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The Yankee Way: Playing, Coaching, and My Life in Baseball
Willie Randolph - It Books; Complete Numbers Starting with 1, 1st Ed edition
Format: Hardcover
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Legendary New York Yankee Willie Randolph tells the story of his life playing and coaching for the most storied professional sports franchise in the world, detailing his career on and off the field with some of baseball biggest stars.In his long-awaited memoir, Willie Randolph shares stories... |
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Vanessa: The Life of Vanessa Redgrave
Dan Callahan - Pegasus Books, 2014.
Format: Print book
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In this first-ever biography of the woman many have called our greatest living actress, the formidable Vanessa Redgrave is at last revealed to us in all of her different personas.Who isn't in awe of Vanessa Redgrave? Her career on stage and screen remains vital and her extreme-left... |
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Conversaciones conmigo mismo
Nelson Mandela - Planeta Publishing
Format: Book
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Cuales eran los pensamientos del lider e icono africano Nelson Mandela cuando llegaba el final del dia durante los veintisiete anos que estuvo en prision? Por primera vez en la historia, la Fundacion Nelson Mandela descubre toda una vida escrita cuadernos de notas, borradores de cartas... |
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28 Days: Moments in Black History that Changed the World
Charles R. Smith - Roaring Brook
Format: Hardcover
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Each day features a different influential figure in African-American history, from Crispus Attucks, the first man shot in the Boston Massacre, sparking the Revolutionary War, to Madame C. J. Walker, who after years of adversity became the wealthiest black woman in the country, as well as one of the wealthiest... |
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The Story: A Reporter's Journey
Judith Miller - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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Star reporter for the New York Times, the world's most powerful newspaper; foreign correspondent in some of the most dangerous fields; Pulitzer winner; longest jailed correspondent for protecting her sources, Judith Miller is highly respected and controversial. In this memoir, she turns... |
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Just Kids from the Bronx: Telling It the Way It Was: An Oral History
Arlene Alda - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover
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"A down-to-earth, inspiring book about the American promise fulfilled." - President Bill Clinton "Fascinating . . . . Made me wish I had been born in the Bronx." - Barbara WaltersA touching and provocative collection of memories that evoke the history of one of America's... |
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Boswell's Enlightenment
Robert Zaretsky - Belknap Press
Format: Hardcover
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Throughout his life, James Boswell struggled to fashion a clear account of himself, but try as he might, he could not reconcile the truths of his era with those of his religious upbringing. Boswells Enlightenment examines the conflicting credos of reason and faith, progress and tradition... |
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Picnic in Provence: A Memoir with Recipes
Elizabeth Bard - Little, Brown and Company; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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The bestselling author of Lunch in Paris takes us on another delicious journey, this time to the heart of Provence. Ten years ago, New Yorker Elizabeth Bard followed a handsome Frenchman up a spiral staircase to a love nest in the heart of Paris. Now, with a baby on the way and the world's... |
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Take Command: Lessons in Leadership: How to Be a First Responder in Business
Jake Wood - Crown Business
Format: Hardcover
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What do elite members of the military, first responders in the disaster zone, and high-performing leaders in fast-paced, high-pressure, modern day organizations have in common?The ability to have clarity of mind and purpose when surrounded by chaos. To operate at peak performance under... |
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The Job: True Tales from the Life of a New York City Cop
Steve Osborne - Doubleday Books
Format: Hardcover
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"How ya doin?" With these four syllables, delivered in an unmistakably authentic New York accent, Steve Osborne has riveted thousands of people through the legendary storytelling outfit The Moth (and over a million times on their website) with his hilarious, profane, and touching... |
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Without You, There Is No Us: My Time with the Sons of North Korea's Elite
Suki Kim - Crown Pub
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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Guantánamo Diary
Mohamedou Ould Slahi - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover
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An unprecedented international publishing event: the first and only diary written by a still-imprisoned Guantvnamo detainee.. Since 2002, Mohamedou Slahi has been imprisoned at the detainee camp at Guantvnamo Bay, Cuba. In all these years, the United States has never charged him with a crime.... |
