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Bird Cloud: A Memoir
Annie Proulx - Scribner; First Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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Bird Cloud is the name Annie Proulx gave to 640 acres of Wyoming wetlands and prairie and four-hundred-foot cliffs plunging down to the North Platte River. On the day she first visited, a cloud in the shape of a bird hung in the evening sky. Proulx also saw pelicans, bald eagles, golden... |
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I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer
MICHELLE MCNAMARA - Harper Format: Hardcover
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The haunting true story of the elusive serial rapist turned murderer who terrorized California during the 70s and 80s, and of the gifted journalist who died tragically while investigating the case - which was solved in April 2018.A Publisher's Weekly Best... |
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The Good Son: JFK Jr. and the Mother He Loved
Christopher Andersen - Gallery Books Format: Hardcover
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The #1 New York Times bestselling author delivers another dramatic installment in the lives of the Kennedys - including new details about JFK Jr., his relationship with his mother, his many girlfriends, and the night of his tragic death.Critically acclaimed author Christopher Andersen is a master... |
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Believing in Magic: My Story of Love, Overcoming Adversity, and Keeping the Faith
Cookie Johnson - Howard Books Format: Print book
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In her new memoir, Cookie Johnson, wife of NBA legend Earvin "Magic" Johnson, shares details of her marriage, motherhood, faith, and how an HIV diagnosis twenty-five years ago changed the course of their lives forever.On November 7, 1991, basketball icon Earvin "Magic"... |
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Once a Hussar: A Memoir of Battle, Capture, and Escape in World War II
Ray Ellis - Skyhorse Publishing Format: Hardcover
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Once a Hussar is a vivid account of the wartime experiences of Ray Ellis, a gunner who in later life recorded this well-written, candid, and perceptive memoir of the conflict he knew as a young man seventy years ago.As an impressionable teenager, filled with national pride, he was eager... |
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Shadow of the Titanic: The Extraordinary Stories of Those Who Survived
Andrew Wilson - Atria Books; Reprint edition Format: Paperback
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We think we know the story of the Titanic—the once majestic and supposedly unsinkable ship that struck an iceberg on its maiden voyage from Britain to America—but very little has been written about the vessel’s 705 survivors. How did the events of that horrific night in the icy waters... |
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Full of Heart: My Story of Survival, Strength, and Spirit
Alexandra Rockey Fleming - Hachette Books Format: Hardcover
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An inspirational journey from tragedy to triumph In 2003, nineteen-year-old Private J.R. Martinez was on a routine patrol when the Humvee he was driving hit an antitank mine in Iraq, resulting in severe injuries and burns on his face and more than one-third of his body. Out of that tragedy... |
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Shouting Won't Help: Why I--and 50 Million Other Americans--Can't Hear You
Katherine Bouton - Sarah Crichton Books Format: Hardcover
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For twenty-two years, Katherine Bouton had a secret that grew harder to keep every day: she had gone profoundly deaf in her left ear; her right was getting worse. Audiologists agree that we're experiencing a national epidemic of hearing impairment. At present, 50 million Americans suffer... |
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Wedding Toasts I'll Never Give
ADA CALHOUN - W. W. Norton & Company Format: Hardcover
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Poignant and witty essays on the beautiful complexity of marriage.Inspired by her wildly popular New York Times essay "The Wedding Toast I'll Never Give," Ada Calhoun provides a funny (but not flip) , smart (but not smug) take on the institution of marriage. Weaving intimate... |
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Chanel Bonfire: A Memoir
Wendy Lawless - Gallery Books; 1st Printing edition Format: Hardcover
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In her stunning memoir, Wendy Lawless tells the often heartbreaking tale of her unconventional upbringing with an unstable alcoholic and suicidal mother—a real-life Holly Golightly turned Mommie Dearest—and the uncommon sense of resilience that allowed her to rise above it all.Georgann... |
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The News Sorority: Diane Sawyer, Katie Couric, Christiane Amanpour-and the
Sheila Weller - Penguin Press Format: Hardcover
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"Weller rivetingly recounts these gutsy ladies' time on the front lines... an inspiration for future generations of journalists." --Vanity FairFor decades, women battered the walls of the male fortress of television journalism. After fierce struggles, three women - Diane Sawyer,... |
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Love, Nina: A Nanny Writes Home
Nina Stibbe - Little, Brown and Company Format: Hardcover
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"Breezy, sophisticated, hilarious, rude and aching with sweetness: LOVE, NINA might be the most charming book I've ever read." --Maria Semple, author of Where'd You Go, BernadetteIn 1982, 20-year-old Nina Stibbe moved to London to work as a nanny to two opinionated and lively... |
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Smacked: A Story of White-Collar Ambition, Addiction, and Tragedy
Eilene Zimmerman - Random House Format: Hardcover
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A journalist pieces together the mysteries surrounding her ex-husband's descent into drug addiction while trying to rebuild a life for her family, taking readers on an intimate journey into the world of white-collar drug abuse."A rare combination of journalistic rigor, personal courage,... |
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Critical Care: A New Nurse Faces Death, Life, and Everything in Between
Theresa Brown - HarperOne; 1 edition Format: Hardcover
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“Among all the recent books on medicine, Critical Care stands alone.“ — Pauline Chen, author of Final Exam “A must read for anyone who wants to understand healthcare. Extraordinary.” — Elizabeth Cohen, MPH, CNN Senior Medical Correspondent Critical Care... |
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Bootstrapper: From Broke to Badass on a Northern Michigan Farm
Mardi Jo Link - Knopf; 5.12.2013 edition Format: Hardcover
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Poignant, irreverent, and hilarious: a memoir about survival and self-discovery, by an indomitable woman who never loses sight of what matters most. It’s the summer of 2005, and Mardi Jo Link’s dream of living the simple life has unraveled into debt, heartbreak, and perpetually... |
