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Troublemaker : surviving Hollywood and Scientology
Leah Remini - Ballantine Books
Format: Print book
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The outspoken actress, talk show host, and reality television star offers up a no-holds-barred memoir, including an eye-opening insider account of her tumultuous and heart-wrenching thirty-year-plus association with the Church of Scientology. Leah... |
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The Life of My Teacher: A Biography of Ling Kyabj Rinpoch
Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV - Wisdom Publications
Format: Hardcover
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The Dalai Lama tells the life story of his remarkable teacher, Ling Rinpoch, who remained a powerful anchor for him from childhood and into his emergence as a global spiritual leader. The Sixth Ling Rinpoch (1903-83) was a towering figure in Tibetan Buddhism. Combining great learning... |
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The Swamp Fox: How Francis Marion Saved the American Revolution
John W Oller - Da Capo Press
Format: Paperback
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This comprehensive biography of Francis Marion, the Swamp Fox, covers his famous wartime stories as well as a private side of him that has rarely been exploredIn the darkest days of the American Revolution, Francis Marion and his band of militia freedom fighters kept hope alive for the patriot... |
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Two and Two: McSorley's, My Dad, and Me
RAFE BARTHOLOMEW - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover
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A deeply stirring memoir of growing up in New York City's oldest Irish bar. McSorley's Old Ale House has been serving light and dark ale in New York City's East Village since 1854. Although a Supreme Court ruling forced them to allow women inside in the 1970s, many of the bar's... |
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The Grand Tour: The Life and Music of George Jones
Rich Kienzle - Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover
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In the vein of the classic Johnny Cash: The Life, this groundbreaking work explores the wild life and extraordinary musical career of "the definitive country singer of the last half century" (New York Times) , who influenced, among others, Bob Dylan, Buck Owens, Emmylou Harris,... |
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The General vs. the President: MacArthur and Truman at the Brink of Nuclear War
H W Brands - Doubleday
Format: Print book
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Click Here For the Autographed Copy
From master storyteller and historian H. W. Brands, twice a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, comes the riveting story of how President Harry Truman and General Douglas MacArthur squared off to decide America's future in the aftermath of World War II. At the height... |
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In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom
Yeonmi Park - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover
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Yeonmi Park has told the harrowing story of her escape from North Korea as a child many times, but never before has she revealed the most intimate and devastating details of the repressive society she was raised in and the enormous price she paid to escape. Park's family was loving... |
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Ringo: With a Little Help
Michael Starr - Backbeat Books
Format: Print book
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(Book) . Ringo: With a Little Help is the first in-depth biography of Beatles drummer Ringo Starr, who kept the beat for an entire generation and who remains a rock icon over fifty years since the Beatles took the world by storm. With a Little Help traces the entire arc of Ringo's remarkable... |
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The Real Peter Pan: J. M. Barrie and the Boy Who Inspired Him
Piers Dudgeon - Thomas Dunne Books
Format: Print book
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The world has long been captivated by the story of Peter Pan and the countless movies, plays, musicals, and books that retell the story of Peter, Wendy, and the Lost Boys. Now, in this revealing behind-the-scenes book, author Piers Dudgeon examines the fascinating and complex relationships... |
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Angela Merkel: Europes Most Influential Leader (The Definitive Biography)
Matthew Qvortrup - Duckworth
Format: Paperback
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*Updated to include her final months in office* - 2021s most pertinent biographyMatthew Qvortrups definitive and insightful biography of Angela Merkel is essential reading for anyone interested in current affairs, the fate of Europe, or simply the story of a truly remarkable woman. Updated... |
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A History of Heists: Bank Robbery in America
Jerry Clark - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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No crime is as synonymous with America as bank robbery. Though the number of bank robberies nationwide has declined, bank robbery continues to captivate the public and jeopardize the safety of banks and their employees. In A History of Heists, Jerry Clark and Ed Palattella explore how bank... |
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Can I Let You Go?: A heartbreaking true story of love, loss and moving on
Cathy Glass - Harper Element
Format: Print book
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Can I Let You Go? is the true story of Faye, a wonderful young woman who may never be able to parent her unborn child.Faye is 24, pregnant, and has learning difficulties as a result of her mother's alcoholism. Faye is gentle, childlike and vulnerable, and normally lives with her grandparents,... |
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First Women: The Grace and Power of America's First Ladies
Kate Andersen Brower - Harper
Format: Print book
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the groundbreaking backstairs look at the White House, The Residence, comes an intimate, news-making look at the true modern power brokers at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue: the First Ladies, from Jackie Kennedy to Michelle... |
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The Most Beautiful: My Life with Prince
Mayte Garcia - Hachette Books
Format: Hardcover
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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAt the one-year anniversary of his death, legendary musician Prince's first wife shares a uniquely intimate, candid, and revelatory look inside the personal and professional life of one of the world's most beloved icons. In The Most Beautiful,... |
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It's Okay to Laugh:
Nora McInerny Purmort - Dey Street Books
Format: Print book
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"An emotional rollercoaster of the highest order...It's Okay to Laugh is that rare gem of a read, equal parts heartwarming and hysterical, that'll make you laugh out loud, only to leave you tearing up a few pages later. I can't recommend it highly enough." - Lincoln Thompson,... |
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Danger Close: My Epic Journey as a Combat Helicopter Pilot in Iraq and Afghanistan
Amber Smith - Atria Books
Format: Print book
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The inspiring and riveting first-ever memoir of active combat by a female helicopter pilot in Iraq and Afghanistan.Amber Smith flew into enemy fire in some of the most dangerous combat zones in the world. One of only a few women to fly the Kiowa Warrior helicopter - whose mission, armed... |
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Cobain on Cobain: Interviews and Encounters
Nick Soulsby - Chicago Review Press, 2016.