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Unruly: The Highs and Lows of Becoming a Man
Ja Rule - Amistad
Format: Hardcover
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Ja Rule, actor, singer, songwriter, and one of the most multi-dimensional rap artists of his time, tells his compelling story—from his youth to his rise to international fame to his transformative two years in Federal prison—and reveals the man beneath the legend.Unruly is two stories... |
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Lincoln's Greatest Case: The River, the Bridge, and the Making of America
Brian McGinty - Liveright Publishing Corporation
Format: Print book
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The untold story of how one sensational trial propelled a self-taught lawyer and a future president into the national spotlight.In the early hours of May 6, 1856, the steamboat Effie Afton barreled into a pillar of the Rock Island Bridge -- the first railroad bridge ever to span the Mississippi... |
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Stronger
Jeff Bauman - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING JAKE GYLLENHAALThe New York Times bestselling memoir of the 27-year-old Boston Marathon bombing survivor. When Jeff Bauman woke up on Tuesday, April 16th, 2013 in the Boston Medical Center, groggy from a series of lifesaving surgeries and missing... |
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I Greet You at the Beginning of a Great Career: The Selected Correspondence of Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Allen Ginsberg, 1955-1997
Lawrence Ferlinghetti - City Lights Publishers
Format: Print book
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In 1969, Allen Ginsberg wrote to his friend, fellow poet, and publisher Lawrence Ferlinghetti, "Alas, telephone destroys letters!" Fortunately, however, by then the two had already exchanged a treasure trove of personal correspondence, and more than any other documents, their... |
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I Just Remembered
Carl Reiner - Random Content; First edition
Format: Hardcover
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The amazing thing about the human memory is that, just when one thinks one has recalled everything worth recalling, the memory regenerates itself and serves up a whole new eminently worthy batch. At least that s how it works when you re dealing with the legendary mind of Carl Reiner. In his 2013... |
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Sea Trials: A Lone Sailor's Race Toward Home
Peter Bourke - International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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In all beautifully written and wonderfully inspiring--The Wall Street Journal Crossing the Atlantic under sail alone is a nexus of sorts for all sailors a dream and an adventure that seems obtainable within the framework of life and work and its in this context that Sea Trials provides... |
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On My Own Two Feet: From Losing My Legs to Learning the Dance of Life
Amy Purdy - William Morrow; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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Amy Purdy, who inspired a nation on Dancing with the Stars and has been called a hero by Oprah Winfrey, reveals the intimate details of her triumphant comeback from the brink of death to making history as a Paralympic snowboarder.In this poignant and uplifting memoir, Dancing With the Stars... |
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Shackleton: By Endurance We Conquer
Michael Smith - Oneworld Publications
Format: Book
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Mr. Smith, in illuminating this unforgettable figure, brings his own considerable scholarship in the field to the story, in addition to access to new archives. - The Wall Street Journal Shackleton has finally received the literary treatment his legendary life deserves. - Booklist An extraordinary... |
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The Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Therese of Lisieux
Thérèse, de Lisieux Saint - TAN Books
Format: Paperback
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Pope Benedict XVI Encourages Reading "Story of a Soul" The Story of a Soul conveys St Therese of Liseux's "Little Way" of spiritual childhood - her "elevator" to Heaven, as she called it. This method was approved by Pope Pius XI as a way for all to grow... |
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Circling the Square: Stories from the Egyptian Revolution
Wendell Steavenson - Ecco
Format: Print book
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Through a series of stunningly rendered, character-drive vignettes, New Yorker writer Wendell Steavenson recounts the events of the Egyptian Revolution - from Mubarak's fall to Morsi's. Here is the panoply of Tahrir Square, a pointillist portrait of a people enacting and reacting... |
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Washington's Circle: The Creation of the President
David S. Heidler - Random House
Format: Hardcover
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History enthusiasts and admirers of Team of Rivals will rejoice in this magisterial account of the extraordinary Americans who served the nation's first chief executive: Together, they created the presidency for a country disgusted by crowns and the people who would wear them. In 1789,... |
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No Hero: The Evolution of a Navy SEAL
Kevin Maurer - Penguin Group US, 2014.
