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Updated September 26, 2024
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Knife : meditations after an attempted murder
Rushdie, Salman
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NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST * #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER * From Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie, a searing, deeply personal account of enduring--and surviving--an attempt on his life thirty years after the fatwa that was ordered against him On the morning of August 12,...
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Making it so : a memoir
Stewart, Patrick 1940-
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THE NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER The renowned and bestselling memoir--written with "insight, truth, and passion" (Sir Ian McKellen)--from iconic, beloved actor and living legend Sir Patrick Stewart. From his...
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Sociopath : a memoir
Gagne, Patric
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The acclaimed New York Times bestselling memoir of the author's struggle to understand her own sociopathy and shed light on the often maligned and misunderstood mental disorder. "A cross between a podcast by relationship therapist Esther Perel and a salacious tell-all."...
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The woman in me
Spears, Britney
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Named a Best Book of the Year by Elle, The Washington Post, Rolling Stone, NPR, Financial Times, Vanity Fair, and more! "In Britney Spears's memoir, she's stronger than ever." --The New York Times Over 2 million...
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Elon Musk
Isaacson, Walter
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#1 New York Times bestseller From the author of Steve Jobs and other bestselling biographies, this is the astonishingly intimate story of the most fascinating and controversial innovator of our era--a rule-breaking visionary who helped to lead the world into the era of...
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The Friday afternoon club : a family memoir
Dunne, Griffin
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The instant New York Times bestseller! "Warm and perceptive." --New York Times "Griffin Dunne knows how to tell a story." --Washington Post "Dunne is a prospector for the incandescent detail." --Los Angeles Times ...
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On call : a doctor's journey in public service
Fauci, Anthony S. 1940-
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Anthony Fauci is arguably the most famous - and most revered - doctor in the world today. His role guiding America sanely and calmly through Covid (and through the torrents of Trump) earned him the trust of millions during one of the most terrifying periods in modern American history, but this was...
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A well-trained wife : my escape from Christian patriarchy
Levings, Tia
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The instant New York Times bestseller: "Today it hit me when he hit me, blood shaking in my brain. Maybe there wasn't a savior coming. Maybe it was up to me to save me." Recruited into the fundamentalist Quiverfull movement as a young wife, Tia...
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My name is Barbra
Streisand, Barbra
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The long-awaited memoir by the superstar of stage, screen, recordings, and television Barbra Streisand is by any account a living legend, a woman who in a career spanning six decades has excelled in every area of entertainment. She is among the handful of EGOT winners (Emmy,...
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Consent : a memoir
Ciment, Jill 1953-
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From the acclaimed novelist ("A virtuoso"--Donna Seaman, Booklist), a deft, shocking memoir that asks whether we can judge past behavior by today's moral codes, as the author reevaluates her decades-long marriage to the forty-seven-year-old man she met when she was seventeen, revisiting a...
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Tiger, Tiger
Patterson, James 1947-
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Instant New York Times Bestseller! James Patterson--the only major author to have nine holes-in-one--gets inside the mystery of Tiger Woods as only he can. How did Tiger become the G.O.A.T., what drove him to fall so spectacularly, and how has he made his way back to the...
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True Gretch : what I've learned about life, leadership, and everything in between
Whitmer, Gretchen 1971-
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From trailblazing Michigan governor and rising Democratic star Gretchen Whitmer comes an unconventionally honest, personal, and funny account of her remarkable life and career, full of insights that guided her through a global pandemic, showdowns with high-profile bullies, and even a kidnapping...
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Life's too short : a memoir
Rucker, Darius
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A raw, heartfelt memoir from Darius Rucker, the Grammy Award-winning, multi-platinum selling lead singer of Hootie & the Blowfish and country music sensation--told through the remarkable stories of the music that coursed through his life.
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Joyful recollections of trauma
Scheer, Paul 1976-
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"Paul Scheer delivers a deeply funny, personal and moving account of how joy and pain are the perfect ingredients for a happy and funny life."--Amy Poehler "It's a hilarious essay collection about trauma. Yes, really."--People Magazine From award-winning actor and comedian Paul...
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Being Henry : the Fonz . . . and beyond
Winkler, Henry 1945-
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Instant New York Times Bestseller! From Emmy-award winning actor, author, comedian, producer, and director Henry Winkler, a deeply thoughtful memoir of the lifelong effects of stardom and the struggle to become whole. Henry Winkler, launched into...
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An unfinished love story : a personal history of the 1960s
Goodwin, Doris Kearns
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The #1 New York Times bestseller from "America's historian-in-chief" (New York magazine) An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s by Doris Kearns Goodwin, one of America's most beloved historians, artfully weaves together biography, memoir...
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Bits and pieces : my mother, my brother, and me
Goldberg, Whoopi 1955-
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From multi-award winner Whoopi Goldberg comes a new and unique memoir of her family and their influence on her early life. If it weren't for Emma Johnson, Caryn Johnson would have never become Whoopi Goldberg. Emma gave her children the loving care and wisdom they needed to succeed in life...
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What a fool believes : a memoir
McDonald, Michael 1952-
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* INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A sweeping and evocative memoir from the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, Grammy Award-winning, platinum selling singer-songwriter Michael McDonald, written with his friend, Emmy Award-nominated actor, comedian, and #1 New York Times ...
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Ask not : the Kennedys and the women they destroyed
Callahan, Maureen (Journalist)
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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | #1 SUNDAY TIMES (UK) BESTSELLER "The must-read book of the summer" (Megyn Kelly) from New York Times bestseller Maureen Callahan: a "harrowing,...
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