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As Always, Julia: The Letters of Julia Child and Avis DeVoto

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Publisher: Rux Martin/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt : December 2010

Seller ID: 195003

ISBN-13: 9780547417714

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

With her outsize personality, Julia Child is known around the world by her first name alone. But despite that familiarity, how much do we really know of the inner Julia? Now more than 200 letters exchanged between Julia and Avis DeVoto, her friend and unofficial literary agent memorably introduced in the hit movie Julie & Julia, open the window on Julia's deepest thoughts and feelings. This riveting correspondence, in print for the first time, chronicles the blossoming of a unique and lifelong friendship between the two women and the turbulent process of Julia's creation of Mastering the Art o...
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Che: The Life, Death, and Afterlife of a Revolutionary

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Publisher: Basic Books : March 2004

Seller ID: 202194

ISBN-13: 9781560255192

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

The best writing about the guerilla fighter Jean-Paul Sarte called the most perfect man of our time.
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Moonboots & Dinnersuits

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Publisher: Fantom Films Limited : February 2013

Seller ID: 189730

ISBN-13: 9781781960790

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

Jon Pertwee's acting career began with a public performance at the age of four. He seems to have been expelled from most of the schools his actor-writer father Roland Pertwee sent him to and finally joined RADA in 1936. From there too, he was asked to leave. Jon went into Rep and had a checkered career. In Brighton panic set in when he dressed as an old gardener in 'Love from a Stranger' instead of as a young cleric in 'Candida'. In 1938 came Jon's first radio role in the BBC's 'Lillibulero', in which year he also appeared in his father's play, 'To Kill a Cat', directed by Henry Kendal...
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Nobel: A Century of Prize Winners

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Publisher: Firefly Books : June 2010

Seller ID: 179064

ISBN-13: 9781554077809

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

The story of the winners of the world's most prestigious prize, now updated to include the 2009 recipients. The Nobel Prize is widely regarded as the most prestigious award one can receive. The Prize is administered by the Nobel Foundation, and the award ceremonies receive extensive media coverage. The awards are often politically controversial, and many winners use their acceptance speech to further favorite causes. Along with background information, the book provides a look at the 200 most famous and most interesting Nobel winners. The profiles are arranged by prize and by year. A photo or i...
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The Women of Rothschild: The Untold Story of the World s Most Famous Dynasty /anglais (International Edition)

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Publisher: LITTLE BROWN US

Seller ID: 202894

ISBN-13: 9781529366730

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

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Catch Me If You Can: The True Story of a Real Fake

By: Abagnale, Frank W.,Redding, Stan

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Publisher: Crown : August 2000

Seller ID: 176540

ISBN-13: 9780767905381

Binding: Paperback

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The uproarious, bestselling true story of the world's most sought-after con man, immortalized by Leonardo DiCaprio in DreamWorks' feature film of the same name, from the author of Scam Me If You Can. Frank W. Abagnale, alias Frank Williams, Robert Conrad, Frank Adams, and Robert Monjo, was one of the most daring con men, forgers, imposters, and escape artists in history. In his brief but notorious criminal career, Abagnale donned a pilot's uniform and copiloted a Pan Am jet, masqueraded as the supervising resident of a hospital, practiced law without a license, passed himself off as a college ...
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Fairyland: A Memoir of My Father

By: Abbott, Alysia

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Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company : June 2014

Seller ID: 192427

ISBN-13: 9780393348903

Binding: Paperback

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In this vibrant memoir, Alysia Abbott recounts growing up in 1970s San Francisco with Steve Abbott, a gay, single father during an era when that was rare. Reconstructing their time together from a remarkable cache of Steve's writings, Alysia gives us an unforgettable portrait of a tumultuous, historic period in San Francisco as well as an exquisitely moving account of a father's legacy and a daughter's love.

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Lead from the Outside: How to Build Your Future and Make Real Change

By: Abrams, Stacey

Price: $17.50

Publisher: Picador : March 2019

Seller ID: 183085

ISBN-13: 9781250214805

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

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Open: An Autobiography

By: Agassi, Andre

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Vintage : August 2010

Seller ID: 163814

ISBN-13: 9780307388407

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLERFar more than a superb memoir about the highest levels of professional tennis, Open is the engrossing story of a remarkable life. Andre Agassi had his life mapped out for him before he left the crib. Groomed to be a tennis champion by his moody and demanding father, by the age of twenty-two Agassi had won the first of his eight grand slams and achieved wealth, celebrity, and the game's highest honors. But as he reveals in this searching autobiography, off the court he was often unhappy and confused, unfulfilled by his great achievements in a sport he had come to resent. A...
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The Marmalade Diaries: The True Story of an Odd Couple

