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Driving Mr. Yogi: Yogi Berra, Ron Gui...

Harvey Araton

It happens every spring. Yankees pitching great Ron Guidry arrives at the Tampa airport to pick up Hall of Fame catcher and national treasure Yogi Berra. Guidry drives him to the ballpark. They watch the young players. They talk shop....

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Published: Mar 2013

The Marquis: Lafayette Reconsidered

Laura Auricchio

The Marquis de Lafayette at age nineteen volunteered to fight under George Washington and became the French hero of the American Revolution. In this major biography Laura Auricchio looks past the storybook hero and selfless champion o...

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Published: Aug 2015

Fighting for Life (New York Review Bo...

S. Josephine Baker

New York's lower east side was said to be the most densely populated square mile on the face of the earth in the 1890s. City health inspectors called the neighborhood "the suicide ward" and referred to one particular tenemen...

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Published: Sep 2013

Master of War: The Life of General Ge...

Benson Bobrick

From acclaimed historian Benson Bobrick comes this biography of one of the most successful generals of the Civil War, George H. Thomas---a soldier who never lost a battle, who destroyed two Confederate armies, and who saved both Grant...

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Published: Mar 2009

Ava's Man

Rick Bragg

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Rick Bragg was born a year after his maternal grandfather died in 1958, but resurrects him here, in this portrait of the grandfather he never knew. Researching the life of this much-loved patriarch br...

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Published: Aug 2001

The Last Hero: A Life of Henry Aaron

Howard Bryant

The first definitive biography of Henry Aaron—baseball's great home-run champion and one of its most enduring legends.  As the steroid controversy has increasingly tarnished baseball's image, Hank Aaron's achievements have come to ...

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Published: May 2010

Alexander Hamilton

Ron Chernow

A New York Times Bestseller, and the inspiration for the hit Broadway musical Hamilton!Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Chernow presents a landmark biography of Alexander Hamilton, the Founding Father who galvanized, inspired, sc...

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Published: May 2016

Army Wife: A Story of Love and Family...

Vicki Cody

From the last days of the Vietnam War to the present-day war on terrorism, this story is a moving and poignant tribute to love, marriage, family, and the men and women who serve this nation. In describing her thirty-three-year journey...

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Published: Aug 2016

The Andy Cohen Diaries: A Deep Look a...

Andy Cohen

A year in the whirlwind life of the beloved pop icon Andy Cohen, in his own cheeky, candid, and irreverent words As a TV Producer and host of the smash late night show Watch What Happens Live, Andy Cohen has a front row seat to an exc...

Unabridged CD
Published: Nov 2014

A Personal Record

Joseph Conrad

This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature. In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original content, we have worked towards: 1...

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Published: Jun 2019

Not My Father's Son: A Memoir

Alan Cumming

In his unique and engaging voice, the acclaimed actor of stage and screen shares the emotional story of his complicated relationship with his father and the deeply buried family secrets that shaped his life and career.A beloved star o...

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Published: May 2015

Sleeping Arrangements

Laura Shaine Cunningham

This classic and funny memoir of a wildly unorthodox Bronx childhood in the 1950s tells the story of a girl who starts out fatherless, is orphaned at age eight, is raised by two extremely odd strangers who happen to be her uncles, and...

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Published: Jul 2000

The World Of Duke Ellington

Stanley Dance

'The ultimate in art is self-expression, not escape.'-Duke Ellington In this fascinating portrait of one of America's greatest musical legends, longtime friend and jazz historian Stanley Dance recounts the life of the incomparable Duk...

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Published: Jan 2001

No Lifeguard on Duty: The Accidental ...

Janice Dickinson

She wasn't just a model. She was a supermodel. In the 1970s—before her star turns on the The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency and America's Next Top Model—Janice Dickinson was the lush-lipped, long-stemmed, dark-eyed brunette who ...

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Published: Oct 2009

The Girl Factory: A Memoir

Karen Dietrich

It's 1985 in a small factory town near Pittsburgh. Eight-year-old Karen's parents are lifelong workers at the Anchor Glass plant, where one Saturday, an employee goes on a shooting spree, killing four supervisors, then himself. This e...

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Published: Oct 2013

The Writing Life

Annie Dillard

Annie Dillard has written eleven books, including the memoir of her parents, An American Childhood; the Northwest pioneer epic The Living; and the nonfiction narrative Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. A gregarious recluse, she is a member of...

