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Haunted Empire: Apple After Steve Jobs

Yukari Iwatani Kane - HarperBusiness, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers,
Format: Print book

Former Wall Street Journal technology reporter Yukari Iwatani Kane delves deep inside Apple in the two years since Steve Jobs's death, revealing the tensions and challenges CEO Tim Cook and his team face as they try to sustain Jobs's vision and keep the company moving forward.Steve...
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I Am Brian Wilson: A Memoir

Brian Wilson - Da Capo Press
Format: Print book

They say there are no second acts in American lives, and third acts are almost unheard of. That's part of what makes Brian Wilson's story so astonishing.As a cofounding member of the Beach Boys in the 1960s, Wilson created some of the most groundbreaking and timeless popular music ever...
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Barbra Streisand: the Music, the Albums, the Singles

Matt Howe - Fayetteville Mafia Press
Format: Hardcover

On February 25, 1963, Columbia Records released The Barbra Streisand Album. The first song was "Cry Me a River," and with that a star was born. Barbra Joan Streisand had a zany personality backed by a talent that Stephen Sondheim once described as "one of the two or three...
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Dear Abigail: The Intimate Lives and Revolutionary Ideas of Abigail Adams and Her Two Remarkable Sisters

Diane Jacobs - Ballantine Books; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

For readers of the historical works of Robert K. Massie, David McCulough, and Alison Weir comes the first biography on the life of Abigail Adams and her sisters.   “Never sisters loved each other better than we.”—Abigail Adams in a letter to her sister Mary, June...
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Chita: A Memoir

Chita Rivera - HarperOne
Format: Hardcover

The long-awaited and wildly entertaining memoir of the star of stage and screen, the legendary Chita Rivera - three-time Tony Award-winner, Kennedy Centers honoree, and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom.She was born Dolores Conchita Figueroa del Rivero - until the entertainment...
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The Art of the Wasted Day

PATRICIA HAMPL - Viking
Format: Hardcover

"A sharp and unconventional book - a swirl of memoir, travelogue and biography of some of history's champion day-dreamers." - Maureen Corrigan, "Fresh Air"A spirited inquiry into the lost value of leisure and daydreamThe Art of the Wasted Day is a picaresque...
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Salinger

David Shields - Simon & Schuster; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERTHE BOY WHO BECAME A REBEL. THE REBEL WHO BECAME A SOLDIER. THE SOLDIER WHO BECAME AN ICON. THE ICON WHO DISAPPEARED. Raised in Park Avenue privilege, J. D. Salinger sought out combat, surviving five bloody battles of World War II, and out of that crucible he created...
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Tudor: Passion. Manipulation. Murder. The Story of England’s Most Notorious Royal Family

Leanda de Lisle - PublicAffairs; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

The Tudors are Englands most notorious royal family. But, as Leanda de Lisles gripping new history reveals, they are a family still more extraordinary than the one we thought we knew. The Tudor canon typically starts with the Battle of Bosworth in 1485, before speeding on to Henry VIII...
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This Is How You Say Goodbye: A Daughter's Memoir

Amanda Lindhout - St. Martin's Press
Format: Print book

A razor-sharp memoir in which a young woman travels to Cambodia, Stockholm, and Paris to overcome the legacy of her difficult and charismatic fatherWhen Victoria Loustalot was eight years old her father swept her up in a fantasy a trip around the world. It was a grandiose plan and she had fallen...
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Bad Mormon: A Memoir

Heather Gay - Gallery Books
Format: Hardcover

The funny, brash, and vulnerable memoir from the star of Bravo's The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City bravely explores her leaving the Mormon Church and her journey to success in business, television, and single motherhood. Straight off the slopes and into the spotlight, Heather Gay is known...
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