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Learning to Listen: A Life Caring for Children (Merloyd Lawrence Book) by T. Berry Brazelton Publisher Comments From his childhood in Waco, Texas, where he took expert care of nine small cousins while the adults ate Sunday lunch, to Princeton and an offer from Broadway, to medical and psychoanalytic training, to the exquisite observations into newborn behavior... (read more) Your price: $24.99 New - Hardcover
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Over Time: My Life as a Sportswriter by Frank Deford Synopsis Over Time: My Life as a Sportswriter is as unconventional and wide-ranging as Frank Defords remarkable career, in which he has chronicled the heroes and the characters of just about every sport in nearly every medium. Deford joined Sports Illustrated in... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Bloom (P.S.) by Kelle Hampton Publisher Comments There is us. Our Family. We will hold our precious gift and know that we are lucky . . . From the outside looking in, Kelle Hampton had the perfect life: a beautiful two-year-old daughter, a loving husband, and a thriving photography career. When she... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your price: $16.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Air Castle of the South: Wsm and the Making of Music City (Music in American Life) by Craig Havighurst Publisher Comments Started by the National Life and Accident Insurance Company in 1925, WSM became one of the most influential and exceptional radio stations in the history of broadcasting and country music. WSM gave Nashville the moniker “Music City USA” as... (read more) Your price: $27.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Truth about Luck: What I Learned on My Road Trip with Grandma by Iain Reid Synopsis In The Truth about Luck, Iain Reid, author of the highly popular coming-of-age memoir One Bird's Choice, accompanies his grandmother on a five-day vacation which turns out to be a "staycation" at his basement apartment in Kingston. While the... (read more) Your price: $18.95 New - Trade Paper
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Audrey in Rome by Ludovica (edt) Damiani Publisher Comments During the twenty years that she lived in Rome, Audrey Hepburn—legendary actress, fashion icon, and humanitarian—was the epitome of chic European style, from her little black dresses to her ballet flats. Her partnership with designer... (read more) Your price: $29.99 New - Hardcover
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My Bright Abyss: Meditation of a Modern Believer by Christian Wiman Publisher Comments A passionate meditation on the consolations and disappointments of religion and poetry. Christian Wiman, an award-winning poet and the editor of Poetry magazine, has had two constants in his life, two things that have defined him and given him... (read more) Your price: $24.00 New - Hardcover
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The Secretary: A Journey with Hillary Clinton from Beirut to the Heart of American Power by Kim Ghattas Publisher Comments The first inside account to be published about Hillary Clinton's time as Secretary of State, anchored by Ghattas' own perspective and her quest to understand America's place in the world. From Beirut to Washington is the first book of its kind: A foreign... (read more) List Price $27.00 Your price: $18.50 Used - Hardcover
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Father, Son, and Constitution: How Justice Tom Clark and Attorney General Ramsey Clark Shaped American Democracy by Alexander Wohl Publisher Comments When Supreme Court Justice Tom Clark resigned his seat on the bench at the youthful age of 67 after 18 years, his decision was unique in the annals of Court history: he was leaving so that his son Ramsey, just nominated as Attorney General, could assume... (read more) Your price: $45.50 New - Hardcover
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David Livingstone: The Unexplored Story by Stephen Tomkins Publisher Comments Readers of popular history and biographies of inspiring history makers will find this an honest and balanced account of the real man behind the Victorian icon Two hundred years after his birth, Tomkins assesses David Livingstone's life, impact,... (read more) Your price: $16.95 New - Trade Paper
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My Foreign Cities: A Memoir by Elizabeth Scarboro Publisher Comments When she was just seventeen, independent and ambitious Elizabeth Scarboro fell in love with irreverent and irresistible Stephen. She knew he had cystic fibrosis, that he was expected to live only until the age of thirty or so, and that soon she’d... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $15.95 Used - Hardcover
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How Georgia Became O'Keeffe: Lessons on the Art of Living by Karen Karbo Publisher Comments Most people associate Georgia OKeeffe with New Mexico, painted cow skulls, and her flower paintings. She was revered for so long—born in 1887, died at age ninety-eight in 1986—that we forget how young, restless, passionate, searching,... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
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When Variety Was King: Memoir of a TV Pioneer: Featuring Jackie Gleason, Sonny and Cher, Hee Haw, and More by Frank Peppiatt Publisher Comments Frank Peppiatt, the most popular producer during an era when variety television reigned supreme, recounts his own remarkable life story, with beginnings as a humble Canadian boy who eventually grew up to create iconic American TV shows using a... (read more) Your price: $17.95 New - Trade Paper
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Pain, Parties, Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953 by Elizabeth Winder Publisher Comments "I dreamed of New York, I am going there." On May 31, 1953, twenty-year-old Sylvia Plath arrived in New York City for a one-month stint at "the intellectual fashion magazine" Mademoiselle to be a guest editor for its prestigious annual... (read more) List Price $25.99 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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Gerald R. Ford: An Honorable Life by James Cannon Publisher Comments “Not since Harry Truman succeeded Franklin D. Roosevelt twenty-nine years earlier had the American people known so little about a man who had stepped forward from obscurity to take the oath of office as President of the United States.” &... (read more) Your price: $35.00 New - Hardcover
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Prisoner of Zion: Muslims, Mormons, and Other Misadventures by Scott Carrier Synopsis Soon after the World Trade Center towers fell on 9/11, it became clear the United States would invade Afghanistan. Writer and This American Life” radio producer Scott Carrier decided to go there too. He wanted to see for himself: who are... (read more) Your price: $15.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Doors: A Lifetime of Listening to Five Mean Years by Greil Marcus Publisher Comments A fan from the moment the Doors first album took over KMPX, the revolutionary FM rock and roll station in San Francisco, Greil Marcus saw the band many times at the legendary Fillmore Auditorium and the Avalon Ballroom in 1967. Five years later it was... (read more) Your price: $13.99 New - Trade Paper
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Maybe We'll Have You Back: The Life of a Perennial TV Guest Star by Fred Stoller Publisher Comments Fred Stoller has played the annoying schnook in just about every sitcom you’ve seen on TV—Friends, Everybody Loves Raymond, Scrubs, Hannah Montana, My Name Is Earl—and was even a staff writer for Seinfeld, but he’s never found a... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Hardcover
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I'll Stand by You: One Woman's Mission to Heal the Children of the World by Elissa Montanti Publisher Comments “The saint of Staten Island” (People magazine) shares the inspirational story of how she’s changing the world, one child at a time Fourteen years ago, Elissa Montanti was reeling from the loss of several loved ones when she decided to... (read more) Your price: $16.00 New - Trade Paper
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In the City of Bikes: The Story of the Amsterdam Cyclist (P.S.) by Pete Jordan Publisher Comments When Pete Jordan arrives in Amsterdam to study how to make America's cities more bicycle-friendly, he immediately falls in love with the city that already lives life on two wheels. His new bride, Amy Joy, joins Pete, and despite their financial hardships... (read more) Your price: $15.99 New - Trade Paper
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