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Be More Dolly: Life Lessons Beyond the 9 to 5 - Hardcover

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by Alice Gomer (Author) Do you ever find yourself: Tumblin' out of bed and stumblin' to the kitchen?Searchin' for a cup of ambition?Sighin' and groanin' at the mundanity of life?We could all do with a bit more Dolly in our lives!With empowering advice on love, business, style and looking out for number one, these pages will help Dolly Parton lovers everywhere create the life they truly want.Author BiographyAlice Gomer first discovered her love of Dolly Parton whilst watching her fight the pa...

To Have and Have Another Revised Edition: A Hemingway Cocktail Companion - Hardcover

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by Philip Greene (Author)Ernest Hemingway is nearly as famous for his drinking as he is for his writing. Throughout his collected works, Papa's sensuous explorations of the delights of imbibing engaged both his characters and his readers. In To Have and Have Another: A Hemingway Cocktail Companion, Philip Greene, cocktail historian, spirits consultant, and cofounder of the Museum of the American Cocktail, offers us a view of Papa through the lens Papa himself preferred--the bottom of a glass...

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by Maya Angelou (Author)NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Maya Angelou shares her path to living well and with meaning in this absorbing book of personal essays. Dedicated to the daughter she never had but sees all around her, Letter to My Daughter transcends genres and categories: guidebook, memoir, poetry, and pure delight. Here in short spellbinding essays are glimpses of the tumultuous life that led Angelou to an exalted place in American letters and taught her lessons in compassion and forti...

The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane - Paperback

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by Russell Freedman (Author)A Newbery Honor-winning biography of the men whose experiments brought about the Age of Flight. This engaging narrative account of Orville and Wilbur Wright, two men with little formal schooling but a knack for solving problems, follows their interest from a young age in the developing field of aeronautics. Russell Freedman's writing brings the brothers' personalities to life, enhancing the record of events with excerpts from the brothers' writing and corresponde...

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Report copyright infringementby Lana Stasek (Author), Vladyslava Borodavka (Translator), Vladyslava Borodavka (Editor)Lana Stasek doesn't write to please. She writes like she's peeling skin off old wounds - her own and everyone else's. This isn't a polite scrapbook of dates and places. It's a memory under a spotlight, family laid bare, the invisible debts no one ever asked for but everyone drags around. If you're here for comfort, wrong book. What you'll find is recognition - the kind that st...

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Report copyright infringementby Dario Dzamonja (Author), Nevena Dzamonja (Translator)An uncompromising account of a Bosnian writer's life as an exile in America. Considered a literary icon of Bosnia, Dario Dzamonja wrote raw, unfiltered accounts of life in the streets of Sarajevo and the colorful, caustic characters who inhabited them--including himself. His unmistakable voice interwove criminal slang, local vernacular, and autobiographical inquisition to craft stories in which he often serve...

The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant: The Complete Annotated Edition - Paperback

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by Ulysses S. Grant (Author), John F. Marszalek (Editor), David S. Nolen (With)"Leaps straight onto the roster of essential reading for anyone even vaguely interested in Grant and the Civil War."--Ron Chernow, author of Grant "Provides leadership lessons that can be obtained nowhere else... Ulysses Grant in his Memoirs gives us a unique glimpse of someone who found that the habit of reflection could serve as a force multiplier for leadership."--Thomas E. Ricks, Foreign Policy Ulysses S. Grant...

God's Hotel: A Doctor, a Hospital, and a Pilgrimage to the Heart of Medicine - Paperback

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by Victoria Sweet (Author)Victoria Sweet's new book, SLOW MEDICINE, is on sale now For readers of Paul Kalanithi's When Breath Becomes Air, a medical "page-turner" that traces one doctor's "remarkable journey to the essence of medicine" (The San Francisco Chronicle). San Francisco's Laguna Honda Hospital is the last almshouse in the country, a descendant of the H tel-Dieu (God's hotel) that cared for the sick in the Middle Ages. Ballet dancers and rock musicians, professors and thieves--"any...

