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American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race
Douglas Brinkley - Harper
Format: Hardcover
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As the fiftieth anniversary of the first lunar landing approaches, the award winning historian and perennial New York Times bestselling author takes a fresh look at the space program, President John F. Kennedy's inspiring challenge, and America's race to the moon."We choose to go to the Moon... |
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Magic Is Dead: My Journey into the World's Most Secretive Society of Magicians
Ian Frisch - Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover
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In the vein of Neil Strauss' The Game and Joshua Foer's Moonwalking with Einstein comes the fascinating story of one man's colorful, mysterious, and personal journey into the world of magic, and his unlikely invitation into an underground secret society of revolutionary magicians from around... |
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Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia
Christina Thompson - Harper
Format: Hardcover
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A blend of Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs, and Steel and Simon Winchester's Pacific, a thrilling intellectual detective story that looks deep into the past to uncover who first settled the islands of the remote Pacific, where they came from, how they got there, and how we know. For more than... |
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Automating the News: How Algorithms Are Rewriting the Media
Nicholas Diakopoulos - Harvard University Press
Format: Hardcover
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From hidden connections in big data to bots spreading fake news, journalism is increasingly computer-generated. An expert in computer science and media explains the present and future of a world in which news is created by algorithm.Amid the push for self-driving cars and the roboticization... |
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Notes on a Nervous Planet
Matt Haig - Penguin Books
Format: Paperback
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A follow-up to Matt Haig's internationally bestselling memoir, Reasons to Stay Alive, a broader look at how modern life feeds our anxiety, and how to live a better life.The societies we live in are increasingly making our minds ill, making it feel as though the way we live is engineered... |
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Funny Man: Mel Brooks
Patrick McGilligan - Harper
Format: Hardcover
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A deeply textured and compelling biography of comedy giant Mel Brooks, covering his rags-to-riches life and triumphant career in television, films, and theater, from Patrick McGilligan, the acclaimed author of Young Orson: The Years of Luck and Genius on the Path to Citizen Kane and Alfred... |
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Semicolon: The Past, Present, and Future of a Misunderstood Mark
Cecelia Watson - Ecco
Format: Hardcover
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"Delightful." - Mary Norris, The New YorkerA page-turning, existential romp through the life and times of the world's most polarizing punctuation markThe semicolon. Stephen King, Hemingway, Vonnegut, and Orwell detest it. Herman Melville, Henry James, and Rebecca Solnit love... |
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The Ghost Ships of Archangel: The Arctic Voyage That Defied the Nazis
William Geroux - Viking
Format: Hardcover
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An extraordinary story of survival and alliance during World War II: the icy journey of four Allied ships crossing the Arctic to deliver much needed supplies to the Soviet war effort.On the fourth of July, 1942, four Allied ships traversing the Arctic separated from their decimated convoy... |
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Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee
Casey Cep
Format: Hardcover
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New York Times Best Seller "Compelling . . . at once a true-crime thriller, courtroom drama, and miniature biography of Harper Lee. If To Kill a Mockingbird was one of your favorite books growing up, you should add Furious Hours to your reading list today."... |
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Becoming Superman: My Journey From Poverty to Hollywood
J. Michael Straczynski - Harper Voyager
Format: Hardcover
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With an introduction by Neil Gaiman!In this dazzling memoir, the acclaimed writer behind Babylon 5, Sense8, Clint Eastwood's Changeling and Marvel's Thor reveals how the power of creativity and imagination enabled him to overcome the horrors of his youth and a dysfunctional family haunted... |
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Edward M. Kennedy: An Oral History
Barbara A. Perry
Format: Hardcover
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For Kennedy devotees, as well as readers unfamiliar with the "lion of the Senate," this book presents the compelling story of Edward Kennedy's unexpected rise to become one of the most consequential legislators in American history and a passionate defender of progressive values,... |
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The Honey Bus: A Memoir of Loss, Courage and a Girl Saved by Bees
Meredith May - Park Row
Format: Hardcover
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An extraordinary story of a girl, her grandfather and one of nature's most mysterious and beguiling creatures: the honeybee. Meredith May recalls the first time a honeybee crawled on her arm. She was five years old, her parents had recently split and suddenly she found herself in the care... |
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No Happy Endings: A Memoir
Nora McInerny - Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover
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The author of It's Okay to Laugh and host of the popular podcast Terrible, Thanks for Asking - interviews that are "a gift to be able to listen [to]" (New York Times) - returns with more hilarious meditations on her messy, wonderful, bittersweet, and unconventional life.Life... |
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Emotional Advantage: Embracing All Your Feelings to Create a Life You Love
Randy Taran - St. Martin's Essentials
Format: Hardcover