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How We Love Is How We Live
Common - Atria Books Format: Hardcover
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Common - the Grammy Award-, Academy Award-, and Golden Globe-winning musician, actor, and activist - follows up his New York Times bestselling memoir One Day It'll All Make Sense with this inspiring exploration of how love and mindfulness can build communities and allow you to take... |
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Believing in Magic: My Story of Love, Overcoming Adversity, and Keeping the Faith
COOKIE JOHNSON - Howard Books Format: Paperback
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In her powerful and inspiring memoir, Cookie Johnson, wife of NBA legend Earvin "Magic" Johnson, shares details of her marriage, motherhood, faith, and how an HIV diagnosis twenty-five years ago changed the course of their lives forever.On November 7, 1991, basketball icon Earvin... |
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Hope: A Memoir of Survival in Cleveland
Amanda Berry - Viking Format: Print book
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The #1 New York Times BestsellerA bestselling book that is inspiring the nation: "We have written here about terrible things that we never wanted to think about again . . . Now we want the world to know: we survived, we are free, we love life."Two women kidnapped... |
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Historians on Hamilton: How a Blockbuster Musical Is Restaging America's Past
Renee Christine Romano - Rutgers University Press Format: Hardcover
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America has gone Hamilton crazy. Lin-Manuel Miranda's Tony-winning musical has spawned sold-out performances, a triple platinum cast album, and a score so catchy that it is being used to teach U.S. history in classrooms across the country. But just how historically accurate is Hamilton?... |
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Lost Cat: A True Story of Love, Desperation, and GPS Technology
Caroline Paul - Bloomsbury Format: Print book
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Caroline Paul was recovering from a bad accident and thought things couldn't get worse. But then her beloved cat Tibia disappeared. She and her partner, illustrator Wendy MacNaughton, mourned his loss. Yet weeks later, Tibia waltzed back into their lives. His owners were overjoyed.... |
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Eslanda: The Large and Unconventional Life of Mrs. Paul Robeson
Barbara Ransby - Yale University Press Format: Hardcover
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Eslanda Essie Cardozo Goode Robeson lived a colorful and amazing life. Her career and commitments took her many places colonial Africa in 1936, the front lines of the Spanish Civil War, the founding meeting of the United Nations, Nazi-occupied Berlin, Stalins Russia, and China two months... |
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Biographic Einstein
Brian Clegg - Ammonite Press Format: Hardcover
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Many people know that Albert Einstein (1879-1955) was the creator of the theory of relativity that revolutionized modern science. What, perhaps, they don't know is that he did not learn to speak until he was 4 years old; that he was asked to become the President of Israel in 1952,... |
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Infamous Players: A Tale of Movies, the Mob,
Peter Bart - Weinstein Books; First Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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In Peter Bart then a young family man and rising reporter for the New York Times decided to upend his life and enter into the dizzying world of motion pictures Infamous Players is the story of Barts whirlwind journey at Paramount his role in its triumph and failures and how a new kind... |
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Pops: Fatherhood in Pieces
MICHAEL CHABON - Harper Format: Hardcover
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"Magical prose stylist" Michael Chabon (Michiko Kakutani, New York Times) delivers a collection of essays - heartfelt, humorous, insightful, wise - on the meaning of fatherhood, anchored by the viral sensation, "My Son, The Prince of Fashion".For the September 2016... |
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Left of Boom: How a Young CIA Case Officer Penetrated the Taliban and Al-Qaeda
John Smith - St. Martin's Press Format: Print book
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On September 11, 2001, John Smith was a freshman in college, on the path to becoming a doctor. But with the fall of the Twin Towers came a turning point in his life. After graduating he joined the Central Intelligence Agency, determined to get himself to Afghanistan and into the center... |
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Hunting Charles Manson: The Quest for Justice in the Days of Helter Skelter
Lis W Wiehl - Thomas Nelson Format: Hardcover
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New York Times bestselling author and former federal prosecutor Lis Wiehl uses new research and first-hand interviews to tell the heart-pounding story of Charles Manson's horrific crimes, the painstaking investigation that followed, and the inspired prosecution that put him away.In... |
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Practice to Deceive
Ann Rule - Gallery Books; First Edition / First Printing edition Format: Hardcover
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#1 New York Times bestselling author and Queen of True Crime Ann Rule delivers another gripping true-crime story—this time a shattering case of Christmastime murder off the coast of Washington State, with a shocking amount of drama, greed, sex, and scandal and no shortage of suspects.With... |
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John Adams
David G McCullough - Simon & Schuster Format: Print book
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The Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling biography of America's founding father and second president that was the basis for the acclaimed HBO series, brilliantly told by master historian David McCullough.In this powerful, epic biography, David McCullough unfolds the adventurous life... |
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The Contender: The Story of Marlon Brando
William J. Mann - Harper Format: Hardcover
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Entertainment Weekly's BIG FALL BOOKS PREVIEW SelectionBest Book of 2019 -- Publisher's WeeklyBased on new and revelatory material from Brando's own private archives, an award-winning film biographer presents a deeply-textured, ambitious, and definitive portrait of the greatest movie actor... |
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The Interrogator: An Education
Glenn L. Carle - Nation Books; Complete Numbers Starting with 1, 1st Ed edition Format: Hardcover
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To his friends and neighbors Glenn L Carle was a wholesome stereotypical New England Yankee a former athlete struggling against incipient middle age someone always with his nose in an abstruse book But for two decades Carle broke laws stole and lied on a daily basis about nearly everything... |
