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Pretend I'm Not Here: How I Worked with Three Newspaper Icons, One Powerful First Lady, and Still Managed to Dig Myself Out of the Washington Swamp

Barbara Feinman Todd · William Morrow & Company
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

An accomplished former ghostwriter and book researcher who worked with Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein, Ben Bradlee, and Hillary Clinton goes behind-the-scenes of the national's capital to tell the story of how she survived the exciting, but self-important and self-promoting world of the Beltway.Barbara...
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Love, Africa: A Memoir of Romance, War, and Survival

Jeffrey Gettleman · Harper
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

From Jeffrey Gettleman, a Pulitzer Prize - winning New York Times journalist, comes a memoir about finding love and finding a calling in one of the most violent yet most beautiful places in the world.A seasoned war correspondent, Jeffrey Gettleman has covered every major conflict over the past...
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You Will Not Have My Hate

Antoine Leiris · Penguin Press
Pages: 129
Format: Print book

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER - "On Friday night you stole the life of an exceptional person, the love of my life, the mother of my son, but you will not have my hate." On November 13, 2015, Antoine Leiris's wife, Hélène Muyal-Leiris, was killed by terrorists while attending...
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The General and the Genius: Groves and Oppenheimer — The Unlikely Partnership that Built the Atom Bomb

James Kunetka · Regnery History
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover

Two ambitious men. One historic mission.With a blinding flash in the New Mexico desert in the summer of 1945, the world was changed forever. The bomb that ushered in the atomic age was the product of one of history's most improbable partnerships. The General and the Genius reveals how two extraordinary...
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Son of a Gun: A Memoir

Justin St. Germain · Random House
Format: Book

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY PUBLISHERS WEEKLYIn the tradition of Tobias Wolff, James Ellroy, and Mary Karr, a stunning memoir of a mother-son relationship that is also the searing, unflinching account of a murder and its aftermathTombstone, Arizona, September 2001. Debbie...
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I Only Read It for the Cartoons: The New Yorker's Most Brilliantly Twisted Artists

Richard Gehr · New Harvest
Format: Hardcover

Available for the first time to The New Yorker’s one million-plus readers: a volume dedicated to the individual careers of the magazine’s cartoon superstars. Widely considered to be the pantheon of single-panel cartooning, The New Yorker cartoonists’ styles are richly...
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Until I Say Good-Bye: My Year of Living with Joy

Susan Spencer-Wendel · Harper
Format: Hardcover

Susan Spencer-Wendel's Until I Say Good-Bye: My Year of Living with Joy is a moving and inspirational memoir by a woman who makes the most of her final days after discovering she has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) .After Spencer-Wendel, a celebrated journalist at the Palm Beach...
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Double Double: A Dual Memoir of Alcoholism

Martha Grimes · Scribner
Format: Hardcover

We were sitting in a coffee shop talking, looking at the view of downtown Charlottesville, Virginia. This was ten years ago, and we had both been off alcohol for more than a decade. We were disagreeing about the best way to stay sober when my mother said, I think we should write a book...
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Johnny Cash: The Life

Robert Hilburn · Little, Brown and Company; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

The national bestseller celebrated as the ultimate Johnny Cash biography....Rock writer great Robert Hilburn goes deep. -- Rolling StoneIn this, the definitive biography of an American legend, Robert Hilburn conveys the unvarnished truth about a musical superstar. Johnny Cashs extraordinary...
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As Good As Dead: The Daring Escape of American POWs From a Japanese Death Camp

Stephen L Moore · CALIBER
Pages: 368
Format: Print book

The heroic story of eleven American POWs who defied certain death in World War II - As Good as Dead is an unforgettable account of the Palawan Massacre survivors and their daring escape. In late 1944, the Allies invaded the Japanese-held Philippines, and soon the end of the Pacific War was within...
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The American: A Memoir of Hope and Sacrifice

KHIZR KHAN · Random House
Pages: 271
Format: Hardcover

This inspiring memoir by the Muslim American Gold Star father and captivating DNC speaker is the story of one family's pursuit of the American dream."Khan's aspirational memoir reminds us all why Americans should welcome newcomers from all lands." - Kirkus Reviews In fewer than...
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Mermaid: A Memoir of Resilience

Eileen Cronin · W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

MERMAID: A Memoir of Resilience was chosen as one of Oprah's Best Memoirs of the Year (2014).MERMAID is included in the February O Magazine's selection "10 Titles to Pick Up Now.A gorgeously crafted memoir about resilience, family, and forging your own way, by a woman born...
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Falling: A Daughter, a Father, and a Journey Back

Elisha Cooper · Pantheon
Pages: 146
Format: Print book

Elisha Cooper spends his mornings creating children s books and his afternoons playing with his two daughters. But when he discovers a lump in five-year-old Zoe s midsection as she sits on his lap at a Chicago Cubs game, everything changes. Surgery, sleepless nights, months of treatment,...
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Settle for More

Megyn Kelly · Harper
Pages: 340
Format: Print book

Click Here For the Autographed Copy 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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Kate: The Future Queen

Katie Nicholl · Weinstein Books
Format: Hardcover

Katie Nicholl, bestselling author and royal correspondent for The Mail on Sunday, gives an inside look into the life of the future Queen of England, Kate Middleton. Since becoming Duchess Catherine of Cambridge in 2011, Middleton has captivated royals fans around the world and now, Nicholl...
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