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New Titles - Biographies & Memoirs
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Rising Out of Hatred: The Awakening of a Former White Nationalist
ELI SASLOW · Doubleday
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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From a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, the powerful story of how a prominent white supremacist changed his heart and mindDerek Black grew up at the epicenter of white nationalism. His father founded Stormfront, the largest racist community on the Internet. His godfather, David Duke, was a KKK Grand... |
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Then They Came for Me: Martin Niemöller, the Pastor Who Defied the Nazis
Matthew D Hockenos · Basic Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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"First they came for the Communists, and I did not speak out-Because I was not a Communist..." Few today recognize the name Martin Niemoller, though many know his famous confession. In Then They Came for Me, Matthew Hockenos traces Niemoller's evolution from a Nazi supporter... |
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Eliza Hamilton: The Extraordinary Life and Times of the Wife of Alexander Hamilton
Tilar J. Mazzeo · Gallery Books
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Irena's Children comes a comprehensive and riveting biography of the extraordinary life and times of Eliza Hamilton, the wife of founding father Alexander Hamilton, and a powerful, unsung hero in America's early days. Fans fell in love... |
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Beyond Broadway Joe: The Super Bowl TEAM That Changed Football
BOB LEDERER · Dey Street Books
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover
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On the eve of the fiftieth anniversary of the New York Jets' historic achievement, a nostalgic, inside look from the men who composed the team behind Joe Namath's Super Bowl III win, filled with exclusive insights and stories from the surviving players, coaches, and management of that... |
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Pitino: My Story
ANONYMOUS ANONYMOUS · Diversion Books
Pages: 280
Format: Hardcover
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On September 26, 2017, the biggest recruiting scandal in college basketball history sent shock waves through the world of sports. Caught up in a massive FBI and NCAA investigation -- and the intense media spotlight -- was Rick Pitino, the Louisville Cardinals' Hall of Fame coach. Here,... |
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American Like Me: Reflections on Life Between Cultures
America Ferrera · Gallery Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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From award-winning actress and political activist America Ferrera comes a vibrant and varied collection of first person accounts from prominent figures about the experience of growing up between cultures.America Ferrera has always felt wholly American, and yet, her identity is inextricably... |
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Women of the Blue and Gray: True Stories of Mothers, Medics, Soldiers, and Spies of the Civil War
Marianne Monson · Shadow Mountain
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover
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Hidden amongst the photographs, uniforms, revolvers, and war medals of the Civil War are the remarkable stories of some of the most unlikely heroes--women. North, South, black, white, Native American, immigrant--the women in these micro-drama biographies are wives, mothers, sisters, and friends... |
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Franco: Anatomy of a Dictator
Enrique Moradiellos · I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd
Pages: 264
Format: Hardcover
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More than forty years after his death, the spectral image of General Francisco Franco, the "Caudillo" or "Generalissimo" still haunts modern Spain, an uncomfortable reminder of a regrettable recent past. At the time of his death Franco had been the head of a dictatorial... |
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Olivia de Havilland and the Golden Age of Hollywood
Ellis Amburn · Lyons Press
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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This is classic Hollywood history as told through the life and career of one of its most iconic actresses. The book benefits tremendously from the author's meeting with Olivia de Havilland after he was assigned to handle her projected memoir at the Delacorte Press in 1973. Amburn also... |
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