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Walking with Sam: A Father, a Son, and Five Hundred Miles Across Spain

Andrew McCarthy - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover

An intimate, funny, and poignant travel memoir following New York Times bestselling author and actor Andrew McCarthy as he walks the Camino de Santiago with his son Sam in an effort to get to know each as adults.When Andrew McCarthy's eldest son began to take his first steps into adulthood,...
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Lives of the Wives: Five Literary Marriages

Carmela Ciuraru - Harper
Format: Hardcover

A witty, provocative look inside the tumultuous marriages of five famous writers, illuminating the creative process as well as the role of money, fame, and power in these complex and fascinating relationships.. "With an ego the size of a small nation, the literary lion is powerful...
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Undiluted Hocus-Pocus: The Autobiography of Martin Gardner

Martin Gardner - Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover

Martin Gardner wrote the Mathematical Games column for "Scientific American" for twenty-five years and published more than seventy books on topics as diverse as magic, religion, and "Alice in Wonderland. " Gardner's illuminating autobiography is a candid self-portrait...
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The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music

Dave Grohl - Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover

So, I've written a book. Having entertained the idea for years, and even offered a few questionable opportunities ("It's a piece of cake! Just do 4 hours of interviews, find someone else to write it, put your face on the cover, and voila!") I have decided to write these...
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The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir

ALEXANDRIA MARZANO-LESNEVICH - Flatiron Books
Format: Hardcover

"A True Crime Masterpiece" - Vogue Entertainment Weekly "Must" List and Best Books of the Year So FarReal Simple's Best New Books "The Fact of a Body is one of the best books I've read this year. It's just astounding." -- Paula Hawkins,...
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They Left Us Everything: A Memoir

Plum Johnson - G.P. Putnam's Sons
Format: Hardcover

A warm, heartfelt memoir of family, loss, and a house jam-packed with decades of goods and memories. After almost twenty years of caring for elderly parents - first for their senile father, and then for their cantankerous ninety-three-year old mother - author Plum Johnson and her three...
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Hooked: How Crafting Saved My Life

Sutton Foster - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover

Whether she's playing an "age-defying" book editor on television or dazzling audiences on the Broadway stage, Sutton Foster manages to make it all look easy. How? Crafting. From the moment she picked up a cross stitch needle to escape the bullying chorus girls in her early...
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Reckless Daughter: A Portrait of Joni Mitchell

DAVID YAFFE - Sarah Crichton Books
Format: Hardcover

An intimate new biography of Joni Mitchell, one of the greatest musicians of the twentieth centuryJoni Mitchell is a cultural touchstone for generations of Americans. In her heyday she released ten experimental, challenging, and revealing albums; her lyrics captivated people with the beauty...
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Phil Jackson: Lord of the Rings

Peter Richmond - Blue Rider Press
Format: Print book

With eleven championship rings to his name, Phil Jackson is internationally recognized as one of the greatest coaches in the history of the NBA. Known as a defensive disrupter and a master fouler during his early days as a New York Knick and later celebrated as the “Zen Master”...
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