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Mothers of Sparta: A Memoir in Pieces
DAWN DAVIES - Flatiron Books
Format: Hardcover
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If you're looking for a parenting book, this is not it. This is not a treatise on how to be a mother.This is a book about a young girl who moves to a new town every couple of years; a misfit teenager who finds solace in a local music scene; an adrift twenty-something who drops out of college... |
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Jill: A Biography of the First Lady
Julie Pace - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover
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The inspiring and surprising life of Dr. Jill BidenWife, mother and educator, Dr. Jill Biden has been described as President Biden's greatest political asset. Like many women of her generation, Jill Biden worked hard to balance family and career, always placing her commitments to her husband,... |
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This Will Be Funny Later: A Memoir
Jenny Pentland - Harper
Format: Hardcover
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A funny, biting, and entertaining memoir of coming of age in the shadow of celebrity and finding your own way in the face of absolute chaos that is both a moving portrait of a complicated family and an exploration of the cost of fame.Growing up, Jenny Pentland's life was a literal sitcom.... |
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The Joy Plan: How I Took 30 Days to Stop Worrying, Quit Complaining, and Find Ridiculous Happiness
Kaia Roman - Sourcebooks
Format: Paperback
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As a mother, a wife, and a businesswoman, Kaia Roman always had a plan. But when her biggest plan, the business she cofounded, collapsed, Kaia found herself crushed by depression. And what felt even worse was that, with a husband and two kids relying on her to get out of bed, she didn't... |
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A Marvelous Life: The Amazing Story of Stan Lee
Danny Fingeroth - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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The definitive biography of the beloved -- often controversial -- co-creator of many legendary superheroes, A Marvelous Life: The Amazing Story of Stan Lee presents the origin of "Stan the Man," who spun a storytelling web of comic book heroic adventures into a pop culture... |
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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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Generation Oxy: From High School Wrestlers to Pain Pill Kingpins
Douglas Dodd - Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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The unforgettable story of Florida teenagers turned oxycodone traffickersGeneration Oxy is the story of a group of friends -- clean cut, all-American high school kids -- who stumbled into the Sunshine State's murky underworld of illegal pill mills and corrupt doctors. This teenage criminal... |
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Writing My Wrongs: Life, Death, and Redemption in an American Prison
Shaka Senghor - Convergent, 2016.
Format: Print book
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In 1991, Shaka Senghor was sent to prison for second-degree murder. Today, he is a lecturer at the University of Michigan, a leading voice on criminal justice reform, and an inspiration to thousands.In life, it's not how you start that matters. It's how you finish. Shaka Senghor... |
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Pappyland: A Story of Family, Fine Bourbon, and the Things That Last
Wright Thompson - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover
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As a journalist said of Pappy Van Winkle, "You could call it bourbon, or you could call it a $5,000 bottle of liquified, barrel-aged unobtanium." Julian Van Winkle, the third-generation head of his family's business, is now thought of as something like the Buddha of Bourbon... |
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