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The Manicurist's Daughter: A Memoir

Susan Lieu - Celadon Books
Format: Hardcover

An emotionally raw memoir about the crumbling of the American Dream and a daughter of refugees who searches for answers after her mother dies during plastic surgery.. Susan Lieu has long been searching for answers. About her family's past and about her own future. Refugees from the Vietnam...
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3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool

James Kaplan - Penguin Audio
Format: Hardcover

From the author of the definitive biography of Frank Sinatra, the story of how jazz arrived at the pinnacle of American culture in 1959, told through the journey of three towering artists - Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and Bill Evans - who came together to create the most iconic jazz album...
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Radiant: The Life and Line of Keith Haring

Brad Gooch - Harper
Format: Hardcover

"It's all here: the grade school Walt Disney and Dr. Seuss; the adolescent acid trips; the fondness for Post-it notes and flying saucers; the long tails of Dubuffet and Burroughs; the encounters with Madonna, Warhol, and one game-changer of a subway Johnny Walker Red poster. Brad...
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The Amish Wife: Unraveling the Lies, Secrets, and Conspiracy That Let a Killer Go Free

Gregg Olsen - Brilliance Audio
Format: Hardcover

The #1 New York Times and Amazon Charts bestselling author Gregg Olsen solves a murder among the Amish and reveals the conspiracy to keep it a secret in a heartbreaking and horrifying true-crime story.In 1977, in an Ohio Amish community, pregnant wife and mother Ida Stutzman perished during...
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Purple Rising: Celebrating 40 Years of the Magic, Power, and Artistry of The Color Purple

Lise Funderburg - Atria Books
Format: Hardcover

Celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece The Color Purple - as well as the acclaimed 1985 film from Steven Spielberg, the Tony-winning Broadway musical, and the all-new film adaptation with this gorgeously designed exploration of the novel's enduring...
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Kubrick: An Odyssey

Robert P. Kolker - Pegasus Books
Format: Hardcover

The definitive biography of the creator of 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Shining,and A Clockwork Orange,presenting the most in-depth portrait yet of the groundbreaking film-maker.. The enigmatic and elusive filmmaker Stanley Kubrick has not been treated to a full-length biography in over twenty...
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Get the Picture: A Mind-Bending Journey among the Inspired Artists and Obsessive Art Fiends Who Taught Me How to See

Bianca Bosker - Viking
Format: Hardcover

"Sheer pleasure: the best book I've ever read about contemporary art." - Benjamin Moser, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Sontag. "Immersive reporting along the lines of George Plimpton or Barbara Ehrenreich with...a gift for clever formulations that recalls Oscar Wilde...
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Livin' Just to Find Emotion: Journey and the Story of American Rock

David Hamilton Golland - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover

"Golland leaves no stone unturned in this fine-grained chronicle of the rock group Journey.... Golland's passion and precision make this a pleasure." -Publishers Weekly, Starred Review. [Golland] provides an overdue critical take on the group's overall sound. He also discusses...
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More: A Memoir of Open Marriage

Molly Roden Winter - Doubleday
Format: Hardcover

An unputdownable memoir of love, desire, and personal growth that follows a happily married mother's exploration of sex and relationships - outside of her marriage.. "An intimate portrait of a woman on an earnest search to reclaim her passion and her body from the quotidian obligations...
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How to Live Free in a Dangerous World: A Decolonial Memoir

Shayla Lawson - Penguin Audio
Format: Hardcover

"Phenomenal.... A memoir that opens into the world, with brilliance, courage, and elegant prose.... This is a book to read, read again, and remember." - Imani Perry, New York Times bestselling author of the National Book Award winner South to America Poet and journalist Shayla...
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