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New Titles - Biographies & Memoirs
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In Plain Sight: The Kaufman County Prosecutor Murders
KATHRYN CASEY · William Morrow Pages: 496 Format: Mass Market Paperback
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JUDGE. JURY. EXECUTIONER. On a cold January morning, the killer executed Assistant District Attorney Mark Hasse in broad daylight. Eight shots fired a block from the Kaufman County Courthouse. Two months later, a massacre. The day before Easter, the couple slept. Bunnies, eggs, a flower... |
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Blindsided by the Taliban: A Journalist's Story of War, Trauma, Love, and Loss
CARMEN GENTILE · Skyhorse Publishing Pages: 240 Format: Hardcover
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I turn to see a rocket-propelled grenade screaming toward me. The ordinance strikes me in the side of the head, instantly blinding me in one eye and crushing the right side of my face. On September 9, 2010, while embedded with an Army unit and talking with locals in a small village in eastern... |
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A World to Win: The Life and Thought of Karl Marx
SVEN-ERIC LIEDMAN · Verso Pages: 768 Format: Hardcover
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Epic new biography of Karl Marx for the 200th anniversary of his birthIn this essential new biography - the first to give equal weight to both the work and life of Karl Marx - Sven-Eric Liedman expertly navigates the imposing, complex personality of his subject through the turbulent... |
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Well, That Escalated Quickly: Memoirs and Mistakes of an Accidental Activist
Franchesca Ramsey · Grand Central Publishing Pages: 256 Format: Hardcover
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In this sharp, funny, and timely collection of personal essays, veteran video blogger and star of MTV's Decoded Franchesca Ramsey explores race, identity, online activism, and the downfall of real communication in the age of social media rants, trolls, and call-out wars. Franchesca... |
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Blame It On Bianca Del Rio: The Expert On Nothing With An Opinion On Everything
Bianca Del Rio · Dey Street Books Pages: 272 Format: Paperback
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The cheeky, larger-than-life drag queen and outrageous comic - "The Joan Rivers of the Drag World," (New York Times) - who isn't afraid to shock or offend brings her trademark acerbic wit and sharp commentary to the page in an uproarious illustrated collection of advice.When... |
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The Mirage Factory: Illusion, Imagination, and the Invention of Los Angeles
GARY KRIST · Crown Pages: 432 Format: Hardcover
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A vivid account of the creation of modern Los Angeles, a city born from the fantasies of strong-willed visionaries, from bestselling author and masterful storyteller Gary Krist. Now in paperback.Little more than a century ago, the southern coast of California was sleepy semi-desert farmland.... |
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American Values: Lessons I Learned from My Family
ROBERT F JR KENNEDY · Harper Pages: 480 Format: Hardcover
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In this moving, thoughtful family history, the son and namesake of Robert Fitzgerald Kennedy shares memories of his turbulent childhood and the lessons that have shaped his enduring values.Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the third of eleven children born to Bobby Kennedy and Ethel Skakel Kennedy,... |
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Pops: Fatherhood in Pieces
MICHAEL CHABON · Harper Pages: 144 Format: Hardcover
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"Magical prose stylist" Michael Chabon (Michiko Kakutani, New York Times) delivers a collection of essays - heartfelt, humorous, insightful, wise - on the meaning of fatherhood, anchored by the viral sensation, "My Son, The Prince of Fashion".For the September 2016... |
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