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Learning to Listen: A Life Caring for Children (Merloyd Lawrence Book)
Learning to Listen: A Life Caring for Children (Merloyd Lawrence Book)
by T. Berry Brazelton
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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)

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Over Time: My Life as a Sportswriter
Over Time: My Life as a Sportswriter
by Frank Deford
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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)

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Bloom (P.S.)
Bloom (P.S.)
by Kelle Hampton
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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)

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Air Castle of the South: Wsm and the Making of Music City (Music in American Life)
Air Castle of the South: Wsm and the Making of Music City (Music in American Life)
by Craig Havighurst
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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)

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The Truth about Luck: What I Learned on My Road Trip with Grandma
The Truth about Luck: What I Learned on My Road Trip with Grandma
by Iain Reid
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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)

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Audrey in Rome
Audrey in Rome
by Ludovica (edt) Damiani
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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)

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My Bright Abyss: Meditation of a Modern Believer
My Bright Abyss: Meditation of a Modern Believer
by Christian Wiman
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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)

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The Secretary: A Journey with Hillary Clinton from Beirut to the Heart of American Power
The Secretary: A Journey with Hillary Clinton from Beirut to the Heart of American Power
by Kim Ghattas
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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)

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Father, Son, and Constitution: How Justice Tom Clark and Attorney General Ramsey Clark Shaped American Democracy
Father, Son, and Constitution: How Justice Tom Clark and Attorney General Ramsey Clark Shaped American Democracy
by Alexander Wohl
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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)

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David Livingstone: The Unexplored Story
David Livingstone: The Unexplored Story
by Stephen Tomkins
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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)

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My Foreign Cities: A Memoir
My Foreign Cities: A Memoir
by Elizabeth Scarboro
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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)

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How Georgia Became O'Keeffe: Lessons on the Art of Living
How Georgia Became O'Keeffe: Lessons on the Art of Living
by Karen Karbo
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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)

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When Variety Was King: Memoir of a TV Pioneer: Featuring Jackie Gleason, Sonny and Cher, Hee Haw, and More
When Variety Was King: Memoir of a TV Pioneer: Featuring Jackie Gleason, Sonny and Cher, Hee Haw, and More
by Frank Peppiatt
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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)

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Pain, Parties, Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953
Pain, Parties, Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953
by Elizabeth Winder
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"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)

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Gerald R. Ford: An Honorable Life
Gerald R. Ford: An Honorable Life
by James Cannon
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“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)

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Prisoner of Zion: Muslims, Mormons, and Other Misadventures
Prisoner of Zion: Muslims, Mormons, and Other Misadventures
by Scott Carrier
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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)

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The Doors: A Lifetime of Listening to Five Mean Years
The Doors: A Lifetime of Listening to Five Mean Years
by Greil Marcus
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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)

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Maybe We'll Have You Back: The Life of a Perennial TV Guest Star
Maybe We'll Have You Back: The Life of a Perennial TV Guest Star
by Fred Stoller
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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)

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I'll Stand by You: One Woman's Mission to Heal the Children of the World
I'll Stand by You: One Woman's Mission to Heal the Children of the World
by Elissa Montanti
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“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)

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In the City of Bikes: The Story of the Amsterdam Cyclist (P.S.)
In the City of Bikes: The Story of the Amsterdam Cyclist (P.S.)
by Pete Jordan
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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)

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