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Sergeant Stubby: How a Stray Dog and His Best Friend Helped Win World War I and Stole the Heart of a Nation

Ann Bausum · National Geographic
Format: Hardcover

Told for the first time, National Geographic brings you the story of a stray dog who eventually became affectionately known as Sergeant Stubby the most famous war dog of World War I. Beloved award-winning author and library darling Ann Bausum brings her friendly writing style and in-depth...
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Lady Byron and Her Daughters

Julia Markus · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

A startling reevaluation of Lady Byron's marriage and the untold story of her complex life as single mother and progressive force.The center of public attention after her tumultuous marriage to Lord Byron, Annabella Milbanke transformed herself from a neglected wife into a figure of incredible...
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Some Girls, Some Hats and Hitler: A True Love Story

Trudi Kanter · Scribner
Pages: 258
Format: Paperback

An "instantly mesmerizing" (Oprah.com) and "valuable piece of social history" (Chicago Jewish Star) - the astonishing memoir of a "vivid, tenacious, and absolutely unforgettable" (Bookreporter.com) woman whose courage and resourcefulness kept her and her beloved...
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Lou Reed: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations

Lou Reed · Melville House
Format: Print book

A revealing collection of interviews with one of the greatest artists in the history of rock rsquonrsquo rollmdashas brilliant punchy and blustery as the man himself In this collection of powerful interviews given over thirty yearsmdashincluding his final interviewmdashLou Reed oscillates...
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Spider from Mars: My Life with Bowie

Woody Woodmansey · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

In January 2016, the unexpected death of David Bowie rocked the globe. For millions of people, he was an icon celebrated for his music, his film and theatrical roles, and his trendsetting influence on fashion and gender norms. But no one from her inner circle has told the story of how David...
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It Takes a School: The Extraordinary Story of an American School in the World's #1 Failed State

Jonathan Starr · Henry Holt & Co.
Pages: 250
Format: Print book

A story of David and Goliath proportions, how an American hedge fund manager created a unique school in Somaliland whose students, against all odds, have come to achieve success beyond anyone's wildest dreamsJonathan Starr, once a cutthroat hedge fund manager, is not your traditional do-gooder,...
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Killing Patton

Bill O'Reilly; Playaway Digital Audio.; Findaway World LLC.
Format: Audiobook

1 audio media player (approximately hr.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
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Jane Doe January : my twenty-year search for truth and justice

Emily Winslow · William Morrow & Company
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

In the vein of Alice Sebold s Lucky, comes a compelling, real-life crime mystery and gripping memoir of the cold case prosecution of a serial rapist, told by one of his victims. On the morning of September 12, 2013, a fugitive task force arrested Arthur Fryar at hisapartment in Brooklyn....
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The Map of Enough: One Woman's Search for Place

Molly May · Counterpoint LLC
Pages: 292
Format: Hardcover

Molly Caro May grew up as part of a nomadic family, one proud of their international sensibilities, a tribe that never settled in one place for very long. Growing up moving from foreign country to foreign country, just like her father and grandfather, she became attached to her identity...
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Spies in the Family: An American Spymaster, His Russian Crown Jewel, and the Friendship That Helped End the Cold War

Eva Dillon · Harper
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

A riveting true-life thriller and revealing memoir from the daughter of an American intelligence officer - the astonishing true story of two spies and their families on opposite sides of the Cold War.In the summer of 1975, seventeen-year-old Eva Dillon was living in New Delhi with her family...
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Moral Agents: Eight Twentieth-Century American Writers

Edward Mendelson · New York Review Books
Format: Hardcover

A deeply considered and provocative new look at major American writers—including Saul Bellow, Norman Mailer, and W.H. Auden—Edward Mendelsons Moral Agents is also a work of critical biography in the great tradition of Plutarch, Samuel Johnson, and Emerson. Any important writer, in Mendelsons...
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The Education of a Young Poet

DAVID BIESPIEL · Counterpoint
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

"Lyrical, affectionate . . . Graceful reflections on creativity." -- Kirkus Reviews The Education of a Young Poet is David Biespiel's moving account of his awakening to writing and the language that can shape a life. Exploring the original source of his creative impulse...
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Mad City: The True Story of the Campus Murders That America Forgot

Michael Arntfield · Little A
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

Mad City: The True Story of the Campus Murders That America Forgot is a chilling, unflinching exploration of American crimes of the twentieth century and how one serial killer managed to slip through the cracks - until now.In fall 1967, friends Linda Tomaszewski and Christine Rothschild...
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It's a Long Story: My Life

Willie Nelson · Back Bay Books
Pages: 416
Format: Print book

One of the most beloved popular musicians of our time tells the story of his extraordinary life.This is Willie Nelson's complete, unvarnished story, told in his voice and leaving no significant moment or experience untold, from Texas, Nashville, Hawaii, and beyond. Having recently turned...
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In Gratitude

Jenny Diski · Bloomsbury
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

The future flashed before my eyes in all its pre-ordained banality. Embarrassment, at first, to the exclusion of all other feelings. But embarrassment curled at the edges with a weariness ... I got a joke in. "So - we'd better get cooking the meth," I said to the Poet.In...
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