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Definitely Hispanic: Essays on Growing Up Latino and Celebrating What Unites Us
LeJuan James - Simon & Schuster Audio Format: Audiobook
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Perfect for fans of Jane the Virgins celebration of Latinidad and Fresh Off the Boats situational humor, Definitely Hispanic is a collection of introspective and witty essays by social media influencer and viral phenomenon LeJuan James about growing up Hispanic in the US.Social media influencer... |
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Citizen Soldier: A Life of Harry S. Truman
Aida Donald - Basic Books; 1St Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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When Harry S. Truman left the White House in 1953, his reputation was in ruins. Tarred by corruption scandals and his controversial decision to drop nuclear bombs on Japan, he ended his second term with an abysmal approval rating, his presidency widely considered a failure. But this dim view... |
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Roosevelt's Centurions: FDR and the Commanders He Led to Victory in World War II
Joseph E. Persico - Random House; First Edition-Collectible edition Format: Hardcover
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All American presidents are commanders in chief by law. Few perform as such in practice. In Roosevelt's Centurions, distinguished historian Joseph E. Persico reveals how, during World War II, Franklin D. Roosevelt seized the levers of wartime power like no president since Abraham Lincoln... |
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Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders
Vincent Bugliosi - W. W. Norton & Company Format: Hardcover
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A national bestseller -- over 7 million copies sold. "[A] social document of rare importance." -- The New Republic. Prosecuting attorney in the Manson trial, Vincent Bugliosi held a unique insider's position in one of the most baffling and horrifying cases of the twentieth century:... |
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M Train
Patti Smith - Alfred A. Knopf Format: Print book
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National Best Seller From the National Book Award-winning author of Just Kids: an unforgettable odyssey of a legendary artist, told through the prism of the cafs and haunts she has worked in around the world. It is a book Patti Smith has described as "a roadmap to my life."... |
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The Stowaway: A Young Man's Extraordinary Adventure to Antarctica
Laurie Gwen Shapiro - Simon & Schuster Format: Hardcover
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The spectacular, true story of a scrappy teenager from New York's Lower East Side who stowed away on the Roaring Twenties' most remarkable feat of science and daring: an expedition to Antarctica.It was 1928: a time of illicit booze, of Gatsby and Babe Ruth, of freewheeling fun. The Great... |
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Plain Wisdom: An Invitation into an Amish Home and the Hearts of Two Women
Cindy Woodsmall - WaterBrook Press Format: Hardcover
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Two friends from different worldsone Old Order Amish, one Englischershare the truths that bring them together.Best-selling novelist Cindy Woodsmall might seem to have little in common with Miriam Flaud, a woman immersed in the culture of Old Order Amish. But with nine children and almost... |
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Clapton: The Autobiography
Eric Clapton - Broadway; First Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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I found a pattern in my behavior that had been repeating itself for years, decades even. Bad choices were my specialty, and if something honest and decent came along, I would shun it or run the other way. With striking intimacy and candor, Eric Clapton tells the story of his eventful and inspiring... |
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The Lost Daughter: A Memoir
Mary Williams - Blue Rider Press Format: Hardcover
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A daughter of the Black Panther movement tells her remarkable life story of being raised amid violence and near-poverty, adopted as a teenager by Jane Fonda, and finding her way back home. As she grew up in 1970s Oakland, California, role models for Mary Williams were few and far between... |
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A Killing in Amish Country: Sex, Betrayal, and a Cold-blooded Murder
Gregg Olsen - St. Martin's Press Format: Print book
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At just 30 years old, with dark-blonde hair and freckles, Barbara Weaver was as pretty as the women depicted on the covers of her favorite "bonnet" stories - romance novels set in Amish America. Barbara had everything she'd ever wanted: five beautiful children, a home, her faith,... |
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The Warrior Code: 11 Principles to Unleash the Badass Inside of You
Tee Marie Hanible - St. Martin's Press Format: Hardcover
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From American Grit co-star, former Marine Gunnery Sergeant Tee Marie Hanible comes the story of how she became a warrior...and how you can do it too.In The Warrior Code, entrepreneur, philanthropist, reality star and retired Gunnery Sergeant Tee Marie Hanible serves up eleven... |
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God Gave Me You: A True Story of Love, Loss and a Heaven-Sent Miracle
Tricia Seaman - Howard Books Format: Hardcover
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When a single mother with terminal cancer asks an oncology nurse to look after her son, neither can imagine what God has in store. This is the heartwarming story of how two very different women with two very different paths were brought together for one very special purpose.Oncology nurse... |
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From This Moment On
Shania Twain - Atria Books; First Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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The world may know Shania Twain as many things: a music legend, a mother, and recently, a fixture in the news for her painful, public divorce and subsequent marriage to a cherished friend. But in this extraordinary autobiography, Shania reveals that she is so much more. She is Eilleen Twain,... |
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Neptune's Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal
James D. Hornfischer - Bantam; First edition Format: Hardcover
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With The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors and Ship of Ghosts James D Hornfischer created essential and enduring narratives about Americarsquos World War II Navy works of unique immediacy distinguished by rich portraits of ordinary men in extremis and exclusive new information Now he does... |
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Un Amico Italiano: Eat, Pray, Love in Rome
Luca Spaghetti - Penguin Books; 1 edition Format: Paperback
