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Alvin York: A New Biography of the Hero of the Argonne
Douglas Mastriano · University Press of Kentucky
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Alvin C. York 18871964devout Christian, conscientious objector, and reluctant hero of World War Iis one of Americas most famous and celebrated soldiers. Known to generations through Gary Coopers Academy Award-winning portrayal in the 1941 film Sergeant York, York is credited with the capture... |
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The Lufthansa heist : behind the six-million-dollar cash haul that shook the world
Henry Hill · Lyons Press
Pages: 367
Format: Print book |
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The inside story - from the organizer himself--of the largest unrecovered cash haul in history. This full account brings readers behind the heist memorialized in Goodfellas, a crime that has baffled law enforcement for decades. From Henry Hill himself, The Lufthansa Heist is the last book... |
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Mob Cop: My Life of Crime in the Chicago Police Department
Fred Pascente , · Chicago Review Press
Format: Hardcover |
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Former Chicago police officer and Outfit associate Fred Pascente is the man who links Tony Spilotro, a central character in Nicholas Pileggi's Casino and one of Chicago's most notoriÂous mob figures, to William Hanhardt, chief of detectives of the Chicago Police Department. Pascente... |
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Leaving Before the Rains Come
Alexandra Fuller · Penguin Press
Pages: 258
Format: Print book |
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New York Times Bestseller"One of the gutsiest memoirs I've ever read. And the writing--oh my god the writing." --Entertainment Weekly A child of the Rhodesian wars and daughter of two deeply complicated parents, Alexandra Fuller is no stranger to pain. But the disintegration of Fuller's... |
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Fat Girl Walking: Sex, Food, Love, and Being Comfortable in Your Skin...Every Inch of It
Brittany Gibbons · Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover |
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Told through a series of larger-than-life snapshots, a hilarious memoir in essays about love, sex, marriage, motherhood, bikinis, and loving your body, no matter what size you are from the acclaimed blogger and body image advocate.Brittany Gibbons has been a plus size her whole life. But instead... |
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Jabotinsky: A Life
Hillel Halkin · Yale University Press |
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Vladimir Jabotinsky (1880–1940) was a man of huge paradoxes and contradictions and has been the most misunderstood of all Zionist politicians--a first-rate novelist, a celebrated Russian journalist, and the founder of the branch of Zionism now headed by Benjamin Netanyahu. This biography,... |
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The Setting Sun: A Memoir of Empire and Family Secrets
Bart Moore-Gilbert · Random House Inc
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover |
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"I've always had difficulty imagining my father as a policeman. He seemed most himself in the informal setting of safari life, clothes disheveled, sometimes not shaving for days. So why did he join the Indian Police, with its rigid hierarchies and complex protocols?"Setting... |
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Will Eisner: Champion of the Graphic Novel
Paul Levitz · Abrams ComicArts
Pages: 214
Format: Print book |
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Will Eisner (1917-2005) is universally considered the master of comics storytelling, best known for The Spirit, his iconic newspaper comic strip, and A Contract With God, the first significant graphic novel. This seminal work from 1978 ushered in a new era of personal stories in comics... |
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