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"Emotional Advantage is such an uplifting answer to our challenging times. In its pages, you will find encouragement, support, and new perspectives. Randy Taran offers an antidote to emotional overwhelm -- a powerful way to discover how useful your emotions can be in guiding... |
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Spying on the South: An Odyssey Across the American Divide
Tony Horwitz - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover
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Beloved best-selling author Tony Horwitz retraces Frederick Law Olmsted's epic journey across the American South in the 1850s, as he too searches for common ground in a dangerously riven nation.On the eve of the Civil War, an up-and-coming newspaper, the New York Times, sent a young... |
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The Chief: The Life and Turbulent Times of Chief Justice John Roberts
Joan Biskupic - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover
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An incisive biography of the Supreme Court's enigmatic Chief Justice, taking us inside the momentous legal decisions of his tenure so far John Roberts was named to the Supreme Court in 2005 claiming he would act as a neutral umpire in deciding cases. His critics argue he has been anything... |
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The Second Mountain
David Brooks - Random House
Format: Hardcover
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An inspiring, thought-provoking exploration of what it means to live a meaningful life, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Road to CharacterEvery so often, you meet a person who radiates joy. Who seems to know exactly why they were put on this earth, and glows with a kind... |
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Lady First: The World of First Lady Sarah Polk
Amy S. Greenberg - Knopf
Format: Hardcover
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The little-known story of remarkable First Lady Sarah Polk--a brilliant master of the art of high politics and a crucial but unrecognized figure in the history of American feminism.While the Woman's Rights convention was taking place at Seneca Falls in 1848, First Lady Sarah Childress Polk... |
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Naturally Tan: A Memoir
Tan France - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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From one of the stars of Netflix's overnight sensation Queer Eye, Tan France's memoir Naturally Tan has his signature wit, style, and tells the origin story of the one of the few openly gay, South Asian men on television. In this heartfelt, funny, touching memoir, Tan France... |
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The Restless Kings: Henry II, His Sons and the Wars for the Plantagenet Crown
Nick Barratt - Faber & Faber
Format: Hardcover
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"A vivid and humane study of the Plantagenets' diabolical and devious first family - a real joy to read." -- Dan Jones, author of The War of the RosesIn The Restless Kings Nick Barratt presents the tumultuous struggle for supremacy between the first Plantagenet king, Henry... |
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Nanaville: Adventures in Grandparenting
Anna Quindlen - Random House
Format: Hardcover
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A bighearted book of wisdom, wit, and insight, celebrating the love and joy of being a grandmother, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and #1 New York Times bestselling authorIt's a little challenging to suss out why exactly it can be so magical. . . . All I know is: The hand.... |
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Superpower: One Man's Quest to Transform American Energy
Russell Gold - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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The author of The Boom, "the best all-around book yet on fracking" (San Francisco Chronicle) , turns his attention to renewable energy pioneer Michael Skelly, whose innovations, struggle, and persistence represent the groundbreaking changes underway in American... |
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Where the Light Enters: Building a Family, Discovering Myself
Jill Biden - Flatiron Books
Format: Hardcover
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An intimate look at the traditions, resilience, and love that built the Biden family, and the delicate balancing act of the woman at its center.Growing up, Jill Biden wanted two things: a marriage like her parents' and a career. But her journey to fulfill those wishes would take unexpected... |
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Trust First: A True Story About the Power of Giving People Second Chances
Bruce Deel - Optimism Press
Format: Hardcover
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Over the past 20 years, Bruce Deel has helped over 20,000 people in the most dangerous zip code of Atlanta escape the cycle of homelessness, joblessness, and drug abuse. In these powerful true stories about the men and women who fell through the cracks in our social services system, he shows... |
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How to Disappear: Notes on Invisibility in a Time of Transparency
Akiko Busch - Penguin Books
Format: Paperback
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It is time to reevaluate the merits of the inconspicuous life, to search out some antidote to continuous exposure, and to reconsider the value of going unseen, undetected, or overlooked in this new world. Might invisibility be regarded not simply as refuge, but as a condition with its own meaning... |
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Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen
Mary Norris - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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The beloved Comma Queen returns with a buoyant and charming book about language, love, and the wine-dark sea.In her New York Times best-selling Between You & Me, Mary Norris delighted readers with her irreverent tales of pencils, punctuation, and punctiliousness over three decades in The New Yorker's... |
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On Being Human: A Memoir of Waking Up, Living Real, and Listening Hard
Jennifer Pastiloff - Dutton
Format: Book
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An inspirational memoir about how Jennifer Pastiloff's years of waitressing taught her to seek out unexpected beauty, how hearing loss taught her to listen fiercely, how being vulnerable allowed her to find love, and how imperfections can lead to a life full of wild happiness.