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"Luca Spaghetti is not only one of my favorite people in the world, but also a natural-born storyteller. . . . This [is a] marvelous book." -Elizabeth Gilbert When Luca Spaghetti (yes, that's really his name) was asked to show a writer named Elizabeth Gilbert around Rome,... |
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JFK Jr., George, & Me: A Memoir
Matt Berman - Simon & Schuster Format: Hardcover
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If George magazine was about "not just politics as usual," a day at the office with John F. Kennedy Jr. was not just business as usual. John handpicked Creative Director Matt Berman to bring his vision for a new political magazine to life. Through marathon nights leading up to George's... |
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Tracks: A Woman's Solo Trek Across 1700 Miles of Australian Outback
Robyn Davidson - Vintage Format: Paperback
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NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURERobyn Davidson's opens the memoir of her perilous journey across 1,700 miles of hostile Australian desert to the sea with only four camels and a dog for company with the following words: "I experienced that sinking feeling you get when you know you have conned... |
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My Life with Earth, Wind & Fire
Maurice/ Powell Herb White - Amistad Format: Print book
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The late Grammy-winning founder of the legendary pop/R&B/soul/funk/disco group tells his story and charts the rise of his legendary band in this sincere memoir that captures the heart and soul of an artist whose groundbreaking sound continues to influence music today. With an introduction... |
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Mike Wallace: A Life
Peter Rader - Thomas Dunne Books Format: Hardcover
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The untold story of how the world's most feared TV reporter transformed his inner darkness into a journalistic juggernaut that riveted millions and redefined the landscape of television newsIn his four decades as the front man for 60 Minutes, the most successful show in television... |
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Operation Snow: How a Soviet Mole in FDR's White House Triggered Pearl Harbor
John Koster - Regnery History; 1 edition Format: Hardcover
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In Operation Snow How a Soviet Mole in FDRs White House Triggered Pearl Harbor, author and World War II magazine columnist John Koster provides incontestable proof that Russia was a driving force behind Pearl Harbor. Americans have long debated the cause of the December 7, 1941 bombing... |
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Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory
Caitlin Doughty - W. W. Norton & Company Format: Hardcover
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A young mortician goes behind the scenes, unafraid of the gruesome (and fascinating) details of her curious profession.Most people want to avoid thinking about death, but Caitlin Doughty -- a twenty-something with a degree in medieval history and a flair for the macabre -- took a job at a crematory,... |
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Oogy: The Dog Only a Family Could Love
Larry Levin - Grand Central Publishing; Reprint edition Format: Print book
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Now in paperback, the New York Times-bestselling story of a puppy brought back from the brink of death, and the family he adopted.In 2002, Larry Levin and his twin sons, Dan and Noah, took their terminally ill cat to the Ardmore Animal Hospital outside Philadelphia to have the beloved pet put to sleep.... |
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A Need to Kill: Confessions of a Teen Murderer
Michael W. Cuneo - St. Martin's True Crime; 1 edition Format: Paperback
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Alec Krieder knew his best friend’s family never locked their doors—making Kevin Haines and his family the perfect targets for a crime. One night, he waited until they were asleep…then entered the house with a knife. Alec burst into the master bedroom and stabbed Tom and Lisa... |
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The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo
Tom Reiss - Crown Trade Format: Paperback
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Here is the remarkable true story of the real Count of Monte Cristo - a stunning feat of historical sleuthing that brings to life the forgotten hero who inspired such classics as The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers.The real-life protagonist of The Black Count,... |
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Hearts Touched by Fire: The Best of Battles and Leaders of the Civil War
Joan Waugh - Modern Library; First Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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In July 1883, just a few days after the twentieth anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, a group of editors at The Century Magazine engaged in a lively argument: Which Civil War battle was the bloodiest battle of them all? One claimed it was Chickamauga, another Cold Harbor. The argument... |
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Hitmaker: The Man and His Music
Tommy Mottola - Grand Central Publishing; 1st edition Format: Hardcover
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Much has been written about Tommy Mottola, one of the most powerful, visionary, and successful executives in the history of the music industry. He discovered, developed and launched the careers of many superstars, including Mariah Carey, Celine Dion, Shakira, Jennifer Lopez and Gloria Estefan,... |
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Face It
Debbie Harry - Dey Street Books Format: Hardcover
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A MULTILAYERED MEMOIR FROM A MULTIFACETED ARTISTAs a musician, an actor, a muse, an icon, the breadth of Debbie Harry's impact on our culture has been matched by her almost Sphinx-like reticence about her inner life. Through it all - while being acclaimed as one of the most beautiful women... |
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Reporter: A Memoir
Seymour M Hersh - Knopf Format: Hardcover
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From the Pulitzer Prize-winning, best-selling author and preeminent investigative journalist of our time--a heartfelt, hugely revealing memoir of a decades-long career breaking some of the most impactful stories of the last half-century, from Washington to Vietnam to the Middle East.Seymour... |
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Custer's Trials
T.J. Stiles Format: electronic resource
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Winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for HistoryFrom the winner of two Pulitzer Prizes and a National Book Award, a brilliant biography of Gen. George Armstrong Custer that radically changes our view of the man and his turbulent times.In this magisterial biography, T. J. Stiles paints a portrait... |
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The Eighty-Dollar Champion: Snowman, the Horse That Inspired a Nation
