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New Titles - Biographies & Memoirs
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The Accidental Veterinarian: Tales from a Pet Practice
Philipp Schott · ECW Press
Pages: 200
Format: Paperback
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Cats, dogs, people -- funny and heartbreaking stories from a pet veterinarian With insight and humor, Dr. Philipp Schott shares tales from the unlikely path he took into his career of veterinary science and anecdotes from his successful small-animal clinic. Dr. Schott brings to his writing... |
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Truth in Our Times: Inside the Fight for Press Freedom in the Age of Alternative Facts
David E. McCraw · All Points Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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David E. McCraw recounts his experiences as the top newsroom lawyer for the New York Times during the most turbulent era for journalism in generations.In October 2016, when Donald Trump's lawyer demanded that The New York Times retract an article focused on two women that accused Trump... |
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The Meanest Man in Congress: Jack Brooks and the Making of an American Century
Timothy McNulty · NewSouth Books
Pages: 576
Format: Hardcover
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A native of Beaumont, Texas, and a World War II veteran, Jack Brooks represented Texas's Ninth District for forty-two years in the U.S. Congress. One of the most influential congressmen you've never heard of, the indefatigable Brooks is finally getting his due in this first full... |
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A Dog Named Beautiful: A Marine, a Dog, and a Long Road Trip Home
Rob Kugler · Flatiron Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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An uplifting and unforgettable story of a US Marine, his extraordinary dog, and the road trip of a lifetime.When US Marine Rob Kugler returns from war he had given up not only a year of his life in service to his country, but he had also lost a brother in the fighting as well. Lost in grief,... |
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Where the Light Enters: Building a Family, Discovering Myself
Jill Biden · Flatiron Books
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
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An intimate look at the traditions, resilience, and love that built the Biden family, and the delicate balancing act of the woman at its center.Growing up, Jill Biden wanted two things: a marriage like her parents' and a career. But her journey to fulfill those wishes would take unexpected... |
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Wild Bill: The True Story of the American Frontier's First Gunfighter
Tom Clavin · Thorndike Press Large Print
Format: Library Binding
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The definitive true story of Wild Bill, the first lawman of the Wild West, by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dodge City. In July 1865, "Wild Bill" Hickok shot and killed Davis Tutt in Springfield, MO?the first quick-draw duel on the frontier. Thus began the reputation... |
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The Players Ball: A Genius, a Con Man, and the Secret History of the Internet's Rise
David Kushner · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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A Wild West look at the early days of the internet - the incredible battle between the founder of Match.com and the con man who swindled him out of the online domain name Sex.com in an all-out war for control over the fuel that still powers the online world to this day: love and lust.In... |
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Legend: My Life in Football
JOE NAMATH · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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Timed for the 50th anniversary of his legendary Super Bowl "Guarantee," the NFL icon who first brought show business to sports is finally ready to tell the story of his spectacular rise and reign as "Broadway Joe," to his struggles with alcoholism, to the redemption... |
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The Beneficiary: Fortune, Misfortune, and the Story of My Father
Janny Scott · Riverhead Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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A parable for the new age of inequality: part family history, part detective story, part history of a vanishing class, and a vividly compelling exploration of the degree to which an inheritance - financial, cultural, genetic - conspired in one person's self-destruction.Land, houses,... |
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