By: Aitken, Ben

Price: $11.25

Publisher: Icon Books : June 2022

Seller ID: 209628

ISBN-13: 9781785789021

Binding: Hardcover

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Have a Little Faith: A True Story

By: Albom, Mitch

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Hachette Books : September 2009

Seller ID: 204276

ISBN-13: 9780786868728

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

What if our beliefs were not what divided us, but what pulled us together? In Have a Little Faith, Mitch Albom offers a beautifully written story of a remarkable eight-year journey between two worlds -- two men, two faiths, two communities -- that will inspire readers everywhere. Albom's first nonfiction book since Tuesdays with Morrie, Have a Little Faith begins with an unusual request: an eighty-two-year-old rabbi from Albom's old hometown asks him to deliver his eulogy. Feeling unworthy, Albom insists on understanding the man better, which throws him back into a world of faith he'd left y...
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Have a Little Faith: A True Story

By: Albom, Mitch

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Hachette Books : September 2009

Seller ID: 209198

ISBN-13: 9780786868728

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

What if our beliefs were not what divided us, but what pulled us together? In Have a Little Faith, Mitch Albom offers a beautifully written story of a remarkable eight-year journey between two worlds -- two men, two faiths, two communities -- that will inspire readers everywhere. Albom's first nonfiction book since Tuesdays with Morrie, Have a Little Faith begins with an unusual request: an eighty-two-year-old rabbi from Albom's old hometown asks him to deliver his eulogy. Feeling unworthy, Albom insists on understanding the man better, which throws him back into a world of faith he'd left y...
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Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, A Young Man and Life's Greatest Lesson

By: Albom, Mitch

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Publisher: Doubleday : August 1997

Seller ID: 110431

ISBN-13: 9780385484510

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher, or a colleague. Someone older, patient and wise, who understood you when you were young and searching, helped you see the world as a more profound place, gave you sound advice to help you make your way through it. For Mitch Albom, that person was Morrie Schwartz, his college professor from nearly twenty years ago. Maybe, like Mitch, you lost track of this mentor as you made your way, and the insights faded, and the world seemed colder. Wouldn't you like to see that person again, ask the bigger questions that still haunt you, receive wisdom for your bus...
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Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson, 20th Anniversary Edition

By: Albom, Mitch

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Crown : October 2002

Seller ID: 191247

ISBN-13: 9780767905923

Binding: Paperback

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A special 20th anniversary edition of the beloved international bestseller that changed millions of livesMaybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher, or a colleague. Someone older, patient and wise, who understood you when you were young and searching, helped you see the world as a more profound place, gave you sound advice to help you make your way through it. For Mitch Albom, that person was Morrie Schwartz, his college professor from nearly twenty years ago. Maybe, like Mitch, you lost track of this mentor as you made your way, and the insights faded, and the world seemed colder. Wouldn't you ...
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Hell and Other Destinations: A 21st-Century Memoir

By: Albright, Madeleine

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Harper : April 2020

Seller ID: 209231

ISBN-13: 9780062802255

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

"Richly detailed. . . an intimate portrait of a diplomat." --New YorkerIn this revealing, funny, and inspiring memoir, seven-time New York Times bestselling author and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright--among the world's most admired and tireless public servants--reflects on the challenge of continuing one's career far beyond the normal age of retirement.In 2001, when Madeleine Albright was leaving office as America's first female secretary of state, interviewers asked her how she wished to be remembered. "I don't want to be remembered," she answered. "I am still here and have much ...
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Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948

By: Albright, Madeleine

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Publisher: Harper : April 2012

Seller ID: 180479

ISBN-13: 9780062030313

Binding: Hardcover

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Drawing on her own memory, her parents' written reflections, interviews with contemporaries, and newly-available documents, former US Secretary of State and New York Times bestselling author Madeleine Albright recounts a tale that is by turns harrowing and inspiring.Before she turned twelve, Madeleine Albright's life was shaken by some of the most cataclysmic events of the 20th century: the Nazi invasion of her native Prague, the Battle of Britain, the attempted genocide of European Jewry, the allied victory in World War II, the rise of communism, and the onset of the Cold War. In Prague Winte...
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The Mighty and the Almighty: Reflections on America, God, and World Affairs

