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Once We Were Sisters: A Memoir
Sheila Kohler · Penguin Books
Pages: 256
Format: Print book |
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A beautiful, heartrending literary memoir about the tragic death of the author's beloved older sister and a tribute to their bond.When Sheila Kohler was thirty-seven, she received the heart-stopping news that her sister Maxine, only two years older, was killed when her husband drove them... |
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Jonathan Swift: The Reluctant Rebel
John Stubbs · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 752
Format: Print book |
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A rich and riveting portrait of the man behind Gulliver's Travels, by a "vivid, ardent, and engaging" author (New York Times Book Review) .Jonathan Swift's world-famous books -- from Gulliver's Travels to A Modest Proposal -- are unparalleled in their piercing critique... |
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My Life, My Love, My Legacy
Coretta Scott King · Holt, Henry & Company, Inc.
Pages: 368
Format: Print book |
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The Washington Post's Books to Read in 2017The New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceUSA Today, "New and Noteworthy""This book is distinctly Coretta's story . . . particularly absorbing. . . generous, in a manner that is unfashionable in our culture." -- New York... |
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Can't Just Stop: An Investigation of Compulsions
Sharon Begley · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 296
Format: Print book |
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The first book to examine the science behind both mild and extreme compulsive behavior - using fascinating case studies to understand its deeper meaning and reveal the truth about human compulsion.Whether shopping with military precision or hanging the tea towels just so, compulsion is something... |
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The Wisdom of the Middle Ages
Michael K Kellogg · Prometheus Books
Pages: 381
Format: Print book |
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This engaging survey of important works from late antiquity to the beginning of the Renaissance reveals the depth of thought and the diversity of expression that characterized the Middle Ages. Michael Kellogg demonstrates that medieval thought owes far more to ancient philosophy than is generally... |
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Mad Enchantment: Claude Monet and the Painting of the Water Lilies
Ross King · Bloomsbury USA
Pages: 416
Format: Print book |
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Claude Monet is perhaps the world's most beloved artist, and among all his creations, the paintings of the water lilies in his garden at Giverny are most famous. Seeing them in museums around the world, viewers are transported by the power of Monet's brush into a peaceful world of harmonious... |
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Avid Reader: A Life
Robert Gottlieb · Farrar
Pages: 352
Format: Print book |
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A spirited and revealing memoir by the most celebrated editor of his timeAfter editing The Columbia Review, staging plays at Cambridge, and a stint in the greeting-card department of Macy's, Robert Gottlieb stumbled into a job at Simon and Schuster. By the time he left to run Alfred A. Knopf... |
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She Made Me Laugh: My Friend Nora Ephron
Richard Cohen · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 320
Format: Print book |
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Nora Ephron, one of the most famous writers, film makers, and personalities of her time is captured by her long-time and dear friend in a hilarious, blunt, raucous, and poignant recollection of their decades-long friendship.Nora Ephron (1941-2012) was a phenomenal personality, journalist,... |
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Modern Death: How Medicine Changed the End of Life
Haider Warraich · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 324
Format: Print book |
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There is no more universal truth in life than death. No matter who you are, it is certain that one day you will die, but the mechanics and understanding of that experience will differ greatly in today s modern age. Dr. Haider Warraich is a young and brilliant new voice in the conversation... |
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