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Wedding Toasts I'll Never Give
ADA CALHOUN · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover
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Poignant and witty essays on the beautiful complexity of marriage. Inspired by her wildly popular New York Times essay "The Wedding Toast I'll Never Give," Ada Calhoun provides a funny (but not flip) , smart (but not smug) take on the institution of marriage. Weaving... |
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The Loyal Son: The War in Ben Franklin's House
DANIEL MARK EPSTEIN · BALLANTINE
Pages: 464
Format: Print book
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The dramatic story of a founding father, his illegitimate son, and the tragedy of their conflict during the American Revolution - from the acclaimed author of The Lincolns.
Ben Franklin is the most lovable of America's founding fathers. His wit, his charm, his inventiveness... |
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What Is It All but Luminous: Notes from an Underground Man
Art Garfunkel · Knopf
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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From the golden-haired, curly-headed half of Simon & Garfunkel--a memoir (of sorts) : artful, moving, lyrical; the making of a musician; the evolution of a man, a portrait of a life-long friendship and collaboration that became one of the most successful singing duos of their time.... |
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Medallion Status: True Stories from Secret Rooms
John Hodgman · Viking
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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A hilarious and honest new book in which John Hodgman, New York Times bestselling author of Vacationland, leaves vacation behind and gets back to work as a still somewhat famous person . . . and then loses his job
After spending most of his twenties pursuing a career... |
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So Happiness to Meet You: Foolishly, Blissfully Stranded in Vietnam
Karin Esterhammer · Prospect Park Books
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
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After job losses and the housing crash, the author and her family leave L.A. to start over in a most unlikely place: a nine-foot-wide back-alley house in one of Ho Chi Minh City's poorest districts, where neighbors unabashedly stare into windows, generously share their barbecued rat,... |
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Green Day
Bob Gruen · Harry N. Abrams
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover
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Celebrating 25 years of Green Day, from renowned photographer Bob Gruen It's been 25 years since the breakthrough album Dookie put punk rock pioneers Green Day on the musical map, and renowned photographer Bob Gruen has been taking photos of the band ever since. Green Day includes... |
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Charlotte Brontë: A Fiery Heart
Claire Harman · Alfred A. Knopf, 2016. ©2015
Pages: 480
Format: Print book
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On the two hundredth anniversary of her birth, a landmark biography transforms Charlotte Bronte from a tragic figure into a modern heroine.
Charlotte Bronte famously lived her entire life in an isolated parsonage on a remote English moor with a demanding father and siblings whose... |
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In Search of Mary Shelley: The Girl Who Wrote Frankenstein
FIONA SAMPSON · Pegasus Books
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
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Coinciding with the 200th anniversary of the publication of Frankenstein in 1818, a prize-winning poet delivers a major new biography of Mary Shelley -- as she has never been seen before. We know the facts of Mary Shelley's life in some detail -- the death of her mother, Mary Wollstonecraft,... |
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Wild Bill: The True Story of the American Frontier's First Gunfighter
Tom Clavin · Thorndike Press Large Print
Format: Library Binding
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The definitive true story of Wild Bill, the first lawman of the Wild West, by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dodge City. In July 1865, "Wild Bill" Hickok shot and killed Davis Tutt in Springfield, MO?the first quick-draw duel on the frontier. Thus... |
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Driving Miss Norma: One Family's Journey Saying "Yes" to Living
TIM BAUERSCHMIDT · HarperOne
Pages: 239
Format: Hardcover
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When Miss Norma was diagnosed with uterine cancer, she was advised to undergo surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy. But instead of confining herself to a hospital bed for what could be her last stay, Miss Norma--newly widowed after nearly seven decades of marriage--rose to her full height... |
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The Beatles from A to Zed: An Alphabetical Mystery Tour
Peter Asher · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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A legendary record producer and performer takes readers on an alphabetical journey of insights into the music of the Beatles and individual reminiscences of John, Paul, George, and Ringo. Peter Asher met the Beatles in the spring of 1963, the start of a lifelong association with... |
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Fatherless: Bob's Story, a Tough Beginning
BOB SHOULTZ · Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
Pages: 330
Format: Paperback
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Never getting to meet or personally know his father, Bob's tough beginning brought many difficult challenges in the early years of his life, which helped him develop a strong will to succeed. Since his mother was so young when he was born, he was raised by his grandparents. His grandfather... |
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