Format: Print book
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Cobain on Cobain places the reader at the key moments of Kurt Cobain's roller-coaster career, telling the tale of Nirvana entirely through his words and those of his bandmates. Each interview is another knot in a thread running from just after the recording of their first album, Bleach,... |
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Swimming with Elephants: My Unexpected Pilgrimage from Physician to Healer
Sarah Bamford Seidelmann - Conari Press
Format: Paperback
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After two decades in the study and practice of medicine, Sarah Seidelmann took a three month sabbatical to search for a way to feel good again. Having witnessed human suffering early in her career and within her own family, she longed for a way to address more than just the physical needs... |
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Frontier Grit: The Unlikely True Stories of Daring Pioneer Women
Marianne Monson - Shadow Mountain
Format: Print book
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Discover the stories of twelve women who heard the call to settle the west and who came from all points of the globe to begin their journey. As a slave, Clara watched helpless as her husband and children were sold, only to be reunited with her youngest daughter, as a free woman, six decades... |
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Wild Things: The Joy of Reading Children's Literature as an Adult
BRUCE HANDY - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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An irresistible, nostalgic, insightful - and totally original - ramble through classic children's literature from Vanity Fair contributing editor (and father) Bruce Handy. "Consistently intelligent and funny ... The book succeeds wonderfully." - The New York Times... |
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Over the Hills and Far Away: The Life of Beatrix Potter
Matthew Dennison - Pegasus Books
Format: Print book
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Beatrix Potter is one of the world's bestselling, most cherished authors, whose books have enchanted generations of children for over a hundred years. Yet how she achieved this legendary status is just one of several stories of her remarkable and unexpected life. Inspired by the twenty-three... |
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Hillary's America
Dinesh D'Souza - Regnery Publishing
Format: Print book
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Dinesh D'Souza has a warning: We are on the brink of losing our country forever. After eight years of Obama, four years -- or possibly eight years -- of Hillary Clinton as president of the United States would so utterly transform America as to make it unrecognizable. No more will America... |
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With My Eyes Wide Open: Miracles and Mistakes on My Way Back to KoRn
Brian Welch - Nelson Books
Format: Print book
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He left KoRn to help himself. He went back to help others. And along the way, he nearly lost everything. A life-changing spiritual awakening freed Brian "Head" Welch from a stranglehold of drugs and alcohol and prompted him to leave the highly successful nu-metal band KoRn in 2005.... |
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The Road to Little Dribbling: Adventures of an American in Britain
Bill Bryson - Random House Large Print
Format: Large print book
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A loving and hilarious - if occasionally spiky - valentine to Bill Bryson's adopted country, Great Britain. Prepare for total joy and multiple episodes of unseemly laughter. Twenty years ago, Bill Bryson went on a trip around Britain to discover and celebrate that green and pleasant land.... |
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Doreen Valiente Witch
Philip Heselton - Llewellyn Publications
Format: Print book
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Heralded as one of the greatest figures in the history of modern witchcraft, Doreen Valiente made an unparalleled contribution to contemporary spiritual practice. This book tells her fascinating story, from her earliest encounters with the Craft to her work with Gerald Gardner and her emergence... |
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Outsider in the White House
Bernie Sanders - Verso
Format: Print book
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The political autobiography of the insurgent presidential candidate Bernie Sanders's campaign for the presidency of the United States has galvanized people all over the country, putting economic, racial, and social justice into the spotlight, and raising hopes that Americans can take their... |
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Elvis and Ginger: Elvis Presley's Fiancée and Last Love Finally Tells Her Story
Ginger Alden - Berkley
Format: Print book
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Elvis Presley and Graceland were fixtures in Ginger Aldens life after all, she was born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee. But she had no idea that she would play a part in that enduring legacyas Elvis Presleys fiance and his last great love. For more than three decades Ginger has held the truth... |
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Let Me Tell You about Jasper . . .: How My Best Friend Became America's Dog
Dana Perino - Twelve
Format: Print book
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Bestselling author of And the Good News Is... Dana Perino is back with stories of friends, family, and how America's love for a dog named Jasper is a place where even political opponents can find common ground. Dana Perino is a popular and beloved host on Fox's The Five, with over... |
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Leonard: My Fifty-Year Friendship with a Remarkable Man
William Shatner - Thomas Dunne Books
Format: Print book
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Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner first crossed paths as actors on the set of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Little did they know that their next roles, in a new science fiction television series, would shape their lives in ways no one could have anticipated. In seventy-nine television... |
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The Black Calhouns: From Civil War to Civil Rights with One African American Family
Gail Lumet Buckley - Atlantic Monthly Press
Format: Print book
