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My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me: A Black Woman Discovers Her Family's Nazi Past

Jennifer Teege - The Experiment
Format: Print book

The internationally bestselling memoir hailed as "haunting and unflinching" (Washington Post) , "unforgettable" (Publishers Weekly) , and "stunning" (BOOKLIST ) . When Jennifer Teege, a German-Nigerian woman, happened to pluck a library...
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The Art of Asking: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help

Amanda Palmer - Grand Central Publishing; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Rock star, crowdfunding pioneer, and TED speaker Amanda Palmer knows all about asking. Performing as a living statue in a wedding dress, she wordlessly asked thousands of passersby for their dollars. When she became a singer, songwriter, and musician, she was not afraid to ask her audience...
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T-Shirt Swim Club: Stories from Being Fat in a World of Thin People

Ian Karmel - Rodale Books
Format: Hardcover

Comedian Ian Karmel, with help from his sister, Dr. Alisa Karmel, opens up about the daily humiliations of being fat and why it's so hard to talk about something so visible.. "As charming and funny as it is poignant and thoughtful." - Roxane Gay, author of Hunger: A Memoir...
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A Hand to Guide Me

Denzel Washington - Meredith Books; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover

In his debut as an author, Denzel Washington shares his personal story of the mentors who helped guide his life.Washington pens the introduction for the stories of more than 70 of America's leading personalities in theatre, sports, business, and politics as they tell their life-changing...
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Play On: Now, Then, and Fleetwood Mac: The Autobiography

Mick Fleetwood - Little Brown & Co
Format: Hardcover

"After forty-six years of being on the road, this is the right time to look back in a way I've never done before: now and then. This is the story of my life in rock and roll -- and how the band that has meant everything to me came to define me. I'm looking forward to sharing...
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The Happiest Man on Earth: The Beautiful Life of an Auschwitz Survivor

Eddie Jaku
Format: Hardcover


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Joe and Marilyn: Legends in Love

C. David Heymann - Emily Bestler Books/Atria
Format: Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Bobby and Jackie comes the riveting, true story of the passionate, volatile relationship between baseball great Joe DiMaggio and Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe.When Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe eloped in January of 1954, they became an international...
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High On Arrival

Mackenzie Phillips - Simon Spotlight Entertainment
Format: Print book

Mackenzie Phillips shares "a raw glimpse" (Entertainment Weekly) into her lifelong battle with personal demons and near-fatal addictions - and reveals the shattering truth behind her complex, secretive, and damaging history with her father, the legendary John Phillips of The Mamas...
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This Time for Me: A Memoir

Alexandra Billings - TOPPLE Books & Little A
Format: Hardcover

An emotional, funny, and fabulous memoir by trailblazing and award-winning Trans actor and activist Alexandra Billings.Born in 1962, Alexandra Billings grew up in a decade in which being herself was illegal. When she started transitioning in 1980, the word "Transgender" was not commonly...
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The Woman in Me

Britney Spears - Gallery Books
Format: Hardcover

The Woman in Me is a brave and astonishingly moving story about freedom, fame, motherhood, survival, faith, and hope.. In June 2021, the whole world was listening as Britney Spears spoke in open court. The impact of sharing her voice - her truth - was undeniable, and it changed the course...
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