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Jane Austen at Home: A Biography

LUCY WORSLEY · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

"Jane Austen at Home offers a fascinating look at Jane Austen's world through the lens of the homes in which she lived and worked throughout her life. The result is a refreshingly unique perspective on Austen and her work and a beautifully nuanced exploration of gender, creativity,...
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Heaven Is for Healing: A Soul's Journey After Suicide

JOE GALLENBERGER · Rainbow Ridge
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback

When his beloved brother Peter committed suicide,psychotherapist Dr. Joe Gallenberger met his overwhelming grief with courage, and open-minded curiosity. Using tools learned at The Monroe Institute, and affirming that "love can pierce any veil," he was soon able to contact Peter...
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Start the Fire: How I Began A Food Revolution In America

Jeremiah Tower · Anthony Bourdain/Ecco
Pages: 416
Format: Print book

AS SEEN IN THE NEW DOCUMENTARY JEREMIAH TOWER: THE LAST MAGNIFICENTNewly revised and reissued to coincide with The Last Magnificent, a documentary feature produced by Anthony Bourdain, the indelible and entertaining memoir from Jeremiah Tower which chronicles life at the front lines of redefining...
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Nevertheless: A Memoir

Alec Baldwin · Harper
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

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Earl Scruggs: Banjo Icon

Gordon Castelnero · Rowman & Littlefield
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

As Earl Scruggs picked his banjo with machine gun precision at his 1945 debut at the Ryman Auditorium, he set in motion a successful career and enduring legacy that would eclipse anything the humble farm boy from North Carolina could have imagined. Scruggs's revolutionary three-finger...
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New Expressions in Origami Art: Masterworks from 25 Leading Paper Artists

Meher McArthur · Tuttle Publishing
Pages: 192
Format: Print book

This origami art book features the work of 25 contemporary master folders who are among the most innovative origami artists working today.They are pushing the boundaries of origami vigorously in new directions in terms of style, scale, materials, subject and scope. This elite group includes:...
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Becoming Abraham Lincoln: The Coming of Age of Our Greatest President

Richard Kigel · Skyhorse Publishing
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

Becoming Abraham Lincoln: The Coming of Age of Our Greatest President tells the true story of how this great American hero grew up and became a man. The story begins with Lincoln's cousin describing the murder of Abe's grandfather in 1782 by the Wabash Indians in the Kentucky wilderness....
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The Kinks: A Thoroughly English Phenomenon

Carey Fleiner · Rowman & Littlefield
Pages: 242
Format: Print book

Emerging from the same British music boom that birthed the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, Dave and Ray Davies's band, the Kinks, became one of England's most influential groups. Remembered best for such singles as "You Really Got Me," "Lola," and "Sunny...
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Arthur and Sherlock: Conan Doyle and the Creation of Holmes

Michael Sims · Bloomsbury
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

As a young medical student, Arthur Conan Doyle studied in Edinburgh under the vigilant eye of a diagnostic genius, Dr. Joseph Bell. Doyle often observed Bell identifying a patient's occupation, hometown, and ailments from the smallest details of dress, gait, and speech. Although Doyle...
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Mad City: The True Story of the Campus Murders That America Forgot

Michael Arntfield · Little A
Pages: 334
Format: Paperback

An Amazon Charts most-read book.Mad City: The True Story of the Campus Murders That America Forgot is a chilling, unflinching exploration of American crimes of the twentieth century and how one serial killer managed to slip through the cracks - until now.In fall 1967, friends Linda Tomaszewski...
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Go Slow: The Life of Julie London

Michael Owen · Chicago Review Press
Pages: 296
Format: Hardcover

It has been said that the records of singer and actress Julie London were purchased for their provocative, full-color cover photographs as frequently as they were for the music contained in their grooves. During the 1950s and '60s, her piercing blue eyes, strawberry blonde hair, and shapely...
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Off the Grid: My Ride from Louisiana to the Panama Canal in an Electric Car

Randy Denmon · W W Norton
Pages: 248
Format: Print book

The rollicking tale of a first-of-its-kind adventure - driving a Tesla through Central America.Only a week after the nation's newspapers were filled with headlines of the first cross-country trip in an electric car, two Louisianans slip quietly across the Rio Grande in south Texas in an attempt...
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Manderley Forever

Tatiana De Rosnay · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 340
Format: Hardcover

The nonfiction debut from beloved international sensation and #1 New York Times bestselling author Tatiana de Rosnay: her bestselling biography of novelist Daphne du Maurier."It's impressive how Tatiana was able to recreate the personality of my mother, including her sense of humor....
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Long Way Back

Charley Boorman · Aa Publishing
Pages: 319
Format: Hardcover

This biography details motorcycle adventurer Charley Boorman's recovery from a major road traffic accident in 2016. On February 16 2016, motorcycle adventurer Charley Boorman suffered a major road traffic accident in Portugal. Having spent the better part of his life on some form of motorbike,...
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Dare to Be Kind: How Extraordinary Compassion Can Transform Our World

Lizzie Velasquez · Hachette Books
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

Celebrated motivational speaker and YouTube sensation Lizzie Velasquez shows us how we can learn to accept all parts of ourselves and others, and in doing so create a "culture of kindness" and a more compassionate world. Born with a rare genetic condition, Lizzie Velasquez always...
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