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In The Black Calhouns, Gail Lumet Buckley - daughter of actress Lena Horne - delves deep into her family history, detailing the experiences of an extraordinary African-American family from Civil War to Civil Rights.Beginning with her great-great grandfather Moses Calhoun, a house... |
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Food, Health and Happiness: 115 On-Point Recipes for Great Meals and a Better Life
Oprah Winfrey - Flatiron Books
Format: Hardcover
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Oprah Winfrey will be the first to tell you, she has had a complicated relationship with food. It's been both a source of delight and comfort for her, but also the cause of an ongoing struggle with her weight. In Food, Health, and Happiness, Oprah shares the recipes that have allowed... |
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Everything Is Possible: Finding the Faith and Courage to Follow Your Dreams
Jen Bricker - Baker Books
Format: Print book
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Born without Legs, She Inspires Others to OvercomeJen Bricker was born without legs. Shocked and uncertain they could care for her, her biological parents gave her up for adoption. In her loving adoptive home, there was just one simple rule: "Never say 'can't.'" And pretty... |
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East West Street: On the Origins of "Genocide" and "Crimes Against Humanity"
Philippe Sands - Alfred A Knopf
Format: Print book
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In 2010, Philippe Sands was invited to give a lecture on genocide and crimes against humanity at Lviv University in Ukraine, which he accepted with the intent of learning about the extraordinary city that was home to his maternal grandfather, a Galician Jew who had been born there a century... |
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Muslim Girl: A Coming of Age
Amani Al-Khatahtbeh - Simon & Schuster
Format: Print book
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Required reading from the founder of MuslimGirl.com - a harrowing and candid memoir about coming of age as a Muslim American in the wake of 9/11, during the never-ending war on terror, and through the Trump era of casual racism.At nine years old, Amani Al-Khatahtbeh watched from her home... |
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Settle for More
Megyn Kelly - Harper
Format: Print book
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Click Here For the Autographed Copy
Anchor of the number one news show on cable, The Kelly File, Fox News Channel's Megyn Kelly writes her much anticipated book, a revealing and surprising memoir detailing her rise as one of the most respected journalists working today. From the values... |
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Bonjour Kale: A Memoir of Paris, Love, and Recipes
Kristen Beddard - Sourcebooks
Format: Print book
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A memoir of love, life, and recipes from the woman who brought kale to the City of Light The story of how one expat woman left her beloved behind when she moved to France-her beloved kale, that is. Unable to find le chou kale anywhere upon moving to the City of Light with her new husband,... |
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If You Only Knew
M William Phelps - Pinnacle
Format: Mass Market Paperback
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"Phelps is the Harlan Coben of real-life thrillers." --Allison Brennan"Anything by Phelps is an eye-opening experience." --Suspense MagazineWhen Vonlee "Nicole" Titlow and her aunt, Billie Jean Rogers, came home from a night of gambling in a casino near... |
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Murder in the Bayou : who killed the women known as the Jeff Davis 8
Ethan Brown - Scribner
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Between 2005 and 2009, the bodies of eight women were discovered around the town of Jennings, in Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana. They had all engaged in sex work as a means of survival, and they came to be called the Jeff Davis 8. The investigations into their deaths, originally searching... |
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Every Little Step: My Story
Bobby Brown - Dey St.
Format: Print book
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn Every Little Step, Brown will for the first time tell the full story of his life and set the record straight, particularly about his relationship with Whitney Houston.Bobby Brown has been one of the most compelling American artists of the past thirty years, a magnetic... |
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Fast Girl: A Life Spent Running from Madness
Suzy Favor Hamilton - Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover
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The former middle distance Olympic runner and high-end escort speaks out for the first time about her battle with mental illness, and how mania controlled and compelled her in competition, but also in life. This is a heartbreakingly honest yet hopeful memoir reminiscent of Manic, Electroboy,... |
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Queen Elizabeth II: A Celebration of Her Majesty's 90th Birthday
Tim Ewart - Andre Deutsch
Format: Print book
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Written by ITV Royal Correspondent Tim Ewart, Queen Elizabeth II examines the monarch's life and reign as she marks her 90th birthday. With many unique images from the Royal Archives, this beautifully illustrated celebration covers everything from royal tours to state visits, day-to-day... |
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The Doctor Is In: Dr. Ruth on Love, Life, and Joie de Vivre
Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer - Amazon Publishing
Format: Paperback
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The Doctor Is In! America's best-loved therapist, Dr. Ruth, is known for her wise counsel on all matters of the heart. Here she shares private stories from her past and her present, and her insights into living life to the fullest, at any age.Everyone knows Dr. Ruth as the most famous... |
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Danger close : my epic journey as a combat helicopter pilot in Iraq and Afghanistan
Amber Smith - Atria Books
Format: Print book
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"A memoir of active combat by an elite female helicopter pilot stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan vividly describes her division's high-risk battles and the ways they were challenged to perform under extreme duress, sharing additional insights into her experiences as a woman in a male-dominated... |
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The Shift: One Nurse, Twelve Hours, Four Patients' Lives
