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Wilson

John W. Dean · Putnam Adult
Format: Kindle Edition

From the 1 New York Times bestselling author, a brilliant biography of the 28th president of the United States. Doris Kearns GoodwinOne hundred years after his inauguration, Woodrow Wilson still stands as one of the most influential figures of the twentieth century, and one of the most...
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Memoirs of A Karate Fighter

Ralph Robb · HopeRoad

Memoirs of a Karate Fighter is a hard-hitting account of karate training during the 1980s in one of Europe's toughest dojos. In this gripping story, Ralph Robb gives an insight into the training methods and philosophy of the Wolverhampton YMCA karate club - which was once the top club...
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Here Comes the Night: The Dark Soul of Bert Berns and the Dirty Business of Rhythm and Blues

Joel Selvin · Counterpoint
Pages: 435
Format: Hardcover

Here Comes the Night is both a definitive account of the golden age of rhythm and blues of the early '60s and the harrowing, ultimately tragic story of songwriter and record producer Bert Berns, whose meteoric career was fueled by his pending doom. His heart damaged by rheumatic fever...
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Walden on Wheels: On The Open Road from Debt to Freedom

Ken Ilgunas · New Harvest, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 296
Format: Paperback

In this frank and witty memoir, Ken Ilgunas lays bare the existential terror of graduating from the University of Buffalo with $32,000 of student debt. Ilgunas set himself an ambitious mission: get out of debt as quickly as possible. Inspired by the frugality and philosophy of Henry David...
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Assisted: An Autobiography

John Stockton · Shadow Mountain

Foreword by Karl MaloneA fast, gritty, durable player who could read a basketball floor as well as anyone who ever played the game, John Stockton left the NBA after nineteen seasons with the Utah Jazz, holding a massive assist record, including the career mark (15,806). He also twice led the league...
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James and Dolley Madison: America's First Power Couple

Joshua Zeitz · Prometheus Books
Format: Kindle Edition

Publishers Weekly11/18/2013 Drawing extensively on newly available letters, historian Chadwick (Lincoln for President) sketches a colorful portrait of an often neglected presidential couple. Ostensibly a dual biography, Chadwick's clear focus is Dolley, who, in the eyes of her contemporaries,...
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The Explorers: A Story of Fearless Outcasts, Blundering Geniuses, and Impossible Success

Martin Dugard · Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

Unlock your inner explorer in this riveting account of one of history's greatest adventures - and a study of the seven character traits all great explorers share.In 1856, two intrepid adventurers, Richard Francis Burton and John Hanning Speke, set off to unravel a geographical unknown:...
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Glitter and Glue: A Memoir

Kelly Corrigan · Ballantine
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom the author of The Middle Place comes a new memoir that examines the bond - sometimes nourishing, sometimes exasperating, occasionally divine - between mothers and daughters. When Kelly Corrigan was in high school, her mother neatly summarized the family dynamic...
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