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The Long Embrace: Raymond Chandler and the Wo
Author: Judith Freeman
Raymond Chandler was one of the most original and enduring crime novelists of the 20th century. Yet much of his pre-writing life, including his unconventional m...more
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P.G. Wodehouse: The Authorized Biography (Una
Author: Frances Donaldson
Who has not come to know and love the impeccable Jeeves and the inimitable Bertie? Together with Lord Emsworth, his prize sow the Empress of Blandings, Psmith, ...more
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Great Men of Genius Series
Author: Mike Daisey
Monologist Mike Daisey presents a dazzling new work: four "bio-logues" about megalomania and desire constructed from the interleaved life stories of Bertolt Bre...more
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William Shakespeare: The Writers Series (Dram
Author: Kenneth Allen
Shakespeare lived for only 52 years, yet enriched the English language with an astonishing number of literary masterpieces. This dramatisation tells the story o...more
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An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imaginati
Author: Elizabeth McCracken
This is the happiest story in the world with the saddest ending, writes Elizabeth McCracken in her powerful, inspiring memoir. A prize-winning, successful novel...more
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Author: Maya Angelou
In this first of six volumes of autobiography, poet Maya Angelou recounts a youth filled with disappointment, frustration, tragedy, and finally hard-won indepen...more
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Three Chords and the Truth
Author: Laurence Leamer
Never before has country music been so compellingly honest. In Three Chords and the Truth, Laurence Leamer unfolds the passionate lives of the greatest s...more
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Sartre in 90 Minutes (Unabridged)
Author: Paul Strathern
During his lifetime, Jean-Paul Sartre enjoyed unprecedented popularity for a philosopher, due partly to his role as a spokesman for existentialism at the opport...more
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Sandhills Boy: The Winding Trail of a Texas W
Author: Elmer Kelton
Voted by his peers as the best Western writer of all time and honored with a record seven Spur Awards, Elmer Kelton is the beloved author of such compelling tal...more
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A Personal Stand: Observations and Opinions f
Author: Trace Adkins
Country-music superstar Trace Adkins isn't exactly known for holding back what's on his mind. And if the millions of albums he's sold are any indication, when T...more
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Simone Weil (Unabridged)
Author: Francine du Plessix Gray
A patriot and a mystic, an unruly activist plagued by self-doubt, a pampered intellectual with a credo of manual labor, and an ascetic who craved sensuous beaut...more
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Anne Morrow Lindbergh: Her Life (Unabridged)
Author: Susan Hertog
In this first full-length study of Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Susan Hertog pierces the public image of Anne and Charles to reveal their story from inside the marria...more
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North Face of Soho
Author: Clive James
After Unreliable Memoirs, Falling Towards England, and May Week Was in June comes the next instalment in the ongoing saga that is Clive Jam...more
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I Love Lucy: Behind the Scenes
Author: Jess Oppenheimer with Gregg
Fans of I Love Lucy will enjoy this fascinating look at the making of the series by its producer/head writer. Jess Oppenheimer goes into detail about wor...more
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Parcel Arrived Safely: Tied With String
Author: Michael Crawford
By turns hilarious, revelatory, and desperately sad, here is the autobiography of the man whose successes, such as "Hello Dolly!", "Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em" an...more
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Brother, I'm Dying (Unabridged)
Author: Edwidge Danticat
Award-winning, best-selling author Edwidge Danticat taps her exceptional storytelling gifts for this memoir of the two men who raised her. When the author was o...more
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The Life of Oscar Wilde
Author: Hesketh Pearson
This is the remarkable and tragic story of Oscar Wilde, legendary wit and conversationalist, author of perhaps the most perfect comedy in the English language, ...more
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Charles Hillinger's America: People and Place
Author: Charles Hillinger
This collection is the fruit of Charles Hillinger's nearly 46-year dream job spent traveling the United States as a feature writer and columnist for the Los ...more
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Eric Clapton: The Autobiography
Author: Eric Clapton
Eric Clapton is far more than a rock star. Like Dylan and McCartney, he is an icon and a living legend. He has sold tens of millions of records, played sell-out...more
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The Downhill Lie: A Hacker's Return to a Ruin
Author: Carl Hiaasen
Originally drawn to the game by his father, Carl Hiaasen wisely quit golfing in 1973. But some ambitions refuse to die, and as the years - and memories of shank...more
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