Thomas Keating: The Making of a Modern Christian Mystic - Paperback

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by Cynthia Bourgeault (Author)The first portrait of spiritual luminary Thomas Keating's remarkable evolution, in the last decades of his life, into a fully realized modern-day Christian mystic. In the first four decades of his life as a Trappist monk, Thomas Keating created a comprehensive, unified psychospiritual pathway leading from healing to holiness and from contemporary psychological wellness to classic mystical sanctity and beatitude. As one of the key innovators of the meditative prac...

Christopher Nolan: The Iconic Filmmaker and His Work - Hardcover

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by Ian Nathan (Author)This comprehensive and in-depth study delves into the life and works of one of modern films most celebrated, successful and intriguing auteurs, Christopher Nolan. 'What is the most resilient parasite? Bacteria? A virus? An intestinal worm? An idea. Resilient...highly contagious. Once an idea has taken hold of the brain it's almost impossible to eradicate.' - Cobb, Inception How has Nolan become this leading director? Is he the new Kubrick? What do audiences get out of h...

Aboard the Titanic (a True Book: The Titanic) - Paperback

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by John Son (Author)Rediscover the story of the largest and most luxurious ship ever built!There were close to 2,200 people aboard the Titanic for its maiden voyage, including about 900 crew members. Among the ship's first-class passengers were some of the richest people in the world -- from business tycoons to movie stars. In second- and third-class compartments were people from across Europe who were sailing to a new life in America. Also aboard that April were Joseph Laroche, the only Blac...

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Report copyright infringementby Walter Benjamin (Author), Shierry Weber Nicholsen (Translator)An elegant new translation of Benjamin's moving evocation of the experiences of his urban childhood Composed in exile in the 1930s and published as a whole only after his death, the miniatures that make up Benjamin's Berlin Childhood are crystallized images of childhood experienced in a city later surrendered to fascism. No ordinary autobiography, the book is a Proustian experiment in memory and a ...

The Aviator and the Showman: Amelia Earhart, George Putnam, and the Marriage That Made an American Icon

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Report copyright infringementby Laurie Gwen Shapiro (Author) Publication Date: October 01, 2025 Large Print: Yes

Discovering D'Arensbourg: Unraveling the Legends of a Swedish Officer in the Great Northern War and First Commander of the German Coast in French Loui

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Report copyright infringementby Mari Keller Dyer (Author)In the early years of French Louisiana, Charles d'Arensbourg was the first commander and judge of the German Coast, the third oldest German settlement in the United States. His life in Europe has been told with scant details, myths and imaginations in Louisiana folklore for two hundred years. Was he a nobleman? Did he fight in the Battle at Poltava? Did the King give him his sword? Was he a mercenary soldier? What was the political scan...

Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman - Paperback

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by Alan Rickman (Author), Emma Thompson (Contribution by), Rima Horton (Afterword by)An international bestsellerOne of Barnes & Noble's Best Biographies & Memoirs of 2022Selected by the Guardian as one of the best books of 2022Amazon's choice for one of the best book gifts of 2023 Madly, Deeply is a rare invitation into the mind of Alan Rickman--one of the most magnetic, beloved performers of our time. From his breakout role in Die Hard to his outstanding, multifaceted performances in...

The Pacific Alone: The Untold Story of Kayaking's Boldest Voyage - Paperback

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by Dave Shively (Author)Winner of the 2019 National Outdoor Book Award for Outdoor Literature In the summer of 1987 Ed Gillet achieved what no person has accomplished before or since, a solo crossing from California to Hawaii by kayak. Gillet, at the age of 36 an accomplished sailor and paddler, navigated by sextant and always knew his position within a few miles. Still, Gillet underestimated the abuse his body would take from the relentless, pounding, swells of the Pacific, and early into h...

