Times bestselling author of MaidIn this...
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The Man in the Red Coat

Julian Barnes · Knopf
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

From the Man Booker Prize-winning author of The Sense of an Ending - a rich, witty, revelatory tour of Belle Époque Paris, via the remarkable life story of the pioneering surgeon, Samuel Pozzi. In the summer of 1885, three Frenchmen arrived in London for a few days' intellectual shopping:...
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