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Elizabeth & Margaret: The Intimate World of the Windsor Sisters

Andrew Morton

For fans of the Netflix series The Crown and from the New York Times bestselling author of 17 Carnations comes a captivating biography of Queen Elizabeth II and her sister Margaret. They were the closest of sisters and the best of friends. But when, in a quixotic twist of fate, their uncle...
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Write for Your Life

Anna Quindlen - Random House
Format: Hardcover

In this clarion call to pick up a pen and find yourselffrom "one of our most astute chroniclers of modern life" (The New York Times Book Review) , #1 New York Times bestselling author Anna Quindlen shows us how anyone can write, and why everyone should.What really matters in life...
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Jeff Buckley: His Own Voice

Mary Guibert - Da Capo Press
Format: Hardcover

The journals, notebooks, musings, and early song drafts of Jeff Buckley, the late singer best-known for the definitive version of "Hallelujah" and his classic album Grace, including dozens of evocative photos of his personal effects and ephemera.After the release of his acclaimed...
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Queen of Our Times: The Life of Queen Elizabeth II

Robert Hardman - Pegasus Books
Format: Hardcover

A definitive portrait of Queen Elizabeth IIon the seventieth anniversary of her reignby a renowned royal biographer.Shy but with a steely self-confidence; inscrutable despite ten decades in the public eye; unflappable; devout; indulgent; outwardly reserved, inwardly passionate; unsentimental;...
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Dapper Dan: Made in Harlem: A Memoir

Daniel R. Day - Random House
Format: Hardcover

"Dapper Dan is a legend, an icon, a beacon of inspiration to many in the Black community. His story isn't just about fashion. It's about tenacity, curiosity, artistry, hustle, love, and a singular determination to live our dreams out loud." - Ava Duvernay, director of Selma,...
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Last Witnesses: An Oral History of the Children of World War II

Svetlana Alexievich - Random House
Format: Hardcover

From the Nobel Prize-winning author comes an oral history of children's experiences in WWII across Europe and Russia, in the celebrated tradition of her masterpiece, The Unwomanly Face of War.Bringing together dozens of voices in her distinctive style, Last Witnesses is Svetlana...
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James Patterson by James Patterson: The Stories of My Life

James Patterson - ?Little, Brown and Company; Large type / Large print edition
Format: Paperback

How did a kid whose dad lived in the poorhouse become the most successful storyteller in the world? On the morning he was born, he nearly died.  Growing up, he didn't love to read.  That changed. He worked at a mental hospital in Massachusetts, where he met the singer James Taylor...
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Prognosis: A Memoir of My Brain

Sarah Vallance - Little A
Format: Hardcover

The searing, wry memoir about a woman's fight for a new life after a devastating brain injury.When Sarah Vallance is thrown from a horse and suffers a jarring blow to the head, she believes she's walked away unscathed. The next morning, things take a sharp turn as she's led from...
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Paris: The Memoir

Paris Hilton - Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover

Behind Paris Hilton's meteoric rise from Upper West Side club kid to household name lies her self-proclaimed "superpower" of ADHD and a hidden history that traumatized and defined her. Shocking, funny, and surprisingly profound, Paris is the deeply personal memoir of the ultimate...
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The Pianist from Syria: A Memoir

Aeham Ahmad - Atria Books
Format: Hardcover

An astonishing but true account of a pianist's escape from war-torn Syria to Germany offers a deeply personal perspective on the most devastating refugee crisis of this century.Aeham Ahmad was born a second-generation refugee - the son of a blind violinist and carpenter who recognized Aeham's...
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