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Falling Into Place: A Memoir of Overcoming
Hattie Kauffman · Baker Books Format: Book |
From her humble beginnings to the bright lights of network television, Hattie Kauffman weaves a story both heartbreaking and redemptive. Nationally recognized for her high-profile interviews and coverage of disasters and triumphs that affected millions, Kauffman candidly shares the experiences... |
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Lincoln and the Power of the Press: The War for Public Opinion
Harold Holzer · Simon & Schuster; 1St Edition edition Format: Hardcover |
From his earliest days, Lincoln spoke to the public directly through the press. When war broke out and the nation was tearing itself apart, Lincoln authorized the most widespread censorship in the nation's history, closing down papers that were "disloyal" and even jailing... |
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Billie Holiday: The Musician and the Myth
John Szwed · Viking Pages: 240 Format: Hardcover |
Published in celebration of Holiday's centenary, the first biography to focus on the singer's extraordinary musical talentWhen Billie Holiday stepped into Columbia's studios in November 1933, it marked the beginning of what is arguably the most remarkable and influential career... |
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Fierce Patriot: The Tangled Lives of William Tecumseh Sherman
Robert L. O'Connell · Random House Pages: 432 Format: Book |
NATIONAL BESTSELLERWilliam Tecumseh Sherman was more than just one of our greatest generals. Fierce Patriot is a bold, revisionist portrait of how this iconic and enigmatic figure exerted an outsize impact on the American landscape - and the American character. America's first "celebrity"... |
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Cracked, Not Broken: Surviving and Thriving After a Suicide Attempt
Kevin Hines · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers; 1 edition Format: Hardcover |
The Golden Gate Bridge is one of the most recognizable structures to define a modern city. Yet, for author Kevin Hines the bridge is not merely a marker of a place or a time. Instead, the bridge marks the beginning of his remarkable story. At 19 years old, Kevin attempted to take his own life... |
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The Mockingbird Next Door: Life with Harper Lee
Marja Mills · Penguin Group USA Pages: 278 Format: Print book |
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is one of the best loved novels of the twentieth century. But for the last fifty years, the novel's celebrated author, Harper Lee, has said almost nothing on the record. Journalists have trekked to her hometown of Monroeville, Alabama, where Harper Lee,... |
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Men we reaped : a memoir
Jesmyn Ward · Bloomsbury USA Format: eBook |
In five years, Jesmyn Ward lost five young men in her life--to drugs, accidents, suicide, and the bad luck that can follow people who live in poverty, particularly black men. Dealing with these losses, one after another, made Jesmyn ask the question: Why? And as she began to write about... |
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