Theresa Brown - Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Format: Print book
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Practicing nurse and New York Times columnist Theresa Brown invites us to experience not just a day in the life of a nurse but all the life that happens in just one day on a busy teaching hospital's cancer ward. In the span of twelve hours, lives can be lost, life-altering treatment... |
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Black Elk: The Life of an American Visionary
Joe Jackson - Farrar
Format: Print book
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The epic life story of the Native American holy man who has inspired millions around the worldBlack Elk, the Native American holy man, is known to millions of readers around the world from his 1932 testimonial, Black Elk Speaks. Adapted by the poet John Neihardt from a series of interviews,... |
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The Lost Airman: A True Story of Escape from Nazi Occupied France
Seth Meyerowitz - Berkley Caliber
Format: Print book
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For fans of Unbroken, the remarkable, untold story of World War II American Air Force turret-gunner Staff Sergeant Arthur Meyerowitz, who was shot down over Nazi-occupied France and evaded Gestapo pursuers for more than six months before escaping to freedom. Bronx-born top turret-gunner... |
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Every little step : my story
Bobby Brown - Dey Street Books
Format: Paperback
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn Every Little Step, Brown will for the first time tell the full story of his life and set the record straight, particularly about his relationship with Whitney Houston.Bobby Brown has been one of the most compelling American artists of the past thirty years, a magnetic... |
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Rivals of the Ripper: Unsolved Murders of Women in Late Victorian London
Jan Bondeson - History Press
Format: Print book
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Jack the Ripper is the quintessential Victorian serial killer, and the debate continues with regard to the number of his victims. But there is a profusion of unsolved murders of London women from late Victorian times, and this book presents 11 of the most gruesome and mysterious of them.... |
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Stonewall Jackson's Little Sorrel: An Unlikely Hero of the Civil War
Sharon B. Smith - Lyons Press
Format: Hardcover
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During the Civil War and throughout the rest of the nineteenth century there was no star that shone brighter than that of a small red horse who was known as Stonewall Jackson's Little Sorrel. Robert E. Lee's Traveller eventually became more familiar but he was mostly famous for his looks.... |
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Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person
Shonda Rhimes - Simon & Schuster
Format: Print book
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***AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*** In this poignant, hilarious, and deeply intimate call to arms, Hollywood's most powerful woman, the mega-talented creator of Grey's Anatomy and Scandal and executive producer of How to Get Away with Murder reveals how saying... |
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Anzac Girls: The Extraordinary Story of Our World War I Nurses
Peter Rees - Allen & Unwin
Format: Print book
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By the end of World War I, 45 Australian and New Zealand nurses had died on overseas service, and over 200 had been decorated. These were the women who left for war looking for adventure and romance, but were soon confronted with challenges for which their civilian lives could never have... |
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Catch a Star: Shining through Adversity to Become a Champion
Tamika Catchings - Flemming H Revell
Format: Print book
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When all she wanted was to fit in, Tamika Catchings stood out and felt left out, never knowing one day she'd stand out--as a basketball superstar and an inspiration. She faced being set apart by her hearing loss, separated from family, living up to high expectations, and the pain and discouragement... |
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Huckabee: The Authorized Biography
Scott Lamb - W Publishing Group, an Imprint of Thomas Nelson
Format: eBook
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The Mike Huckabee Story An Intimate Look For the first time, the former governor of Arkansas opens up the vault to friend and biographer W. Scott Lamb (Pujols: More Than the Game, 2011) to tell his life story. In this thoroughly unique biography of one of the most likeable, influential... |
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The Man in the Monster: An Intimate Portrait of a Serial Killer
Martha Elliott - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover
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An astonishing portrait of a murderer and his complex relationship with a crusading journalistMichael Ross was a serial killer who raped and murdered eight young women between 1981 and 1984, and several years ago the state of Connecticut put him to death. His crimes were horrific, and he paid... |
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Edgar Allan Poe: The Strange Man Standing Deep in the Shadows
Charlotte Montague - Chartwell Books
Format: Hardcover
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Poe is viewed as the ultimate doomed romantic whose last days are shrouded in sordid mystery. His life was a disaster, but his achievements in writing are amazing. He is widely recognized as father of the modern short story, inventor of the detective story and the master of horror.150... |
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Model Woman: Eileen Ford and the Business of Beauty
Robert Lacey - Harper
Format: Hardcover
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A revealing, no-holds-barred portrait of the legendary Eileen Ford - the entrepreneur who transformed the business of modeling and helped invent the celebrity supermodel.Working with her husband, Jerry, Eileen Ford created the twentieth century's largest and most successful modeling... |
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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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Dare to Be Kind: How Extraordinary Compassion Can Transform Our World
Lizzie Velasquez - Hachette Books
Format: Hardcover
