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I'm with the Band: Confessions of a G...

Pamela Des Barres

The stylish, exuberant, and remarkably sweet confession of one of the most famous groupies of the 1960s and 70s is back in print in this new edition that includes an afterword on the author's last 15 years of adventures. As soon as sh...

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Published: Oct 2005

Pieces of My Heart: A Life

Robert J. Wagner

In this moving memoir, Robert J. Wagner opens his heart to share the romances, the drama, and the humor of an incredible life He grew up in Bel Air next door to a golf course that changed his life. As a young boy, he saw a foursome ...

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Published: Sep 2009

If You Ask Me: (And of Course You Won...

Betty White

The New York Times bestseller from the beloved actress who's made us laugh on shows from The Mary Tyler Moore Show to Saturday Night Live! In this candid take on everything from the unglamorous reality behind red-carpet affairs to her...

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Published: Feb 2012

Home: A Memoir of My Early Years

Julie Andrews

Since her first appearance on screen in Mary Poppins, Julie Andrews has played a series of memorable roles that have endeared her to generations. But she has never told the story of her life before fame. Until now. In Home: A Me...

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Published: Apr 2009

The Coldest War: A Memoir of Korea

James Brady

America's 'forgotten war' lasted just thirty-seven months, yet 54,246 Americans died in that time -- nearly as many as died in ten years in Vietnam. On the fiftieth anniversary of this devastating conflict, James Brady tells the stor...

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Published: Jun 2000

Clapton: The Autobiography

Eric Clapton

"I found a pattern in my behavior that had been repeating itself for years, decades even. Bad choices were my specialty, and if something honest and decent came along, I would shun it or run the other way."With striking inti...

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Published: Jun 2008

Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss...

Portia De Rossi

"I didn't decide to become anorexic. It snuck up on me disguised as a healthy diet, a professional attitude. Being as thin as possible was a way to make the job of being an actress easier . . ." Portia de Rossi weighed only ...

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Published: Jul 2011

Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life o...

Bill Dedman

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BYJanet Maslin, The New York Times • St. Louis Post-DispatchLook for special features inside. Join the Random House Reader's Circle for author chats and more.When P...

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Published: Apr 2014

Desert Flower: The Extraordinary Jour...

Waris Dirie

Waris Dirie leads a double life -- by day, she is an international supermodel and human rights ambassador for the United Nations; by night, she dreams of the simplicity of life in her native Somalia and the family she was forced to le...

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Published: Oct 1999

Retail Hell: How I Sold My Soul to th...

Freeman Hall

A humorous, easy-to-read, informative book on one of the most chaotic, exhausting, demanding jobs on the planet, "Retail Hell" exposes the day to day trauma of retail life while delivering practical, cynical, and sometimes b...

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Published: Oct 2010

Another Place at the Table

Kathy Harrison

Another Place at the Table' is the story of life at social services' front lines, centered on three children who, when they come together in Harrison's home, nearly destroy it. It is the frank, first-person story of a woman whose comp...

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Published: Jun 2004

Rescuing Sprite: A Dog Lover's Story ...

Mark R. Levin

Although Mark Levin is known as a constitutional lawyer and a nationally syndicated broadcaster, he is, first and foremost, a dog lover. In 1998, he and his family welcomed a half-Border Collie/half-Cocker Spaniel they named Pepsi int...

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Published: Oct 2009

Black Boy

Richard Wright

Richard Wright grew up in the woods of Mississippi amid poverty, hunger, fear, and hatred. He lied, stole, and raged at those around him; at six he was a 'drunkard,' hanging about in taverns. Surly, brutal, cold, suspicious, and self...

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Published: Apr 2007

The Flyers: In Search of Wilbur and O...

Noah Adams

Drawing on letters, diaries, eyewitness accounts, oral histories, and other primary source material, this incisive portrait focuses on the accomplishments of Wilbur and Orville Wright, in a volume celebrating the one hundredth anniver...

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Published: Sep 2004

My Invented Country: A Memoir

Isabel Allende

Isabel Allende evokes the magnificent landscapes of her country; a charming, idiosyncratic Chilean people with a violent history and an indomitable spirit, and the politics, religion, myth, and magic of her homeland that she carries w...

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Published: May 2004

Eisenhower: Soldier and President (Th...

