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Scientists Who Changed History
· DK
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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Explore the lives and achievements of more than 85 of the world's most inspirational and influential scientists with this innovative and boldly graphic biography-led book.
The second title in DK's new illustrated biography series, Scientists Who Changed History profiles trailblazing... |
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Sweat the Technique: The Life of the Lyrical Genius
Rakim · Amistad
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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The musician and Hip Hop legend - hailed as "the greatest MC of all time" and compared to Thelonious Monk - reimagines the writing handbook in this memoir and guide that incorporates the soulful genius, confidence, and creativity of a master artist.
When he exploded... |
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For Your Consideration: Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
Tres Dean · Quirk Books
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback
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There are three certainties in life: death, taxes, and the awesomeness of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. This illustrated collection of humorous essays and fun extras makes the case for one of our most iconic celebrities, from the wrestling mat to the silver screen.
Sporting... |
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Unbreakable: The Woman Who Defied the Nazis in the World's Most Dangerous Horse Race
Richard Askwith · Pegasus Books
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover
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The courageous and heartbreaking story of a Czech countess who defied the Nazis in a legendary horse race. Czechoslovakia, October 1937. Europe's youngest democracy is on its knees. Millions are mourning the death of the nation's founding father, the saintly Tomáš Masaryk.... |
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Me
Elton John · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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In his first and only official autobiography, music icon Elton John reveals the truth about his extraordinary life, which is also the subject of the upcoming film Rocketman. The result is Me - the joyously funny, honest and moving story of the most enduringly successful... |
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Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, and Advice for Living Your Best Life
Ali Wong · Random House
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
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Ali Wong's heartfelt and hilarious letters to her daughters (the two she put to work while they were still in utero) cover everything they need to know in life, like the unpleasant details of dating, how to be a working mom in a male-dominated profession, and how she trapped their dad.
"Fierce,... |
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Diamond Doris: The True Story of the World's Most Notorious Jewel Thief
Doris Payne · Amistad
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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Soon to be a Major Motion Picture
In the ebullient spirit of Ocean's 8, The Heist, and Thelma & Louise, a sensational and entertaining memoir of the world's most notorious jewel thief -- a woman who defied society's prejudices and norms to carve her own path, stealing from... |
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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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Life After Deaf: My Misadventures in Hearing Loss and Recovery
Noel Holston · Skyhorse
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
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From a renowned media critic to a man with sudden and full hearing loss, Noel Holston ran the gauntlet of diagnoses, health insurance, and cochlear implant surgery.
On a spring night in 2010, Noel Holston, a journalist, songwriter, and storyteller, went to bed with reasonably intact... |
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Queen Meryl: The Iconic Roles, Heroic Deeds, and Legendary Life of Meryl Streep
Erin Carlson · Hachette Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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A captivating and inspiring portrait of legendary actress Meryl Streep and her work, Queen Meryl explores the fearless icon's trailblazing roles in film, her feminist activism, and the indelible mark she's left on pop culture.
Meryl Streep is the most celebrated actress of our time.... |
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For Your Consideration: Keanu Reeves
Larissa Zageris · Quirk Books
Format: Paperback
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This illustrated collection of humorous essays and fun extras makes the case for one of our most iconic celebrities, from Bill and Ted to John Wick.
For an actor who's been in so many mega-hits and equally mega misses, it can be tough to track Keanu Reeves's accomplishments.... |
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Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years
Julie Andrews · Hachette Books
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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In this follow-up to her critically acclaimed memoir, Home, Julie Andrews shares reflections on her astonishing career, including such classics as Mary Poppins, The Sound of Music, and Victor/Victoria.
In Home, the number one New York Times... |
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Man-Made Wonders of the World
DK · DK
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover
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Discover the most incredible man-made wonders, from Stonehenge to Burj Khalifa, with this unparalleled catalog of the most famous and intriguing buildings and monuments created by humans.