Format: eBook
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The companion volume to the multimillion-copy classic No Easy Day by former Navy SEAL Mark Owen reveals the evolution of a SEAL Team Six operator Mark Owen's instant #1 New York Times bestseller, No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission that Killed Osama bin Laden,... |
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Finding Samuel Lowe: China, Jamaica, Harlem
Paula Williams Madison - Amistad
Format: Hardcover
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Spanning four generations and moving between New York, Jamaica, and China, a powerful memoir that is a universal story of one woman's search for her maternal grandfather and the key to her self-identity.Thanks to her spiteful, jealous Jamaican mother, Nell Vera Lowe was cut off from... |
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American Warlord: A True Story
Johnny Dwyer - Knopf Publishing Group
Format: Hardcover
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Chucky Taylor is the American son of the infamous African dictator Charles Taylor. Raised by his mother in the Florida suburbs, at the age of 17 he followed his father to Liberia, where he ended up leading a murderous militia. Chucky is now in a federal penitentiary, the only American ever... |
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Dear Girls Above Me: Inspired by a True Story
Charles McDowell - Crown Publishing Group
Format: Paperback
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Based on the wildly popular Twitter feed Dear Girls Above Me, a roman clef about how thinking like a couple of girls turned one single guy into a better man. When Charlie McDowell began sharing his open letters to his noisy upstairs neighbors - two impossibly ditzy female roommates in their... |
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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 Didn't Come Here to Make Friends: Confessions of a Reality Show Villain
Courtney Robertson - It Books
Format: Hardcover
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InI Didnt Come Here to Make FriendsformerBachelorvillain and season 16 winner Courtney Robertson shares her story of love and heartbreak, and the reality of appearing on reality TV.For the first time ever, a formerBachelorcontestant takes us along on her journey to find love and reveals... |
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Lincoln's Body: A Cultural History
Richard Wightman Fox - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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Even two hundred years after Abraham Lincolns death, we, like Walt Whitman, love the President personally.In a stunning feat of scholarship, insight, and engaging prose, Lincolns Body explores how a president ungainly in body and downright ugly of aspect came to mean so much to us.The very... |
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Gone Feral: Tracking My Dad Through the Wild
Novella Carpenter - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover
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Elizabeth Gilbert, author of The Signature of All Things and Eat, Pray, LoveIm so glad Novella Carpenter has written this book... The resulting journey is both brave and honest.A Library Journal Best Book of 2014Novella Carpenter picks up the phone one day to receive some disturbing news... |
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Rich Man, Poor Man LP: A Memoir
Nick Nolte - William Morrow; Lrg edition
Format: Book
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The legendary icon tells his story—a tale of art, passion, commitment, addiction, as intense and hypnotic as the man himself.In a career spanning five decades, Nick Nolte has endured the rites of Hollywood celebrity. Rising from obscurity to leading roles and Oscar nominations, he has been... |
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Its Not About Perfect: Competing for My Country and Fighting for My Life
Shannon Miller - Thomas Dunne Books
Format: Hardcover
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"When the odds were against me, I was always at my best."When she retired at age 19, Shannon Miller did so as one of the most recognizable gymnasts in the country. The winner of seven Olympic medals and the most decorated gymnast, male or female, in U.S. history, Shannon tells... |
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Mummy Told Me Not to Tell: The true story of a troubled boy with a dark secret
Cathy Glass - Harper
Format: Hardcover
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When Reece arrives at Cathy's door aged 7 years old, he has already passed through the hands of four different carers in four weeks. As the details of his short life emerge, it becomes clear that to help him, Cathy will face her biggest challenge yet.The latest title from the author... |
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Unstill Life: A Daughter's Memoir of Art and Love in the Age of Abstraction
