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Trump: The Art of the Deal

Donald J. Trump

From the Impresario of NBC's hit show The ApprenticeTRUMP ON TRUMP: "I like thinking big. I always have. To me it's very simple: if you're going to be thinking anyway, you might as well think big."And here's how he does it: ...

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Published: Dec 2004

Girl, Interrupted

Susanna Kaysen

The author of Asa, as I Knew Him offers a compelling and poignant memoir of her two years as a teenager in a psychiatric hospital, sharing vivid portraits of her fellow patients, their keepers, and her experiences during treatment. Re...

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Published: Jan 1994

Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary ...

Joseph J. Ellis

In lesser hands the fractious disputes and hysterical rhetoric of these contentious nation-builders might come across as hyperbolic pettiness. Ellis knows better, and he unpacks the real issues for his readers, revealing the driving a...

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Published: Jan 2000

unSweetined: A Memoir

Jodie Sweetin

Beloved Full House star Jodie Sweetin recounts her journey from being one of America's sweethearts to a life of drug abuse and finally recovery.

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Published: Jul 2010

The Widow Clicquot: The Story of a Ch...

Tilar J. Mazzeo

Veuve Clicquot champagne epitomizes glamour and style, with tribute paid everywhere from Lord Byron to Casablanca. But who was this young widow - the 'Veuve' - Clicquot, whose champagne sparkled at the courts of France, Britain, and R...

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Published: Oct 2009

Just Kids

Patti Smith

Smith's evocative, honest, and moving coming-of-age story reveals her extraordinary relationship with artist Robert Mapplethorpe. Part romance, part elegy, 'Just Kids' is about friendship in the truest sense, and the artist's calling.

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Published: Nov 2010

The Jew Store

Stella Suberman

The Bronsons were the first Jews to ever live in the small town of Concordia, Tennessee-a town consisting of one main street, one bank, one drugstore, one picture show, one feed and seed, one hardware store, one beauty parlor, one bar...

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Published: Sep 2001

The Kennedy Assassination Cover-up

Donald Gibson

Over the course of half a century, polls have repeatedly shown that most Americans refuse to accept the official story of the Kennedy Assassination. That story, set forth by the media and by a Presidential Commission dominated by repr...

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Published: Dec 2014

Love Child: A Memoir of Family Lost a...

Allegra Huston

When Allegra Huston was four years old, her mother was killed in a car crash. Soon afterward, she was introduced to an intimidating man wreathed in cigar smoke -- the legendary film director John Huston -- with the words, "This i...

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Published: Apr 2010

Autobiography of Red Cloud: War Leade...

R. Eli Paul

Red Cloud was the only Native American leader ever to win a war against the United States Army. Here, for the first time in print, is Red Cloud's 'as-told-to' autobiography in which he shares the story of his early years.

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Published: Jan 1997

A Woman of No Importance: The Untold ...

Sonia Purnell

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERChosen as a BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR by NPR, the New York Public Library, Amazon, the Seattle Times, the Washington Independent Review of Books, PopSugar, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, BookBrowse, the Spectator...

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Published: Mar 2020

Love, Nina: A Nanny Writes Home

Nina Stibbe

"Breezy, sophisticated, hilarious, rude and aching with sweetness: LOVE, NINA might be the most charming book I've ever read." --Maria Semple, author of Where'd You Go, BernadetteIn 1982, 20-year-old Nina Stibbe moved to Lon...

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Published: Nov 2014

An Unquiet Mind

Kay Redfield Jamison

As a founder of UCLA's Affective Disorder Clinic and a co-author of a standard medical text, Dr. Kay Redfield Jamison may be the foremost authority on manic-depressive illness. She is also one of its survivors. And it is this dual per...

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Published: Jan 1995

Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About H...

Jenny Lawson

For fans of David Sedaris, Tina Fey and Caitlin Moran comes the new book from Jenny Lawson, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Let's Pretend This Never Happened...In Let's Pretend This Never Happened, Jenny Lawson regaled read...

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Published: Sep 2016

A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety

Jimmy Carter

In his major New York Times bestseller, Jimmy Carter looks back from ninety years of age and "reveals private thoughts and recollections over a fascinating career as businessman, politician, evangelist, and humanitarian" (Bo...

