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Some Enchanted Evenings: The Glittering Life and Times of Mary Martin
David Kaufman · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 432
Format: Print book
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Mary Martin was one of the greatest stars of her day. Growing up in Texas, she was married early to Benjamin Hagman and gave birth to her first child, Larry Hagman. She was divorced even more quickly. Martin left little Larry with her parents and took off for Hollywood. She didn't make... |
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American Dreamer: My Life in Fashion & Business
Tommy Hilfiger · Ballantine Books
Pages: 352
Format: Print book
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In this tale of grit and glamour, setbacks and comebacks, business and pop culture icon Tommy Hilfiger shares his extraordinary life story for the first time. Few designers have stayed on top of changing trends the way Tommy Hilfiger has. Fewer still have left such an indelible mark on global... |
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I Don't Want My Son to Cry
Ernest Gregory · Dog Ear Publishing
Pages: 258
Format: Paperback
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This book tells the true story of a boy coming of age during the 1940's in the streets of Boston's West End. Faced with a philandering and abusive father, and the early death of his mother, while trying to raise three younger brothers. "I Don't Want My Son To Cry"... |
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Lara: The Untold Love Story and the Inspiration for Doctor Zhivago
Anna Pasternak · Ecco
Pages: 310
Format: Print book
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The heartbreaking story of the love affair between Boris Pasternak, the author of Doctor Zhivago, and Olga Ivinskaya - the true tragedy behind the timeless classicWhen Stalin came into power in 1924, the Communist government began persecuting dissident writers. Though Stalin spared the life... |
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Not Forgotten: The True Story of My Imprisonment in North Korea
Kenneth Bae · Thomas Nelson
Pages: 240
Format: Print book
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For the first time, Kenneth Bae tells the full story surrounding his arrest and imprisonment in North Korea. Not Forgotten is a modern story of intrigue, suspense, and heart. Driven by his passion to help the people of North Korea, Bae moves to neighboring China to lead guided tours into... |
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Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith and Love
Dava Sobel · Walker & Company; First Edition edition
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback
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Inspired by a long fascination with Galileo, and by the remarkable surviving letters of Galileo's daughter, a cloistered nun, Dava Sobel has written a biography unlike any other of the man Albert Einstein called "the father of modern physics- indeed of modern science altogether."... |
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Born Both: An Intersex Life
Hida Viloria · Hachette Books
Pages: 352
Format: Print book
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From Hida Viloria, writer and intersex activist, a candid, provocative, and eye-opening memoir of life, love, and gender identity as an intact intersex person, as well as a call to action for justice for intersex people. Hida Viloria was raised as a girl but discovered early on that he/r... |
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Reeling Through Life: How I Learned to Live, Love and Die at the Movies
Tara Ison · Soft Skull Press
Format: Print book
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Reeling Through Life: How I Learned to Live, Love, and Die at the Movies looks at how film shapes identity. Through ten cleverly constructed essays, Ison explores how a lifetime of movie-watching has, for better or worse, taught her how to navigate the world and how to grapple with issues... |
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Living with a Wild God: A Nonbeliever's Search for the Truth about Everything
Barbara Ehrenreich · Grand Central Publishing; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Nickel and Dimed comes a brave, frank, and exquisitely written memoir that will change the way you see the world. Barbara Ehrenreich is one of the most important thinkers of our time. Educated as a scientist, she is an author, journalist, activist,... |
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The Wars of the Roosevelts: The Ruthless Rise of America's Greatest Political Family
William J Mann · Harpercollins
Pages: 640
Format: Print book
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The award-winning author presents a provocative, thoroughly modern revisionist biographical history of one of America's greatest and most influential families - the Roosevelts - exposing heretofore unknown family secrets and detailing complex family rivalries with his signature cinematic... |
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83 Minutes: The Doctor, the Damage, and the Shocking Death of Michael Jackson
Matt Richards · Thomas Dunne Books
Pages: 432
Format: Print book
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A definitive look at Michael Jackson's final minutes, revealing for the first time the shocking details behind the tragic death of one of the world's biggest pop stars.On June 25th, 2009, the world was rocked by the tragic news that Michael Jackson -- the biggest and most influential music... |
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The Universal Tone: Bringing My Story to Light
Carlos Santana · Little, Brown and Company; First Edition, First Printing edition
Format: Hardcover
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The intimate and long-awaited autobiography of a legendIn 1967 in San Francisco, just a few weeks after the Summer of Love, a young Mexican guitarist took the stage at the Fillmore Auditorium and played a blistering solo that announced the arrival of a prodigious musical talent. Two years... |
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Mozart: The Man Revealed
JOHN SUCHET · Pegasus Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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The illustrated life-story of the world's most beloved composer, bringing vividly to life the man himself, his influences, achievements, and the glittering milieu of the Habsburg empire in eighteenth-century Europe. We think we know the story of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's life. Austrian-born... |
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White Out: The Secret Life of Heroin
Michael W Clune · Hazelden
Format: Book
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An In-Depth Look into the Life and Mind of a Heroin Addict"Then I see a white-topped vial. Wow. I stare at it. It's the first time I've ever seen it. I know I've seen it ten thousand times before. I know it only leads to bad things. I know I've had it and touched it and used... |
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