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The Rulebreaker: The Life and Times of Barbara Walters

Susan Page · Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

The definitive biography of the most successful female broadcaster of all time - Barbara Walters - a woman whose personal demons fueled an ambition that broke all the rules and finally gave women a permanent place on the air, written by bestselling author Susan Page.. Barbara Walters was a force...
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Witchcraft for Wayward Girls

Grady Hendrix · Berkley
Format: Hardcover

A brand-new horror novel from the New York Times bestselling author of How to Sell a Haunted House and The Final Girl Support Group.. Set in Florida in 1970, Grady Hendrix's newest novel follows a group of young women in a home for unwed mothers who find a guide to witchcraft.
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Leadership from Bad to Worse: What Happens When Bad Festers

Barbara Kellerman · Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover

Leadership from Bad to Worse is about how leadership that is bad, invariably, inexorably, gets worse--unless it is somehow, by someone or something, stopped or slowed. The process of going from bad to worse tends to be steady, as opposed to hasty. But once bad burrows in, it digs in. It digs...
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Beautiful Ugly: A Novel

Alice Feeney · Flatiron Books
Format: Hardcover

"Her best book yet." - Harlan CobenThe million-copy bestselling Queen of Twists Alice Feeney returns with a gripping and deliciously dark thriller about marriage. . . . . . and revenge.. Author Grady Green is having the worst best day of his life.. Grady calls his wife to share...
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The Black Box: Writing the Race

Henry Louis Gates Jr. · Penguin Audio
Format: Hardcover

A magnificent, foundational reckoning with how Black Americans have used the written word to define and redefine themselves, in resistance to the lies of racism and often in heated disagreement with each other, over the course of the country's history. Distilled over many years from...
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Untitled Elvis/Pike Novel (An Elvis Cole and Joe Pike Novel Book 20)

Robert Crais · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Format: Hardcover

Private investigator Elvis Cole and his enigmatic partner, Joe Pike, are back in this brilliant new thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Robert Crais. Read more Continue reading Read less
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The League of Lady Poisoners: Illustrated True Stories of Dangerous Women

Lisa Perrin · Chronicle Books
Format: Hardcover

A feast for the senses, this sumptuously illustrated book will introduce you to some of the most infamous women throughout world history, united by their shared taste for poison. Welcome to the League of Lady Poisoners.. This riveting and well-researched volume by Lisa Perrin weaves together...
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The Wedding People: A Novel

Alison Espach · Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover

A propulsive and uncommonly wise novel about one unexpected wedding guest and the surprising people who help us start anew. . It's a beautiful day in Newport, Rhode Island, when Phoebe Stone arrives at the grand Cornwall Inn wearing a green dress and gold heels, not a bag in sight,...
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Life After Power: Seven Presidents and Their Search for Purpose Beyond the White House

Jared Cohen · Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author of Accidental Presidents explores what happens after the most powerful job in the world: President of the United States. Former presidents have an unusual place in American life. King George III believed that George Washington's departure after two terms...
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