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New Titles - Biographies & Memoirs
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Scan Artist: How Evelyn Wood Convinced the World That Speed-Reading Worked
Marcia Biederman · Chicago Review Press
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
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The best-known educator of the twentieth century was a scammer in cashmere. "The most famous reading teacher in the world," as television hosts introduced her, Evelyn Wood had little classroom experience, no degrees in reading instruction, and a background that included work at the Mormon... |
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Passing: A Memoir of Love and Death
Michael Korda · Liveright
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
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In the tradition of The Year of Magical Thinking comes a legendary editor's unflinching love song about his radiant wife, Margaret, and her battle with cancer.It was a warm April in Pleasant Valley when Margaret Korda, normally a fearless horsewoman, dropped her horsewhip while she was riding.... |
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Jessica Simpson · Dey Street Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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Jessica Simpson has lived most of her life in the public eye. As a pop culture phenomenon, singer, reality show pioneer, actress, entrepreneur, and global businesswoman behind a $1 billion company (the most successful celebrity licensing brand in history) , Simpson is an icon of a generation.... |
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Grit & Grace: Train the Mind, Train the Body, Own Your Life
Tim McGraw · Harper Wave
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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From Grammy-Award winning music superstar and actor Tim McGraw comes a one-of-a kind lifestyle book that melds his personal fitness transformation story with practical advice to inspire healthy changes in readers' lives.Tim McGraw is as well-known for his unparalleled accomplishments... |
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Acid for the Children: A Memoir
Flea · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
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The iconic bassist and co-founder of the Red Hot Chili Peppers tells his fascinating origin story, complete with all the dizzying highs and the gutter lows you'd want from an LA street rat turned world famous rock star.In Acid for the Children, Flea takes readers on a deeply personal... |
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Palm Beach, Mar-a-Lago, and the Rise of America's Xanadu
Les Standiford · Atlantic Monthly Press
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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Looking at the island of Palm Beach today, with its unmatched mansions, tony shops, and pristine beaches, one is hard pressed to visualize the dense tangle of Palmetto brush and mangroves that it was when visionary entrepreneur and railroad tycoon Henry Flagler first arrived there in April... |
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Into the Storm: Two Ships, a Deadly Hurricane, and an Epic Battle for Survival
Korten, Tristram · Ballantine Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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"An intense, immersive deep dive into a wild, dangerous, and unknown world, written with the pace and appeal of a great thriller. This is nonfiction at its very best." - Lee ChildThe true story of two doomed ships and a daring search-and-rescue operation that shines a light on the elite... |
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An Elephant in My Kitchen: What the Herd Taught Me About Love, Courage and Survival
Françoise Malby-Anthony · Thomas Dunne Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER"Malby-Anthony offers a book of great inspiration and wide appeal to nature-loving readers." -- Publishers WeeklyA heart-warming sequel to the international bestseller The Elephant Whisperer, by Lawrence Anthony's wife Françoise Malby-Anthony.... |
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Machiavelli: The Art of Teaching People What to Fear
Patrick Boucheron · OTHER PR LLC
Format: Paperback
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In a series of poignant vignettes, a preeminent historian makes a compelling case for Machiavelli as an unjustly maligned figure with valuable political insights that resonate as strongly today as they did in his time. Whenever a tempestuous period in history begins, Machiavelli is summoned,... |
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