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Lightning Striking: Ten Transformative Moments in Rock and Roll

Lenny Kaye - Ecco
Format: Hardcover

"We have performed side-by-side on the global stage through half a century ... . In Lightning Striking, Lenny Kaye has illuminated ten facets of the jewel called rock and roll from a uniquely personal and knowledgeable perspective." -Patti SmithAn insider's take on the evolution...
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On Thriving: Harnessing Joy Through Life's Great Labors

Brandi Sellerz-Jackson - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover

A renowned doula shares powerful lessons on healing and thriving through the murky seasons of life in this moving, intimate guide to deeper self-awareness and radical joy.. We've all been there: We take a pause, look at our lives, and desire more - more from our relationships, more...
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A Life of One's Own: Nine Women Writers Begin Again

Joanna Biggs - Ecco
Format: Hardcover

Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2023 by the New York Times, The Week, Vulture, and The MillionsA piercing blend of memoir, criticism, and biography examining how women writers across the centuries carved out intellectual freedom for themselves - and how others might do the sameI took off my wedding...
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War Story: A Memoir

Steven Elliott - Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Format: Hardcover

Every soldier has a war story.Steven Elliott's opens with the death of American hero Pat Tillman by "friendly fire" in Afghanistan -- when Army Ranger Elliott pulled the trigger, believing he and his fellow soldiers were firing on the enemy.Tormented by remorse and PTSD in the aftermath...
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Birdgirl: Looking to the Skies in Search of a Better Future

Mya-Rose Craig - Celadon Books
Format: Hardcover

Birder, environmentalist and activist Mya-Rose Craig is an international force. In her moving memoir, Birdgirl, she chronicles her mother's struggle with mental illness, and shares her passion for social justice and fierce dedication to preserving our planet.. Meet Mya-Rose - otherwise...
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House of Sticks: A Memoir

Ly Tran - Scribner
Format: Hardcover

'Ly Tran is just a toddler in 1993 when she and her family immigrate from a small town along the Mekong river in Vietnam to a two-bedroom railroad apartment in Queens. Ly's father, a former lieutenant in the South Vietnamese army, spent nearly a decade as a POW, and their resettlement...
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CBK: Carolyn Bessette Kennedy: A Life in Fashion

Sunita Kumar Nair - Harry N. Abrams
Format: Hardcover

Fashion and creative director Sunita K. Nair presentsCarolyn Bessette Kennedy: A Life in Fashion, which pays homage to the style icon's timeless, distinguished beauty and legacy in the first book of its kind. . Foreword by Gabriela Hearst, award-winning designer to First Lady Jill Biden...
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Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot

John Callahan - William Morrow Paperbacks
Format: Paperback

Soon to be a major motion picture directed by Gus Van Sant and starring Joaquin Phoenix, Jonah Hill, and Rooney MaraFeaturing more than 60 of Callahan's original cartoons"When people laugh like hell and then say, 'That's not funny,' you can be pretty sure they're talking about John...
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Rental Person Who Does Nothing: A Memoir

Shoji Morimoto - Hanover Square Press
Format: Hardcover

***Now an International Bestseller!***. I'm starting a service... available for any situation in which all you want is a person to be there. Maybe there's a restaurant you want to go to, but you feel awkward going on your own.. Maybe a game you want to play, but you're one person...
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Trejo: My Life of Crime, Redemption, and Hollywood

Danny Trejo - Atria Books
Format: Hardcover

On screen, Danny Trejo the actor is a baddie who has been killed at least a hundred times. He's been shot, stabbed, hanged, chopped up, squished by an elevator, and once, was even melted into a bloody goo. Off screen, he's a hero beloved by recovery communities and obsessed fans...
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