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Piano Lessons: Music, Love, True Adventures
by Noah  Adams
   
Adams' delightful chronicle of the year in which he answered a lifelong urge to learn to play the piano.
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Tuesdays with Morrie
by Mitch  Albom
   
The beautifully told true story of Mitch and Morrie's rekindled relationship that turned into a class on how to live.
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Days of Grace: A Memoir
by Arthur  Ashe
   
The moving story of the tennis champion, social activist and man with AIDS who was felled too soon. Co-written with Arnold Rampersad.
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Sunday Nights at Seven
by Jack and Joan  Benny
   
Combines excerpts from Benny's unfinsihed autobiography with his daughter's affectionate memories.
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Gracie: A Love Story
by George  Burns
   
The story of Burns' 40-year marriage and endless love affair with Gracie Allen.
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All My Best Friends
by George  Burns
   
Comedian Burns takes readers behind the scenes to meet fellow performers Jack Benn, the Marx Brothers, Jimmy Durante and others.
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Reflections
by Barbara  Bush
   
Former First Lady Bush traces the eight years between the presidencies of George Bush senior and their son, discussing such topics as Clinton's inauguration, her charity work, her relationship with her children and grandchildren, and her family's reactions to September 11 and its aftermath.
    Binding: PaperbackHardcover  Pages: 760   Year published: 2003


Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
by Sarah and A. Ellizabeth  Delany
   
The delightful and fascinating story of two sisters, ages 101 and 103, from the post-Reconstruction days to the present. Co-written with Amy Hill Hearth.
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Journey of the Heart
by Virginia Hannaford  Eyster
   
Readers may see their own histories and families in Eyster's story of her Depression-era childhood in Toledo, Ohio.
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Sport of Queens
by Dick  Francis
   
Popular mystery writer Francis tells about his career as a champion steeplechase jockey.
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Bing Crosby: A Pocketful of Dreams
by Gary  Giddins
   
Traces the rise of Bing Crosby from his early successes as a radio star to his inital foray into Hollywood
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John Glenn
by John  Glenn
   
The autobiography of the man many call "the last American hero."
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Lucy and Desi
by Warren G.  Harris
   
The legendary love story of television's famous couple.
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Me
by Katherine  Hepburn
   
Miss Hepburn broke her long-kept silence with this absorbing and provacative memoir.
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Woman Named Jackie
by D. David  Heymann
   
An intimiate biography of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis.
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Rocket Boys
by Homer H. Jr.  Hickham
   
The true story of how Hickham bought a ticket out of Coalwood, West Virginia, by building rockets. The movie "October Sky" was based on this book.
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Story of My Life
by Helen  Keller
   
Written and published when she was a sophomore at Radcliffe, Keller tells how she evolved from a helpless, dependent seven-year-old to a self-confident, resourceful individual.
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All Too Human
by Edward  Klein
   
A former editor of The New York Times Magazine and a friend of Jackie Kennedy recreates the Kennedy marriage in unprecendented detail.
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Life on the Road
by Charles  Kuralt
   
Kuralt relives a lifetime of discovering places and people whose unique stories have shaped and enriched his life.
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Education of a Wandering Man
by Louis  L'Amour
   
From his decision to leave school at 15 to roam the world to his tour as an itinerant bare-knuckled prizefighter, here is L'Amour's story.
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Harvest of Bittersweet
by Patricia Penton  Leinbach
   
A farm wife and traveling speaker, Leimbach celebrates the joys and trials of rural living on her family's farm in Vermillion, Ohio, as well as the people and places she has visited on her speaking circuit.
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My LIfe with Groucho
by Arthur  Marx
   
 
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Audrey Hepburn
by Diana  Maychick
   
The riveting story of the steel-willed waif who conquered enormous hardships to become the epitome of grace and elegance both on and off the screen.
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Faith of My Fathers
by John  McCain
   
McCain describes his grandfather and father's military careers, his own experiences as a POW in Vietnam, and his political career.
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Angela's Ashes
by Frank  McCourt
   
McCourt's moving memoir of his poverty-stricken childhood in Ireland. Winner of the Pulitzer Price and National Book Critics Circle Award.
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Suite Francaise
by Irene  Nemirovsky
   
Published more than sixty years following the author's death at Auschwitz, a remarkable story of life under the Nazi occupation includes two parts—“Storm in June," set amid the chaotic 1940 exodus from Paris, and "Dolce," set in a German-occupied village rife with resentment, resistance, and collaboration.
    Binding: Paperback   Pages: 715   Year published: 2006


Story of Chicago May
by Nuala  O'Faolain
   
This fascinating portrait of the legendary woman outlaw describes her childhood in post-famine Ireland, work as a confidence trickster in America, love affair with a big-league criminal, successful robbery of the Paris American Express, imprisonment, and later years.
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Man of the House
by Tip   O'Neil
   
Fifty years of American history as entertainingly recorded by former Speaker of the House Tip O'Neil.
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Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail
by Malika  Oufkir
   
In this Oprah Book Club selection, the daughter of a former aide to the king of Morocco recounts how she and her family were imprisoned in a desert penal colony for 20 years.
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Man Named Dave
by Dave  Pelzer
   
Pelzer confronts his abusive parents and seeks to create a life filled with love and acceptance.
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Measure of a Man
by Sidneyh  Poitier
   
The acclaimed actor reveals the depth, passion, and intellectual fervor that has driven his life and career.
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My American Journey
by Colin  Powell
   
 
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Still Me
by Christopher  Reeve
   
From the dazzling years as a movie start to his struggle to recover from his accident, Reeve's story is poignant and captivating.
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Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation
by Cokie  Roberts
   
Explores the lives of women who helped shape the United States, profiling such key figures as Abigail Adams, Eliza Pinkney, and Dolly Payne Madison.
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Rainier & Grace
by Jeffrey  Robinson
   
The inside story of a legendary romance, a famous family and the Principality of Monaco.
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Brando: A Life in Our Times
by Richard  Schickel
   
Schickel recreates the excitement and controversy of Brando's early acting years.
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Make Room for Danny
by Danny  Thomas
   
Thomas relates his exciting rise in show business and shares heartwarming stories of his marriage of 54 years to Rose-Marie. Co-written with Bill Davidson.
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Bess W. Truman
by Margaret  Truman
   
An intimate portrait of a First Lady who kept her considerable influence on President Truman hidden from public view.
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