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YouTube personality and celebrated motivational speaker Lizzie Velasquez shows us how we can learn to accept all parts of ourselves and others, and in doing so create a more compassionate world. Born with a rare genetic condition, Lizzie Velasquez always knew she was different, but not until... |
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Happiness: The Crooked Little Road to Semi-Ever After
HEATHER HARPHAM - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover
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A shirt-grabbing, page-turning love story that follows a one-of-a-kind family through twists of fate that require nearly unimaginable choices.Happiness begins with a charming courtship between hopelessly attracted opposites: Heather, a world-roaming California girl, and Brian, an intellectual,... |
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Stalin's Daughter: The Extraordinary and Tumultuous Life of Svetlana Alliluyeva
Rosemary Sullivan - Harper
Format: Hardcover
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The award-winning author of Villa Air-Bel returns with a painstakingly researched, revelatory biography of Svetlana Stalin, a woman fated to live her life in the shadow of one of history's most monstrous dictators - her father, Josef Stalin.Born in the early years of the Soviet Union,... |
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Texas Ranger: The Epic Life of Frank Hamer, the Man Who Killed Bonnie and Clyde
John Boessenecker - St Martin'S Press
Format: Print book
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"Frank Hamer, last of the old breed of Texas Rangers, has not fared well in history or popular culture. John Boessenecker now restores this incredible Ranger to his proper place alongside such fabled lawmen as Wyatt Earp and Eliot Ness. Here is a grand adventure story, told with grace... |
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The Blood of Emmett Till
Timothy B Tyson - Simon & Schuster
Format: Audiobook
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Longlisted for the National Book Award for Nonfiction This extraordinary New York Times bestseller reexamines a pivotal event of the civil rights movement - the 1955 lynching of Emmett Till - "and demands that we do the one vital thing we aren't often enough asked to do with... |
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The Lost Book of Moses: The Hunt for the World's Oldest Bible
Chanan Tigay - Ecco Press
Format: Print book
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A gripping account of one man's quest to find the oldest Bible in the world and solve the riddle of the brilliant, doomed antiquities dealer accused of forging it. In the summer of 1883, Moses Wilhelm Shapira--archaeological treasure hunter, inveterate social climber, and denizen of Jerusalem's... |
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Bust Hell Wide Open: The Life of Nathan Bedford Forrest
Samuel W Mitcham - Regnery History
Format: Print book
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At fourteen he became the head of his impoverished family, responsible for feeding eleven on the rough American frontier. By thirty-nine he had established himself as a successful plantation owner worth over $1 million. And at forty years old, Nathan Bedford Forrest enlisted in a Tennessee... |
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The Chick and the Dead: Life and Death Behind Mortuary Doors
CARLA VALENTINE - ST MARTIN'S Press
Format: Print book
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Carla Valentine works with the dead. After studying forensics, she assisted pathologists with post-mortems for years before becoming the curator of the world's most famous pathology museum. When it comes to death, she truly is an expert, and in this book she shares that expertise. Using... |
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Untitled on Becoming a Grandmother
Lesley Stahl - Blue Rider Press
Format: Print book
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From one of the country s most recognizable journalists: How becoming a grandmother transforms a woman s life. After four decades as a reporter, Lesley Stahl s most vivid and transformative experience of her life was not covering the White House, interviewing heads of state, or researching... |
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My own words
Ruth Bader Ginsburg - Simon & Schuster
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"The first book from Ruth Bader Ginsburg since becoming a Supreme Court Justice in 1993--a witty, engaging, serious, and playful collection of writings and speeches from the woman who has had a powerful and enduring influence on law, women's rights, and popular culture. My Own Words... |
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Van Halen Rising: How a Southern California Backyard Party Band Saved Heavy Metal
Greg Renoff - ECW Press
Format: Paperback
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A vivid and energetic history of Van Halen's legendary early yearsAfter years of playing gigs everywhere from suburban backyards to dive bars, Van Halen - led by frontman extraordinaire David Lee Roth and guitar virtuoso Edward Van Halen - had the songs, the swagger, and the talent... |
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Dinner with Edward: A Story of an Unexpected Friendship
Isabel Vincent - Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Format: Print book
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"I loved every moment of this book . . . Everyone deserves their own Edward--and everyone deserves to read this book." - Susannah Cahalan, bestselling author of Brain on Fire When Isabel meets Edward, both are at a crossroads: he wants to follow his late wife to the grave,... |
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The Big Fix: Hope After Heroin
Tracey Helton Mitchell - Seal Press
Format: Print book
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After surviving nearly a decade of heroin abuse and hard living on the streets of San Francisco's Tenderloin District, Tracey Helton Mitchell decided to get clean for good. With raw honesty and a poignant perspective on life that only comes from starting at rock bottom, The Big Fix tells... |
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Find a Way
Diana Nyad - Knopf
Format: Print book
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Hillary Clinton said that Find a Way would stay with her through the general election: "When you're facing big challenges in your life, you can think about Diana Nyad getting attacked by the lethal sting of box jellyfishes. And nearly anything else seems doable in comparison."... |
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Heroines of Mercy Street
Pamela D. Toler PhD - Little, Brown, 2016.