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Published: Jul 2016

Titanic Survivor

Violet Jessop

A bestseller both in the U.S. and U.K. now available in paperback. This biography succeeds due to its unique authenticity and wrenching firsthand account of that unforgettable tragedy. Jessop served as a stewardess for first-class pa...

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Published: Oct 2004

Federer

Chris Bowers

This admired biography traces the rise of Roger Federer, from his first tentative strokes with a racket to legendary status, and perhaps even the title of greatest tennis player ever. It looks at his development as a sportsman and how...

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Published: Sep 2016

You Never Forget Your First: A Biogra...

Alexis Coe

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER AN NPR CONCIERGE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR “In her form-shattering and myth-crushing book….Coe examines myths with mirth, and writes history with humor… [You Never Forget Your Fi...

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Published: Feb 2021

The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother ...

Anderson Cooper

A charming and intimate collection of correspondence between #1 New York Times bestselling author Anderson Cooper and his mother, Gloria Vanderbilt, that offers timeless wisdom and a revealing glimpse into their lives.Anderson Cooper�...

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Published: Jan 2017

Herculine Barbin

Michel Foucault

With an eye for the sensual bloom of young schoolgirls, and the torrid style of the romantic novels of her day, Herculine Barbin tells the story of her life as a hermaphrodite. Herculine was designated female at birth. A pious girl in...

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Published: Jun 1980

Tranny: Confessions of Punk Rock's Mo...

Laura Jane Grace

ONE OF BILLBOARD'S "100 GREATEST MUSIC BOOKS OF ALL TIME"The provocative transgender advocate and lead singer of the punk rock band Against Me! provides a searing account of her search for identity and her true self.It be...

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Published: Sep 2017

The Demon Under the Microscope: From ...

Thomas Hager

The Nazis discovered it. The Allies won the war with it. It conquered diseases, changed laws, and single-handedly launched the era of antibiotics. This incredible discovery was sulfa, the first antibiotic. In' The Demon Under the Micr...

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Published: Aug 2007

The Flight: Charles Lindbergh's Darin...

Dan Hampton

"GRIPPING. ... AN HOUR-BY-HOUR ACCOUNT." — WALL STREET JOURNAL   • From one of the most decorated pilots in Air Force history comes a masterful account of Lindbergh's death-defying nonstop transatlantic flight in ...

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Published: May 2018

Princess Masako: The Tragic True Stor...

Ben Hills

The tragic true story of Japan's Crown Princess-with a new afterword by the author. IIt's the fantasy of many young women: marry a handsome prince, move into a luxurious palace, and live happily ever after. But that's not how it turn...

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Published: Jan 2008

Commandant of Auschwitz : The Autobio...

Rudolf Hoess

A self-portrait, composed by one of the greatest monsters of all time: Rudolf Hoess, the Commandant at Auschwitz, and the man who knew more than almost anyone about how Nazi Germany implemented the Final Solution. Captured by the Brit...

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Published: Dec 2000

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl...

Harriet A. Jacobs

This classic memoir of slave life, written by a highly-literate North Carolina slave, was first published at the beginning of the Civil War when Jacobs had escaped to the North and begun campaigning for abolition. Her narrative focuse...

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Published: Jul 2000

Lab Girl

Hope Jahren

National Best SellerNamed one of TIME magazine’s "100 Most Influential People"An Amazon Top 20 Best Book of 2016A Washington Post Best Memoir of 2016A TIME and Entertainment Weekly Best Book of 2016 So Far An illuminating debut mem...

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Published: Mar 2017

Scrappy Little Nobody

Anna Kendrick

The New York Times bestselling collection of humorous autobiographical essays by the Academy Award­–nominated actress and star of Up in the Air and Pitch Perfect.Even before she made a name for herself on the silver screen starring...

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Published: May 2017

Blood And Champagne: The Life And Tim...

Alex Kershaw

Robert Capa, one of the finest photojournalists and combat photographers of the twentieth century, covered every major conflict from the Spanish Civil War to the early conflict in Vietnam. Always close to the action, he created some o...

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Published: Jun 2004

Aleister Crowley: Magick, Rock and Ro...

Gary Lachman

This definitive work on the occult's "great beast" traces the arc of his controversial life and influence on rock-and-roll giants, from the Rolling Stones to Led Zeppelin to Black Sabbath.  When Aleister Crowley died in 194...

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Published: Apr 2014
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