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Father and Son: A Memoir
Jonathan Raban - Knopf
Format: Hardcover
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A poignant memoir of love, trauma, and recovery after a life-changing stroke, twinned to a powerful account of his father's experience in World War II, by a winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award.. "A beautiful, compelling memoir...Raban's final work is a gorgeous... |
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Antoni Gaudí (Critical Lives)
Michael Eaude - Reaktion Books
Format: Paperback
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An accessible account of the contradictory life and work of the modernist Catalan architect. The celebrated art nouveau architect Antoni Gaudí was a contradictory figure: a deeply religious, politically right-wing man who nevertheless built revolutionary buildings. This book explores... |
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Life Clues: Unlocking the Lessons to an Exceptional Life
Angela C. Santomero - 4U2B Books & Media
Format: Paperback
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The most profound lessons for adults come from the brilliant minds of kids. Angela Santomero, creator of the Emmy Award-winning shows Blue's Clues and Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood, has spent decades creating programming that makes kids feel seen and heard. That experience has shown... |
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The Deadly Path: How Operation Fast & Furious and Bad Lawyers Armed Mexican Cartels
Peter J. Forcelli - Knox Press
Format: Paperback
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Pete Forcelli did what members of the U.S. Congress encourage government employees to do: he spoke up when he saw misconduct within the federal government. But choosing to be a whistleblower almost cost Forcelli his job, his possessions, and his reputation as a law enforcement official..... |
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Funny Boy: The Richard Hunt Biography
Jessica Max Stein - Rutgers University Press
Format: Hardcover
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"The most sensational, perpetual teenager in the world." - Jim Henson "To know him was to love him, and we do." - Mark Hamill Funny Boy: The Richard Hunt Biography tells the life story of a gifted performer whose gleeful irreverence, sharp wit and generous spirit... |
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Wild Life: Finding My Purpose in an Untamed World
Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant - Get Lifted Books
Format: Hardcover
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In this vulnerable and urgent memoir, Rae Wynn-Grant explores the ever-shifting relationship between humans, animals, and the earth through her personal journey to becoming a wildlife ecologist. . Growing up in the diverse and bustling California Bay Area, renowned wildlife ecologist Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant... |
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Ian Fleming: The Complete Man
Nicholas Shakespeare - Harper
Format: Hardcover
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A fresh portrait of the man behind James Bond, and his enduring impact, by an award-winning biographer with unprecedented access to the Fleming family papers.Ian Fleming's greatest creation, James Bond, has had an enormous and ongoing impact on our culture. What Bond represents about... |
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Secrets of the Sun: A Memoir (21st Century Essays)
Mako Yoshikawa - Mad Creek Books
Format: Hardcover
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Mako Yoshikawa's father, Shoichi, was a man of contradictions. He grew up fabulously wealthy in prewar Japan but spent his final years living in squalor; he was a proper Japanese man who craved society's approval yet cross-dressed; he was a brilliant Princeton University physicist... |
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