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Author
Series
Everyman's library volume no. 188
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
1999
Physical Desc
xxxv, 268 p., [18] p. of plates : ill., map ; 22 cm.
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Formats
Description
"Stanley Tucci grew up in an Italian American family that spent every night around the kitchen table. He shared the magic of those meals with us in The Tucci Cookbook and The Tucci Table, and now he takes us beyond the savory recipes and into the compelling stories behind them.?" --Publisher.
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
424 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
Mid-nineteenth-century little person Mercy Levinia Warren Bump comes of age in the antebellum south before being invited to join the P. T. Barnum circus, through which she meets her future husband, General Tom Thumb, and pursues limitless international opportunities.
Author
Publisher
Harper Wave, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
xix, 248 pages ; 22 cm.
Description
"In this meditative memoir--a compelling fusion of Barbarian Days and the journals of Thomas Merton--the author of Saltwater Buddha reflects on his "failing toward enlightenment," his continued search to find meaning and a greater understanding of the Divine in the world's oceans as well as everyday life."--Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
Crown Publishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
xxxiii, 293 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
"A memoir of author Frances Mayes's coming of age in the Deep South, and of the region's powerful influence on her life. Mayes delves into the power of landscape, the idea of home, and the force of a chaotic and loving family"--
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Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
xiv, 233 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"A series of reflections on the author's experiences learning a new language and living abroad, in a dual-language edition"--
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
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Description
Diagnosed with autism at the age of thirty-four, one of the UK's hottest comedy stars reflects on the ways her undiagnosed autism influenced her youth, from the tree that functioned as her childhood best friend to the psychiatric facility where she endedup when no one knew what to do with her.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
289 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
"An autobiography about Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and his life growing up in New York, becoming the basketball star he's known to be, and getting involved in the world around him as an activist for social change"--
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
241 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm
Description
From the golden-haired, curly-headed half of Simon & Garfunkel--a memoir (of sorts): artful, moving, lyrical; the making of a musician; the evolution of a man, a portrait of a life-long friendship and collaboration that became one of the most successful singing duos of their time. He writes about his life before, during, and after Simon & Garfunkel . . . about their folk-rock music in the roiling age that embraced and was defined by their pathbreaking...
Author
Description
The founder of Trader Joe's, a successful chain of grocery stores, provides a blueprint of how to build an enterprise by challenging the status quo and rethinking all aspects of doing business, from creating the work environment that employees want to bepart of to finding a niche of loyal customers sharing your values and passions.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2013], ©2013
Physical Desc
259 pages ; 22 cm
Description
A companion to "A Field Guide for Getting Lost" explores the ways that people construct lives from stories and connect to each other through empathy, narrative, and imagination, sharing anecdotes about historical figures and members of the author's own family.
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
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Description
A memoir that examines rural poverty and the lingering strains of racism in the south. Jesmyn Ward lost five young men in her life to drugs, accidents, suicide, and the bad luck that can follow people who live in poverty, particularly black men. But why? As she began to write about living through all the dying, Jesmyn realized the truth -- and it took her breath away. Her brother and her friends all died because of who they were and where they were...
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