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Publisher
Da Capo Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
336 pages
Description
"Eager to find his way in life and words, John Dos Passos first witnessed the horror of trench warfare in France as a volunteer ambulance driver retrieving the dead and seriously wounded from the front line. Later in the war, he briefly met another young writer, Ernest Hemingway, who was just arriving for his service in the ambulance corps. When the war was over, both men knew they had to write about it; they had to give voice to what they felt about...
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Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
xiv, 205 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
Description
""We can do extraordinary things when we lead with love," Barbara Becker reminds us in her debut memoir Heartwood. When her earliest childhood friend is diagnosed with a terminal illness, Becker sets off on a quest to immerse herself in what it means to be mortal. Can we live our lives more fully knowing some day we will die? With a keen eye towards that which makes life worth living, interfaith minister, mom and perpetual seeker Barbara Becker recounts...
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This multiple biography is centered on Lincoln's mastery of men and how it shaped the most significant presidency in the nation's history. Historian Goodwin illuminates Lincoln's political genius, as the one-term congressman rises from obscurity to prevail over three gifted rivals to become president. When Lincoln emerged as the victor at the Republican National Convention, his rivals were dismayed. Throughout the turbulent 1850s, each had energetically...
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Publisher
Page Street Publishing Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
492 pages ; 24 cm.
Description
This book uses quotes to narrate the life and career of Jackie Robinson, the first African American to play Major League Baseball and one of the most famous players of all time, just in time for the 70th anniversary celebration of Robinson's first MLB d?but.
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Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
258 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Description
If we’re lucky, we all encounter at least one person whose life elevates and inspires our own. For acclaimed novelist Daniel Wallace, he had one hero and inspiration for so much of what followed: his longtime friend and brother-in-law William Nealy. Seemingly perfect, impossibly cool, William was James Dean, Clint Eastwood, and MacGyver all rolled into one, an acclaimed outdoorsman, a famous cartoonist, an accomplished author, a master of all he...
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Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
xvi, 365 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Description
When young Pablo Picasso arrived in Paris in October 1900 he made his way up the hillside of Montmartre ... The real revolution in the arts first took place not, as is commonly supposed, in the 1920s to the accompaniment of the Charleston, black jazz and mint juleps but more quietly and intimately, in the shadow of the windmills-- artificial and real-- and in the cafes and cabarets of Montmartre during the first decade of the century. The cross-fertilization...
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Publisher
Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
360 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"The award-winning author of The Good Negress shares invaluable insights on the precarious journey toward creativity that is the writer's life, and tells the compelling story of her relationship with Toni Morrison, painting an illuminating portrait of this towering yet enigmatic cultural icon. With the publication of her debut novel The Good Negress in 1995, A. J. Verdelle became an overnight sensation, winning critical acclaim and competing for prestigious...
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Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
272 pages cm
Description
"Grande's stories and never-before-seen photos show a unique, private side to a public figure and leader who reshaped conservatism, ushered in an era of prosperity, and helped spur the end of the Cold War. Grande reveals what day-to-day life was like in Reagan's California office, including the former president's relationship with the First Lady and his interactions with friends, world leaders, and everyday Americans. Grande recalls how Reagan kept...
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Publisher
HarperLuxe, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
viii, 564 pages (large print) : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Description
An inside account by the youngest member of Charles Manson's cult describes her indoctrination at age fourteen and the manipulation, psychological control, and physical abuse that she endured before she was rescued and adopted by the police officer who arrested her.
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Publisher
Graywolf Press
Pub. Date
20200317.
Physical Desc
227 pages ; 21 cm
Description
"When Paul Lisicky arrived in Provincetown in the early 1990s, he was leaving behind a history of family trauma to live in a place outside of time. In this idyllic haven, known for its values of inclusion, acceptance, and art, Lisicky searches for love and soon finds a sense of belonging. At the same time, the community is consumed by the AIDS crisis, and the very structure of Town life is being rewired out of necessity: What might this utopia look...
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Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
xiv, 364 pages ; 24 cm
Description
"Political Prisoner tells the real story of Paul's life and career, exploding the lies about his work in Ukraine, his previous work with foreign governments and business interests in other countries, his involvement with the Trump campaign, and the "process crimes" for which he was wrongly convicted and sent to prison"--
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
288 pages ; 24 cm
Description
"The extraordinary, unlikely, and inspirational true story of the friendships formed between Cam Perron-a white, baseball-obsessed teenager from Boston-and hundreds of former professional Negro League players, who were still awaiting the recognition and compensation that they deserved from Major League Baseball more than fifty years after their playing days were over"--
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
xiv, 368 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Description
A memoir by Nelson Mandela's trusted assistant for almost twenty years tells the story of how a young woman's life, beliefs, prejudices--everything she once believed--were transformed by the man she had been taught was the enemy.
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
310 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Description
"The West Wing meets The Office in this fresh and funny exclusive look into President Barack Obama's years in the White House, directly from his senior writer and former Deputy Director of Messaging. West Winging It: An Unpresidential Memoir is the personal story of Pat Cunnane and his journey from outsider to insider, from his dreary job at a warehouse to his dream job at the White House. Pat pulls the drapes back on the most famous and exclusive...
Author
Publisher
Editorial Planeta Mexicana
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
308 pages ; 23 cm
Description
"El compąero esencial de El tatuador de Auschwitz . El tatuador de Auschwitz se ha convertido en uno de los libros m̀s vendidos de nuestros tiempos, un cl̀sico contempor̀neo. Historias de esperanza es su compąero esencial y en ̌l Heather Morris nos ofrece un manual inspirador para nuestra vida, con emocionantes relatos de la gente que ha conocido, las incre̕bles historias que han compartido con la autora y las lecciones que nos ensęan...
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
xv, 253 pages, 32 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Description
A biography of the American actress discusses her early life, acting career, humanitarian work, and her relationship with Prince Harry.
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"The Riviera Set reveals the story of the group of people who lived, partied, bed-hopped and politicked at the Château de l'Horizon near Cannes, over the course of forty years from the time when Coco Chanel made southern French tans fashionable in the twenties to the death of the playboy Prince Aly Khan in 1960."--Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
Trine Day LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
x, 417 pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 23 cm
Description
Exposes vastly under-explored topics compared to other media reports and books on Jeffrey Epstein. How did Jeffrey Epstein manage to evade justice for decades? Who enabled him and why? Why were legal officials told that Epstein "belonged to intelligence" and to back off during his first arrest in the mid-2000s? Volume 2 of One Nation Under Blackmail examines the rise of Jeffrey Epstein and his closest associates, such as Leslie Wexner and Ghislaine...
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Using a new technology, recently discovered documents, and sophisticated investigative techniques, a retired FBI agent and a cold case team painstakingly pieced together the months leading to the infamous arrest of Anne Frank and her family--and came to a shocking conclusion.
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