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Invisible Heroes of World War II: Extraordinary Wartime Stories of Ordinary People
Jerry Borrowman · Shadow Mountain
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover
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Invisible Heroes of World War II, documents ten fascinating true stories of a diverse group of soldiers and noncombatants from all over the world, including African Americans, women, and Native Americans, who fought with the Allies during World War II. These heroes made significant contributions... |
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Historic Movie Theaters of Delaware
Michael J. Nazarewycz · The History Press
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
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From the opera house and movie palace to the modern multiplex, the big screen in Delaware is more than a century old. Hollywood legend Cary Grant visited the Playhouse Theater in 1955, fondly recalling his days on its stage as a child actor. Clint Eastwood came to Wilmington for a secret... |
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My Love Story: A Memoir
TINA TURNER · Atria Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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Tina Turner - the long-reigning queen of rock & roll and living legend - sets the record straight about her illustrious career and complicated personal life in this eye-opening and compelling memoir.From her early years in Nutbush, Tennessee to her rise to fame alongside Ike Turner... |
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The League of Extraordinarily Funny Women: 50 Trailblazers of Comedy
Sheila Moeschen · Running Press Adult
Pages: 232
Format: Hardcover
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A celebration of the most groundbreaking women in comedy who used humor to shake up the status quo and change perceptions of gender and comedy forever.Step aside, Seinfeld. It's time for the brave, hilarious women of comedy to finally get the recognition they deserve. The people who say women... |
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My Squirrel Days
ELLIE KEMPER · Scribner
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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Comedian and star of The Office and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Ellie Kemper delivers a hilarious and uplifting collection of essays about one pale woman's journey from Midwestern naïf to Hollywood semi-celebrity to outrageously reasonable New Yorker.There comes a time in every sitcom... |
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Save Me the Plums: My Gourmet Memoir
Ruth Reichl · Random House
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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Trailblazing food writer and beloved restaurant critic Ruth Reichl took the risk (and the job) of a lifetime when she entered the glamorous, high-stakes world of magazine publishing. Now, for the first time, she chronicles her groundbreaking tenure as editor in chief of Gourmet, during... |
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American Spirit: Profiles in Resilience, Courage, and Faith
Taya Kyle · William Morrow
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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What happens when you see challenge as an opportunity? Join Taya Kyle on an extraordinary journey to find purpose - and change the world.From Taya Kyle, New York Times bestselling author of American Wife and widow of "American Sniper" Chris Kyle, an inspiring collection of stories... |
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American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race
Douglas Brinkley · Harper
Pages: 576
Format: Hardcover
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As the fiftieth anniversary of the first lunar landing approaches, the award winning historian and perennial New York Times bestselling author takes a fresh look at the space program, President John F. Kennedy's inspiring challenge, and America's race to the moon."We choose... |
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What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker: A Memoir in Essays
Damon Young · Ecco
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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From the cofounder of VerySmartBrothas.com, and one of the most read writers on race and culture at work today, a provocative and humorous memoir-in-essays that explores the ever-shifting definitions of what it means to be Black (and male) in AmericaFor Damon Young, existing while Black... |
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First: Sandra Day O'Connor
Evan Thomas · Random House
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover
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The intimate, inspiring, and authoritative biography of Sandra Day O'Connor, America's first female Supreme Court justice, drawing on exclusive interviews and first-time access to Justice O'Connor's archives - by the New York Times bestselling author Evan Thomas."She's... |
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