Elizabeth Letts - Ballantine Books; 1st edition Format: Hardcover
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERNovember the National Horse Show at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Into the rarefied atmosphere of wealth and tradition comes the most unlikely of horsesmdasha drab white former plow horse named Snowmanmdashand his rider, Harry de Leyer. They were the longest... |
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I Can See Clearly Now
Wayne W Dyer - Hay House Format: Paperback
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For many years, Dr. Wayne W. Dyer's fans have wondered when he would write a memoir. Well, after four decades as a teacher of self-empowerment and the best-selling author of more than 40 books, Wayne has finally done just that! However, he has written it in a way that only he can - with... |
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Worthy Fights: A Memoir of Leadership in War and Peace
Jim Newton - Penguin Press; First Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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Leon Panetta's first career, beginning as an army intelligence officer and including 16 years in the House of Representatives, lasted thirty-five years and culminated in his role as Clinton's budget czar and White House chief of staff. He then "retired" to establish the Panetta... |
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The Nixon Defense: What He Knew and When He Knew It
John W. Dean - Viking Format: Hardcover
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Based on Nixon's overlooked recordings, New York Times bestselling author John W. Dean connects the dots between what we've come to believe about Watergate and what actually happened Watergate forever changed American politics, and in light of the revelations about the NSA's... |
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Unbreakable: My Story, My Way
Jenni Rivera - Atria Books Format: Paperback
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A New York Times bestseller, this is the official biography from the beloved Mexican-American singer who lost her life in a tragic plane crash.The only autobiography authorized by Jenni Rivera "I can't get caught up in the negative because that destroys you. Perhaps trying... |
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The Reaper: Autobiography of One of the Deadliest Special Ops Snipers
Nicholas Irving - St Martin'S Press Format: Hardcover
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Groundbreaking, thrilling and revealing, The Reaper is the astonishing memoir of Special Operations Direct Action Sniper Nicholas Irving, the 3rd Ranger Battalion's deadliest sniper with 33 confirmed kills, though his remarkable career total, including probables, is unknown.Irving... |
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Love Warrior: A Memoir
Glennon Doyle Melton - Flatiron Books Format: Print book
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#1 New York Times BestsellerThe Newest Oprah Bookclub 2016 SelectionThe highly anticipated new memoir by bestselling author Glennon Doyle Melton tells the story of her journey of self-discovery after the implosion of her marriage.Just when Glennon Doyle Melton was beginning to feel... |
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Blood Lust
Sheila Johnson - Pinnacle Format: Mass Market Paperback
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From the time he was a teenager, Jeremy Bryan Jones had let his violent passions run wild: attacking, raping, and mutilating. Then, in Mobile County, Alabama, Jones' rampage was stopped. But no one knew how many bodies were in his past. Convicted and sentenced to die for the brutal... |
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Lara: The Untold Love Story and the Inspiration for Doctor Zhivago
Anna Pasternak - Ecco Format: Print book
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The heartbreaking story of the love affair between Boris Pasternak, the author of Doctor Zhivago, and Olga Ivinskaya - the true tragedy behind the timeless classicWhen Stalin came into power in 1924, the Communist government began persecuting dissident writers. Though Stalin spared the life... |
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Mother Teresa
Anne Sebba
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Mother Teresa of Calcutta--no figure alive today has received the adulation that she has, and she is frequently cited as the living embodiment of Christian kindness. Recipient of numerous humanitarian awards, including the Nobel Peace Prize, she had been characterized as a living |
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The Fixer: The Notorious Life of a Front-Page Bail Bondsman
Ira Judelson - Touchstone; First Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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From New York’s foremost bail bondsman with “over $30 million on the street” comes the story of a modern-day “fixer” who walks a fine line between hustler and humanitarian with clients ranging from the rich and famous to the mafia and gangs of New York.With... |
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Above the Line: My Wild Oats Adventure
Shirley Maclaine - Atria Books Format: Hardcover
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From the beloved and bestselling actress, a book about her experiences filming Wild Oats in the Canary Islands - which brings forth memories of a past life on the lost continent of Atlantis. This is a terrific companion to the movie, telling the behind-the-scenes, over-the-top story of how the film... |
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End of Days: The Assassination of John F. Kennedy
James L. Swanson - William Morrow; First Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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In End of Days, James L. Swanson, the New York Times bestselling author of Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer, brings to life the minute-by-minute details of the JFK assassination—from the Kennedys' arrival in Texas through the shooting in Dealey Plaza and the shocking... |
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Binge
Tyler Oakley - Gallery Books, 2015. Format: Print book
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"Pop culture phenomenon, social rights advocate, and the most prominent LGBTQ voice on YouTube, Tyler Oakley brings you his first collection of witty, personal, and hilarious essays written in the voice that's earned him more than twenty-one million followers across social media.... |
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This Is Herman Cain!: My Journey to the White House
Herman Cain - Threshold Editions; 1 edition Format: Hardcover
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When Herman Cain speaks, people listen. When he debates, he wins. If you care about the future of America, you have heard of the down-to-earth political newcomer running for president, the straight-talking man of the people with blunt assessments of what America needs. Originally overlooked... |
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Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness
Susannah Cahalan - Simon & Schuster; Reprint edition Format: Hardcover