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Forever and Ever, Amen: A Memoir of Music, Faith, and Braving the Storms of Life
Randy Travis - Thomas Nelson
Format: Hardcover
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The long-awaited, deeply personal story of one of American music's greatest icons, a remarkable tale of the utmost heights of fame and success, the deepest lows of life's sorrows, and a miraculous return from the brink of death - told as only Randy Travis can.Beloved around the world, Randy... |
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George Marshall: Defender of the Republic
David L. Roll - Dutton Caliber
Format: Hardcover
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The extraordinary career of George Catlett Marshall - America's most distinguished soldier-statesman since George Washington - whose selfless leadership and moral character influenced the course of two world wars and helped define the American century. Winston Churchill called him World... |
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Don't Let Me Down: A Memoir
Erin Hosier - Atria Books
Format: Hardcover
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A fierce, vivid memoir about a father-daughter relationship steeped in God, rebellion, and the Beatles. Erin Hosier's coming-of-age was full of contradiction. Born into the turbulent 1970s, she was raised in rural Ohio by lapsed hippies who traded 1960s rock 'n' roll for 1950s-era Christian... |
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A Life in Movies: Stories from 50 years in Hollywood
Irwin Winkler - Abrams Press
Format: Hardcover
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A rollicking autobiography from the legendary producer of Goodfellas, Rocky, and Raging Bull, and an insider's account of making movies in Hollywood over half a century The list of films Irwin Winkler has produced in his more-than-fifty-year career is extraordinary:... |
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Warrior's Creed: A Life of Preparing for and Facing the Impossible
Roger Sparks - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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The riveting story of how a young boy's upbringing with outlaw culture and charismatic role models forged him into an elite Marine and a decorated Pararescueman."Absence of self is my sword" comprises the final line in "The Warrior's Creed," a 14th century poem... |
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The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper
Hallie Rubenhold - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover
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Five devastating human stories and a dark and moving portrait of Victorian London - the untold lives of the women killed by Jack the Ripper. Polly, Annie, Elizabeth, Catherine and Mary-Jane are famous for the same thing, though they never met. They came from Fleet Street, Knightsbridge,... |
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How We Love Is How We Live
Common - Atria Books
Format: Hardcover
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Common - the Grammy Award-, Academy Award-, and Golden Globe-winning musician, actor, and activist - follows up his New York Times bestselling memoir One Day It'll All Make Sense with this inspiring exploration of how love and mindfulness can build communities and allow you to take... |
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The Trial of Lizzie Borden
Cara Robertson - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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The remarkable new account of an essential piece of American mythology - the trial of Lizzie Borden - based on twenty years of research and recently unearthed evidence.The Trial of Lizzie Borden tells the true story of one of the most sensational murder trials in American history.... |
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America's Reluctant Prince: The Life of John F. Kennedy Jr.
