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A Crime in the Family: A World War II Secret Buried in Silence--and My Search for the Truth

Sacha Batthyany · Da Capo Press
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

In the spring of 1945, on the Austrian-Hungarian border, not far from the front lines of the advancing Red Army, Countess Margit Batthyany gave a party in her mansion. The war was almost over, and the German aristocrats and SS officers dancing and drinking knew it was lost. Late that night,...
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Fashion Climbing

BILL CUNNINGHAM · Penguin Press
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

The untold story of a New York City legend's education in creativity and styleFor Bill Cunningham, New York City was the land of freedom, glamour, and, above all, style. Growing up in a lace-curtain Irish suburb of Boston, secretly trying on his sister's dresses and spending his evenings...
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Where There's Hope: Healing, Moving Forward, and Never Giving Up

ELIZABETH A SMART · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Elizabeth Smart follows up her #1 New York Times bestseller, My Story -- about being heldin captivity as a teenager, and how she managed to survive -- with a powerful and inspiringbook about what it takes to overcome trauma, find the strength to move on, and reclaim one's life.Author. Activist....
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James Wright: A Life in Poetry

Jonathan Blunk · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 512
Format: Hardcover

The authorized and sweeping biography of one of America's most complex, influential, and enduring poetsIn the extraordinary generation of American poets who came of age in the middle of the twentieth century, James Wright (1927-1980) was frequently placed at the top of the list. With...
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Backstage Pass

Paul Stanley · HarperOne
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author and front man and rhythm guitarist of KISS grants fans an all-access backstage pass to his personal life and shows them how to pursue a rock 'n' roll lifestyle of their own, offering hard-won advice from a music legend.In this follow-up to his popular...
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The Thieves of Threadneedle Street: The Incredible True Story of the American Forgers Who Nearly Broke the Bank of England

Nicholas Booth · Pegasus Books
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

The greatest untold crime saga of the Victorian Era: the extraordinary true story of four American forgers who tried to steal five million dollars from the Bank of England. In the summer of 1873, four American forgers went on trial at the Old Bailey -- London's iconic law court -- for the greatest...
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At the Strangers' Gate: Arrivals in New York

Adam Gopnik · Knopf
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

From The New York Times best-selling author of Paris to the Moon and beloved New Yorker writer, a memoir that captures the romance of New York City in the 1980s. When Adam Gopnik and his soon-to-be-wife, Martha, left the comforts of home in Montreal for New York, the city then, much like...
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A Politically Incorrect Feminist: Creating a Movement with Bitches, Lunatics, Dykes, Prodigies, Warriors, and Wonder Women

PHYLLIS CHESLER · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

A powerful and revealing memoir about the pioneers of modern-day feminismPhyllis Chesler was a pioneer of Second Wave Feminism. Chesler and the women who came out swinging between 1967-1972 integrated the want ads, brought class action lawsuits on behalf of economic discrimination, opened...
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Writing My Wrongs: Life, Death, and Redemption in an American Prison

Shaka Senghor · Convergent, 2016.
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

In 1991, Shaka Senghor was sent to prison for second-degree murder. Today, he is a lecturer at the University of Michigan, a leading voice on criminal justice reform, and an inspiration to thousands.In life, it's not how you start that matters. It's how you finish. Shaka Senghor...
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The Individualist - Digressions, Dreams & Dissertations

Todd Rundgren · CLEOPATRA
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

Legendary songwriter, guitarist, producer and now an offiical nominee for the Rock N' Roll Hall Of Fame, Todd Rundgren, pens his first ever autobiography reflecting on both his phenomenal career as well as his rollercoaster of a personal life! Over 200 pages of recollections, structured...
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Kitchen Yarns: Notes on Life, Love, and Food

ANN HOOD · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

In this warm collection of personal essays and recipes, best-selling author Ann Hood nourishes both our bodies and our souls.From her Italian-American childhood through raising and feeding a growing family and cooking with her new husband, food writer Michael Ruhlman, Ann Hood has long...
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The Price of Illusion: A Memoir

Joan Juliet Buck · Atria Books
Pages: 416
Format: Print book

From Joan Juliet Buck, former editor-in-chief of Paris Vogue comes her dazzling, compulsively readable memoir: a fabulous account of four decades spent in the creative heart of London, New York, Los Angeles, and Paris, chronicling her quest to discover the difference between glitter and gold,...
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Dead Girls: Essays on Surviving an American Obsession

ALICE BOLIN · William Morrow Paperbacks
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback

Named a most anticipated book of 2018 by Bitch MagazineA collection of essays that expertly blends the personal and political in an exploration of American culture through the lens of our national obsession with stories about dead women.In this poignant collection, Alice Bolin examines...
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The Power of a Plant: A Teacher's Odyssey to Grow Healthy Minds and Schools

STEPHEN RITZ · Rodale Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

In The Power of a Plant, globally acclaimed teacher and self-proclaimed CEO (Chief Eternal Optimist) Stephen Ritz shows you how, in one of the nation's poorest communities, his students thrive in school and in life by growing, cooking, eating, and sharing the bounty of their green classroom.What...
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