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"The Best Strangers in the World is a witty, poignant book that captures Ari Shapiro's love for the unusual, his pursuit of the unexpected, and his delight at connection against the odds."--Ronan Farrow, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist andNew York Times-bestselling author of Catch and Kill and War on Peace From the beloved host of NPR's All Things Considered, a stirring memoir-in-essays that is also a lover letter to journalism. In...
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Backbeat Books, an imprint of Hal Leonard LLC
Pub. Date
2016.
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viii, 274 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
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In the first authorized biography of the musician best known as the lead vocalist in the bands Tool, A Perfect Circle, and Puscifer, as well as a successful vintner, gives unique insight into his history and career trajectory.
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Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2022
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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Guido, an Italian monk, invents a method of notating music, but is discouraged by the other monks until he is given the opportunity to share his invention and love of music. Includes information on the song "Do-Re-Mi," a glossary, and Guido's life at Pomposa Abbey.
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Viking
Pub. Date
[2020]
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256 pages
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"In this memoir, celebrated author, historian, and activist Rebecca Solnit relates how she found her voice as a writer and as a feminist during the 1980s in San Francisco, in an atmosphere of gender violence on the street and the exclusion of women from cultural arenas. Then in her early twenties, Solnit tells of being poor, hopeful, and adrift in the city, which became her great teacher; of the small apartment she found, which became a home in which...
66) Elon Musk
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From the author of Steve Jobs and other best-selling biographies comes an intimate story of a controversial businessman who helped to lead the world into the era of electric vehicles, private space exploration and artificial intelligence.
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Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
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349 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), photographs ; 27 x 31 cm.
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Relive the extraordinary Presidency of Barack Obama through White House photographer Pete Souza's behind-the-scenes images and stories--some published here for the first time--with a foreword from the President himself. During Barack Obama's two terms, Pete Souza was with the President during more crucial moments than anyone else--and he photographed them all. Souza captured nearly two million photographs of President Obama, in moments highly classified...
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Little a
Pub. Date
[2019]
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266 pages ; 22 cm
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"In this emotional and unflinchingly honest memoir of coming out of the closet late in life, owning up to the past, and facing the future, William Dameron confronts steroid addiction, the shame and homophobia of his childhood, the sledgehammer of secrets that slowly tore his marriage apart, and his love for a gay father of three that would once again challenge the boundaries of trust. At the true heart of The Lie is a universal story about turning...
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Hachette Books
Pub. Date
c2022.
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xvi, 445 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, photographs ; 23 cm
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Merle Haggard was one of the most important country music musicians who ever lived. His astonishing musical career stretched across the second half of the 20th Century and into the first two decades of the next, during which he released an extraordinary 63 albums, 38 that made it on to Billboard's Country Top Ten, 13 that went to #1, and 37 #1 hit singles. With his ample songbook, unique singing voice and brilliant phrasing that illuminated his uncompromising...
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Harper
Pub. Date
[2015]
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339 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : photographs (some color) ; 24 cm
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"A revealing, no-holds-barred portrait of Eileen Ford--the legendary entrepreneur who transformed the business of modeling and helped invent the celebrity supermodel."--Dust jacket.
71) Eleanor: a life
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Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2020.
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xx, 698 pages, 32 unnumbered leaves of numbered plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Prize-winning bestselling author David Michaelis presents a breakthrough portrait of Eleanor Roosevelt, America's longest-serving First Lady, an avatar of democracy whose ever-expanding agency as diplomat, activist, and humanitarian made her one of the world's most widely admired and influential women.
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Bushel & Peck Books
Pub. Date
[2019].
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111 pages : colour illustrations ; 29 cm
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Discover fifty real heroes -- and learn to become one yourself. This book teaches boys everywhere that being a hero only requires being yourself -- but your best self. Bright, colorful portraits by over a dozen international artists accompany true stories of men and women who knew that character -- things like integrity, compassion, and courage -- mixed with their own unique gifts -- creativity, fitness, curiosity, and more -- could make the world...
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2020.
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Alter tells the story Jimmy Carter, whose presidency put him at the center of major events in the 20th; and his efforts on conflict resolution and global health put him on the cutting edge of the challenges of the 21st. Drawing on fresh archival material and five years of extensive access to Carter and his entire family, Alter traces Carter from a timid, bookish child to an obscure, born-again governor whose 1976 campaign took him from zero percent...
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Schaffner Press, Inc
Pub. Date
[2013]
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x, 303 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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An authoritative account of the iconic actor's life beyond his sensationalized persona celebrates his talents and classic films, providing discussions of such topics as his relationships with family members, ongoing battles with alcoholism and depression and his struggles with PTSD after serving in World War II.
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Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020].
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xv, 644 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
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A portrait of the twentieth-century photographer examines how Avedon endured intense personal and professional discrimination to join an influential group of artists who transformed women's culture.
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Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
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xiii, 235 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
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In these intimate stories and reflections about how crafting has kept her sane while navigating the highs and lows of family, love, and show business, Tony Award-winner and the star of TV's Younger Sutton Foster shares memorable moments - including her fraught relationship with her agoraphobic mother; a painful divorce splashed on the pages of the tabloids; her struggles with fertility; the thrills she found on the stage; her breakout TV role in Younger;...
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Ma Non Troppo; Independent Pub., Group
Pub. Date
2020.
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168 pages ; 22 cm
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"Además de una propensión innata por la teatralidad y una voz única, de su personaje excesivo, irónico e intencionadamente provocador se han señalado siempre características que poco tenían que ver ni con el hombre ni con el artista. En general, los comentarios se han inclinado por el cotilleo sobre aspectos de su vida, más que por su música. Peor, y más frecuente, ha sido la poca atención que se le ha prestado en tanto que músico excelente....
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Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2020.
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xiv, 400 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm
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In the 1970s, when popular music on both sides of the Atlantic fragmented into disco, soul, hard rock, pop, and folk, Elton John embraced them all with his signature creative panache. Emerging in the late 1960s as a singer/songwriter, Elton was widely acknowledged as the most prolific pop and rock star of the decade by the mid-1970s. His peerless musical style and ability to jump from sensitive ballads to bawdy rock anthems to campy pop have made...
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