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Published: Feb 1999

I Could Never Be So Lucky Again

James Harold Doolittle

After Pearl Harbor, he led America's flight to victoryGeneral Doolittle is a giant of the twentieth century. He did it all. As a stunt pilot, he thrilled the world with his aerial acrobatics. As a scientist, he pioneered the developme...

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Published: Apr 2001

Hank and Jim: The Fifty-Year Friendsh...

Scott Eyman

Henry Fonda and James Stewart were two of the biggest stars in Hollywood for forty years. They became friends and then roommates as stage actors in New York, and when they began making films in Hollywood, they roomed together again. B...

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Published: Oct 2017

A Chelsea Concerto

Frances Faviell

‘Take off your coat,’ said the doctor. I took it off. ‘And your dress,’ he said. ‘It’s too dangerous – the folds may catch in the debris and bring the whole thing down.’ I took off the dress. ‘Fine,’ he said shortl...

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Published: Oct 2016

Stress Test: Reflections on Financial...

Timothy F. Geithner

From the former Treasury Secretary, the definitive account of the unprecedented effort to save the U.S. economy from collapse in the wake of the worst global financial crisis since the Great Depression On January 26, 2009, during the ...

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Published: May 2014

Old Path White Clouds: Walking in the...

Thich Nhat Hanh

Drawn directly from Pali, Sanskrit, and Chinese sources, Old Path White Clouds is the beautiful, classic recounting of the life and teachings of Gautama Buddha over the course of eighty years. It is retold alternately through the eyes...

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Published: Aug 2015

The Beauty in Breaking: A Memoir

Michele Harper

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA New York Times Notable BookLOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK CLUB PICK“Riveting, heartbreaking, sometimes difficult, always inspiring.” —The New York Times Book ReviewAs seen/heard on Fresh Air, Th...

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Published: Jul 2021

Twenty-Seven Years in Alaska: True St...

Jennifer Hellings

Twenty-Seven Years in Alaska is the story of one woman's adventures in the remote wilderness of the north. From canoe camping next to unnamed lakes, to kayaking in Alaska's pristine waters, she describes her many encounters with the b...

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Published: Sep 2015

Five Presidents: My Extraordinary Jou...

Clint Hill

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Mrs. Kennedy and Me and Five Days in November reflects on his seventeen years on the Secret Service for presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford.The assassination of one pres...

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Published: Jan 2017

The Last Place on Earth: Scott and Am...

Roland Huntford

This acclaimed dual biography charts both British Robert Scott's and Norwegian Roald Amundsen's race to the South Pole during 1911–12. Bizarrely, Scott died in his quest and became a tragic hero, whereas Amundsen, the victor, was la...

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Published: Aug 2009

A Story Lately Told: Coming of Age in...

Anjelica Huston

Writing with an exuberant love of language and detail, Anjelica Huston shares her enchanted childhood in Ireland, her teen years in London, and her coming of age as a model and nascent actress in New York.John Huston was filming The A...

Unabridged CD
Published: Sep 2013

The Imaginary Girlfriend: A Memoir

John Irving

“The nearest thing to an autobiography Irving has written . . . worth saving and savoring."—Seattle Times Dedicated to the memory of two wrestling coaches and two writer friends, The Imaginary Girlfriend is John Ir...

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Published: Aug 2022

When I Last Saw Me: The Memoir of Sam...

Lisa Jennett

Family in Lubbock?" the clerk asked, "Are you by yourself ... really?" "Runaway. I'm a runaway," I said. She searched me with her gum-chewing look. I said it again, "I ran away from home. I didn't plan it...

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Published: Jan 2018

The Brothers: John Foster Dulles, All...

Stephen Kinzer

[Read by David Cochran Heath] A joint biography of John Foster Dulles and Allen Dulles, who led the United States into an unseen war that decisively shaped today's world. During the 1950s, when the Cold War was at its peak, two immens...

Unabridged CD
Published: Oct 2013

Ashley's War: The Untold Story of a T...

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

In 2010, the Army created Cultural Support Teams, a secret pilot program to insert women alongside Special Operations soldiers battling in Afghanistan. The Army reasoned that women could play a unique role on Special Ops teams: accomp...

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Published: Apr 2016
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