Gabrielle Selz - W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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Awarded the 2015 Best Memoir from The American Society of Journalists and Authors Luminous and revealing, a daughter's memoir of the art world and a larger-than-life father. In 1958, soon after Gabrielle Selz was born, she, her parents and her sister moved to New York, where her father,... |
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A Thousand Miles to Freedom: My Escape from North Korea
Eunsun Kim - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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Eunsun Kim was born in North Korea, one of the most secretive and oppressive countries in the modern world. As a child Eunsun loved her country...despite her school field trips to public executions, daily self-criticism sessions, and the increasing gnaw of hunger as the country-wide... |
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President Me: The America That's in My Head
Adam Carolla - !t
Format: Hardcover
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In President Me, Carolla shares his vision for a different, better America free from big issues like big government down to small problems like hotel alarm clock placement. Running on an anti-narcissism platform, President Carolla calls for a return to the values of an earlier time when... |
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Men in Green
Michael Bamberger - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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Instant New York Times Bestseller "Maybe the best golf book I've ever read. " --Bill Reynolds, The Providence Journal "Surprisingly candid... Bamberger doesn't flinch at portraying the Tour's earthier aspects... But the book is overwhelmingly a love song. " --John Paul... |
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Just Kids from the Bronx: Telling It the Way It Was: An Oral History
Arlene Alda - Henry Holt and Co.; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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"A down-to-earth, inspiring book about the American promise fulfilled." -President Bill Clinton"Fascinating . . . . Made me wish I had been born in the Bronx." -Barbara WaltersA touching and provocative collection of memories that evoke the history of one of America's... |
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My Organic Life: How a Pioneering Chef Helped Shape the Way We Eat Today
Nora Pouillon - Alfred A. Knopf, 2015.
Format: Print book
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A wonderfully engaging memoir from the woman who founded America's first certified organic restaurant, My Organic Life is the story of an unheralded culinary pioneer who made it her mission to bring delicious, wholesome foods to the American table. While growing up on a farm in the Austrian... |
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Trials of Passion: Crimes Committed in the Name of Love and Madness
Lisa Appignanesi - Pegasus; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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Using sensational crimes committed in America, Britain, and France, this dramatic narrative takes madness and passion into the courts and puts these provocative themes on trial. A journey into the heart of dark passions and the crimes they impel, and their trial by daylight and doctors.... |
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Dead of Night
Gary C. King - Pinnacle; Reprint edition
Format: Book
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Details of the abduction and murder of a Santa Barbara City College student, Brianna Denison home on winter break in Reno, Nevada by serial rapist, James Biela. |
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The Making of a Man: How Men and Boys Honor God and Live with Integrity
James Lund - Thomas Nelson
Format: Book
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What exactly is manhood? How do guys get there? Tim Brown won the Heisman Trophy at Notre Dame and starred in the NFL for seventeen seasons. He left the game as a Los Angeles and Oakland Raiders legend and one of the most respected men in sports. Now “Mr. Raider” shares his amazing... |
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Junpero Serra: California, Indians, and the Transformation of a Missionary
Rose Marie Beebe - University of Oklahoma Press
Format: Print book
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Franciscan missionary friar Junpero Serra (1713-1784) , one of the most widely known and influential inhabitants of early California, embodied many of the ideas and practices that animated the Spanish presence in the Americas. In this definitive biography, translators and historians Rose... |
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Under the Same Sky: From Starvation in North Korea to Salvation in America
Joseph Kim - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015.