Format: Print book
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A look at the lives of the real nurses depicted in the PBS show Mercy StreetHEROINES OF MERCY STREET tells the true stories of the nurses at Mansion House, the Alexandria, Virginia, mansion turned war-time hospital and setting for the new PBS drama Mercy Street. Among... |
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The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir
ALEXANDRIA MARZANO-LESNEVICH - Flatiron Books
Format: Hardcover
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"A True Crime Masterpiece" - Vogue Entertainment Weekly "Must" List and Best Books of the Year So FarReal Simple's Best New Books "The Fact of a Body is one of the best books I've read this year. It's just astounding." -- Paula Hawkins,... |
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My Own Words
Ruth Bader Ginsburg - Simon & Schuster
Format: Print book
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The first book from Ruth Bader Ginsburg since becoming a Supreme Court Justice in 1993 - a witty, engaging, serious, and playful collection of writings and speeches from the woman who has had a powerful and enduring influence on law, women's rights, and popular culture.My Own Words... |
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A Thousand Miles to Freedom: My Escape from North Korea
Eunsun Kim - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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Eunsun Kim was born in North Korea, one of the most secretive and oppressive countries in the modern world. As a child Eunsun loved her country...despite her school field trips to public executions, daily self-criticism sessions, and the increasing gnaw of hunger as the country-wide... |
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Kentucky Women: Their Lives and Times
Melissa A McEuen - University of Georgia Press
Format: eBook
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Kentucky Women: Their Lives and Times introduces a history as dynamic and diverse as Kentucky itself. Covering the Appalachian region in the east to the Pennyroyal in the west, the essays highlight women whose aspirations, innovations, activism, and creativity illustrate Kentucky's... |
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Never Broken: Songs Are Only Half the Story
Jewel - Blue Rider Press
Format: Hardcover
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New York Times bestselling poet and multi-platinum singer-songwriter Jewel explores her unconventional upbringing and extraordinary life in an inspirational memoir that covers her childhood to fame, marriage, and motherhood.When Jewel's first album, Pieces of You, topped the charts... |
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Eleanor and hick : the love affair that shaped a first lady
Susan Quinn - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover
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A warm, intimate account of the love between Eleanor Roosevelt and reporter Lorena Hickok - a relationship that, over more than three decades, transformed both women's lives and empowered them to play significant roles in one of the most tumultuous periods in American historyIn 1932, as her husband... |
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Dark Heart: A True Story of Sex, Manipulation, and Murder
Kevin Flynn - Berkley Books
Format: Print book
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From the authors of the "true crime classic"* Notes on a Killing comes the harrowing story of the games that couples play - and what happens when role-playing becomes a deadly reality. Was murder part of the game? Seventeen-year-old Kat McDonough grew up with theater in her blood... |
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The Sweet Life: Find Passion, Embrace Fear, and Create Success on Your Own Terms
Dulce Candy Ruiz - Avery Publishing Group
Format: Hardcover
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The YouTube star and beauty guru shares her hard-won lessons on success, style, and finding the sweetness in all aspects of your life. Since posting her first makeup tutorial in 2008, Dulce Candy has become one of the top beauty stars on YouTube, boasting more than 2 million subscribers... |
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Rightful Heritage: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Land of America
Douglas Brinkley - Harper
Format: Print book
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The acclaimed, award-winning historian - "America's new past master" (Chicago Tribune) - examines the environmental legacy of FDR and the New Deal.Douglas Brinkley's The Wilderness Warrior celebrated Theodore Roosevelt's spirit of outdoor exploration and bold vision to protect... |
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The House of Twenty Thousand Books
Sasha Abramsky - New York Review of Books
Format: Hardcover
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The House of Twenty Thousand Books is the story of Chimen Abramsky, an extraordinary polymath and bibliophile who amassed a vast collection of socialist literature and Jewish history. For more than fifty years Chimen and his wife, Miriam, hosted epic gatherings in their house of books that... |
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The Bright Hour: A Memoir of Living and Dying
NINA RIGGS - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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An exquisite memoir about how to live - and love - every day with "death in the room," from poet Nina Riggs, mother of two young sons and the direct descendant of Ralph Waldo Emerson, in the tradition of When Breath Becomes Air."We are breathless, but we love the days.... |
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Never Enough: Donald Trump and the Pursuit of Success
Michael D'Antonio - Thomas Dunne Books
Format: Print book
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In the summer of 2015, as he vaulted to the lead among the many GOP candidates for president, Donald Trump was the only one dogged by questions about his true intentions. This most famous American businessman had played the role of provocateur so often that pundits, reporters, and voters... |
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To Love and To Kill
M. William Phelps
Format: Print book
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"Phelps dares to tread where few others will: into the mind of a killer." - TV Rage"Phelps is a true-crime veteran." - New York PostThe missing-persons case of Heather Strong, a young, beautiful suburban mother, baffled Florida detectives. When the file was handed to a veteran... |
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Writer, Sailor, Soldier, Spy: Ernest Hemingway's Secret Adventures, 1935-1961
Nicholas Reynolds - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A "riveting"* international cloak-and-dagger epic, here is the stunning untold story of Ernest Hemingway's dangerous secret life -- including his role as a Soviet agent code-named "Argo" -- that fueled his art and his undoing.In 2010, while... |
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The Longest Kill: The Story of Maverick 41, One of the World's Greatest Snipers
Craig Harrison sniper - St. Martin's Press
Format: Print book
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It takes a tough mindset to be a successful sniper, to be able to dig in for days on your own as you wait for your target, to stay calm on a battlefield when you yourself have become the target the enemy most want to take out. Craig Harrison has what it takes and in November 2009 in Afghanistan,... |
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Andy & Don: The Making of a Friendship and a Classic American TV Show
Daniel De ViseÌ - Simon & Schuster, 2015.
