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Rob Delaney: Mother. Wife. Sister. Human. Warrior. Falcon. Yardstick. Turban. Cabbage.
Rob Delaney · Spiegel & Grau; 11.12.2013 edition
Format: Hardcover
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NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY E! ONLINEFunniest Person on Twitter—Comedy Central Comedy AwardsWho is that hairy guy in the green Speedo? Rob Delaney is a father, a husband, a comedian, a writer. He is the author of an endless stream of beautiful, insane jokes on Twitter.... |
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All the Great Prizes: The Life of John Hay, from Lincoln to Roosevelt
John Taliaferro · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 688
Format: Paperback
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The first full-scale biography of John Hay since 1934: From secretary to Abraham Lincoln to secretary of state for Theodore Roosevelt, Hay was an essential American figure for more than half a century.John Taliaferro's brilliant biography captures the extraordinary life of Hay, one of the most... |
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I Don't Know What You Know Me From: Confessions of a Co-Star
Judy Greer · Doubleday
Format: Hardcover
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You know Judy Greer, right? Maybe from The Wedding Planner, 13 Going on 30, Carrie, Arrested Development, or The Descendants. Yes, you totally recognize her. And, odds are, you already feel like she’s your friend. In her first book of essays, I Don’t Know What You Know... |
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Lady Catherine, the Earl, and the Real Downton Abbey
The Countess of Carnarvon · Broadway Paperbacks
Pages: 353
Format: Paperback
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Lady Catherine, the Earl, and the Real Downton Abbey tells the story behind Highclere Castle, the setting for Julian Fellowes's Emmy Award-winning PBS show Downton Abbey, and the life of one of its most famous inhabitants, Catherine Wendell. In this transporting companion piece to the New York... |
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The Glass Castle: A Memoir
Jeannette Walls · Scribner
Format: Hardcover
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Jeannette Walls grew up with parents whose ideals and stubborn nonconformity were both their curse and their salvation. Rex and Rose Mary Walls had four children. In the beginning, they lived like nomads, moving among Southwest desert towns, camping in the mountains. Rex was a charismatic,... |
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Margaret Thatcher: From Grantham to the Falklands
Charles Moore · Knopf; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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With unequaled authority and dramatic detail, the first volume of Charles Moores authorized biography of Margaret Thatcher reveals as never before the early life, rise to power, and first years as prime minister of the woman who transformed Britain and the world in the late twentieth century.... |
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Secret Lives of the Tsars: Three Centuries of Autocracy, Debauchery, Betrayal, Murder, and Madness from Romanov Russia
Michael Farquhar · Random House Trade Paperbacks
Format: Print book
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Michael Farquhar doesnt write about history the way, say, Doris Kearns Goodwin does. He writes about history the way Doris Kearns Goodwins smart-ass, reprobate kid brother might. I, for one, prefer it.—Gene Weingarten, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and Washington Post columnist Scandal!... |
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Illegal: Reflections of an Undocumented Immigrant
Jose Angel N. · University of Illinois Press; 1st Edition edition
Format: Paperback
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A day after N. first crossed the U.S. border from Mexico, he was caught and then released onto the streets of Tijuana. Undeterred, N. crawled back through a tunnel to San Diego, where he entered the United States forever. Illegal: Reflections of an Undocumented Immigrant is his timely and compelling... |
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Orange Is the New Black
Piper Kerman · Spiegel & Grau; Mti edition
Format: Paperback
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NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES • #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER With a career, a boyfriend, and a loving family, Piper Kerman barely resembles the reckless young woman who delivered a suitcase of drug money ten years before. But that past has caught up with her. Convicted... |
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Company Man: Thirty Years of Controversy and Crisis in the CIA
John Rizzo · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 336
Format: Book
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From the "most influential career lawyer in CIA history" (Los Angeles Times) an unprecedented memoir filled with never-before-told stories from his thirty-year career at the center of the U.S. government's intelligence program (1976-2009).In 1975, fresh out of law school and working... |
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Backbone: Living with Chronic Pain without Turning into One
Karen Duffy · Arcade Publishing
Pages: 144
Format: Hardcover
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An inspirational, powerful, and funny manual for coping and living with devastating pain. For two decades, Karen Duffy --New York Times bestselling author, former MTV VJ, Revlon model, and actress-- has managed to live an enriching life despite living in a state of constant pain. Duffy... |
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The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl
Issa Rae · Atria / 37 INK
Format: Hardcover
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In the bestselling tradition of Sloane Crosley's I Was Told There'd Be Cake and Mindy Kaling's Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?, a collection of humorous essays on what it's like to be unabashedly awkward in a world that regards introverts as hapless misfits, and black... |
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How to Succeed in Business Without Really Crying
Carol Leifer · Quirk Books
Format: Hardcover
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For many years, television comedy was an exclusive all boys' club - until a brilliant comedian named Carol Leifer came along, blazing a trail for funny women everywhere. From Late Night with David Letterman and Saturday Night Live to Seinfeld, The Ellen Show, and Modern Family, Carol... |
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Jenni Rivera (Spanish Edition): La increible vida de una mariposa guerrera
Leila Cobo · C.A. Press
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
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Como una estrella resplandeciente y fugaz, Jenni Rivera iluminó la vida de millones de personas, pero el cielo se la llevó antes de tiempo. Jenni Rivera La increíble vida de una Mariposa GuerreraFotos a todo colorLa discografía de Jenni RiveraLista Billboard de los ranking de las canciones... |
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