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Live Wire: Long-Winded Short Stories

Kelly Ripa
Format: Hardcover

A sharp, funny, and honest collection of real-life stories from Kelly Ripa, showing the many dimensions and crackling wit of the beloved daytime talk show host.In Live Wire, her first book, Kelly shows what really makes her tick. As a professional, as a wife, as a daughter and as a mother,...
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And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle

JON MEACHAM - ?Random House
Format: Hardcover

Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer and #1 New York Times bestselling author Jon Meacham chronicles the life of Abraham Lincoln, charting how - and why - he confronted secession, threats to democracy, and the tragedy of slavery to expand the possibilities of America.A president who governed...
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Waxing On: The Karate Kid and Me

RALPH MACCHIO - Dutton
Format: Hardcover

Since The Karate Kid first crane-kicked its way into the pop culture stratosphere in June 1984, there hasn't been a week Ralph Macchio hasn't heard friendly shouts of "Wax on, wax off" or "Sweep the leg!" Now, with Macchio reprising his role as Daniel LaRusso...
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Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America

MAGGIE HABERMAN - Penguin Press
Format: Kindle Edition

"This is the book Trump fears most." - AxiosFrom the Pulitzer-Prize-winning New York Times reporter who has defined Donald J. Trump's presidency like no other journalist: a magnificent and disturbing reckoning that moves beyond simplistic caricature, chronicling his rise in New York...
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The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man: A Memoir

Paul Newman - Knopf
Format: Hardcover

The raw, candid, unvarnished memoir of an American icon. The greatest movie star of the past 75 years covers everything: his traumatic childhood, his career, his drinking, his thoughts on Marlon Brando, James Dean, Elizabeth Taylor, John Huston, his greatest roles, acting, his intimate...
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Killing the Legends: The Lethal Danger of Celebrity

Bill O'Reilly - St. Martin's Press
Format: Kindle Edition

The King is dead. The Walrus is shot. The Greatest is no more.Elvis Presley, John Lennon, and Muhammad Ali. These three icons changed not only the worlds of music, film, and sports, but the world itself. Their faces were known everywhere, in every nation, across every culture. And their...
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Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman

Alan Rickman - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover

Harry Potter and Sense and Sensibility actor Alan Rickman builds upon his legacy as a world-class actor, a tireless political activist, an avid traveler, and more through his diaries -- a twenty-five-year passion project in which Rickman invites readers backstage and into his life.Alan...
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Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard

TOM FELTON - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover

From the magical moments on set as Draco Malfoy to the challenges of growing up in the spotlight, get a backstage pass into Tom Felton's life on and off the big screen. Tom Felton's adolescence was anything but ordinary. His early rise to fame in beloved films like The Borrowers...
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Bibi: My Story

Benjamin Netanyahu - Threshold Editions
Format: Hardcover

In Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu's sweeping, moving autobiography, one of the most formidable and insightful leaders of our time tells the story of his family, his path to leadership, and his unceasing commitment to defending Israel and securing its future.From their earliest...
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I'm Glad My Mom Died

JENNETTE MCCURDY - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

A heartbreaking and hilarious memoir by iCarly and Sam & Cat star Jennette McCurdy about her struggles as a former child actor - including eating disorders, addiction, and a complicated relationship with her overbearing mother - and how she retook control of her life. Jennette McCurdy was six years...
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