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Front of the House: Restaurant Manners, Misbehaviors & Secrets
Jeff Benjamin · Burgess Lea Press
Pages: 200
Format: Print book
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In the bestselling tradition of Restaurant Man and Setting the Table, Front of the House is a revealing and wryly humorous behind-the-scenes look at the gracious art of great restaurant service.Great restaurant service is a gracious art that's been studied, practiced and polished by Jeff... |
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On the Move: A Life
Oliver Sacks · Knopf Publishing Group
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover
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When Oliver Sacks was twelve years old, a perceptive schoolmaster wrote in his report: "Sacks will go far, if he does not go too far." It is now abundantly clear that Sacks has never stopped going. From its opening pages on his youthful obsession with motorcycles and speed, On the Move... |
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Stanislavski For Beginners
David Allen · For Beginners
Format: eBook
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Stanislavski was the first person to develop a cogent and practical system of acting. Throughout his life he sought the answers to such fundamental questions as: "What is great acting?" and "How can you find inspiration in every performance?" Stanislavski remains the most... |
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The Dogs are Eating Them Now: Our War in Afghanistan
Graeme Smith · Counterpoint
Pages: 298
Format: Print book
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With a new foreword by the author, The Dogs are Eating Them Now is a highly personal narrative of our war in Afghanistan and how it went dangerously wrong. Written by a respected and fearless former foreign correspondent who has won multiple awards for his journalism (including an Emmy... |
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My Beloved Man
Vicki P. Stroeher · Boydell & Brewer
Pages: 488
Format: Print book
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'To read these letters is to climb up a wall and peer into the secret garden of two giants. ' From the Foreword by FIONA SHAW This volume comprises the complete surviving correspondence between Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears. The 365 letters written throughout their 39-year relationship... |
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I Heard My Country Calling: A Memoir
James Webb · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 388
Format: Hardcover
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James Webb, author of Fields of Fire, the classic novel of the Vietnam War - former U.S. Senator; Secretary of the Navy; recipient of the Navy Cross, Silver Star and Purple Heart as a combat Marine; and a self-described "military brat" - has written an extraordinary memoir of his early... |
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Please Enjoy Your Happiness
Paul Brinkley-Rogers · Touchstone
Pages: 354
Format: Hardcover
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"The most romantic memoir you're likely to read in a lifetime." - Elin Hilderbrand, New York Times bestselling author of Here's to Us An evocative memoir. A beautiful journey to half a century and half a world away. An ageless love story.Pulitzer Prize-winning war correspondent... |
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Slice Harvester: A Memoir in Pizza
Colin Atrophy Hagendorf · Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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"Over the course of two years, a twenty-something punk rocker eats a cheese slice from every pizzeria in New York City, gets sober, falls in love, and starts a blog that captures headlines around the world--he is the Slice Harvester, and this is his story. Since its arrival on US shores... |
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Make Me a Mother: A Memoir
Susanne Antonetta · W.W. Norton
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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A woman unexpectedly finds her best self through a sleepy bundle handed over at the airport in this heartfelt and surprising memoir. In Make Me a Mother, acclaimed memoirist Susanne Antonetta adopts an infant from Seoul, South Korea. After meeting their six-month-old son, Jin, at the airport... |
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Confessions of an Ivy League Frat Boy: A Memoir
Andrew Lohse · Thomas Dunne Books
Format: Hardcover
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An account of sordidness and redemption by the Dartmouth fraternity member whose Rolling Stone profile blew the whistle on the frat's inhumane hazing practices.Always trust the brotherhood.Always protect your pledge brothers.What happens in the house stays in the house.Before... |
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The Truth About Trump
Michael D'Antonio · Thomas Dunne Book for St. Martin's Griffin
Pages: 416
Format: Print book
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"Admirably straightforward, even-handed, but nonetheless damning." -- The New York Times Book Review.For all those who wonder, "Just who is Donald Trump?", The Truth About Trump supplies the answer. Drawing upon exclusive interviews and exhaustive research, Pulitzer... |
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Don't Tell a Soul
M William Phelps · Pinnacle Books
Pages: 496
Format: Print book
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"Phelps is a true-crime veteran." - New York PostCherry Walker was a devoted, trusting, uncommonly innocent young woman who loved caring for a neighbor's little boy. But when she was asked to testify in court against his abusive mother, Cherry never got the chance. She couldn't... |
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