Stephen E. Ambrose

Stephen E. Ambrose draws upon extensive sources, an unprecedented degree of scholarship, and numerous interviews with Eisenhower himself to offer the fullest, richest, most objective rendering yet of the soldier who became president. ...

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Published: Mar 2005

The Good Son: JFK Jr. and the Mother ...

Christopher P. Andersen

The #1 New York Times bestselling author delivers another dramatic look into the lives of the Kennedys—including new details about JFK Jr., his relationship with his mother, his many girlfriends, and the night of his tragic death.Cr...

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Published: Jun 2015

Expecting Adam: A True Story of Birth...

Martha Nibley Beck

"He says you'll never be hurt as much by being open as you have been by remaining closed."The messenger is a school janitor with a master's in art history who claims to be channeling "from both sides of the veil." ...

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Published: Aug 2011

Born Round: A Story of Family, Food a...

Frank Bruni

The New York Times restaurant critic's heartbreaking and hilarious account of how he learned to love food just enough Frank Bruni was born round. Round as in stout, chubby, and always hungry. His relationship with eating was difficul...

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Published: Jun 2010

Lady Catherine, the Earl, and the Rea...

Fiona Carnarvon

A lively follow-up to Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey, Lady Catherine, the Earl, and the Real Downton Abbey tells the story of Catherine Wendell, the beautiful woman who married the 6th Earl of Carnarvon and presided over Highc...

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Published: Oct 2013

St. Francis of Assisi

G. K. Chesterton

The patron saint of animals, birds, and the environment, Francis of Assisi led the rediscovery of nature in the Christian West. This accessible spiritual biography by a phenomenally popular author chronicles the beloved saint's callin...

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Published: Nov 2008

Grayson

Lynne Cox

One dark morning while the 17-year-old author was training for a long-distance swim, she became aware that something was swimming with her--a baby gray whale that had become separated from its mother. This is the magical, mysterious t...

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Published: Feb 2008

Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography of K...

Charles R. Cross

This is the first in-depth biography of the troubled genius Kurt Cobain. Based on Cobain's unpublished diaries, 400 interviews, years of research, and a wealth of documentation, 'Heavier Than Heaven' traces Cobain's life from his earl...

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Published: Aug 2002

The Choice: Embrace the Possible

Edith Eva Eger

Winner of the 2017 National Jewish Book Award and 2018 Christopher Award"Edith's strength and courage are remarkable…her life and work are an incredible example of forgiveness, resilience, and generosity."—Sheryl Sandber...

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Published: Sep 2018

Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of L...

Jonathan Eig

A baseball icon, as never before portrayed....Yes, Gehrig is depicted as a man who faced death without complaint, but he’s also outstandingly portrayed as a fallible man with faults and peccadilloes. Eig’s highly readable ...

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Published: Jan 2005

Swallow the Ocean: A Memoir

Laura M. Flynn

Charismatic, beautiful Sally Flynn was the center of her daughters' imaginations, particularly Laura's. Without warning, life as they knew it changed as paranoid schizophrenia overtook Sally. Whether it was accusing Laura's father of ...

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Published: Feb 2009

Jane Boleyn: The True Story of the In...

Julia Fox

In a life of extraordinary drama, Jane Boleyn was catapulted from relative obscurity to the inner circle of King Henry VIII. As powerful men and women around her became victims of Henry's ruthless and absolute power, including her own...

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Published: Mar 2009

The Lady Queen: The Notorious Reign o...

Nancy Goldstone

The riveting history of a beautiful queen, a shocking murder, a papal trial-and a reign as triumphant as any in the Middle A ges. On March 15, 1348, Joanna I , Queen of Naples, stood trial for her life before the Pope and his court in...

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Published: Oct 2010

84, Charing Cross Road

Helene Hanff

84, Charing Cross Road is a charming record of bibliophilia, cultural difference, and imaginative sympathy. For 20 years, an outspoken New York writer and a rather more restrained London bookseller carried on an increasingly touching ...

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Published: Oct 1990

Thunder Dog: The True Story of a Blin...

Michael Hingson

Faith. Trust. Triumph./B/PPI"I'm sorry," the doctor said. "He is permanently and totally blind. There is nothing we can do for him."/PPIGeorge and Sarah Hingson looked at each other, devastated. Their six-month-old...

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Published: Aug 2012
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