By: Albright, Madeleine

Price: $12.50

Publisher: Harper : May 2006

Seller ID: 187998

ISBN-13: 9780060892579

Binding: Hardcover

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Does America, as George W. Bush has proclaimed, have a special mission, derived from God, to bring liberty and democracy to the world? How much influence does the Christian right have over U.S. foreign policy? And how should America deal with violent Islamist extremists?Madeleine Albright, the former secretary of state and bestselling author of Madam Secretary, offers a thoughtful and often surprising look at the role of religion in shaping America's approach to the world. Drawing upon her experiences while in office and her own deepest beliefs about morality, the United States, and the presen...
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Return to Earth

By: Aldrin, Edwin E,Warga, Wayne

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Publisher: Random House : January 1973

Seller ID: 187682

ISBN-13: 9780394488325

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

A book written by Buzz. American astronaut who became the second person to walk on the Moon. Aldrin graduated with honors from West Point in 1951 and subsequently flew jet fighters in the Korean War. Upon returning to academic work, he earned a Ph.D. in astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, devising techniques for manned space rendezvous that would be used on future NASA missions including the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. Aldrin was selected for astronaut duty in October 1963 and in November 1966 established a new spacewalk duration record on the Gemini 9 mission. ...
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Aphrodite: A Memoir of the Senses

By: Allende, Isabel

Price: $5.00

Publisher: HarperFlamingo : March 1998

Seller ID: 133635

ISBN-13: 9780060175900

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

New York Times-bestselling author Isabel Allende celebrates the pleasures of the sensual life in this rich, joyful and slyly humorous book, a combination of personal narrative and treasury of erotic lore. Under the aegis of the Goddess of Love, Isabel Allende uses her storytelling skills brilliantly in Aphrodite to evoke the delights of food and sex. After considerable research and study, she has become an authority on aphrodisiacs, which include everything from food and drink to stories and, of course, love. Readers will find here recipes from Allende's mother, poems, stories from ancient and...
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Paula

By: Allende, Isabel

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Harper Collins : May 1995

Seller ID: 170113

ISBN-13: 9780060172534

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

One of the most popular and acclaimed of Latin American authors presents an unforgettable memoir. An exquisitely rendered, deeply moving mother-daughter story that doubles as Allende's autobiography, Paula is a prodigious evocation and a hymn to life, written from the heart.
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The Soul of a Woman

By: Allende, Isabel

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Ballantine Books : March 2021

Seller ID: 195010

ISBN-13: 9780593355626

Binding: Hardcover

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From the New York Times bestselling author of A Long Petal of the Sea comes "a bold exploration of womanhood, feminism, parenting, aging, love and more" (Associated Press). "The Soul of a Woman is Isabel Allende's most liberating book yet."--Elle"When I say that I was a feminist in kindergarten, I am not exaggerating," begins Isabel Allende. As a child, she watched her mother, abandoned by her husband, provide for her three small children without "resources or voice." Isabel became a fierce and defiant little girl, determined to fight for the life her mother couldn't have. As a young woman com...
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A Perfect Union: Dolley Madison and the Creation of the American Nation

By: Allgor, Catherine

Price: $6.00

Publisher: Holt Paperbacks : February 2007

Seller ID: 189418

ISBN-13: 9780805083002

Binding: Paperback

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"Delightful and discerning . . . In this evocative study a remarkable woman, creator of the 'first lady' role, comes vividly to life."--The New York TimesWhen the roar of the Revolution had finally died down, a new generation of politicians was summoned to the Potomac to assemble the nation's capital. Into that unsteady atmosphere--which would soon enough erupt into another conflict with Britain--Dolley Madison arrived, alongside her husband, James. Within a few years, she had mastered both the social and political intricacies of the city, and by her death in 1849 was the most celebrated perso...
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The Birthday Party: A Memoir of Survival

By: Alpert, Stanley N.

Price: $5.00

Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons : January 2007

Seller ID: 130909

ISBN-13: 9780399154027

Binding: Hardcover

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On January 21, 1998, the night before his thirty-eighth birthday, federal prosecutor Stanley Alpert was kidnapped off the streets of Manhattan. This is the story of what happened next. . . . Alpert was taken by a carful of gun-toting thugs looking to use his ATM card, but when they learned his bank balance the plan changed. They took him, blindfolded with his own scarf, to a Brooklyn apartment, with the idea of going to a bank the next day and withdrawing most of his money. But the later it got, the more the plan changed again . . . and again . . . as his captors alternately held guns to his h...
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The Birthday Party: A Memoir of Survival

By: Alpert, Stanley N.

