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Piano Lessons: Music, Love, True Adventures
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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PaperbackHardcover
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760
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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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Hardcover
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1120
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2001
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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hardcover
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244
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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.
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Paperback
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715
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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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Paperback
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500
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2006
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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Paperback
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565
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2004
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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