Format: Print book
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A lively and revealing biography of Andy Griffith and Don Knotts, celebrating the powerful real-life friendship behind one of America's most iconic television programs.Andy Griffith and Don Knotts met on Broadway in the 1950s. When Andy went to Hollywood to film a TV pilot about a small-town... |
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To Hell and Back: The Last Train from Hiroshima
Charles Pellegrino - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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Drawing on the voices of atomic bomb survivors and the new science of forensic archaeology, Charles Pellegrino describes the events and the aftermath of two days in August when nuclear devices, detonated over Japan, changed life on Earth forever.To Hell and Back offers readers a stunning,... |
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Pontius Pilate: Deciphering a Memory
Aldo Schiavone - Liveright Publishing Corporation
Format: Print book
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A world-renowned classicist presents a groundbreaking biography of the man who sent Jesus of Nazareth to the Cross.The Roman prefect Pontius Pilate has been cloaked in rumor and myth since the first century, but what do we actually know of the man who condemned Jesus of Nazareth to the Cross?... |
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M Train
Patti Smith - Vintage
Format: Paperback
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER * From the National Book Award-winning author of Just Kids: a "sublime collection of true stories ... and wild imaginings that take us to the very heart of who Patti Smith is" (Vanity Fair) , told through the cafés and haunts she has worked in around the world.... |
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The Witch of Lime Street: Sance, Seduction, and Houdini in the Spirit World
David Jaher - Crown Publishers, 2015.
Format: Print book
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History comes alive in this textured account of the rivalry between Harry Houdini and the so-called Witch of Lime Street, whose iconic lives intersected at a time when science was on the verge of embracing the paranormal.The 1920s are famous as the golden age of jazz and glamour, but it was also... |
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Life Is Short
Jennifer Arnold MD - Howard Books
Format: Print book
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From the beloved stars of TLC's The Little Couple comes an uplifting and moving behind-the-scenes account of how the pair met, fell in love, and overcame huge obstacles to become successful professionals and parents.Jennifer Arnold and Bill Klein have inspired millions as stars of TLC's... |
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If These Jewels Could Talk: The Legends Behind Celebrity Gems
Beth Bernstein - ACC Art Books
Format: Print book
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Throughout the 20th century, jewelry revealed the behind-the-scenes stories and the plot twists and turns in the real lives of celebrities that will always be larger than life. Some of the world's most fabulous jewels not only illustrated power and status in society but these magical... |
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The Princess Diarist
Carrie Fisher - Penguin Publishing Group
Format: Hardcover
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The Princess Diarist is Carrie Fisher's intimate, hilarious and revealing recollection of what happened behind the scenes on one of the most famous film sets of all time, the first Star Wars movie. * Named a PEOPLE Magazine Best Book of Fall 2016 *A New York... |
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The Missing Kennedy: Rosemary Kennedy and the Secret Bonds of Four Women
Elizabeth Koehler-Pentacoff - Bancroft Press
Format: Hardcover
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Rosemary (Rosie) Kennedy was born in 1918, the first daughter of a wealthy Bostonian couple who later would become known as the patriarch and matriarch of America's most famous and celebrated family. Elizabeth Koehler was born in 1957, the first and only child of a struggling Wisconsin... |
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Last Don Standing: The Secret Life of Mob Boss Ralph Natale
Dan Pearson - St Martin'S Press
Format: Print book
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As the last Don of the Philadelphia mob, Ralph Natale, the first-ever mob boss to turn state's evidence, provides an insider's perspective on the mafia. Natale's reign atop the Philadelphia and New Jersey underworlds brought the region's mafia back to prominence in the 1990s.... |
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Good mourning
Elizabeth Meyer - Gallery Books, 2015.
