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Birdie & Harlow: Life, Loss, and Loving My Dog So Much I Didn't Want Kids (…Until I Did)

Taylor Wolfe - HarperOne
Format: Hardcover

The funny and poignant story of one woman's wonderfully codependent relationship with her dog - and what he taught her about chosen family and the reward of motherhood.Birdie & Harlow is the story of a baby and a dog. But motherhood is never quite that simple. In Taylor Wolfe's...
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Scattershot: Life, Music, Elton, and Me

Bernie Taupin - Hachette Books
Format: Hardcover

An evocative, clear-eyed, and revealing memoir by Bernie Taupin, the lyrical master and long-time collaborator of Elton John. "I loved writing, I loved chronicling life and every moment I was cogent, sober, or blitzed, I was forever feeding off my surroundings, making copious notes...
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Larry McMurtry: A Life

Tracy Daugherty - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

A biography of the late Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist and screenwriter Larry McMurtry from New York Times bestselling author Tracy Daugherty.. In over forty books, in a career that spanned over sixty years, Larry McMurtry staked his claim as a superior chronicler of the American...
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Misfit: Growing Up Awkward in the '80s

Gary Gulman - Flatiron Books
Format: Hardcover

"One of my favorite books of all time." -- Amy Schumer. A tour de force of comedy and reflection about the perilous journey from kindergarten to twelfth grade and beyond -- from the beloved stand-up comic and creator of The Great Depresh. For years, Gary Gulman had been the comedian's...
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King of Diamonds: Harry Winston, the Definitive Biography of an American Icon

Ronald Winston - Skyhorse
Format: Hardcover

This authoritative and intimate biography, written by his only living son, Ronald Winston, marries the Gilded Age glamour and romance of Edith Wharton with the ruthless family dynamics of HBO's hit series, Succession. Few American success stories rival that of Harry Winston. Born...
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First Gen: A Memoir

Alejandra Campoverdi - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover

From former White House aide to President Obama and Harvard graduate Alejandra Campoverdi comes a riveting and unflinching memoir on navigating social mobility as a first gen Latina, offering a broad examination of the unacknowledged emotional tolls of being a trailblazer.To be a First...
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Leading Lady: A Memoir of a Most Unusual Boy

Charles Busch - Smart Pop
Format: Hardcover

A poignant, deliciously anecdotal account of a talented artist's Oz-like journey in the worlds of Off-Broadway, Broadway, and Hollywood. The Tony Award-nominated writer of The Tale of the Allergist's Wife and the long-running hit Off-Broadway play Vampire Lesbians of Sodom, and a Sundance...
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Walk Through Fire: A memoir of love, loss, and triumph

Sheila Johnson - Simon & Schuster Audio
Format: Hardcover

The cofounder of BET and first African American woman billionaire shares her deeply personal journey through love and loss, tragedy and triumph - an inspiring story of overcoming toxic influences, discovering her true self, and at last finding happiness in her work and life. From humble...
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Sigrid Rides: The Story of an Extraordinary Friendship and An Adventure on Two Wheels

Travis Nelson - Radar
Format: Hardcover

In the tradition of A Street Cat Named Bob, Nala's World, and Felix the Railway Cat: This is the story of Travis Nelson, his deaf Norwegian Forest cat, Sigrid, and their adventures on two wheels.. When Travis Nelson arrived in London, he expected to embark on a new life and a new job....
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Turning Pages: The Adventures and Misadventures of a Publisher

John Sargent - Arcade
Format: Hardcover

Take a peak behind the curtain of some of the biggest publishing moments in the past several decades with forty-year industry veteran John Sargent.. Turning Pages: The Adventures and Misadventures of a Publisher is the well-told story of forty years in the publishing business. For twenty-four...
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