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Unprotected: A Memoir
Billy Porter - Abrams Press
Format: Hardcover
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It's easy to be yourself when who and what you are is in vogue. But growing up Black and gay in America has never been easy. Before Billy Porter was slaying red carpets and giving an iconic Emmy-winning performance in the celebrated TV show Pose; before he was the groundbreaking Tony... |
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The Romanovs: 1613-1918
Simon Sebag Montefiore - Alfred A. Knopf
Format: Print book
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The Romanovs were the most successful dynasty of modern times, ruling a sixth of the world's surface for three centuries. How did one family turn a war-ruined principality into the world's greatest empire? And how did they lose it all? This is the intimate story of twenty tsars and tsarinas,... |
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Churchill The Life: An Authorized Pictorial Biography
Max Arthur - Firefly Books, 2015.
Format: Print book
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At 52nd Street and Madison Avenue in New York City sits Chartwell Books, the only bookshop in the world specializing in books, articles and memorabilia of Winston Churchill. Further south in Manhattan is the Morgan Library and Museum where in 2012 a record 70,000 visitors viewed the multimedia... |
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Better: How I Let Go of Control, Held On to Hope, and Found Joy in My Darkest Hour
Amy Robach - Ballantine, 2015.
Format: Print book
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER"I have breast cancer." When Good Morning America anchor Amy Robach revealed her shocking diagnosis on live television in November 2013, the seasoned news reporter embarked on the most difficult and illuminating journey of her life. In this intimate memoir she retraces... |
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Spider from Mars: My Life with Bowie
Woody Woodmansey - St. Martin's Press
Format: Print book
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In January 2016, the unexpected death of David Bowie rocked the globe. For millions of people, he was an icon celebrated for his music, his film and theatrical roles, and his trendsetting influence on fashion and gender norms. But no one from her inner circle has told the story of how David... |
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Alex Haley: And the Books That Changed a Nation
Robert J. Norrell - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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It is difficult to think of two twentieth century books by one author that have had as much influence on American culture when they were published as Alex Haley's monumental bestsellers, The Autobiography of Malcolm X (1965) , and Roots (1976) . They changed the way white and black... |
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Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume 3: The War Years and After, 1939-1962
Blanche Wiesen Cook - Viking
Format: Print book
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"Outstanding ... A winning concluding volume in a series that does for Eleanor Roosevelt what Robert Caro has done for Lyndon Johnson." -Kirkus Reviews, Starred ReviewThe final volume in the definitive biography of America's greatest first lady.Historians, politicians,... |
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Walking in My Joy: In These Streets
JENIFER LEWIS - HarperAudio
Format: Audiobook
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In this exciting collection infused with her sharp humor and buoyant spirit, Jenifer Lewis, the author of the hugely successful The Mother of Black Hollywood and costar of ABC's hit sitcom Black-ish, shares the way she found the strength and courage to walk in her joy despite personal... |
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World Travel: An Irreverent Guide
Anthony Bourdain - Ecco
Format: Hardcover
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A guide to some of the world's most fascinating places, as seen and experienced by writer, television host, and relentlessly curious traveler Anthony BourdainAnthony Bourdain saw more of the world than nearly anyone. His travels took him from the hidden pockets of his hometown of New York... |
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