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One day in 2009, twenty-four-year-old Susannah Cahalan woke up alone in a strange hospital room, strapped to her bed, under guard, and unable to move or speak. A wristband marked her as a flight risk, and her medical recordschronicling a month-long hospital stay of which she had no memory... |
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Nothing Daunted: The Unexpected Education of Two Society Girls in the West
Dorothy Wickenden - Scribner; First Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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This exhilarating saga about two intrepid young women who leave the affluence of their New York home to teach school on the Western frontier in 1916 is authentically created using actual letters home and interviews with descendants.Dorothy Woodruff and Rosamond Underwood attended grade... |
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My American Dream: A Life of Love, Family, and Food
Lidia Bastianich - Knopf Format: Hardcover
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From the best-selling cookbook author, beloved and award-winning television personality, and hugely successful restaurateur--a heartwarming, emotional, revelatory memoir told with all her hallmark warmth and gusto.Lidia's story begins with her upbringing in Pula, a formerly Italian city... |
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Deal with the Devil: The FBI's Secret Thirty-Year Relationship with a Mafia Killer
Peter Lance - William Morrow; First Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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In Deal with the Devil, five-time Emmy winning investigative reporter Peter Lance draws on three decades of once secret FBI files - and exclusive new interviews - to tell the definitive story of Gregory Scarpa Sr., aka "The Grim Reaper;" a Mafia capo, who "stopped counting"... |
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Hungry Heart: Adventures in Life, Love, and Writing
Jennifer Weiner - Atria Books Format: Book
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"I'm mad Jennifer Weiner's first book of essays is as wonderful as her fiction. You will love this book and wish she was your friend." - Mindy Kaling, author of Why Not Me? "A fiercely funny, powerfully smart, and remarkably brave book. I was spellbound from the first... |
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Hourglass: Time, Memory, Marriage
Dani Shapiro - Alfred A Knopf Format: Print book
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The best-selling novelist and memoirist delivers her most intimate and powerful work: a piercing, life-affirming memoir about marriage and memory, about the frailty and elasticity of our most essential bonds, and about the accretion, over time, of both sorrow and love. Hourglass... |
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Untitled Roger Daltrey Autobiography
Roger Daltrey - Henry Holt and Co. Format: Hardcover
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The frontman of one of the greatest bands of all time tells the story of his rise from nothing to rock 'n' roll megastar, and his wild journey as the voice of The Who."It's taken me three years to unpack the events of my life, to remember who did what when and why, to separate the myths... |
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God Gave Me You: A True Story of Love, Loss and a Heaven-Sent Miracle
Tricia Seaman - Howard Books Format: Print book
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When a single mother with terminal cancer asks an oncology nurse to look after her son, neither can imagine what God has in store. This is the heartwarming story of how two very different women with two very different paths were brought together for one very special purpose.Oncology nurse... |
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A Street Cat Named Bob: And How He Saved My Life
James Bowen - Thomas Dunne Books Format: Hardcover
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The Instant New York Times Bestseller!James is a street musician struggling to make ends meet.Bob is a stray cat looking for somewhere warm to sleep. When James and Bob meet, they forge a never-to-be-forgotten friendship that has been charming readers from Thailand to Turkey.A Street Cat Named... |
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Raising Cubby: A Father and Son's Adventures with Asperger's, Trains, Tractors, and High Explosives
John Elder Robison - Crown; 1 edition Format: Hardcover
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The slyly funny, sweetly moving memoir of an unconventional dads relationship with his equally offbeat soncomplete with fast cars, tall tales, homemade explosives, and a whole lot of fun and trouble Misfit, truant, delinquent. John Robison was never a model child, and he wasnt a model... |
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Kill the Irishman
Rick Porrello - Pocket Star; Mti Rep edition Format: Paperback
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Be sure to see Kill the Irishman—the major motion picture based on Rick Porrello’s true-crime masterpiece! A modern warrior known as Greene Was very quick and smart, and mean. He scrambled hard and fought like hell, And led a charmed existence. They shot him down and blew him up With... |
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The Wolf of Wall Street
Jordan Belfort - Bantam Format: Paperback
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Now a major motion picture directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERBy day he made thousands of dollars a minute. By night he spent it as fast as he could. From the binge that sank a 170-foot motor yacht and ran up a $700,000 hotel tab, to the wife... |
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Shirley Jones: A Memoir
Shirley Jones - Gallery Books; First Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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Dont miss the frank and heartwarming New York Times bestselling memoir by the Oscar-winning actress and beloved Partridge Family icon, Shirley Jones. In this memoir you are going to meet the real flesh-and-blood Shirley Jones, not just the movie star or Mrs. Partridge. So begins Shirley... |
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Small Fry
LISA BRENNAN-JOBS - Grove Press Format: Hardcover
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A frank, smart and captivating memoir by the daughter of Apple founder Steve Jobs.Born on a farm and named in a field by her parents -- artist Chrisann Brennan and Steve Jobs -- Lisa Brennan-Jobs's childhood unfolded in a rapidly changing Silicon Valley. When she was young, Lisa's father... |
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I See You Made an Effort: Compliments, Indignities, and Survival Stories from the Edge of 50
Annabelle Gurwitch - Blue Rider Press; First Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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Actress and humorist Annabelle Gurwitch returns with I See You Made an Effort, a book of essays so wickedly funny it may make you forget your last birthday. Not one to shy away from the grisly realities of middle age, the slyly subversive O, The Oprah Magazine Gurwitch confronts the various... |
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Does the Noise in My Head Bother You?