Steven M. Gillon - Dutton
Format: Hardcover
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A major new biography of John F. Kennedy Jr. from a leading historian who was also a close friend, America's Reluctant Prince is a deeply researched, personal, surprising, and revealing portrait of the Kennedy heir the world lost too soon. Through the lens of their decades-long... |
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The Book of the Moon: A Guide to Our Closest Neighbor
Maggie Aderin-Pocock - Abrams Image
Format: Hardcover
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Have you ever wondered if there are seasons on the moon or if space tourism will ever become commonplace? So has Dr. Maggie Aderin-Pocock. In fact, she earned her nickname "Lunatic" because of her deep fascination for all things lunar. In her lucidly written, comprehensive guide... |
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The Edge of Every Day: Sketches of Schizophrenia
Marin Sardy - Pantheon
Format: Hardcover
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The debut of an important new literary voice: an extraordinarily affecting, fiercely intelligent memoir that unflinchingly traces the path of the schizophrenia that runs in the author's family.Against the starkly beautiful backdrop of Anchorage, Alaska, where the author grew up, Marin Sardy... |
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The Lie: A Memoir of Two Marriages, Catfishing & Coming Out
William Dameron - Little A
Format: Hardcover
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A candid memoir of denial, stolen identities, betrayal, faking it, and coming out.Do you know me?, the email began, sparking tremors of fear that turned into a full quake of panic when William Dameron discovered that his selfie had been stolen by strangers. On social networks and dating... |
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The Broken Circle: A Memoir of Escaping Afghanistan
Enjeela Ahmadi-Miller - Little A
Format: Hardcover
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An emotional and sweeping memoir of love and survival - and of a committed and desperate family uprooted and divided by the violent, changing landscape of Afghanistan in the early 1980s.Before the Soviet invasion of 1980, Enjeela Ahmadi remembers her home - Kabul, Afghanistan - as peaceful,... |
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The Heartland: An American History
Kristin L. Hoganson - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover
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A history of a quintessentially American place - the rural and small town heartland -- that uncovers deep yet hidden currents of connection with the world.When Kristin L. Hoganson arrived in Champaign, Illinois, after teaching at Harvard, studying at Yale, and living in the D.C. metro area... |
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Dottoressa: An American Doctor in Rome
Susan Levenstein - Paul Dry Books
Format: Paperback
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"Wise and witty." -- Publishers Weekly"A charming story well told." -- Kirkus Reviews"Smart, funny, charming . . . full of astute insights into the way Italy works." -- Alexander Stille"A wonderfully fun read." -- Dr. Robert Sapolsky"As... |
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The Lost Prince: A Search for Pat Conroy
Michael Mewshaw - Counterpoint
Format: Hardcover
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"In The Lost Prince Michael Mewshaw sets down one of the most gripping stories of friendship I've ever read." -- Daniel Menaker, author of My Mistake: A Memoir Pat Conroy was America's poet laureate of family dysfunction. A larger-than-life character and the author... |
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Things My Son Needs to Know About the World
Fredrik Backman - Atria Books
Format: Hardcover
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The #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove shares an irresistible and moving collection of heartfelt, humorous essays about fatherhood, providing his newborn son with the perspective and tools he'll need to make his way in the world. Things My Son Needs... |
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The Last Leonardo: The Secret Life of the World's Most Expensive Painting
Ben Lewis - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover
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An epic quest exposes hidden truths about Leonardo da Vinci's Salvator Mundi, the recently discovered masterpiece that sold for $450 million - and might not be the real thing.For two centuries, art dealers and historians searched in vain for the Holy Grail of art history: a portrait... |
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Don't Stop Believin'
Olivia Newton-John - Gallery Books
Format: Hardcover
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! With candor, humor, and warmth, legendary musician, actress, activist, and icon Olivia Newton-John reveals her life story - from her unforgettable rise to fame in the classic musical Grease to her passionate advocacy for health and wellness in light... |
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Sea Stories: My Life in Special Operations
William H. McRaven - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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In this instant New York Times bestseller, the celebrated author of Make Your Bed shares amazing adventure stories from his career as a Navy SEAL and commander of America's Special Operations Forces.Admiral William H. McRaven is a part of American military history, having... |
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A Dream About Lightning Bugs: A Life of Music and Cheap Lessons
Ben Folds - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * From the genre-defying icon Ben Folds comes a memoir that is as nuanced, witty, and relatable as his cult-classic songs."A Dream About Lightning Bugs reads like its author: intelligent, curious, unapologetically punk, and funny as hell."... |
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