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Careless Whispers: The Life & Career of George Michael

Robert Steele - Omnibus Press
Format: Hardcover

George Michael is the single most played artist on UK radio for the last two decades. He has sold 100 million albums world-wide and had seven UK number one singles and albums. This updated biography tells his story from the formation of Wham! in the early 1980s with friend Andrew Ridgley....
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Leave It As It Is: A Journey Through Theodore Roosevelt's American Wilderness

David Gessner - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

An urgent call to protect America's public lands, told through New York Times bestselling author David Gessner's American road trip with our greatest conservationist, Theodore Roosevelt, as his guide. "Leave it as it is," Theodore Roosevelt announced while viewing the Grand...
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Saint Patrick Retold: The Legend and History of Ireland's Patron Saint

Roy Flechner - Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover

A gripping biography that brings together the most recent research to shed provocative new light on the life of Saint PatrickSaint Patrick was, by his own admission, a controversial figure. Convicted in a trial by his elders in Britain and hounded by rumors that he settled in Ireland for financial...
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Ali's Well That Ends Well: Tales of Desperation and a Little Inspiration

Ali Wentworth - ?Harper
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Ali Wentworth offers a comedic look at family, friendship, and lessons learned during the Covid-19 pandemic in her new collection of laugh-out-loud comic vignettes.Like many, Ali Wentworth spent the pandemic seesawing between highs, lows, and baking an unnecessary...
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Walking in My Joy: In These Streets

JENIFER LEWIS - HarperAudio
Format: Audiobook

In this exciting collection infused with her sharp humor and buoyant spirit, Jenifer Lewis, the author of the hugely successful The Mother of Black Hollywood and costar of ABC's hit sitcom Black-ish, shares the way she found the strength and courage to walk in her joy despite personal...
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Peggy Lee: A Century of Song

Tish Oney - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover

A June 2020 Library Journal Starred ReviewLee stood out among her peers as an exquisite singer possessing a cool vocal style, a songwriter frequently collaborating with leading composers of American jazz and film music, and a globally-loved entertainer with star quality. Tish Oney sheds...
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A Life of Picasso: The Prodigy, 1881-1906

John Richardson - Knopf
Format: Book

As he magnificently combines meticulous scholarship with irresistible narrative appeal, Richardson draws on his close friendship with Picasso, his own diaries, the collaboration of Picasso's widow Jacqueline, and unprecedented access to Picasso's studio and papers to arrive at a profound...
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You Got Anything Stronger?: Stories

Gabrielle Union

Remember when we hit it off so well that we decided We're Going to Need More Wine? Well, this time you and I are going to turn to our friend the bartender and ask, You Got Anything Stronger? I promise to continue to make you laugh, but with this round, the stakes get higher as
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Vessel: A Memoir

Chongda Cai - HarperVia
Format: Hardcover

An unprecedented and heartfelt memoir that illuminates the lives of rural Chinese workers, offering a portrait of generational strife, family, love, and loss that crosses cultures and time.Cai Chongda spent his childhood in a rural fishing village in Fujian province. When his father - a former...
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Sunshine Girl: An Unexpected Life

Julianna Margulies - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover

Julianna Margulies now unleashes her sharp talent with a powerful debut memoir chronicling her life and her work, examining from within her journey from chaos to calm."When an actor is on a long running television show, especially when the writing is superb as was the case with The Good...
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