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Death Need Not Be Fatal
MALACHY MCCOURT · Center Street
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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Not Fade Away: A Memoir of Senses Lost and Found
Rebecca Alexander · Gotham; First Ed 1st Printing edition
Format: Hardcover
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Even a darkening world can be brilliantly lit from within.Born with a rare genetic mutation called Usher Syndrome type III, Rebecca Alexander has been simultaneously losing both her sight and hearing since she was a child, and was told that she would likely be completely blind and deaf... |
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Now I See You: A Memoir
Nicole C. Kear · St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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At nineteen years old, Nicole C. Kears biggest concern is choosing a major--until she walks into a doctors office in midtown Manhattan and gets a life-changing diagnosis. She is going blind, courtesy of an eye disease called retinitis pigmentosa, and has only a decade or so before Lights... |
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The Happiness of Pursuit: Finding the Quest That Will Bring Purpose to Your Life
Chris Guillebeau · Harmony Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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A remarkable book that will both guide and inspire, The Happiness of Pursuit reveals how anyone can bring meaning into their life by undertaking a quest. When he set out to visit all of the planet's countries by age thirty-five, compulsive goal seeker Chris Guillebeau never imagined... |
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Behind the Candelabra: My Life With Liberace
Scott Thorson · Tantor Media, Inc.
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In this unusually frank book Scott Thorson, Liberace's longtime lover, tells all: the good, the bad, and the ugly truths about the legendary entertainer who went to outrageous extremes to prevent public knowledge of his homosexuality.Liberace's unhappy childhood, dominated by a mother... |
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Trump and Me
Mark Singer · Tim Duggan Books
Pages: 112
Format: Print book
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Ever since Donald Trump entered the presidential race - in a press conference attended by paid actors, in which he slandered Mexican immigrants - he has dominated headlines, becoming the unrestrained id at the center of one of the most bizarre and alarming elections in American history.It... |
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Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Format: Hardcover
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Winner of the Lincoln Prize Acclaimed historian Doris Kearns Goodwin illuminates Lincoln's political genius in this highly original work, as the one-term congressman and prairie lawyer rises from obscurity to prevail over three gifted rivals of national reputation to become president.On... |
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Sargent's Women: Four Lives Behind the Canvas
Donna M Lucey · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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The fascinating backstories of four women painted by John Singer Sargent come alive in this seductive, multilayered biography. With unprecedented access to newly discovered sources, Donna M. Lucey illuminates the lives of four extraordinary women painted by the iconic high-society portraitist... |
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My Own Words
Ruth Bader Ginsburg · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 288
Format: Print book
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The first book from Ruth Bader Ginsburg since becoming a Supreme Court Justice in 1993 - a witty, engaging, serious, and playful collection of writings and speeches from the woman who has had a powerful and enduring influence on law, women's rights, and popular culture.My Own Words is a selection... |
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Harriet Beecher Stowe: A Spiritual Life
Nancy Koester · Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Format: Paperback
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"So you're the little woman who started this big war," Abraham Lincoln is said to have quipped when he met Harriet Beecher Stowe. Her 1852 novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin converted readers by the thousands to the anti-slavery movement and served notice that the days of slavery... |
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Make Your Mind Up: My Guide to Finding Your Own Style, Life, and Motavation!
Bethany Mota · Gallery Books
Pages: 210
Format: Hardcover
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From tips on life, love, and everything in between; to original DIYs, recipes, and style hacks; to the incredible story of a girl next door turned Internet sensation, Make Your Mind Up is the ultimate guide to rocking your look and ruling your world - from inspirational YouTuber, designer,... |
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Dogfight: How Apple and Google Went to War and Started a Revolution
Fred Vogelstein · Sarah Crichton Books
Format: Hardcover
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Behind the bitter rivalry between Apple and Google—and how it’s reshaping the way we think about technologyThe rise of smartphones and tablets has altered the industry of making computers. At the center of this change are Apple and Google, two companies whose philosophies,... |
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A Life in Parts
Bryan Cranston · Simon & Schuster Audio
Format: Audiobook
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A poignant, intimate, funny, inspiring memoir - both a coming-of-age story and a meditation on creativity, devotion, and craft - from Bryan Cranston, beloved and acclaimed star of one of history's most successful TV shows, Breaking Bad.Bryan Cranston landed his first role at seven, when... |
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