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The Cartiers: The Untold Story of the Family Behind the Jewelry Empire

Cartier Brickell, Francesca · Ballantine Books
Pages: 688
Format: Hardcover

The captivating story of the family behind Cartier, and the three brothers who turned their grandfather's humble Parisian jewelry store into a global luxury icon--as told by a great-granddaughter with exclusive access to long-lost family archives.The Cartiers is the revealing tale of a jewelry...
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Marie-Antoinette: The Making of a French Queen

John Hardman · Yale University Press
Pages: 376
Format: Hardcover

A new look which fundamentally overturns our understanding of this famously "out of touch" queen Who was the real Marie-Antoinette? She was mistrusted and reviled in her own time, and today she is portrayed as a lightweight incapable of understanding the events that engulfed her....
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Revolutionary Brothers: Thomas Jefferson, the Marquis de Lafayette, and the Friendship that Helped Forge Two Nations

Tom Chaffin · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 544
Format: Hardcover

In a narrative both panoramic and intimate, Tom Chaffin captures the four-decade friendship of Thomas Jefferson and the Marquis de Lafayette.Thomas Jefferson and the Marquis de Lafayette shared a singularly extraordinary friendship, one involved in the making of two revolutions -- and two nations....
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Plagued by Fire: The Dreams and Furies of Frank Lloyd Wright

Paul Hendrickson · Knopf
Pages: 624
Format: Hardcover

From the award-winning and nationally best-selling author of Hemingway's Boat and Sons of Mississippi--an illuminating, pathbreaking biography that will change the way we understand the life, mind, and work of the premier American architect.Frank Lloyd Wright has long been known as a rank...
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Irving Berlin: New York Genius

James Kaplan · Yale University Press
Pages: 424
Format: Hardcover

A fast?moving, musically astute portrait of arguably the greatest composer of American popular music Irving Berlin (1888-1989) has been called - by George Gershwin, among others - the greatest songwriter of the golden age of the American popular song. "Berlin has no place in American...
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Carrie Fisher: A Life on the Edge

Sheila Weller · Sarah Crichton Books
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

A remarkably candid biography of the remarkably candid -- and brilliant -- Carrie FisherIn her 2008 bestseller, Girls Like Us, Sheila Weller -- with heart and a profound feeling for the times -- gave us a surprisingly intimate portrait of three icons: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, and Carly...
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A Marvelous Life: The Amazing Story of Stan Lee

Fingeroth, Danny · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

The comprehensive biography of STAN LEE, father of SPIDER-MAN and THE AVENGERS, beloved comic book writer and editor, and former president and publisher of Marvel Comics, by Lee's colleague of over four decades. Stan Lee co-created SPIDER-MAN! And IRON MAN! And the HULK! And the X-MEN!...
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Jet Girl: My Life in War, Peace, and the Cockpit of the Navy's Most Lethal Aircraft, the F/A-18 Super Hornet

Caroline Johnson · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

A fresh, unique insider's view of what it's like to be a woman aviator in today's US Navy -- from pedicures to parachutes, friendship to firefights. Caroline Johnson was an unlikely aviation candidate. A tall blonde debutante from Colorado, she could have just as easily gone...
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Where Do I Begin?: Stories from a Life Lived Out Loud

Duran, Elvis · Atria Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Elvis Duran, host of one of the nation's top morning shows and the voice millions of Americans wake up to, shares his wildest stories and hardest-learned lessons all with his trademark heart, honesty, and plenty of humor. Elvis Duran's nationally syndicated radio program, Elvis...
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On Time: A Princely Life in Funk

Morris Day · Da Capo Press
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

A memoir by Morris Day of The Time centering around his lifelong relationship and association with Prince.Brilliant composer, smooth soul singer, killer drummer, and charismatic band leader, Morris Day, has been a force in American music for the past four decades. In On Time, the renowned...
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