Manmade Wonders of the World features a range of structures from buildings to monuments,... |
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Life Undercover: Coming of Age in the CIA
Amaryllis Fox · Knopf
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
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Amaryllis Fox's riveting memoir tells the story of her ten years in the most elite clandestine ops unit of the CIA, hunting the world's most dangerous terrorists in sixteen countries while marrying and giving birth to a daughter
Amaryllis Fox was in her last year as an undergraduate... |
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The Way I Heard It
Mike Rowe · Gallery Books
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
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Emmy-award winning gadfly Mike Rowe presents a ridiculously entertaining, seriously fascinating collection of his favorite episodes from America's #1 short-form podcast, The Way I Heard It, along with a host of memories, ruminations, illustrations, and insights. It's a delightful... |
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Running with Sherman: The Donkey with the Heart of a Hero
Christopher McDougall · Knopf
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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"A delight, full of heart and hijinks and humor . . . McDougall is a gifted storyteller who gets to the heart of the human-animal connection." --John Grogan, author of Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog
From the best-selling author of Born... |
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Face It
Debbie Harry · Dey Street Books
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
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A MULTILAYERED MEMOIR FROM A MULTIFACETED ARTIST As a musician, an actor, a muse, an icon, the breadth of Debbie Harry's impact on our culture has been matched by her almost Sphinx-like reticence about her inner life. Through it all - while being acclaimed as one of the most beautiful... |
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A Pilgrimage to Eternity: From Canterbury to Rome in Search of a Faith
Timothy Egan · Viking
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
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Tracing an ancient pilgrimage route from Canterbury to Rome, the bestselling and "virtuosic" (The Wall Street Journal) writer explores the past and future of Christianity
At a time when Britain, America, and much of Europe have never been so secular--and... |
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On the Plain of Snakes: A Mexican Journey
Paul Theroux · Eamon Dolan/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover
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Legendary travel writer Paul Theroux drives the entire length of the US-Mexico border, then goes deep into the hinterland, on the back roads of Chiapas and Oaxaca, to uncover the rich, layered world behind today's brutal headlines.
Paul Theroux has spent his life crisscrossing the globe... |
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Think Black
Clyde W. Ford · Amistad
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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In this thought-provoking and heartbreaking memoir, an award-winning writer tells the story of his father, John Stanley Ford, the first black software engineer at IBM, revealing how racism insidiously affected his father's view of himself and their relationship. In 1947, Thomas... |
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Summertime: George Gershwin's Life in Music
Richard Crawford · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 560
Format: Hardcover
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The life of a beloved American composer reflected through his music, writings, and letters. New York City native and gifted pianist George Gershwin blossomed as an accompanist before his talent as a songwriter opened the way to Broadway, where he fashioned his own brand of American... |
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Crusaders: The Epic History of the Wars for the Holy Lands
Dan Jones · Viking
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover
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A major new history of the Crusades with an unprecedented wide scope, told in a tableau of portraits of people on all sides of the wars, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Templars.
For more than one thousand years, Christians and Muslims lived side by side,... |
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The Book of Gutsy Women: Favorite Stories of Courage and Resilience
Hillary Rodham Clinton · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover
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Hillary Rodham Clinton and her daughter, Chelsea, share the stories of the gutsy women who have inspired them - women with the courage to stand up to the status quo, ask hard questions, and get the job done.
She couldn't have been more than seven or eight years old. "Go ahead,... |
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Toil & Trouble: A Memoir
Augusten Burroughs · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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From the number one New York Times bestselling author comes another stunning memoir that is tender, touching...and just a little spooky. "Here's a partial list of things I don't believe in: God. The Devil. Heaven. Hell. Bigfoot. Ancient Aliens. Past lives. Life after... |
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In Hoffa's Shadow: A Stepfather, a Disappearance in Detroit, and My Search for the Truth
Jack Goldsmith · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
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As a young man, Jack Goldsmith revered his stepfather, longtime Jimmy Hoffa associate Chuckie O'Brien. But as he grew older and pursued a career in law and government, he came to doubt and distance himself from the man long suspected by the FBI of perpetrating Hoffa's disappearance on behalf... |
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Plagued by Fire: The Dreams and Furies of Frank Lloyd Wright
Paul Hendrickson · Knopf
Pages: 624
Format: Hardcover
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From the award-winning and nationally best-selling author of Hemingway's Boat and Sons of Mississippi--an illuminating, pathbreaking biography that will change the way we understand the life, mind, and work of the premier American architect.
Frank Lloyd Wright has long... |
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