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The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley's Pursuit of Power
Max Chafkin - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover
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A biography of venture capitalist and entrepreneur Peter Thiel, the enigmatic, controversial, and hugely influential power broker who sits at the dynamic intersection of tech, business, and politics "Max Chafkin's The Contrarian is much more than a consistently shocking biography... |
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Motherland: A Memoir of Love, Loathing, and Longing
Elissa Altman - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover
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How can a mother and daughter who love (but don't always like) each other coexist without driving each other crazy? It's the universal question that has defined mothers and daughters from Demeter and Persephone to Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher. "Wise, evocative, and rich... |
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Dying: A Memoir
CORY TAYLOR - Tin House Books
Format: Hardcover
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A deeply affecting meditation on dying and a wise tribute to lifeAt the age of sixty, Cory Taylor is dying of melanoma-related brain cancer. Her illness is no longer treatable: she now weighs less than her neighbor's retriever. As her body weakens, she describes the experience -- the vulnerability... |
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Kentucky: A History of the State
William Henry Perrin - Southern Historical Press
Format: Paperback
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This volume contains 500 Biographical sketches on individuals from the following counties: Bath, Bracken, Breathitt, Cater, Clark, Clay, Estill, Flemming, Floyd, Greenup, Johnson, Knox, Laurel, Lawrence, Lee, Letcher, Lewis, Mogoffin, Mason, Montgomery, Morgan, Owsley, Pike, Pulaski, Robertson,... |
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The Jefferson Bible
Thomas Jefferson - Beacon Press
Format: Hardcover
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We must reduce our volume to the simple evangelists, select, even from them, the very words only of Jesus. There will be remaining the most sublime and benevolent code of morals which has ever been offered to man.—Thomas JeffersonFeaturing an introduction by Forrest Church, this reissue... |
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Chanel's Riviera: Glamour, Decadence, and Survival in Peace and War, 1930-1944
Anne de Courcy - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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In this captivating narrative, Chanel's Riviera explores the fascinating world of the Cote d'Azur during a period that saw the deepest extremes of luxury and terror in the twentieth century.The Cote d'Azur in 1938 was a world of wealth, luxury, and extravagance, inhabited by a sparkling... |
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Save Me the Plums: My Gourmet Memoir
Ruth Reichl - Random House
Format: Hardcover
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Trailblazing food writer and beloved restaurant critic Ruth Reichl took the risk (and the job) of a lifetime when she entered the glamorous, high-stakes world of magazine publishing. Now, for the first time, she chronicles her groundbreaking tenure as editor in chief of Gourmet,... |
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