Steven Tyler - Ecco; First Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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"Steven Tyler is one of the giants of American music, who's been influential for a whole generation of Rock 'n' Roll fans around the world. Long May He Rock!" - Sir Paul McCartneyDoes the Noise in My Head Bother You? is the rock memoir to end all rock memoirs - the straight-up,... |
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Indomitable Will: LBJ in the Presidency
Mark Updegrove - Crown; First Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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Nearly fifty years after being sworn in as president of the United States in the wake of John F. Kennedy’s assassination, Lyndon Baines Johnson remains a largely misunderstood figure. His force of personality, mastery of power and the political process, and boundless appetite... |
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SOLO: A Memoir of Hope
Hope Solo - Harper; 1St Edition edition Format: Book
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The Glass Castle meets A League of Their Own in Solo, a candid and moving memoir about family, loss, and reconciliation from Hope Solo, the supremely talented, headline-making goalkeeper for the U.S. womens national soccer team.During the 2011 Womens World Cup, Solo became an idol, role... |
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Young Al Capone: The Untold Story of Scarface in New York, 1899-1925
William Balsamo - Skyhorse Publishing; 1st edition edition Format: Hardcover
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Many people are familiar with the story of Al Capone, the “untouchable” Chicago gangster best known for orchestrating the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre. But few are aware that Capone’s remarkable story began in the Navy Yard section of Brooklyn, New York. Tutored... |
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Poe: A Life Cut Short
Peter Ackroyd - Nan A. Talese/Doubleday Format: Print book
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Gothic, mysterious, theatrical, fatally flawed, and dazzling, the life of Edgar Allan Poe, one of America's greatest and most versatile writers, is the ideal subject for Peter Ackroyd. Poe wrote lyrical poetry and macabre psychological melodramas; invented the first fictional detective;... |
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Who Killed My Daughter?
Lois Duncan - Dell; Reprint edition Format: Paperback
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The best-selling young adult novelist recounts her daughters mysterious shooting death and her own investigation into the crime, describing her use of a psychic to contact her dead child and expose the truth., |
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In My Skin: My Life On and Off the Basketball Court
Brittney Griner - It Books, 2014. Format: Paperback
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Hailed by ESPN as the world's most famous female basketball player, Brittney Griner, the dunking phenom and national sensation who is shattering stereotypes and breaking boundaries, now shares her coming-of-age story, revealing how she found her strength to overcome bullies and to embrace... |
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The 13th Gift: A True Story of a Christmas Miracle
Joanne Huist Smith - Harmony Format: Hardcover
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For readers of Richard Paul Evans and Greg Kincaid comes The 13th Gift, a heartwarming Christmas story about how a random act of kindness transformed one of the bleakest moments in a family's history into a time of strength and love.After the unexpected death of her husband, Joanne... |
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Dream More: Celebrate the Dreamer in You
Dolly Parton - Putnam Adult Format: Hardcover
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The legendary Dolly Parton shares her heartfelt hopes and dreams for everyone. Expanding on the hugely popular commencement speech that Dolly Parton gave at the University of Tennessee, Dream More is a deeper and richer exploration of the personal philosophy she has forged over the course... |
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In the Secret Service: The True Story of the Man Who Saved President Reagan's Life
Jerry Parr - Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. Format: Paperback
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Meet Jerry Parr. In 1981, he was the agent standing next to Ronald Reagan when John Hinckley, Jr., stepped out of the crowd, intent on killing the president. In the Secret Service is an adrenaline-filled ride through the life of the agent who saved Ronald Reagan’s life. Jerry spent... |
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Untitled Memoir
STEPHEN CARTER - Henry Holt and Co. Format: Hardcover
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The bestselling author delves into his past and discovers the inspiring story of his grandmother's extraordinary life She was black and a woman and a prosecutor, a graduate of Smith College and the granddaughter of slaves, as dazzlingly unlikely a combination as one could imagine in New York... |
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Jane Fonda: The Private Life of a Public Woman
Patricia Bosworth - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; 1 edition Format: Hardcover
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Bosworth goes behind the image of an American superwoman, revealing Jane Fondamore powerful and vulnerable than ever expectedwhose struggles for high achievement, love, and successful motherhood mirror the conflicts of a generation of women. In the hands of this seasoned, tenacious biographer,... |
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Thank You for My Service
Mat Best - Bantam Format: Hardcover
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The unapologetic, laugh-your-ass-off military memoir both vets and civilians have been waiting for, from a five-tour Army Ranger turned YouTube phenomenon and zealous advocate for veterans Members of the military's special operations branches share a closely... |
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All-American: 45 American Men on Being Muslim
Wajahat Ali - White Cloud Press Format: Paperback
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Follow up work to White Cloud's successful and highly acclaimed May 2011 book I Speak For Myself: American Women on Being Muslim. With this second book in the I Speak For Myself series, American Muslim men speak out on their lives and how their Muslim beliefs play out in private and on the public... |
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Red Dust Road: An Autobiographical Journey
Jackie Kay - Atlas Format: Book
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A heart-warming book that answers the question: how do you define "family"?Once, as a small child, she realizes that her skin is a different color from that of her beloved parents, Jackie Kay embarks on a complicated and humorous journey to treasure the adoptive family that chose... |
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Becoming C. S. Lewis: A Biography of Young Jack Lewis
Harry Lee Poe - Crossway Books Format: Hardcover
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This unique biography reveals how C. S. Lewis's adolescent years shaped his later writingtracing themes such as his delight in literature, his key relationships, his suffering and struggles, and his intense pursuit of joy. Volume 1 of a new trilogy. |
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James Madison and the Making of America