Format: Print book
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A searing story of starvation and survival in North Korea, followed by a dramatic escape, rescue by activists and Christian missionaries, and success in the United States thanks to newfound faith and courage Inside the hidden and mysterious world of North Korea, Joseph Kim lived a young... |
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The Accidental Admiral: A Sailor Takes Command at NATO
ADM James G. Stavridis USN - Naval Institute Press
Format: Hardcover
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After he was selected to be NATO's sixteenth Supreme Allied Commander, The New York Times described Jim Stavridis as a "Renaissance admiral." A U. S. Naval Academy graduate with a master's degree and doctorate from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University,... |
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Anchor and Flares: A Memoir of Motherhood, Hope, and Service
Kate Braestrup - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Print book
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Kate Braestrup's life was transformed by the loss of her husband; now Kate faces the possibility that she may lose her son.As a young mother Kate Braestrup discovered the fierce protectiveness that accompanies parenthood. In the intervening years--through mourning her husband and the joy of remarriage... |
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Whitney and Bobbi Kristina
Ian Halperin - Gallery Books
Format: Hardcover
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Shocking new revelations emerge about superstar Whitney Houston and her only daughter, Bobbi Kristina Brown, in #1 New York Times bestselling author Ian Halperin's account of their tumultuous lives.On July 26, 2015, after nearly six months in a coma, Bobbi Kristina Brown, daughter of musical... |
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First Ladies: Presidential Historians on the Lives of 45 Iconic American Women
Susan Swain - PublicAffairs
Format: Hardcover
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A look inside the personal life of every first lady in American history, based on original interviews with major historians for C-SPAN's yearlong history series, First Ladies: Influence and Image. This book provides an up-close historical look at these fascinating women who survived... |
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Wagstaff: Before and After Mapplethorpe: A Biography
Philip Gefter - Liveright Publishing Corp
Format: Hardcover
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Biography on a grand cultural level, here is the long-awaited story of Sam Wagstaff and his indelible influence on the world of late-twentieth-century art. Sam Wagstaff, the legendary curator, collector, and patron of the arts, emerges as a cultural visionary in this groundbreaking biography.... |
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Neil Armstrong: A Life of Flight
Jay Barbree - Thomas Dunne Books; First Edition ~1st Printing edition
Format: Hardcover
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Much has been written about Neil Armstrong, Americas modern hero, historys most famous space traveler, and the first man to walk on the moon. Yet shy of fame and never one to steal the spotlight Armstrong was always reluctant to discuss his personal side of events. Here for the first time... |
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Calladita me veo ma?s bonita
Martha Figueroa - Aguilar
Format: Book : Biography : Spanish
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"Relatos, reflexiones y ane?cdotas extraordinarias contadas con gran sentido del humor, como so?lo Martha Figueroa sabe hacerlo. Un libro divertido, inteligente, agudo y muy relajado sobre su vida y sus encuentros y desencuentros con personajes de la actualidad: Miguel Bose?, Ange?lica... |
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Genealogy Online, Tenth Edition
Elizabeth Crowe - McGraw-Hill Education
Format: Paperback
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The most complete and current guide to successful online genealogy Conduct effective genealogical research using the expert techniques and innovative tools in this fully updated, bestselling resource. Genealogy Online, Tenth Edition reveals new research breakthroughs, such as DNA testing,... |
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Michelle Obama: A Life
Peter Slevin - Knopf Publishing Group
Format: Hardcover
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An inspiring story of a modern American icon, here is the first comprehensive account of the life and times of Michelle Obama. With disciplined reporting and a storyteller's eye for revealing detail, Peter Slevin follows Michelle to the White House from her working-class childhood on Chicago's... |
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The Negotiator: A Memoir
George Mitchell - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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Compelling, poignant, enlightening stories from former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell about growing up in Maine, his years in the Senate, working to bring peace to Northern Ireland and the Middle East, and what hes learned about the art of negotiation during every stage of his life.... |
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Leaving Before the Rains Come
Alexandra Fuller - Penguin Press
Format: Print book
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New York Times Bestseller"One of the gutsiest memoirs I've ever read. And the writing--oh my god the writing." --Entertainment Weekly A child of the Rhodesian wars and daughter of two deeply complicated parents, Alexandra Fuller is no stranger to pain. But the disintegration... |
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The Heart of Everything That Is: The Untold Story of Red Cloud, An American Legend
Bob Drury - Simon & Schuster; Reprint edition
Format: Book
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-- The Heart of Everything That Is This fiery narrative, fueled by contemporary diaries and journals, newspaper reports, eyewitness accounts, and meticulous firsthand sourcing, is a stirring chronicle of the conflict between an expanding white civilization and the Plains Indians who stood... |
