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Finding My Voice
Finding My Voice

Valerie Jarrett

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Valerie has been one of Barack and my closest confidantes for decades... the world would feel a lot better if there were more people like Valerie blazing the trail for the rest of us."—Michelle Obama"The ultimate Obama insider" (The New York Times) and longest-serving...
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The Matriarch
The Matriarch

Susan Page

A vivid, immersive biography of former First Lady and Bush clan matriarch Barbara Bush, one of the most storied women in American political history. Barbara Pierce Bush - political powerhouse, Bush family matriarch, former First Lady, and celebrated public servant - has not been the focus...
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Ladies Who Punch
Ladies Who Punch

Ramin Setoodeh

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Like Fire & Fury, the gossipy real-life soap opera behind a serious show. When Barbara Walters launched The View, network executives told her that hosting it would tarnish her reputation. Instead, within ten years, she'd revolutionized morning TV and made...
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Save Me the Plums
Save Me the Plums

Ruth Reichl

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERTrailblazing food writer and beloved restaurant critic Ruth Reichl took the job (and the risk) of a lifetime when she entered the high-stakes world of magazine publishing. Now, for the first time, she chronicles her groundbreaking tenure as editor in chief of Gourmet."A...
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Commander in Cheat
Commander in Cheat

Rick Reilly

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"Reilly pokes more holes in Trump's claims than there are sand traps on all of his courses combined. It is by turns amusing and alarming." —-The New Yorker"Stunning — and damning." —-Golf Digest"Every one of Trump's most disgusting qualities surfaces in golf."...
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Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone

Lori Gottlieb

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!Now being developed as a television series with Eva Longoria and ABC!"Rarely have I read a book that challenged me to see myself in an entirely new light, and was at the same time laugh-out-loud funny and utterly absorbing."—Katie Couric "This is a daring,...
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Amity and Prosperity
Amity and Prosperity

Eliza Griswold

Winner of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for General NonfictionIn Amity and Prosperity, the prizewinning poet and journalist Eliza Griswold tells the story of the energy boom's impact on a small town at the edge of Appalachia and one woman's transformation from a struggling single parent to an unlikely...
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American Eden
American Eden

Victoria Johnson

Longlisted for the 2018 National Book Award for Nonfiction A New York Times Editors' Choice Selection The untold story of Hamilton's—and Burr's—personal physician, whose dream to build America's first botanical garden inspired the young Republic. On a clear morning in July 1804, Alexander...
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Dutch Girl
Dutch Girl

Robert Matzen

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 her intense...
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