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The Fall of the House of Wilde: Oscar Wilde and His Family
Emer O'Sullivan · Bloomsbury Press
Pages: 495
Format: Print book
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The first biography of Oscar Wilde that places him within the context of his family and social and historical milieu--a compelling volume that finally tells the whole story.It's widely known that Oscar Wilde was precociously intellectual, flamboyant, and hedonistic--but lesser so that he owed... |
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Dadland
Keggie Carew · Grove Press
Pages: 432
Format: Paperback
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A poignant and engaging family memoir about a daughter who is racing to assemble her father's story -- one that includes parachuting into France and Burma for British special forces during World War II -- as his mind dissolves into dementia |
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Settle for More
Megyn Kelly · Harper
Pages: 340
Format: Print book
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Anchor of the number one news show on cable, The Kelly File, Fox News Channel's Megyn Kelly writes her much anticipated book, a revealing and surprising memoir detailing her rise as one of the most respected journalists working today. From the values... |
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The Golden Age of Murder
Martin Edwards · HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover
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A real-life detective story, investigating how Agatha Christie and colleagues in a mysterious literary club transformed crime fiction, writing books casting new light on unsolved murders whilst hiding clues to their authors' darkest secrets.This is the first book about the Detection... |
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Some Enchanted Evenings: The Glittering Life and Times of Mary Martin
David Kaufman · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 432
Format: Print book
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Mary Martin was one of the greatest stars of her day. Growing up in Texas, she was married early to Benjamin Hagman and gave birth to her first child, Larry Hagman. She was divorced even more quickly. Martin left little Larry with her parents and took off for Hollywood. She didn't make... |
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The Kardashians: An American Drama
JERRY OPPENHEIMER · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Crazy Rich comes a blockbuster unauthorized biography of one of the most famous and ubiquitous family dynasties in contemporary culture: The Kardashians. Secrets and scandals of the Kardashians, so closely held that not even hard core fans have... |
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The Wisdom We're Born With: Restoring Our Faith in Ourselves
Daniel Gottlieb · Sterling Ethos,
Pages: 192
Format: Print book
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What if the things you imagine will make you happy won't - if what you really need is not what you think you need? Daniel Gottlieb (Letters to Sam) has produced an inspirational primer that takes us on an enlightening journey toward a sense of well-being. Gottlieb, who suffered a traumatic... |
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Little Panic: Dispatches from an Anxious Life
AMANDA STERN · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
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In the vein of bestselling memoirs about mental illness like Andrew Solomon's Noonday Demon, Sarah Hepola's Blackout, and Daniel Smith's Monkey Mind comes a gorgeously immersive, immediately relatable, and brilliantly funny memoir about living life on the razor's edge of panic.The... |
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Eyes on Target: Inside Stories from the Brotherhood of the U.S. Navy SEALs
Scott McEwen · Center Street
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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Told through the eyes of current and former Navy SEALs, EYES ON TARGET is an inside account of some of the most harrowing missions in American history-including the mission to kill Osama bin Laden and the mission that wasn't, the deadly attack on the US diplomatic outpost in Benghazi... |
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Spectacle: The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga
Pamela Newkirk · Amistad Press
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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An award-winning journalist reveals a little-known and shameful episode in American history, when an African man was used as a human zoo exhibit - a shocking story of racial prejudice, science, and tragedy in the early years of the twentieth century in the tradition of The Immortal Life... |
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Give a Girl a Knife: A Memoir
Amy Thielen · Clarkson Potter
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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A beautifully written food memoir chronicling one woman's journey from her rural Midwestern hometown to the intoxicating world of New York City fine dining - and back again - in search of her culinary roots Before Amy Thielen frantically plated rings of truffled potatoes in some of New York... |
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Crossings: A Doctor-Soldier's Story
Jon Kerstetter · Crown
Pages: 342
Format: Hardcover
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Every juncture in Jon Kerstetter's life has been marked by a crossing from one world into another: from civilian to doctor to soldier; between healing and waging war; and between compassion and hatred of the enemy. When an injury led to a stroke that ended his careers as a doctor and a soldier,... |
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Known and Strange Things: Essays
Teju Cole · Random House
Pages: 384
Format: Print book
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A transcendent first book of essays from the award-winning author of Open City and Every Day Is for the Thief Teju Cole is the rare writer whose work can stir conversation among opinion makers and become a viral sensation with the general public. Cole's debut essay collection is sure... |
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