Diary of a Tuscan Bookshop: A Memoir - Paperback

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by Alba Donati (Author)National Bestseller Under the Tuscan Sun meets Diary of a Bookseller in this charming memoir by an Italian poet recounting her experience opening a bookshop in a village in Tuscany. Alba Donati was used to her hectic life working as a book publicist in Italy--a life that made her happy and allowed her to meet prominent international authors--but she was ready to make a change. One day she decided to return to Lucignana, the small village in the Tuscan hills where she wa...

The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir - Hardcover

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by Thi Bui (Author)National bestseller 2017 National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) Finalist ABA Indies Introduce Winter / Spring 2017 Selection Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Spring 2017 Selection ALA 2018 Notable Books Selection An intimate and poignant graphic novel portraying one family's journey from war-torn Vietnam, from debut author Thi Bui. This beautifully illustrated and emotional story is an evocative memoir about the search for a better future and a longing for th...

Kid Athletes: True Tales of Childhood from Sports Legends - Hardcover

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by David Stabler (Author), Doogie Horner (Illustrator)Hilarious childhood biographies and full-color illustrations show how Tiger Woods, Gabby Douglas, Bruce Lee, Billie Jean King, and other budding sports champions faced kid-sized challenges growing up. Forget the gold medals, the championships, and the undefeated seasons. When all-star athletes were growing up, they had regular-kid problems just like you. Baseball legend Babe Ruth was such a troublemaker, his family sent him to reform scho...

The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt - Paperback

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by Kara Cooney (Author)An engrossing biography of the longest-reigning female pharaoh in Ancient Egypt and the story of her audacious rise to power. Hatshepsut--the daughter of a general who usurped Egypt's throne--was expected to bear the sons who would legitimize the reign of her father's family. Her failure to produce a male heir, however, paved the way for her improbable rule as a cross-dressing king. At just over twenty, Hatshepsut out-maneuvered the mother of Thutmose III, the infant ki...

Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years of Lockheed - Paperback

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by Leo Janos (Author), Ben R. Rich (Author)This classic history of America's high-stakes quest to dominate the skies is "a gripping technothriller in which the technology is real" (New York Times Book Review). From the development of the U-2 to the Stealth fighter, Skunk Works is the true story of America's most secret and successful aerospace operation. As recounted by Ben Rich, the operation's brilliant boss for nearly two decades, the chronicle of Lockheed's legendary Skunk Works is a dra...

Every Valley: The Desperate Lives and Troubled Times That Made Handel's Messiah

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Report copyright infringementby Charles King (Author)NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK - NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE - From the bestselling historian and National Book Critics Circle Award finalist, the moving untold story of the eighteenth-century men and women behind the making of Handel's Messiah. "A work of vivid social and cultural commentary, it functions also as an in-depth study of artistic creation, how 'Messiah' came to be, but also of the unstoppable spigot that was Handel...

The Traveling Wilburys: The Biography, Revised Edition

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Report copyright infringementby Nick Thomas (Author)This is the fully revised Second Edition of the Traveling Wilburys story. This updated biography features a number of surprises, including details of the planned third album and the identity of the notable guitarist who turned down an invitation to join the original lineup of the group. The Traveling Wilburys were formed in 1988 when five rock legends joined forces for an informal recording session inside a cluttered garage in Los Angeles. T...

Grand Prix: An Illustrated History of Formula 1 - Hardcover

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by Will Buxton (Author), Stefano Domenicali (Foreword by)A thrilling illustrated history of Formula 1 racing, from its fascinating origins and inner workings to the top drivers of the twentieth century and today, by a celebrated motorsports broadcaster and star of Formula 1: Drive to Survive "A valuable and welcome addition to the library of any lifelong F1 fan, as well as for any curious individual new to the world of F1."--Mario Andretti Over its seventy-plus years of history, Formula 1 ra...

