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Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life
Ruth Franklin · Liveright Pages: 624 Format: Hardcover
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A New York Times Notable Book of 2016 A Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Pick of 2016 An Entertainment Weekly Best Book of 2016 A Time Magazine Top Nonfiction of 2016 A Seattle Times Best Book of 2016 A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2016 An NPR 2016's Great Read A Boston Globe Best Book... |
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Joe and Marilyn: Legends in Love
C. David Heymann · Emily Bestler Books/Atria Pages: 438 Format: Hardcover
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Bobby and Jackie comes the riveting, true story of the passionate, volatile relationship between baseball great Joe DiMaggio and Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe.When Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe eloped in January of 1954, they became an international... |
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Sargent's Women: Four Lives Behind the Canvas
Donna M Lucey · W. W. Norton & Company Pages: 336 Format: Hardcover
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"Sargent's Women has a distinct elegance and potency -- Lucey's writing propels you forward, straight to the heart of the story, along the vibrant ties that linked this fascinating artist to the women he made infamous." -- Christene Barberich, global editor-in-chief and cofounder,... |
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Four Years in the Mountains of Kurdistan: An Armenian Boy's Memoir of Survival
Aram Haigaz · Maiden Lane Press Format: Hardcover
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Armenian Aram Haigaz was only 15 when he lost his father, brothers, many relatives and neighbors, all killed or dead of starvation when enemy soldiers surrounded their village. He and his mother were put into a forced march and deportation of Armenians into the Turkish desert, part of the systematic... |
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I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death
Maggie O'Farrell · Knopf Pages: 304 Format: Hardcover
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An extraordinary memoir--told entirely in near-death experiences--from one of Britain's best-selling novelists, for fans of Wild, When Breath Becomes Air, and The Year of Magical Thinking.We are never closer to life than when we brush up against the possibility of death.I Am, I Am, I Am is Maggie... |
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Those Wild Wyndhams: Three Sisters at the Heart of Power
Luis M Botana · Knopf Pages: 480 Format: Hardcover
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The three dazzlingly beautiful, wildly rich Wyndham sisters, part of the four hundred families that made up Britain's ruling class, at the center of cultural and political life in late-Victorian/Edwardian Britain. Here are their complex, idiosyncratic lives; their opulent, privileged world;... |
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Isabella: The Warrior Queen
Kirstin Downey · Nan A. Talese; First Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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An engrossing and revolutionary biography of Isabella of Castile, the controversial Queen of Spain who sponsored Christopher Columbus's journey to the New World, established the Spanish Inquisition, and became one of the most influential female rulers in historyBorn at a time when Christianity... |
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Worthy Fights: A Memoir of Leadership in War and Peace
Jim Newton · Penguin Press; First Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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Leon Panetta's first career, beginning as an army intelligence officer and including 16 years in the House of Representatives, lasted thirty-five years and culminated in his role as Clinton's budget czar and White House chief of staff. He then "retired" to establish the Panetta... |
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Birdmen: The Wright Brothers, Glenn Curtiss, and the Battle to Control the Skies
Lawrence Goldstone · Ballantine Books, Pages: 428 Format: Print book
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From acclaimed historian Lawrence Goldstone comes a thrilling narrative of courage, determination, and competition: the story of the intense rivalry that fueled the rise of American aviation. The feud between this nation's great air pioneers, the Wright brothers and Glenn Curtiss,... |
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No One Tells You This: A Memoir
Glynnis MacNicol · Simon & Schuster Pages: 304 Format: Hardcover
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ELLE's The 30 Best Books to Read This Summer"A piercing examination of what it means both to love grown-up, complicated women - and to be one." -- Rebecca Traister, All The Single Ladies "Glynnis has written a book that is honest, hilarious and raw...it misses nothing."... |
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