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Bernard Shaw: The Lure of Fantasy, 1918-1951
Michael Holroyd · Random House Pages: 545 Format: Hardcover
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When Michael Holroyd's multivolume life of Bernard Shaw was published, it was hailed as a masterpiece, and William Golding predicted that it would take its place "among the great biographies." Now the biography is available for the first time in a lively and accessible abridgment... |
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Spinster: Making a Life of One's Own
Kate Bolick · Crown Format: Hardcover
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"A single woman considers her life, the life of the bold single ladies who have gone before her, and the long arc of slowly changing attitudes towards women"-- |
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The Trident: The Forging and Reforging of a Navy SEAL Leader
Jason Redman · William Morrow; First Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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Decorated US navy SEAL lieutenant Jason Redman was critically wounded in 2007 while leading a mission against a key al-Qaida commander, when his mobility and assault forces team was ambushed and he was struck by machine-gun fire at point-blank range. During the intense recovery that followed,... |
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My Life with Bob: Flawed Heroine Keeps Book of Books, Plot Ensues
PAMELA PAUL · HENRY HOLT Pages: 256 Format: Print book
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Imagine keeping a record of every book you ever read. What would those titles say about you? With humor and warmth, the editor of The New York Times Book Review shares the stories that have shaped her lifeFor twenty-eight years, Pamela Paul has been keeping a diary that records the books... |
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My Best Friend's Funeral: A Memoir
Roger W. Thompson · Thomas Nelson Format: Book
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There’s a certain kind of lost a boy feels in this world without a father. Tim felt it. I felt it. And we realized our only way out would be together. In an openhearted memoir of faith on the fringe, Roger Thompson meditates on the life and premature death of his best friend and business... |
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Death of a Nightingale
Lene Kaaberbol · Soho Crime; 1ST edition Format: Hardcover
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From the Nordic noir duo who brought you The New York Times bestseller The Boy in the Suitcase comes a chilling new thriller with a mystery seventy-years in the making.Nina. Natasha. Olga. Three women united by one terrifying secret. But only one of them has killed to keep it.Natasha Doroshenko,... |
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Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume 3: The War Years and After, 1939-1962
Blanche Wiesen Cook · Viking Pages: 688 Format: Print book
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"Outstanding ... A winning concluding volume in a series that does for Eleanor Roosevelt what Robert Caro has done for Lyndon Johnson." -Kirkus Reviews, Starred ReviewThe final volume in the definitive biography of America's greatest first lady.Historians, politicians, critics,... |
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Lifesaving Lessons: Notes from an Accidental Mother
Linda Greenlaw · Viking Pages: 260 Format: Print book
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Famed swordfish boat captain Linda Greenlaw faces her greatest battle with nature - a newly adopted teenage daughterLinda Greenlaw isn't a woman who shies away from a challenge - a nationally renowned swordfish boat captain made famous in the film The Perfect Storm, Greenlaw is also a bestselling... |
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Chasing the Amish Dream: My Life as a Young Amish Bachelor
Loren Beachy · Herald Press Format: Print book
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Life in author Loren Beachy's Amish community brims with old-fashioned box socials, smart-alecky students, and pranks involving pink duct tape and black pepper. Meet the young women who manage to be late for church twice in one day and the man who plans to fight drowsiness by jogging beside... |
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Sting-Ray Afternoons: A Memoir
STEVE RUSHIN · Little, Brown and Company Pages: 336 Format: Hardcover
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A wild and bittersweet memoir of a classic '70s childhoodIt's a story of the 1970s. Of a road trip in a wood-paneled station wagon, with the kids in the way-back, singing along to the Steve Miller Band. Brothers waking up early on Saturday mornings for five consecutive hours of cartoons... |
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The Outsider: My Life in Intrigue
Frederick Forsyth · G. P. Putnam's Sons Pages: 332 Format: Print book
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From Frederick Forsyth, the grand master of international suspense, comes his most intriguing story ever - his own. For more than forty years, Frederick Forsyth has been writing extraordinary real-world novels of intrigue, from the groundbreaking The Day of the Jackal to the prescient... |
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