Resilient Grieving, Second Edition: How to Find Your Way Through Devastating Loss - Paperback

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by Lucy Hone (Author), Karen Reivich (Foreword by)The death of someone we hold dear may be inevitable; being paralyzed by our grief is not. Recent research has revealed our capacity for resilient grieving, our innate ability to respond to traumatic loss by finding ways to grow--by becoming more engaged with our lives, and discovering new, profound meaning.In this completely updated and expanded second edition, author and resilience/well-being expert Lucy Hone, a pioneer in positive psychology...

Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones - Hardcover

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by Dolly Parton (Author), Holly George-Warren (With), Rebecca Seaver (With)NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A beautiful celebration of Dolly Parton's iconic sense of style through entertaining personal stories and 450 full-color photographs, including exclusive images from her private costume archive In Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones, global superstar Dolly Parton shares, for the first time, the full story behind her lifelong passion for fashion, including how she developed her own, dis...

Truth in Love: The Life of Carmelite St. Titus Brandsma - Paperback

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by Fernando Millan (Author)This is story of the Dutch Carmelite saint, Fr. Titus Brandsma, who was killed in the Dachau concentration camp for his stand against Nazism. Fr. Brandsma as professor at the Catholic University of Nijmegen (now Radboud University) began teaching of the dangers of National Socialism and its incompatibility with Catholic teaching even before the beginnings of World War II. As a journalist and the bishops' ecclesiastical advisor to the country's Catholic newspapers, B...

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by George Takei (Author), Justin Eisinger (Author), Steven Scott (Author)New York Times Bestseller! A stunning graphic memoir recounting actor/author/activist George Takei's childhood imprisoned within American concentration camps during World War II. Experience the forces that shaped an American icon -- and America itself -- in this gripping tale of courage, country, loyalty, and love. George Takei has captured hearts and minds worldwide with his captivating stage presence and outspoken comm...

Women in Space: 23 Stories of First Flights, Scientific Missions, and Gravity-Breaking Adventures - Paperback

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by Karen B. Gibson (Author)When Valentina Tereshkova blasted off aboard Vostok 6 on June 16, 1963, she became the first woman to rocket into space. It would be 19 years before another woman got a chance--cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya in 1982--followed by American astronaut Sally Ride a year later. By breaking the stratospheric ceiling, these women forged a path for many female astronauts, cosmonauts, and mission specialists to follow. Women in Space profiles 23 pioneers, including Eileen Col...

The Life of / La Vida de Walter: A Bilingual Picture Book Biography - Board Book

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by Patty Rodriguez (Author), Ariana Stein (Author), Citlali Reyes (Illustrator)Introduce little ones to the life of a cherished icon, Walter Mercado, in both English and Spanish!Walter was a Puerto Rican astrologer, actor, dancer, and writer, best known as a television personality for his shows on daily astrology.Author BiographyPatty Rodriguez is the co-founder of Lil' Libros, a publisher of bilingual children's books and co-author of more than 15 books celebrating the Latino-American experi...

Battleship Commander: The Life of Vice Admiral Willis A. Lee Jr. - Hardcover

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by Paul Stillwell (Author)This is the first-ever biography of Vice Admiral Willis A. Lee Jr., who served a key role during World War II in the Pacific. Recognizing the achievements and legacy of one of the war's top combat admirals has been long overdue until now. Battleship Commander explores Lee's life from boyhood in Kentucky through his eventual service as commander of the fast battleships from 1942 to 1945. Paul Stillwell draws on more than 150 first-person accounts from those who knew a...

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Report copyright infringementby Tom Huddleston (Author)An in-depth, richly illustrated exploration of the work and life of cinema and TV's greatest cult creator. Without David Lynch, our world would have been a much more ordinary place. As a filmmaker, screenwriter, designer, musician, visual artist and living avatar of all things uncanny, his influence pervaded every corner of our culture.Alongside his game-changing TV series "Twin Peaks", Lynch also created big-screen masterpieces such as h...