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Nicholson: A Biography

Marc Eliot · Crown Archetype; First Edition edition
Format: Print book

THE GROUNDBREAKING NEW BIOGRAPHY OF A MAN WITH ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC AND FASCINATING CAREERS—AND LIVES—IN HOLLYWOOD. For five decades, Jack Nicholson has been part of film history. With twelve Oscar nominations to his credit and legendary roles in films like Easy Rider, Five...
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The Key Is Love: My Mother's Wisdom, A Daughter's Gratitude

Marie Osmond · NAL Hardcover; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

For beloved superstar Marie Osmond, one gift that her mother gave her stands above the rest the gift to trust and follow her heart. Even when the path seemed bleak, it was this unwavering faith that allowed her to follow her dreams, both professional and personal, and survive the hardest...
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Glorious War: The Civil War Adventures of George Armstrong Custer

Thom Hatch · St. Martin's Press; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Glorious War, the thrilling and definitive biography of George Armstrong Custer's Civil War years, is nothing short of a heart-pounding cavalry charge through the battlefield heroics that thrust the gallant young officer into the national spotlight in the midst of the country's...
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The Cook Up: A Crack Rock Memoir

D. Watkins · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

Reminiscent of the classic Random Family and The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace, but told by the man who lived it, THE COOK UP is a riveting look inside the Baltimore drug trade portrayed in The Wire and an incredible story of redemption. The smartest kid on his block in East Baltimore,...
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Sidelined: Overcoming Odds through Unity, Passion, and Perseverance

Chuck Pagano · Zondervan
Format: Hardcover

Chuck Pagano, head coach of the Indianapolis Colts, has become one of the most inspiring, intriguing personalities in the game of football. Only three games into his rookie season in 2012, Pagano was diagnosed with leukemia, sidelined by the side effects chemotherapy and months of recovery....
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After Visiting Friends: A Son's Story

Michael Hainey · Scribner; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

A decade in the writing, the haunting story of a sons quest to understand the mystery of his fathers death—a universal memoir about the secrets families keep and the role they play in making us who we are. Michael Hainey had just turned six when his uncle knocked on his familys back door...
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Everybody's Brother

CeeLo Green · Grand Central Publishing; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

He inspires awe with his colorful costumes and helps ordinary people find a Voice. With vocals so effective in fact, theyre almost otherworldly, he turned a four-letter word into a global phenomenon. Without a doubt, CeeLo Green is a superhero of soul-and every superhero has an origin story....
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The Lost Girls: The True Story of the Cleveland Abductions and the Incredible Rescue of Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry, and Gina DeJesus

John Glatt · St Martin'S Press
Pages: 384
Format: Print book

They were held in brutal captivity--and managed to make it out alive. "This is their story." The Lost Girls are Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry, and Gina DeJesus--three innocent young women who were kidnapped, imprisoned, and repeatedly molested and beaten in a Cleveland home basement...
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Weekends with Daisy

Sharron Kahn Luttrell · Gallery Books
Format: Hardcover

“A heartwarming and utterly charming story about empathy, hope, and letting go. Weekends with Daisy shows us how loving a dog can make us all a little more human.” —Lisa Genova, NYT bestselling author of Still Alice and Love, Anthony “Moving… with candor that...
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Rene's War: Memoirs of French Resistance in WWII

Mr. Michel Mockers · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; 2 edition
Format: Print book

The coin goes up ... .. it comes down, and the destiny of two brothers is decided. One faces prison in Spain before being released to join the French Army under General Giraud, and finally ends up paratrooping into France as a decoy for the D-Day invasion. The other becomes a leader of his group...
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Nirvana: The Biggest Rock Band of the '90s

Gillian G Gaar · Carlton Books
Pages: 94
Format: Print book

Certain artists define an era - and, for the end of the millennium, it was Nirvana, the mega-talented grunge rockers who exploded out of Seattle. Under the incandescent leadership of Kurt Cobain, Nirvana achieved worldwide fame with the 1991 release of Nevermind and its iconic single, "Smells...
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Under the Wire: Marie Colvin's Final Assignment

Paul Conroy · Weinstein Books; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Zero Dark Thirty meets 127 Hours - a riveting war journal from photographer Paul Conroy, who accompanied Marie Colvin (called by her peers "the greatest war correspondent of her generation") during her ill-fated final assignment in Syria.
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My Beloved World

Sonia Sotomayor · Knopf; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

The first Hispanic and third woman appointed to the United States Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor has become an instant American icon. Now, with a candor and intimacy never undertaken by a sitting Justice, she recounts her life from a Bronx housing project to the federal bench, a journey...
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The Whitney I Knew

Bebe Winans · Worthy Publishing; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

A virtual album of BeBe Winans' treasured memories of his friend and "sister," Whitney Houston. In the years between the first time BeBe Winans and Whitney Houston met in 1985, to the day he delivered the tribute that touched a watching nation at Houston's funeral, a deep...
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Let's Just Say It Wasn't Pretty

Diane Keaton · Random House Inc
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom Academy Award winner and bestselling author Diane Keaton comes a candid, hilarious, and deeply affecting look at beauty, aging, and the importance of staying true to yourself - no matter what anyone else thinks. Diane Keaton has spent a lifetime coloring...
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