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New Titles - Biographies & Memoirs
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In Montparnasse: The Emergence of Surrealism in Paris, from Duchamp to Dalí
Sue Roe · Penguin Press
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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As she did for the Modernists IN MONTMARTRE, noted art historian and biographer Sue Roe now tells the story of the Surrealists in Montparnasse. In Montparnasse begins on the eve of the First World War and ends with the 1936 unveiling of Dalí's Lobster Telephone. As those extraordinary... |
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Into the Planet: My Life as a Cave Diver
Jill Heinerth · Ecco
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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From one of the world's most renowned cave divers, a firsthand account of exploring the earth's final frontier: the hidden depths of our oceans and the sunken caves inside our planetMore people have died exploring underwater caves than climbing Mount Everest, and we know more about... |
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All the Wrong Moves: A Memoir About Chess, Love, and Ruining Everything
Chapin, Sasha · Doubleday
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
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"A smart, funny, and slyly profound book about the dark ecstasies of obsessive love. Sasha Chapin is a gentlemanly Gonzo, a dirty Bond, and he writes like a dream."--Claudia Dey, author of HeartbreakerSasha Chapin is a victim of chess. Like countless amateurs before him--Albert... |
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Texas Flood: The Inside Story of Stevie Ray Vaughan
Paul, Alan · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
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The first definitive biography of guitar legend Stevie Ray Vaughan, with an epilogue by Jimmie Vaughan, foreword by drummer Chris Layton, and afterword by bassist Tommy Shannon. A clean and sober Stevie Ray Vaughan seemed poised for a new, limitless chapter of his life and career just a few years... |
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Nobody's Victim: Fighting Psychos, Stalkers, Pervs, and Trolls
Goldberg, Carrie · Plume
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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Nobody's Victim is an unflinching look at a hidden world most people don't know exists - one of stalking, blackmail, and sexual violence, online and off - and the incredible story of how one lawyer, determined to fight back, turned her own hell into a revolution. "We are all a moment... |
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The Targeter: My Life in the CIA, on the Hunt for the Godfather of ISIS
Bakos, Nada · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
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How a young woman from Montana joined the CIA, working her way up the ranks to the frontlines of the war on Islamic extremists.In 1999, 30-year-old Nada Bakos moved from her lifelong home in Montana to Washington, DC, to join the CIA. Quickly realizing her affinity for intelligence work,... |
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Confederate Belt Buckles and Plates
S. Mullinax · O'Donnell Publications
Pages: 248
Format: Hardcover
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BRAND NEW Oversized Laminated Hardcover - Still in Publishers Shrinkwrap! - This is the Expanded Edition - With All New Captions - and Hundreds of additions - 247pp - Heavily detailed photos of belt buckles and plates found on cartridge boxes, etc. |
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Natural Rivals: John Muir, Gifford Pinchot, and the Creation of America's Public Lands
Clayton, John · Pegasus Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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A dynamic examination that traces the lives of two of the most influential figures -- and their dueling approaches -- on America's natural landscape.John Muir, the most famous naturalist in American history, protected Yosemite, co-founded the Sierra Club, and is sometimes called the Father... |
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Mayflower Lives: Pilgrims in a New World and the Early American Experience
Whittock, Martyn · Pegasus Books
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover
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A fresh and revealing history of one of the most seminal events in American history as seen through fourteen diverse and dynamic figures. Leading into the 400th anniversary of the voyage of the Mayflower, Martyn Whittock examines the lives of the "saints" (members of the Separatist... |
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