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Did I Ever Tell You?: A Memoir (Economist Books)

Genevieve Kingston - S&S/ Marysue Rucci Books
Format: Hardcover

THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY, LIFE-AFFIRMING MEMOIR YOU WILL EVER READ ABOUT THE POWER OF LOVE.. Did I Ever Tell You? reads like a novel but is an unforgettable true story. Genevieve (Gwen) Kingston was just eleven years old when her mother passed away, leaving behind a chest filled with gifts...
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My Black Country: A Journey Through Country Music's Black Past, Present, and Future

Alice Randall - Atria/Black Privilege Publishing
Format: Hardcover

Alice Randall, award-winning professor, songwriter, and author with a "lively, engaging, and often wise" (The New York Times Book Review) voice, offers a lyrical, introspective, and unforgettable account of her past and her search for the first family of Black country music.....
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Candy Darling: Dreamer, Icon, Superstar

Cynthia Carr - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover

From the acclaimed biographer Cynthia Carr, the first full portrait of the queer icon and Warhol superstar Candy Darling.Warhol superstar and transgender icon Candy Darling was glamour personified, but she was without a real place in the world.. Growing up on Long Island, lonely and quiet...
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The Moment: Thoughts on the Race Reckoning That Wasn't and How We All Can Move Forward Now

Bakari Sellers - Amistad
Format: Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of My Vanishing Country examines the modern political landscape and policies that are impacting Black families and communities and offers solutions for a better tomorrow.In late May in 2020, while discussing the murder of George Floyd on CNN, Bakari...
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Everest, Inc.: The Renegades and Rogues Who Built an Industry at the Top of the World

Will Cockrell - Gallery Books
Format: Hardcover

Featuring original interviews with mountain guides and climbers - including Jimmy Chin and Conrad Anker - this vivid and authoritative adventure history chronicles one of the least likely industries on Earth: guided climbing on Mount Everest.. Anyone who has read Jon Krakauer's Into...
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Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder

Salman Rushdie - Random House
Format: Paperback

From internationally renowned writer and Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie, a searing, deeply personal account of enduring - and surviving - an attempt on his life thirty years after the fatwa that was ordered against him Speaking out for the first time, and in unforgettable detail, about...
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An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s

Doris Kearns Goodwin - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s by Doris Kearns Goodwin, one of America's most beloved historians, artfully weaves together biography, memoir, and history. She takes you along on the emotional journey she and her husband, Richard (Dick) Goodwin embarked upon...
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Lotus Girl: My Life at the Crossroads of Buddhism and America

Helen Tworkov - St. Martin's Essentials
Format: Hardcover

From one of the central figures in Buddhism's introduction to the West and the founder of Tricycle magazine comes a brilliant memoir of forging one's own path that Pico Iyer calls "unflinching" and "indispensable." . The daughter of an artist, Helen Tworkov grew...
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Grown Woman Talk: Your Guide to Getting and Staying Healthy

Sharon Malone M.D. - Crown
Format: Hardcover

"A must-read for anyone who cares about their quality of life . . . Dr. Sharon Malone is the first person I turn to for a whole host of issues, especially my health." - MICHELLE OBAMA. A practical guide to aging and health for women who have felt ignored or marginalized by the medical...
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Blown Away: From Drug Dealer to Life Bringer: Foreword by HRH THE PRINCE OF WALES

Pastor Mick Fleming - SPCK Publishing
Format: Paperback

'It's impossible to visit Church on the Street and not be deeply moved by the work the organisation does for those in need. It is an extraordinary place ... 'HRH THE PRINCE OF WALES, from the Foreword. 'There are so few people like Pastor Mick that this book deserves a shelf...
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