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I Dreamed I Was a Very Clean Tramp: An Autobiography

by Richard Hell

Published: 2013-03-12

Hardcover: 304 pages

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The sharp, lyrical, and no-holds-barred autobiography of the iconoclastic writer and musician Richard Hell, charting the childhood, coming of age, and misadventures of an artist in an indelible era of rock and roll...From an early age, Richard Hell dreamed of running away. His father died ...

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* * * * Adventurous,
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Long Division

by Kiese Laymon

Published: 2013-06-11

Paperback: 276 pages

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Kiese Laymon’s debut novel is a Twain-esque exploration of celebrity, authorship, violence, religion, and coming of age in Post-Katrina Mississippi, written in a voice that’s alternately funny, lacerating, and wise. The book contains two interwoven stories. In the first, it’s 2013: a...

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Dry 10th Anniversary Edition: A Memoir

by Augusten Burroughs

Published: 2013-04-23

Paperback: 336 pages

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The Tenth Anniversary Edition of the New York Times bestselling book that has sold over half a million copies in paperback."I was addicted to "Bewitched" as a kid. I worshipped Darren Stevens the First. When he'd come home from work and Samantha would say, ‘Darren, would you like me to f...

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The Modern Art Invasion: Picasso, Duchamp, and the 1913 Armory Show That Scandalized America

by Elizabeth Lunday

Published: 2013-10-01

Hardcover: 208 pages

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In 1910 New York's art scene was dull and stuck in the past - lagging considerably behind Europe. Before the century reached its midpoint, however, New York would come to dominate the art world. It seemed that in a blink of an eye New York City tranformed from provincial backwater to vibr...

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* * * * * Interesting,
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The White Album: Essays (FSG Classics)

by Joan Didion

Published: 2009-11-10

Paperback: 224 pages

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First published in 1979, The White Album records indelibly the upheavals and aftermaths of the 1960s. Examining key events, figures, and trends of the era?including Charles Manson, the Black Panthers, and the shopping mall?through the lens of her own spiritual confusion, Joan Didion helped...

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Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays (FSG Classics)

by Joan Didion

Published: 2008-10-28

Paperback: 256 pages

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The first nonfiction work by one of the most distinctive prose stylists of our era, Joan Didion's Slouching Towards Bethlehem remains, decades after its first publication, the essential portrait of America?particularly California?in the sixties. It focuses on such subjects as John Wayne an...

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The Man in the Brown Suit

by Agatha Christie

Published: 2012-04-17

Paperback: 320 pages

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The Queen of Mystery has come to Harper Collins! Agatha Christie, the acknowledged mistress of suspense—creator of indomitable sleuth Miss Marple, meticulous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, and so many other unforgettable characters—brings her entire oeuvre of ingenious whodunits, lo...

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* * * * * Informative,
Inspiring,
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Pastrix: The Cranky, Beautiful Faith of a Sinner & Saint

by Nadia Bolz-Weber

Published: 2013-09-10

Hardcover: 224 pages

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Now a New York Times bestseller, Nadia Bolz-Weber takes no prisoners as she reclaims the term "pastrix"(pronounced "pas-triks," a term used by some Christians who refuse to recognize female pastors) in her messy, beautiful, prayer-and-profanity laden narrative about an unconventional life ...

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Buck: A Memoir

by MK Asante

Published: 2013-08-20

Hardcover: 272 pages

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A rebellious boy’s journey through the wilds of urban America and the shrapnel of a self-destructing family—this is the riveting story of a generation told through one dazzlingly poetic new voice.   MK Asante was born in Zimbabwe to American parents: a mother who led the new nation’...

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Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher

by Lewis Thomas

Published: 1978-02-23

Paperback: 153 pages

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Elegant, suggestive, and clarifying, Lewis Thomas's profoundly humane vision explores the world around us and examines the complex interdependence of all things.  Extending beyond the usual limitations of biological science and into a vast and wondrous world of hidden relationships, this ...