Price: $5.00

Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons : January 2007

Seller ID: 205041

ISBN-13: 9780399154027

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

On January 21, 1998, the night before his thirty-eighth birthday, federal prosecutor Stanley Alpert was kidnapped off the streets of Manhattan. This is the story of what happened next. . . . Alpert was taken by a carful of gun-toting thugs looking to use his ATM card, but when they learned his bank balance the plan changed. They took him, blindfolded with his own scarf, to a Brooklyn apartment, with the idea of going to a bank the next day and withdrawing most of his money. But the later it got, the more the plan changed again . . . and again . . . as his captors alternately held guns to his h...
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A Year By The Sea: Thoughts of an Unfinished Woman

By: Anderson, Joan

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Crown : August 2000

Seller ID: 187765

ISBN-13: 9780767905930

Binding: Paperback

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The basis for the major motion picture of the same name. An entrancing memoir of how one woman's journey of self-discovery gave her the courage to persevere in re-creating her life. Life is a work in progress, as ever-changing as a sandy shoreline along the beach. During the years Joan Anderson was a loving wife and supportive mother, she had slowly and unconsciously replaced her own dreams with the needs of her family. With her sons grown, however, she realized that the family no longer centered on the home she provided, and her relationship with her husband had become stagnant. Like many wom...
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First Mothers: The Women Who Shaped the Presidents

By: Angelo, Bonnie

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Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks : October 2001

Seller ID: 178813

ISBN-13: 9780060937119

Binding: Paperback

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In this highly acclaimed book, Bonnie Angelo celebrates a group of remarkable women who played a pivotal role in developing the characters of the modern American presidents -- their mothers. Angelo, a veteran reporter and writer for TIME magazine, explores the lives, thoughts and feelings of these women who so influenced the twentieth century's most powerful leaders. From the aristocratic and formidable Sara Delano Roosevelt to diehard Democrat Martha Truman, from stoic Hannah Milhous Nixon to the hard-living Virginia Clinton Kelly, First Mothers is an in-depth look at the special mother-son ...
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Mom & Me & Mom

By: Angelou, Maya

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Random House : April 2013

Seller ID: 209199

ISBN-13: 9781400066117

Binding: Hardcover

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A moving memoir about the legendary author's relationship with her own mother. Emma Watson's Our Shared Shelf Book Club Pick The story of Maya Angelou's extraordinary life has been chronicled in her multiple bestselling autobiographies. But now, at last, the legendary author shares the deepest personal story of her life: her relationship with her mother. For the first time, Angelou reveals the triumphs and struggles of being the daughter of Vivian Baxter, an indomitable spirit whose petite size belied her larger-than-life presence--a presence absent during much of ...
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The Heart of a Woman (Oprah's Book Club)

By: Angelou, Maya

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Random House : May 1997

Seller ID: 198830

ISBN-13: 9780375500725

Binding: Hardcover

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In The Heart of a Woman Maya Angelou leaves California with her son, Guy, to go to New York. There she enters the society and world of black artists and writers. Not since her childhood has she lived in an almost black environment, and she is surprised at the obsession her new friends have with the white world around them. She stays for a while with John and Grace Killens and begins to read her writing at the Harlem Writers Guild. She continues to sing, most notably at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem, but more and more she begins to take part in the struggle of black Americans for their rightful ...
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A Woman in Berlin

By: Anonymous, Anonymous

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Picador : July 2006

Seller ID: 204307

ISBN-13: 9780312426118

Binding: Paperback

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A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice For eight weeks in 1945, as Berlin fell to the Russian army, a young woman kept a daily record of life in her apartment building and among its residents. With bald honesty and brutal lyricism (Elle), the anonymous author depicts her fellow Berliners in all their humanity, as well as their cravenness, corrupted first by hunger and then by the Russians. Spare and unpredictable, minutely observed and utterly free of self-pity (The Plain Dealer, Cleveland), A Woman in Berlin tells of the complex relationship between civilians and an occupying army and ...
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The Spiral Staircase: My Climb Out of Darkness

By: Armstrong, Karen

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Anchor : February 2005

Seller ID: 192470

ISBN-13: 9780385721271

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

Gripping, revelatory, and inspirational, The Spiral Staircase is an extraordinary account of an astonishing spiritual journey. In 1962, at age seventeen, Karen Armstrong entered a convent, eager to meet God. After seven brutally unhappy years as a nun, she left her order to pursue English literature at Oxford. But convent life had profoundly altered her, and coping with the outside world and her expiring faith proved to be excruciating. Her deep solitude and a terrifying illness-diagnosed only years later as epilepsy--marked her forever as an outsider. In her own mind she was a complete failur...
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