Format: Print book
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"In this funny, insightful memoir, a young socialite risks social suicide when she takes a job at a legendary funeral chapel on New York City{u2019}s Upper East Side. Good Mourning offers a behind-the-scenes look at one of the most famous funeral homes in the country--where not even... |
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Tudor Secrets & Scandals
Brian Williams - The History Press
Format: Paperback
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Looking behind the pomp and puritanism to explore the secret and scandalous world of the Tudors Entertaining and engrossing, this book explores the lives of the Tudor dynasty alongside those of the masses. Highly illustrated, it also includes places associated with the stories. Chapters... |
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The Man with the Golden Typewriter: Ian Fleming's James Bond Letters
Fergus Fleming - Bloomsbury USA
Format: Hardcover
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On August 16, 1952, Ian Fleming wrote to his wife, Ann, "My love, This is only a tiny letter to try out my new typewriter and to see if it will write golden words since it is made of gold." He had bought the golden typewriter as a present to himself for finishing his first novel,... |
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Hows Your Faith?: An Unlikely Spiritual Journey
David Gregory - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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In this "thoughtful, introspective, and moving account" (The Washington Post) , former NBC news anchor David Gregory probes various religious traditions to better understand his own faith and answer important questions about who we want to be and what we believe.When David Gregory... |
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Marrying Bipolar: The Highs And Lows Of Loving Someone With A Mental Illness
Natasha David - Soul Rocks Books
Format: Print book
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On the last day of winter in 2005, John committed suicide in his car on a lonely side road of the Blue Mountains to the west of Sydney, Australia. He was six months shy of his thirtieth birthday. It was the culmination of nine years of struggle for John and his wife, as he battled undiagnosed... |
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Margaret Thatcher: At Her Zenith: In London, Washington and Moscow
Charles Moore - Knopf Publishing Group
Format: Hardcover
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In June 1983 Margaret Thatcher won the biggest increase in a government's parliamentary majority in British electoral history. Over the next four years, as Charles Moore relates in this central volume of his uniquely authoritative biography, Britain's first woman prime minister changed... |
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First Dads: Parenting and Politics from George Washington to Barack Obama
Joshua C Kendall - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Print book
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Every president has had some experience as a parent. Of the 43 men who have served in the nation's highest office, 38 have fathered biological children and the other five adopted children. Each president's parenting style reveals much about his beliefs as well as his psychological make-up.... |
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Masquerade: Treason, the Holocaust, and an Irish Impostor
Mark M Hull - University of Oklahoma Press
Format: Hardcover
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Phyllis Ursula James. Nora O'Mara. Risn N Mheara. Like her name, the life of Rosaleen James changed many times as she followed a convoluted path from abandoned child, to foster daughter of an aristocratic British family, to traitor during World War II, to her emergence as a full Irish... |
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The Time of My Life: A Righteous Brother's Memoir
Bill Medley - Da Capo
Format: Hardcover
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Bill Medley's indelible baritone adorns some of the biggest hits of the twentieth century - "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'," "(You're My) Soul and Inspiration," "Rock and Roll Heaven" - and is prominent on the soundtrack of an entire generation.... |
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Game of Crowns: Elizabeth, Camilla, Kate, and the Throne
Christopher Andersen - Gallery Books
Format: Print book
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The #1 New York Times bestselling author of William and Kate and The Day Diana Died takes a compulsively readable look into the relationships and rivalries of Queen Elizabeth, Camilla Parker Bowles, and Kate Middleton.One has been famous longer... |
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The Big Heist: The Real Story of the Lufthansa Heist, the Mafia, and Murder
ANTHONY M DESTEFANO - Citadel
Format: Hardcover
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"Terrific DeStefano. He finally gives us a fitting end to the murderous and fabled story of the 1978 Lufthansa heist." - Nicholas Pileggi, author of Wiseguy and Casino"A comprehensive account of the legendary 1978 heist . . . impressive." - Publisher's... |
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A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety
Jimmy Carter - Simon & Schuster
Format: Book
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Jimmy Carter, thirty-ninth President, Nobel Peace Prize winner, international humanitarian, fisherman, reflects on his full and happy life with pride, humor, and a few second thoughts. |
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Ringo: With a Little Help
Michael Seth Starr - Backbeat Books
Format: Hardcover
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(Book) . Ringo: With a Little Help is the first in-depth biography of Beatles drummer Ringo Starr, who kept the beat for an entire generation and who remains a rock icon over fifty years since the Beatles took the world by storm. With a Little Help traces the entire arc of Ringo's... |
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Playing Dead: A Journey Through the World of Death Fraud
Elizabeth Greenwood - Simon & Schuster
Format: Paperback
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"A delightful read for anyone tantalized by the prospect of disappearing without a trace." - Erik Larson, New York Times bestselling author of Dead Wake "Delivers all the lo-fi spy shenanigans and caught-red-handed schadenfreude youre hoping for." - NPR "A lively... |
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Books for Living
Will Schwalbe - Knopf
Format: Hardcover
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From the author of the beloved New York Times best-selling The End of Your Life Book Club, an inspiring and magical exploration of the power of books to shape our lives in an era of constant connectivity. Why is it that we read? Is it to pass time? To learn something new?... |
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American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road
NICK BILTON - PORTFOLIO PENGUIN
Format: Print book
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From New York Times-bestselling author Nick Bilton comes a true-life thriller about the rise and fall of Ross Ulbricht, aka the Dread Pirate Roberts, the founder of the online black market Silk Road. In Hatching Twitter, Nick Bilton gave readers an astonishingly reported,... |
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American Immigration: An Encyclopedia of Political, Social, and Cultural Change
James Ciment - M.E. Sharpe
Format: Hardcover
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Thoroughly revised and expanded, this is the definitive reference on American immigration from both historic and contemporary perspectives. It traces the scope and sweep of U.S. immigration from the earliest settlements to the present, providing a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach... |
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The Strange Career of William Ellis: The Texas Slave Who Became a Mexican Millionaire
Karl Jacoby - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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A prize-winning historian tells a new story of the black experience in America through the life of a mysterious entrepreneur.To his contemporaries in Gilded Age Manhattan, Guillermo Eliseo was a fantastically wealthy Mexican, the proud owner of a luxury apartment overlooking Central Park,... |
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Appetites: A Cookbook
Anthony Bourdain - Ecco
Format: Print book
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Anthony Bourdain is a man of many appetites. And for many years, first as a chef, later as a world-traveling chronicler of food and culture on his CNN series Parts Unknown, he has made a profession of understanding the appetites of others. These days, however, if he's cooking, it's for family... |
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