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Elvis: Still Taking Care of Business: Memories and Insights About Elvis Presley from His Friend and Bodyguard

Sonny West · Triumph Books
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

Sonny West had a front-row seat on the roller-coaster ride that made up the last two decades of Elvis Presley's life. In his poignant and loving account, West gives Elvis fans a rare glimpse into the everyday but far-from-ordinary life of one of the most revered and beloved figures...
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A Lucky Life Interrupted: A Memoir of Hope

Tom Brokaw · Random House Publishing Group
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom Tom Brokaw, the bestselling author of The Greatest Generation, comes a powerful memoir of a year of dramatic change - a year spent battling cancer and reflecting on a long, happy, and lucky life. Tom Brokaw has led a fortunate life, with a strong marriage...
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In the Country of Empty Crosses: The Story of a Hispano Protestant Family in Catholic New Mexico

Arturo Madrid-Barela · Trinity University Press
Pages: 218
Format: Paperback

Arturo's Madrid's homeland is in the shadow of the Rocky Mountains in northern New Mexico, where each town seems a world apart from the next, and where family histories that extend back four centuries bind the people to the land and to one another.This New Mexico is a land of struggle...
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Data Science from Scratch: First Principles with Python

Joel Grus · O'Reilly Media; 1 edition
Format: Print book

Data science libraries, frameworks, modules, and toolkits are great for doing data science, but theyre also a good way to dive into the discipline without actually understanding data science. In this book, youll learn how many of the most fundamental data science tools and algorithms work...
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The Man Who Saw a Ghost: The Life and Work of Henry Fonda

Devin McKinney · St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

Henry Fonda's performances in such well-known and acclaimed films as The Grapes of Wrath, Young Mr. Lincoln, The Lady Eve, 12 Angry Men, On Golden Pond, helped define "American" in the twentieth century. He worked with movie masters from Ford and Sturges to Hitchcock and Leone....
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The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom CC Book for Digital Photographers

Scott Kelby · New Riders; 1 edition
Format: Print book

Since Lightroom 1.0 first launched, Scott's Kelby's The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Book for Digital Photographers has been the world's #1 bestselling Lightroom book (it has been translated into a dozen different languages) , and in this latest version for Lightroom 6, Scott...
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'Tis: A Memoir

Frank McCourt
Format: Book

The #1 New York Times bestselling sequel to the beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning classic memoir, Angela's Ashes, about McCourt's coming of age as an immigrant in America.Frank McCourt's glorious childhood memoir, Angela's Ashes, has been loved and celebr
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The Vantage Point: Perspectives of the Presidency, 1963-1969

Lyndon B Johnson · Holt
Pages: 636
Format: Book

What is it about election years? The recent publication of the fourth volume in Robert Caro's massive biography of President Lyndon Baines Johnson may not answer this question, but it does make us rethink the legacy of LBJ, and compel us to acknowledge the power, the responsibility...
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Invisible

James Patterson · Little, Brown and Company; Lrg edition
Format: Hardcover

Everyone thinks Emmy Dockery is crazy. Obsessed with finding the link between hundreds of unsolved cases, Emmy has taken leave from her job as an FBI researcher. Now all she has are the newspaper clippings that wallpaper her bedroom, and her recurring nightmares of an all-consuming fire.Not...
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Tudors Versus Stewarts: The Fatal Inheritance of Mary, Queen of Scots

Linda Porter · St. Martin's Press; Reprint edition
Format: Hardcover

The war between the fertile Stewarts and the barren Tudors was crucial to the history of the British Isles in the sixteenth century. The legendary struggle, most famously embodied by the relationship between Elizabeth I and her cousin, Mary Queen of Scots, was fuelled by three generations...
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Dreamy Quilts: 14 Timeless Projects to Welcome You Home

Lydia Loretta Nelson · C&T Publishing / Stash Books
Format: Print book

Transform your living space into a relaxing retreat when you stitch up soft, simple, and naturally beautiful quilts. These fourteen low volume, easy-to-sew projects range from quilts and throw pillows to a pretty patchwork dog bed. Author and designer Lydia Loretta Nelson's soothing,...
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Hunting the President: Threats, Plots and Assassination Attempts--From FDR to Obama

Mel Ayton · Regnery History
Format: Book

In American history, four U.S. Presidents have been murdered at the hands of an assassin. In each case the assassinations changed the course of American history.But most historians have overlooked or downplayed the many threats modern presidents have faced, and survived. Author Mel Ayton...
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Two Awesome Hours: Science-Based Strategies to Harness Your Best Time and Get Your Most Important Work Done

Josh Davis · HarperOne
Format: Hardcover

Feeling overwhelmed with work and life demands? Rushing, multitasking, or relying on fancy devices and apps won't help. The answer is to create the conditions for two awesome hours of peak productivity per day.Drawing on cutting-edge neuroscience, Josh Davis, director of research at the NeuroLeadership...
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