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Stories to Tell: A Memoir
Richard Marx - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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Richard Marx is one of the most accomplished singer-songwriters in the history of popular music. His self-titled 1987 album went triple platinum and made him the first male solo artist (and second solo artist overall after Whitney Houston) to have four singles from their debut crack... |
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The Last Job: "The Bad Grandpas" and the Hatton Garden Heist
Dan Bilefsky - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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The definitive account of one of the most brazen jewel heists in history.Over Easter weekend 2015, a motley crew of six English thieves, several in their sixties and seventies, couldn't resist coming out of retirement for one last career-topping heist. Their target: the Hatton Garden Safe... |
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Black Elk: The Life of an American Visionary
Joe Jackson - Farrar
Format: Print book
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The epic life story of the Native American holy man who has inspired millions around the worldBlack Elk, the Native American holy man, is known to millions of readers around the world from his 1932 testimonial, Black Elk Speaks. Adapted by the poet John Neihardt from a series of interviews,... |
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CROSSING AGAINST THE LIGHT : a memoir of breaking barriers
LESLEY VISSER - BENBELLA BOOKS
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Lesley Visser is living proof that, no matter where you start, if you are motivated and passionate, your dreams can come true. When Lesley was 11, she told her mother that she wanted to be a sportswriter. The job didn't exist for women in 1964, but her mother - instead of suggesting she become... |
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Man Alive: A True Story of Violence, Forgiveness and Becoming a Man
Thomas Page McBee - City Lights Publishers
Format: Book
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"Thomas Page McBee's Man Alive hurtled through my life. I read it in a matter of hours. It's a confession, it's a poem, it's a time warp, it's a brilliant work of art. I bow down to McBee - his humility, his sense of humor, his insightfulness, his structural deftness,... |
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A Brilliant Life: My Mother's Inspiring True Story of Surviving the Holocaust
Rachelle Unreich - Harper Paperbacks
Format: Paperback
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The powerful, true story of a Holocaust survivor told by her daughter - a tale that reminds us of the resilience of the soul and the ability of the heart to heal.As Mira is nearing the end of her life, her daughter Rachelle wants to find out how her mother had lived through four concentration... |
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The Great Escaper: The Life and Death of Roger Bushell
Simon Pearson - Skyhorse
Format: Paperback
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While the most famous images from the 1963 film The Great Escape include either a motorcycle or a ball - but definitely Steve McQueen - Richard Attenborough played the part of "Big X," the British mastermind behind the greatest escape in history. Like the subject of the film,... |
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Vista Del Mar: A Memoir of the Ordinary
Neal Snidow - Counterpoint Press
Format: Print book
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This remarkable book joins the company of "self-work," deep acts of memory that serve to illuminate the present by shining the clear light of careful regard on the past. The book finds company in the work of D J Waldie's Holy Land, Didion's Slouching Towards Bethlehem,... |
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Jumpman: The Making and Meaning of Michael Jordan
Johnny Smith - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover
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How Michael Jordan's path to greatness was shaped by race, politics, and the consequences of fame. To become the most revered basketball player in America, it wasn't enough for Michael Jordan to merely excel on the court. He also had to become something he never intended: a hero.... |
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