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King of the Blues: The Rise and Reign of B.B. King

Daniel de Vise - Grove Press
Format: Hardcover

The first full and authoritative biography of an American - indeed a world-wide - musical and cultural legend. "No one worked harder than B.B. No one inspired more up-and-coming artists. No one did more to spread the gospel of the blues." - President Barack Obama "He is without...
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This Bright Future: A Memoir

Bobby Hall - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

This Bright Future is a raw and unfiltered journey into the life and mind of Bobby Hall, who emerged from the wreckage of a horrifically abusive childhood to become an era-defining artist of our tumultuous age. A self-described orphan with parents, Bobby Hall began life as Sir Robert Bryson...
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The Greatest Love Story Ever Told: An Oral History

NICK OFFERMAN - Dutton
Format: Hardcover

At last, the full story behind Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman's epic romance, including stories, portraits, and the occasional puzzle, all telling the smoldering tale that has fascinated Hollywood for over a decade.The year: 2000. The setting: Los Angeles. A gorgeous virtuoso of an actress...
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Dont Eat Me (A Dr. Siri Paiboun Mystery)

Colin Cotterill - Soho Crime
Format: Hardcover

Between getting into a tangle with a corrupt local judge, and discovering a disturbing black-market business, Dr. Siri and Inspector Phosy have their hands full in the thirteenth installment of Colin Cotterills quirky, critically acclaimed series.. Dr. Siri Paiboun, the 75-year-old ex-national...
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Right Place, Right Time: The Life of a Rock & Roll Photographer

Bob Gruen - Abrams Press
Format: Hardcover

Bob Gruen is one of the most well-known and connected photographers in rock and roll. For almost 50 years, he has documented the music scene in pictures that have captured the world's attention. Right Place, Right Time is Gruen's rst written account of his winding, adventure-lled...
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Who Is Alex Trebek?: A Biography

Lisa Rogak - Thomas Dunne Books
Format: Hardcover

After a contestant wrote "We love you, Alex!" as his Final Jeopardy! answer, fans around the world quickly chimed in to proclaim their own love and support for beloved Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek. In the wake of his devastating cancer diagnosis, the moment provided the perfect...
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Dangerous Minds: A Knight and Moon Novel

Janet Evanovich - Bantam
Format: Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The irrepressibly charming duo of Emerson Knight and Riley Moon returns in another gripping mystery by #1 New York Times bestselling author Janet Evanovich. Buddhist monk Wayan Bagus lost his island of solitude and wants to get it back. The island was about...
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About Your Father and Other Celebrities I Have Known: Ruminations and Revelations from a Desperate Mother to Her Dirty Son

Peggy Rowe - Forefront Books
Format: Hardcover

Peggy Rowe is at it again - this time giving a hilarious inside look at growing up Rowe, both before and after Mike's rise to fame.Since the day they said, "I do," Peggy's previous "doting" lifestyle met with her husband John's minimalist ways and became the backdrop...
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No One Asked for This: Essays

Cazzie David

For Cazzie David, the world is one big trap door leading to death and despair and social phobia. From shame spirals caused by hookups to panic attacks about being alive and everyone else having to be alive too, David chronicles her life's most chaotic moments with wit, bleak humor,...
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She Come By It Natural: Dolly Parton and the Women Who Lived Her Songs

Sarah Smarsh - Scribner
Format: Hardcover

Growing up amid Kansas wheat fields and airplane factories, Sarah Smarsh witnessed firsthand the particular vulnerabilities - and strengths - of women in working poverty. Meanwhile, country songs by female artists played in the background, telling powerful stories about life, men, hard...
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