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From Chernobyl with Love: Reporting from the Ruins of the Soviet Union
Katya Cengel - University Press Audiobooks
Format: Audiobook
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In the wake of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the late 20th century was a time of unprecedented hope for democracy and freedom in Eastern Europe.Young writers, journalists, and adventurers such as Katya Cengel flocked from the West eastward to cities like Prague and Budapest, seeking out terra... |
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How to Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told
Harrison Scott Key - Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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From Harrison Scott Key, winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor, How to Stay Married tells the hilarious, shocking, and spiritually profound story of one man's journey through hell and back when infidelity threatens his marriage.. One gorgeous autumn day, Harrison discovers... |
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Building Bridges With Music: Stories from a Composer's Life
Samuel Adler - Pendragon Press
Format: Hardcover
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After over sixty years of teaching and finally retiring for the third time in May of 2016, I felt the urge to write down the many stories I have experienced during my long life. This book covers occurrences from my early childhood in Nazi Germany, emigrating to the United States at age ten,... |
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Miss Major Speaks: The Life and Legacy of a Black Trans Revolutionary
Toshio Meronek - Verso
Format: Paperback
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A legendary transgender elder and activist reflects on a lifetime of struggle and the future of black, queer, and trans liberation. Miss Major Griffin-Gracy is a veteran of the infamous Stonewall Riots, a former sex worker, and a transgender elder and activist who has survived Bellevue... |
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Toni Tennille: A Memoir
Toni Tennille - Lyons Press
Format: Paperback
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Since bursting onto the scene in the mid '70s, the pop duo Captain and Tennille have long defined the sparkling, optimistic idea of everlasting love, both in their music and through their image as a happy and, seemingly, unbreakable couple. They were an irresistible pair to millions... |
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Tanqueray
Stephanie Johnson - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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The storytelling phenomenon Humans of New York and its #1 bestselling books have captivated a global audience of millions with personal narratives that illuminate the human condition. But one story stands apart from the rest...She is a woman as fabulous, unbowed, and irresistible as the city... |
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My American Dream: A Life of Love, Family, and Food
Lidia Bastianich - Knopf
Format: Hardcover
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From the best-selling cookbook author, beloved and award-winning television personality, and hugely successful restaurateur--a heartwarming, emotional, revelatory memoir told with all her hallmark warmth and gusto.Lidia's story begins with her upbringing in Pula, a formerly Italian city... |
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Truths and Lies in the Middle East: Memoirs of a Veteran Journalist, 1952-2012
Rouleau, Eric - AMER UNIV IN CAIRO PR
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Eric Rouleau was one of the most celebrated journalists of his generation, a status he owed to his extraordinary career, which began when Hubert Beuve-M ry, director of Le Monde, charged him with covering the Near and Middle East. In 1963, Rouleau was invited by Gamal Abd al-Nasser to interview... |
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