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The Best Strangers in the World: Stories from a Life Spent Listening
Ari Shapiro - HarperOne
Format: Hardcover
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From the beloved host of NPR's All Things Considered, a stirring memoir-in-essays that is also a lover letter to journalism.In his first book, broadcaster Ari Shapiro takes us around the globe to reveal the stories behind narratives that are sometimes heartwarming, sometimes heartbreaking,... |
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Capote's Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era
Laurence Leamer - G.P. Putnam's Sons
Format: Hardcover
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"There are certain women," Truman Capote wrote, "who, though perhaps not born rich, are born to be rich." Barbara "Babe" Paley, Gloria Guinness, Marella Agnelli, Slim Hayward, Pamela Churchill, C. Z. Guest, Lee Radziwill (Jackie Kennedy's sister) --they... |
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Hell's Princess: The Mystery of Belle Gunness, Butcher of Men
Harold Schechter - Little A
Format: Hardcover
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In the pantheon of serial killers, Belle Gunness stands alone. She was the rarest of female psychopaths, a woman who engaged in wholesale slaughter, partly out of greed but mostly for the sheer joy of it. Between 1902 and 1908, she lured a succession of unsuspecting victims to her Indiana... |
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Rene's War: Memoirs of French Resistance in WWII
Mr. Michel Mockers - CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; 2 edition
Format: Print book
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The coin goes up ... .. it comes down, and the destiny of two brothers is decided. One faces prison in Spain before being released to join the French Army under General Giraud, and finally ends up paratrooping into France as a decoy for the D-Day invasion. The other becomes a leader of his group... |
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Founding Fathers: The Fight for Freedom and the Birth of American Liberty
K. M. Kostyal - National Geographic
Format: Hardcover
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Kostyal tells the story of the great American heroes who created the Declaration of Independence, fought the American Revolution, shaped the US Constitution--and changed the world. The eras dramatic events, from the riotous streets in Boston to the unlikely victory at Saratoga, are punctuated... |
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Born with Teeth: A Memoir
Kate Mulgrew - Little, Brown and Company,
Format: Large Print Hardcover
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Raised by unconventional Irish Catholics who knew "how to drink, how to dance, how to talk, and how to stir up the devil," Kate Mulgrew grew up with poetry and drama in her bones. But in her mother, a would-be artist burdened by the endless arrival of new babies, young Kate saw the consequences... |
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Slow: Simple Living for a Frantic World
Brooke McAlary - Sourcebooks
Format: Hardcover
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Free yourself from the frantic and embrace the joy of slow..."After reading this book, you'll have an amazing list of ingredients that can help you create a meaningful life, too!" -- The Minimalists Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus"Finally, a slow living guide for the imperfect... |
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Independence Lost: Lives on the Edge of the American Revolution
Kathleen DuVal - Random House
Format: Hardcover
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A rising-star historian offers a significant new global perspective on the Revolutionary War with the story of the conflict as seen through the eyes of the outsiders of colonial society Over the last decade, award-winning historian Kathleen DuVal has revitalized the study of early America's... |
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