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Fleetwood Mac on Fleetwood Mac: Interviews and Encounters

Sean Egan · Chicago Review Press Incorporated
Pages: 464
Format: Print book

Fleetwood Mac was a triumph from the beginning - their first album was the UK's bestselling album of 1968. After some low points - when founder Peter Green left, some fans felt that the band continuing was sacrilege - Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks joined, and the band's 1977...
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Music at Midnight: The Life and Poetry of George Herbert

John Drury · University of Chicago Press
Pages: 395
Format: Hardcover

Though he never published any of his English poems during his lifetime, George Herbert (1593-1633) is recognized as possibly the greatest religious poet in the language. Few English poets of his age still inspire such intense devotion today. In this richly perceptive biography, John Drury...
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New Life, No Instructions: A Memoir

Gail Caldwell · Random House of Canada, Limited
Pages: 176
Format: Book

The Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times bestselling author of Let's Take the Long Way Home now gives us a stunning, exquisitely written memoir about a dramatic turning point in her life, which unexpectedly opened up a world of understanding, possibility, and connection. New Life,...
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The Wife's Tale: A Personal History

Aida Edemariam · Harper
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

In this indelible memoir that recalls the life of her remarkable ninety-five-year old grandmother, Guardian journalist Aida Edemariam tells the story of modern Ethiopia - a nation that would undergo a tumultuous transformation from feudalism to monarchy to Marxist revolution to democracy,...
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My Side of the Street: Why Wolves, Flash Boys, Quants, and Masters of the Universe Don't Represent the Real Wall Street

Jason DeSena Trennert · St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

On a sticky summer morning at the end of the Eighties, 19-year-old Jason DeSena Trennert-a bright, unconnected Georgetown undergrad with big dreams and an even bigger power tie-set out for Wall Street. Mustering the perceived panache of the bigwigs, he burst through the doors of Americas...
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Freezing People Is

Robert F Nelson · Lyons Press,
Pages: 246
Format: Print book

Bob Nelson was no ordinary T.V. repairman. One day he discovered a book that ultimately changed his entire life trajectory --The Prospect of Immortality by Professor Robert Ettinger. From it, he learned about cryonics: a process in which the body temperature is lowered during the beginning...
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The Death of Caesar: The Story of History's Most Famous Assassination

Barry Strauss · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

The exciting, dramatic story of one of history's most famous events - the death of Julius Caesar - now placed in full context of Rome's civil wars by eminent historian Barry Strauss.Thanks to William Shakespeare, the death of Julius Caesar is the most famous assassination in history....
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Journey to Mindfulness: The Autobiography of Bhante G.

Henepola Gunaratana · Wisdom Publications
Pages: 312
Format: Paperback

In a new expanded anniversary edition, read the inspiring life-story from the bestselling author of Mindfulness in Plain English. Bhante Gunaratana - Bhante G., as he is affectionately called - is one of the most beloved Buddhist teachers in the West. This expanded anniversary edition...
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Cézanne

Ulrike Becks-Malorny · Taschen
Pages: 95
Format: Print book

Paintwork pioneer: The anchorman of modernismIn the latter half of the 19th century, in the verdant countryside near Aix-en-Provence, Paul Cézanne (1839-1906) , busily plied his brush to landscapes and still lifes that would become anchors of modern art. With compact, intense dabs of paint...
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Blind Curves: A Woman, a Motorcycle, and a Journey to Reinvent Herself

Linda Crill · Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Hardcover

After months of following one-size-fits-all advice for a fifty-seven-year-old widow, Linda Crill is still miserable, until she makes a rebellious spur-of-the-moment decision: she trades her corporate suits for motorcycle leathers and commits herself to a 2,500-mile road trip down America's...
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Captive: The Untold Story of the Atlanta Hostage Hero

Ashley Smith · William Morrow Paperbacks; Reprint edition
Format: Print book

Now a stirring movie from Paramount Pictures - starring Kate Mara (House of Cards and Fantastic Four) and David Oyelowo (Selma) - this inspirational, news-making life story of the young female hostage who in 2005 single-handedly talked the infamous Atlanta courthouse killer, Brian Nichols,...
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Library of Luminaries: Frida Kahlo: An Illustrated Biography

Zena Alkayat · Chronicle Books
Pages: 128
Format: Print book

Step into the world of one of history's most celebrated artists and feminist icons: Frida Kahlo. This beautifully illustrated biography is full of colorful details that illuminate the woman behind the artwork, including excerpts from Kahlo's personal letters and diaries on her childhood...
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Love Warrior: A Memoir

Glennon Doyle Melton · Flatiron Books
Pages: 263
Format: Print book

#1 New York Times BestsellerThe Newest Oprah Bookclub 2016 SelectionThe highly anticipated new memoir by bestselling author Glennon Doyle Melton tells the story of her journey of self-discovery after the implosion of her marriage.Just when Glennon Doyle Melton was beginning to feel she had it all figured...
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Lincoln's Gamble: The Tumultuous Six Months that Gave America the Emancipation Proclamation and Changed the Course of the Civil War

Todd Brewster · Scribner
Format: Hardcover

A brilliant, authoritative, and riveting account of the most critical six months in Abraham Lincolns presidency, when he penned the Emancipation Proclamation and changed the course of the Civil War. On July 12, 1862, Abraham Lincoln spoke for the first time of his intention to free the slaves....
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