Kevin R. C. Gutzman - St. Martin's Press Format: Hardcover
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In James Madison and the Making of America, historian Kevin Gutzman looks beyond the way James Madison is traditionally seen -- as "The Father of the Constitution" -- to find a more complex and sometimes contradictory portrait of this influential Founding Father and the ways in which... |
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Ike and Dick: Portrait of a Strange Political Marriage
Jeffrey Frank - Simon & Schuster; 1St Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon had a political and private relationship that lasted nearly twenty years, a tie that survived hurtful slights, tense misunderstandings, and the distance between them in age and temperament. Yet the two men brought out the best and worst in each other,... |
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The Removers: A Memoir
Andrew Meredith - Scribner Format: Hardcover
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A dark, poignant, and emotionally brave coming-of-age memoir: the story of a young man who, by handling the dead, makes peace with the living.For almost twenty years I mistook my father's downfall as my own. But it wasn't. It was not my sister's either, nor my mother's.... |
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Glitter and Glue: A Memoir
Kelly Corrigan - Ballantine Format: Book
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom the author of The Middle Place comes a new memoir that examines the bond - sometimes nourishing, sometimes exasperating, occasionally divine - between mothers and daughters. When Kelly Corrigan was in high school, her mother neatly summarized... |
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Nancy: The Story of Lady Astor
Adrian Fort - St. Martin's Press; First Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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A new biography of Nancy Astor, American socialite and social crusader who blazed a trail through British society amid two World Wars In 1919, Nancy Astor became the first female Member of Parliament elected to the House of Commons—she was not what had been expected.... |
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The Heart of Everything That Is: The Untold Story of Red Cloud, An American Legend
Bob Drury - Simon & Schuster; First Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAn astonishing untold story of the American West The great Sioux warrior-statesman Red Cloud was the only American Indian in history to defeat the United States Army in a war, forcing the government to sue for peace on his terms. At the peak of Red Cloud's powers... |
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Belle: The Slave Daughter and the Lord Chief Justice
Paula Byrne - Harper Perennial Format: Paperback
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From acclaimed biographer Paula Byrne, the sensational true tale that inspired the major motion picture Belle (May 2014) starring Tom Wilkinson, Miranda Richardson, Emily Watson, Penelope Wilton, and Matthew Goode - a stunning story of the first mixed-race girl introduced to high society... |
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Carsick: John Waters Hitchhikes Across America
John Waters - Farrar, Straus and Giroux Format: Paperback
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Carsick is the New York Times bestselling chronicle of a cross-country hitchhiking journey with Americas most beloved weirdo.John Waters is putting his life on the line. Armed with wit, a pencil-thin mustache, and a cardboard sign that reads "Im Not Psycho," he hitchhikes across... |
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Strange Glory: A Life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Charles Marsh - Random House Inc Format: Hardcover
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In the decades since his execution by the Nazis in 1945, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the German pastor, theologian, and anti-Hitler conspirator, has become one of the most widely read and inspiring Christian thinkers of our time. Now, drawing on extensive new research, Strange Glory offers a definitive... |
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In the Land of Men: A Memoir
Adrienne Miller - Ecco Format: Hardcover
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A fiercely personal memoir about Miller's coming of age in the male-dominated literary world of the nineties, becoming, at twenty-five, the first female literary editor of Esquire, and her personal and working relationship with David Foster WallaceAdrienne Miller was a nave twenty-two-year-old... |
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An American Son: A Memoir
Senator Marco Rubio - Sentinel HC; First Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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Few politicians have risen to national prominence as quickly as Marco Rubio. At age forty-one he's the subject of widespread interest and speculation. But he has never before told the full story of his unlikely journey, with all the twists and turns that made him an American son.That... |
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After Camelot: A Personal History of the Kennedy Family - 1968 to the Present
J. Randy Taraborrelli - Grand Central Publishing; 1 edition Format: Hardcover
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For more than half a century, Americans have been captivated by the Kennedys - their joy and heartbreak, tragedy and triumph, the dark side and the remarkable achievements. In this ambitious and sweeping account, Taraborelli continues the family chronicle begun with his bestselling Jackie,... |
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Means of Ascent: The Years of Lyndon Johnson II
Robert A. Caro - Knopf; 1st edition Format: Book
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Robert A. Caro's life of Lyndon Johnson, which began with the greatly acclaimed The Path to Power, also winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, continues -- one of the richest, most intensive and most revealing examinations ever undertaken of an American President. In Means... |
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Our Last Best Chance: The Pursuit of Peace in a Time of Peril
King Abdullah II of Jordan - Viking Adult; First Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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A newsbreaking memoir that tackles head-on the toughest challenge in the world today. When a dying King Hussein shocked the world by picking his son rather than his brother, the longtime crown prince, to be the next king of Jordan, no one was more surprised than the young head of Special... |
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If You Love Me
Maureen Cavanagh - Henry Holt and Company Format: Hardcover
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A mother's gripping memoir who suddenly finds herself on the front lines the opioid epidemic as her daughter battles substance abuse. |
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Name Drop: The Really Good Celebrity Stories I Usually Only Tell at Happy Hour
Ross Mathews - Atria Books Format: Hardcover
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From Ross Mathews, the nationally bestselling author of Man Up!, judge on RuPaul's Drag Race, and alum of Chelsea Lately, a collection of hilarious and irreverent essays about his experience with Hollywood's most talked-about celebrities.Pretend it's happy hour and you and I are sitting... |
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