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Herald of a Restless World: How Henri Bergson Brought Philosophy to the People
Emily Herring · Basic Books
Format: Hardcover
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The first English-language biography of Henri Bergson, the French philosopher who defined individual creativity and transformed twentieth-century thought At the dawn of the twentieth century, Henri Bergson (1859-1941) became the most famous philosopher on earth. Where prior thinkers... |
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The Editor: How Publishing Legend Judith Jones Shaped Culture in America
Sara B. Franklin · Atria Books
Format: Hardcover
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Legendary editor Judith Jones, the woman behind some of the most important authors of the 20th century - including Julia Child, Anne Frank, Edna Lewis, John Updike, and Sylvia Plath - finally gets her due in this intimate biography.. When twenty-five-year-old Judith Jones began working... |
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I Don't Want to Go Home: The Oral History of the Stone Pony
Nick Corasaniti · Harper
Format: Hardcover
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A captivating oral history of the iconic music venue the Stone Pony and of the rise, fall, and rebirth of Asbury Park, New Jersey - featuring interviews with Bruce Springsteen, Steve Van Zandt, Southside Johnny, members of the E Street Band and Asbury Jukes, the Ramones, the Jonas Brothers,... |
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Miss May Does Not Exist: The Life and Work of Elaine May, Hollywood's Hidden Genius
Carrie Courogen · St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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Miss May Does Not Exist, by Carrie Courogen is the riveting biography of comedian, director, actor and writer Elaine May, one of America's greatest comic geniuses. May began her career as one-half of the legendary comedy team known as Nichols and May, the duo that revolutionized the comedy... |
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Desperately Seeking Something: A Memoir About Movies, Mothers, and Material Girls
Susan Seidelman · St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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The funny and insightful first-person story of the trailblazing movie director of the 80s and 90s whose fearless punk drama, "Smithereens" became the first American indie film to compete at Cannes, and smash hit "Desperately Seeking Susan" led to a four-decade career... |
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The Genius of Judy: How Judy Blume Rewrote Childhood for All of Us
Rachelle Bergstein · Atria/One Signal Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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An intimate and expansive look at Judy Blume's life, work, and cultural impact, focusing on her most iconic - and controversial - young adult novels, from Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret to Blubber.. Everyone knows Judy Blume. Her books have garnered her fans of all ages for decades... |
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The Upstairs Delicatessen: On Eating, Reading, Reading About Eating, and Eating While Reading
Dwight Garner · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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Garner gathers a literary chorus to capture the joys of reading and eating in this comic, personal classic. . Reading and eating, like Krazy and Ignatz, Sturm und Drang, prosciutto and melon, Simon and Schuster, and radishes and butter, have always, for me, gone together. The book you're... |
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Building Material: The Memoir of a Park Avenue Doorman
Stephen Bruno · Harper
Format: Hardcover
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For fans of books like Waiter Rant, and all those who have always wondered how the other half lives, comes this heartfelt, laugh-out-loud memoir from a New York City doorman with astute ears and a penchant for storytellingAs an academically gifted Latino kid growing up in the Bronx, Stephen... |
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Invisible Rulers: The People Who Turn Lies into Reality
Renee DiResta · PublicAffairs
Format: Hardcover
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An "essential and riveting" (Jonathan Haidt) analysis of the radical shift in the dynamics of power and influence, revealing how the machinery that powered the Big Lie works to create bespoke realities revolutionizing politics, culture, and society.. Renée DiResta's powerful,... |
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How Do You Feel?: One Doctor's Search for Humanity in Medicine
Jessi Gold · S&S/Simon Element
Format: Hardcover
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A poignant and thought-provoking memoir following one psychiatrist and four of her patients as they deal with the unspoken mental and physical costs of caring for others - perfect for fans of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone and The In-Between.. For Dr. Jessi Gold, everything was absolutely... |
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Over Ruled: The Human Toll of Too Much Law
Neil Gorsuch · Harper
Format: Hardcover
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America has always been a nation of laws. But today our laws have grown so vast and reach so deeply into our lives that it's worth asking: In our reverence for law, have we gone too far?Over just the last few decades, laws in this nation have exploded in number; they are increasingly... |
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Stories Are Weapons: Psychological Warfare and the American Mind
Annalee Newitz · W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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From the best-selling author of Four Lost Cities comes a sharp and timely book about the dark art of manipulation through weaponized storytelling. In Stories Are Weapons, best-selling author Annalee Newitz traces the way disinformation, propaganda, and violent threats -- the essential tool... |
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