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The Answer Is . . .: Reflections on My Life
Alex Trebek - Simon & Schuster Format: Hardcover
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Longtime Jeopardy! host and television icon Alex Trebek reflects on his life and career.Since debuting as the host of Jeopardy! in 1984, Alex Trebek has been something like a family member to millions of television viewers, bringing entertainment and education into their homes five nights... |
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The Wolf and the Watchman: A Father, a Son, and the CIA
Scott C. Johnson - W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition Format: Hardcover
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What happens when a father asks his son to lie for the greater good? Growing up, Scott C. Johnson always suspected that his father was different. Only as a teenager did he discover the truth his father was a spy, one of the CIAs most trusted officers. At first the secret was thrilling.... |
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Figures in a Landscape: People and Places
Paul Theroux - Eamon Dolan/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Format: Hardcover
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A delectable collection of Theroux's recent writing on great places, people, and prose In the spirit of his much-loved Sunrise with Seamonsters and Fresh Air Fiend, Paul Theroux's latest collection of essays leads the reader through a dazzling array of sights, characters,... |
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The Year of the Puppy: How Dogs Become Themselves
ALEXANDRA HOROWITZ - Viking Format: Hardcover
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What is it like to be a puppy? Author of the classic Inside of a Dog, Alexandra Horowitz tries to find out, spending a year scrutinizing her puppy's daily existence, and poring over the science of early dog development.Few of us meet our dogs at Day One. The dog who will, eventually,... |
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Poetry Will Save Your Life: A Memoir
Jill Bialosky - Atria Books Format: Hardcover
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"Bialosky's erudite and instructive approach to poetry [is] itself a refreshing tonic." - Chicago Tribune "Wisdom and deep compassion...make [Bialosky's book] a tremendous asset both to readers and other writers." - The Washington Post An unconventional... |
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I Just Wanted to Save My Family: A Memoir
Stéphan Pélissier - Other Press Format: Paperback
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For trying to save his in-laws, who were fleeing certain death in Syria, Stphan Plissier was threatened with fifteen years in prison by the Greek justice system, which accused him of human smuggling. His crime Having gone to search for the parents, brother, and sister of his wife, Zna,... |
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Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty
Anderson Cooper - Harper Format: Hardcover
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CNN anchor and New York Times bestselling author Anderson Cooper teams with New York Times bestselling historian and novelist Katherine Howe to chronicle the rise and fall of a legendary American dynasty - his mother's family, the Vanderbilts.Few names are as synonymous with wealth... |
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Jefferson and Hamilton: The Rivalry That Forged a Nation
John Ferling - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Format: Audiobook
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Bloomsbury presents Jefferson and Hamilton by John Ferling, read by Bo Foxworth.For fans of Ron Chernows Alexander Hamilton, the spellbinding history of the epic rivalry that shaped our republic: Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and their competing visions for America.The decade of the 1790s... |
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The Spider: Inside the Criminal Web of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell
Barry Levine - Crown Format: Hardcover
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By now, the basic contours of Epstein's horrendous crimes - his decades-long serial abuse of young women and underage girls - are familiar. But for all that has been written about Epstein since his shocking death in a lower Manhattan jail cell, an astonishing amount remains unknown.... |
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