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In Montmartre: Picasso, Matisse and the Birth of Modernist Art
Sue Roe - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover
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A lively and deeply researched group biography of the figures who transformed the world of art in bohemian Paris in the first decade of the twentieth century In Montmartre is a colorful history of the birth of Modernist art as it arose from one of the most astonishing collections of artistic... |
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Maeve Binchy: The Biography
Piers Dudgeon - Thomas Dunne Books
Format: Hardcover
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Maeve Binchy's heartwarming tales of love, life, and loss made her one of America's best-loved storytellers. Her novels, which sold more than 40 million copies worldwide, captured imaginations on both sides of the Atlantic in a way that most authors only dream of. Seared with a truth... |
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Eleanor Marx: A Life
Rachel Holmes - Bloomsbury Press
Format: Hardcover
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Unrestrained by convention, lionhearted and free, Eleanor Marx 1855-98 was an exceptional woman. Hers was the first English translation of Flauberts Madame Bovary. She pioneered the theater of Henrik Ibsen. She was the first woman to lead the British dock workers and gas workers trade unions.... |
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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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Girl in the Dark: A Memoir
Anna Lyndsey - Doubleday
Format: Hardcover
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Haunting, lyrical, unforgettable, Girl in the Dark is a brave new memoir of a life without light. Anna Lyndsey was young and ambitious and worked hard; she had just bought an apartment; she was falling in love. Then what started as a mild intolerance to certain kinds of artificial light... |
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So That Happened: A Memoir
Jon Cryer - Penguin Audio; Unabridged edition
Format: Audio CD
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If it can happen in show business, its happened to Jon Cryer. Now hes opening up for the first time and sharing his behind-the-scenes stories in a warmly endearing, sharply observed, and frankly funny look at life in Hollywood.In 1986, Jon Cryer won over America as Molly Ringwalds loyal... |
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Wrestling for My Life: The Legend, the Reality, and the Faith of a WWE Superstar
David Thomas - Zondervan
Format: Hardcover
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In Wrestling for My Life, WWE superstar Shawn Michaels shares from his heart about the highs and lows of his life inside the WWE. Included are some never-before-shared stories and an intimate look into his career as well as stories of hunting, family, and faith. With millions of fans, Michaels... |
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Commander Will Cushing: Daredevil Hero of the Civil War
Jamie Malanowski - W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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The lead writer of the New York Times's award-winning "Disunion" series introduces William Barker Cushing, the Civil War's most celebrated naval hero. October 1864. The confederate ironclad CSS Albemarle had sunk two federal warships and damaged seven others, taking control... |
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Smokejumper: A Memoir by One of America's Most Select Airborne Firefighters
Jason A. Ramos - William Morrow
Format: Print book
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A rare inside look at the thrilling world of smokejumpers, the airborne firefighters who parachute into the most remote and rugged areas of the United States, confronting the growing threat of nature's blazes.Forest and wildland fires are growing larger, more numerous, and deadlier... |
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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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Sally Ride: Americas First Woman in Space
Lynn Sherr - Tantor Audio
Format: Audiobook
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Sally Ride made history as the first American woman in space. A member of the first astronaut class to include women, NASA chose her for the seventh shuttle mission, inspiring several generations of women. After a second flight, Ride served on the panels investigating the Challenger explosion... |
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Respect: The Life of Aretha Franklin
David Ritz - Little, Brown and Company
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The definitive biography of the Queen of Soul from acclaimed music writer David Ritz.Aretha Franklin began life as the golden daughter of a progressive and promiscuous Baptist preacher. Raised without her mother, she was a gospel prodigy who gave birth to two sons in her teens and left... |
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Reagan at Reykjavik: Forty-Eight Hours That Ended the Cold War
Kenneth L Adelman - Harpercollins
Format: Hardcover
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The dramatic, first-hand account of the historic 1986 Reagan-Gorbachev summit in Iceland - the definitive weekend that was the key turning point in the Cold War - by President Reagan's arms control director, Ken Adelman.In October 1986, Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev met for a forty-eight-hour... |
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La distancia entre nosotros
Reyna Grande - Atria Books
Format: Paperback
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From the award-winning author of Across a Hundred Mountains.Cuando el padre de Reyna Grande deja a su esposa y sus tres hijos atrás en un pueblo de México para hacer el peligroso viaje a través de la frontera a los Estados Unidos, promete que pronto regresará con el dinero... |
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Glitter and Glue: A Memoir
Kelly Corrigan - Ballantine
Format: Book
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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... |
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