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Educated: A Memoir
Tara Westover · Random House
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * An unforgettable memoir about a young girl who, kept out of school, leaves her survivalist family and goes on to earn a PhD from Cambridge University
Book Club Pick for Now Read This, from PBS NewsHour and The New York Times
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Neruda: The Poet's Calling
Mark Eisner · Ecco
Pages: 608
Format: Hardcover
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The most definitive biography to date of the poet Pablo Neruda, a moving portrait of one of the most intriguing and influential figures in Latin American history Few poets have captured the global imagination like Pablo Neruda. In his native Chile, across Latin America, and in many... |
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Murphy's Law: My Journey from Army Ranger and Green Beret to Investigative Journalist
Jack Murphy · Threshold Editions
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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For fans of the New York Times bestsellers The Last Punisher and Lone Survivor, a heart-pounding military memoir from a former Army Ranger sniper and Special Operations weapon sergeant-turned-journalist about the incredible highs and devastating lows of his career. Growing up in small New York... |
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The Grand Tour: The Life and Music of George Jones
Rich Kienzle · Dey Street Books
Pages: 279
Format: Hardcover
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In the vein of the classic Johnny Cash: The Life, this groundbreaking work explores the wild life and extraordinary musical career of "the definitive country singer of the last half century" (New York Times) , who influenced, among others, Bob Dylan, Buck Owens, Emmylou... |
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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... |
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Coming of Age: The Sexual Awakening of Margaret Mead
Deborah Beatriz Blum · Thomas Dunne Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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The startling coming-of-age story of famed anthropologist Margaret Mead whose radical ideas challenged the social and sexual norms of her time. The story begins in 1923, when twenty-two year old Margaret Mead is living in New York City, engaged to her childhood sweetheart and on the verge... |
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I'll Be There for You: The One about Friends
Kelsey Miller · Hanover Square Press
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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This definitive retrospective of Friends incorporates interviews, history and behind-the-scenes anecdotes to offer a critical analysis of how a sitcom about six twentysomethings changed television forever
When Friends debuted in 1994, no one expected it to become a mainstay of NBC's... |
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Dutch Girl: Audrey Hepburn and World War II
Robert Matzen · GoodKnight Books
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover
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Twenty-five years after her passing, Audrey Hepburn remains the most beloved of all Hollywood stars, known as much for her role as UNICEF ambassador as for films like Roman Holiday and Breakfast at Tiffany's. Several biographies have chronicled her stardom, but none has covered... |
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Strangers Tend to Tell Me Things
Amy Dickinson · Hachette Books
Pages: 240
Format: Print book
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In STRANGERS TEND TO TELL ME THINGS--her follow-up memoir to the NYT bestselling The Mighty Queens of Freeville--America's most popular advice columnist, "Ask Amy," shares her journey of family, second chances, and finding love.
By peeling back the curtain... |
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The Best Cook in the World: Tales from My Momma's Table
Rick Bragg · Knopf
Pages: 512
Format: Hardcover
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From the beloved, best-selling author of All Over but the Shoutin', a delectable, rollicking food memoir, cookbook, and loving tribute to a region, a vanishing history, a family, and, especially, to his mother. Including seventy-five mouthwatering Bragg family recipes for classic... |
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Miss D and Me: Life with the Invincible Bette Davis
Kathryn Sermak · Hachette Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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For ten years Kathryn Sermak was at Bette Davis's side--first as an employee, and then as her closest friend--and in Miss D and Me she tells the story of the great star's harrowing but inspiring final years, a story fans have been waiting decades to hear.
Miss D and Me... |
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Anatomy of Innocence: Testimonies of the Wrongfully Convicted
Laura Caldwell · Liveright
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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Recalling the great muckrakers of the past, an outraged team of America's best-selling writers unite to confront the disasters of wrongful convictions. Wrongful convictions, long regarded as statistical anomalies in an otherwise sound justice system, now appear with frightening... |
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Why Religion?: A Personal Story
Elaine Pagels · Ecco
Pages: 244
Format: eBook
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New York Times bestsellerOne of PW's Best Books of the YearOne of Amazon's Best Books of the MonthWhy is religion still around in the twenty-first century? Why do so many still believe? And how do various traditions still shape the way people experience everything from sexuality... |
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