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Not My Father's Son: A Memoir
Alan Cumming · Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover |
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In his unique and engaging voice, the acclaimed actor of stage and screen shares the emotional story of his complicated relationship with his father and the deeply buried family secrets that shaped his life and career.A beloved star of stage, television, and film - "one of the most... |
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Oliver Sacks: The Last Interview
Oliver Sacks · Melville House
Pages: 100
Format: Print book |
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An extraordinary collection of interviews with the beloved doctor and author, whose research and books inspired generations of readers.Oliver Sacks - called "the poet laureate of medicine" by the New York Times - illuminated the mysteries of the brain for a wide audience in a series... |
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7 Dirty Words: The Life and Crimes of George Carlin
James Sullivan · Da Capo Press; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover |
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In Seven Dirty Words, journalist and cultural critic James Sullivan tells the story of Alternative America from the 1950s to the present, from the singular vantage point of George Carlin, the Catholic boy for whom nothing was sacred. A critical biography, Seven Dirty Words is an insightful... |
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Without You, There Is No Us: My Time with the Sons of North Korea's Elite
Suki Kim · Crown Pub
Pages: 291
Format: Print book |
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A haunting memoir of teaching English to the sons of North Korea's ruling class during the last six months of Kim Jong-il's reign Every day, three times a day, the students march in two straight lines, singing praises to Kim Jong-il and North Korea: Without you, there is no motherland.... |
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Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War
Robert M Gates · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 618
Format: Hardcover |
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From the former secretary of defense, a strikingly candid, vividly written account of his experience serving Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Before Robert M. Gates received a call from the White House in 2006, he thought he'd left... |
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Motorcycles I've Loved: A Memoir
Lily Brooks-Dalton · Riverhead Books
Format: Hardcover |
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"What the PCT is to Cheryl Strayed, the open road is to Brooks-Dalton." - Cosmopolitan A powerful memoir about a young woman whose passion for motorcycles leads her down a road all her own.At twenty-one-years-old, Lily Brooks-Dalton is feeling lost; returning to New England after... |
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Born to Run
Bruce Springsteen · Simon & Schuster Audio
Format: Audiobook |
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"Writing about yourself is a funny business ... But in a project like this, the writer has made one promise, to show the reader his mind. In these pages, I've tried to do this." - Bruce Springsteen, from the pages of Born to Run In 2009, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band... |
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The North Wind Knows My Name
Albert McLeod · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Pages: 438
Format: Paperback |
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In Albert McLeod's vibrant memoir, we see again that you can take the boy out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the boy. In 1956, at age seventeen, he leaves the primitive family farm on the frozen prairie of Manitoba for the bright lights of Winnipeg. In this... |
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Even This I Get to Experience
Norman Lear · Penguin Press; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover |
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"This is, flat out, one of the best Hollywood memoirs ever written ... An absolute treasure." --Booklist (STARRED)In my ninety-plus years I've lived a multitude of lives. In the course of all these lives, I had a front-row seat at the birth of television; wrote, produced,... |
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I Must Say: My Life As a Humble Comedy Legend
Martin Short · Harpercollins
Pages: 320
Format: Print book |
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In this engagingly witty, wise, and heartfelt memoir, Martin Short tells the tale of how a showbiz-obsessed kid from Canada transformed himself into one of Hollywood's favorite funnymen, known to his famous peers as the "comedian's comedian."Martin Short takes you on a rich, hilarious,... |
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Crazy Rich: Power, Scandal, and Tragedy Inside the Johnson & Johnson Dynasty
Jerry Oppenheimer · St. Martin's Press; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover |
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From the founders of the international health-care behemoth Johnson Johnson in the late 1800s to the contemporary Johnsons of today, such as billionaire New York Jets owner Robert Wood Woody Johnson IV, all is revealed in this scrupulously researched, unauthorized biography by New York... |
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Every Little Step: My Story
Bobby Brown · Dey St.
Pages: 326
Format: Print book |
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn Every Little Step, Brown will for the first time tell the full story of his life and set the record straight, particularly about his relationship with Whitney Houston.Bobby Brown has been one of the most compelling American artists of the past thirty years, a magnetic... |
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I Left It on the Mountain: A Memoir
Kevin Sessums · St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover |
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On his 53rd birthday, Kevin Sessums woke up in his L.A. hotel room wondering how he would get through his scheduled interview with Hugh Jackman. For years he had interviewed the bright lights Madonna, Courtney Love, Jessica Lange, and all the other usual suspects but, Kevin knew that his rapidly... |
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Villains, Scoundrels, and Rogues: Incredible True Tales of Mischief and Mayhem
Paul Martin · Prometheus Books
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback |
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Everyone loves a good villain! From the back pages of history, vivid, entertaining portraits of little-known scoundrels whose misdeeds range from the simply inept to the truly horrifying.Even if you're an avid history buff, you've probably never heard of this disreputable cast of characters:... |
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