Top 10 Celebrity Biographies, Autobiographies And Memoirs
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The Chris Farley Show: A Biography in Three Acts
- ASIN: 0143115561
- ISBN: 0143115561
- Brand: Farley, Tom, Jr./ Colby, Tanner
- Manufacturer: Penguin Books
The New York Times bestselling biography of an American comedy legendAfter three years of sobriety, Chris Farley's life was at its creative peak until a string of professional disappointments chased him back to drugs and alcohol. He fought hard against them, but it was a fight he would lose in December 1997. Farley's fans immediately drew parallels... [Read More]
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My Story
- ASIN: 1589793161
- ISBN: 9781589793163
- Brand: Taylor Trade Publishing
- Manufacturer: Taylor Trade Publishing
Written at the height of her fame but not published until over a decade after her death, this autobiography of actress and sex symbol Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962) poignantly recounts her childhood as an unwanted orphan, her early adolescence, her rise in the film industry from bit player to celebrity, and her marriage to Joe DiMaggio. In this intimat... [Read More]
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How to Live: Or A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer
- UPC: 884766134380
- ASIN: 1590514831
- ISBN: 1590514831
- Brand: Other Press NY
- Manufacturer: Other Press
Winner of the 2010 National Book Critics Circle Award for BiographyHow to get along with people, how to deal with violence, how to adjust to losing someone you love—such questions arise in most people’s lives. They are all versions of a bigger question: How do you live? This question obsessed Renaissance writers, none more than Michel Eyquem de... [Read More]
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A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II
- UPC: 884836574146
- ASIN: 0425255735
- ISBN: 0425255735
- Brand: Berkley Publishing Group
- Manufacturer: Dutton Caliber
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER: “Beautifully told.”—CNN • “A remarkable story...worth retelling and celebrating.”—USA Today • “Oh, it’s a good one!”—Fox News A “beautiful story of a brotherhood between enemies” emerges from the horrors of World War II in this New York Times bestseller by the author of Spearhead. Dec... [Read More]
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Becket
- ASIN: 1573225088
- ISBN: 1573225088
- Manufacturer: Riverhead Books
The celebrated play that draws from historical events in the Norman conquest of England to create a profound portrait of a man's soul—and a transcendent vision of the human spiritFrom its powerful opening scene, of a naked King Henry II praying at the tomb of Thomas Becket, to the final wrenching act of ultimate self-sacrifice, Jean Anouilh's Be... [Read More]
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Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (The Taliban Shuffle MTI): Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan
- ASIN: 1101973129
- ISBN: 1101973129
- Brand: Anchor Books
- Manufacturer: Anchor
Now a Major Motion Picture titled Whiskey Tango Foxtrot starring Tina Fey, Margot Robbie, Martin Freeman, Alfred Molina, and Billy Bob Thornton. From tea with warlords in the countryside to parties with drunken foreign correspondents in the “dry” city of Kabul, journalist Kim Barker captures the humor and heartbreak of life in post-9/11 Afghani... [Read More]
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A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership
- ASIN: 1250192455
- ISBN: 1250192455
- Brand: Flatiron Books
- Manufacturer: Flatiron Books
In his book, former FBI director James Comey shares his never-before-told experiences from some of the highest-stakes situations of his career in the past two decades of American government, exploring what good, ethical leadership looks like, and how it drives sound decisions. His journey provides an unprecedented entry into the corridors of power,... [Read More]
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Personal History
- ASIN: 0375701044
- ISBN: 9780375701047
- Brand: Vintage Books USA
- Manufacturer: Vintage
The captivating, inside story of the woman who helmed the Washington Post during one of the most turbulent periods in the history of American media.Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for BiographyIn this bestselling and widely acclaimed memoir, Katharine Graham, the woman who piloted the Washington Post through the scandals of the Pentagon Papers and Wa... [Read More]
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Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman
- ASIN: 030738604X
- ISBN: 9780307386045
- Brand: Anchor Books
- Manufacturer: Anchor
This edition has been updated to reflect new developments and includes new material obtained through the Freedom of Information Act.Pat Tillman walked away from a multimillion-dollar NFL contract to join the Army and became an icon of post-9/11 patriotism. When he was killed in Afghanistan two years later, a legend was born. But the real Pat Tillma... [Read More]
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Settle for More
- ASIN: 0062494600
- ISBN: 0062494600
- Brand: HarperCollins Christian Pub.
- Manufacturer: Harper
Whether it’s asking tough questions during a presidential debate or pressing for answers to today’s most important issues, Megyn Kelly has demonstrated the intelligence, strength, common sense, and courage that have made her one of today’s best-known journalists, respected by women and men, young and old, Republicans and Democrats. In Settle ... [Read More]
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Among the Thugs
- ASIN: 0679745351
- ISBN: 0679745351
- Manufacturer: Vintage
They have names like Barmy Bernie, Daft Donald, and Steamin' Sammy. They like lager (in huge quantities), the Queen, football clubs (especially Manchester United), and themselves. Their dislike encompasses the rest of the known universe, and England's soccer thugs express it in ways that range from mere vandalism to riots that terrorize entire citi... [Read More]
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Two Paths: America Divided or United
- ASIN: 1250138469
- ISBN: 9781250138460
- Brand: THOMAS DUNNE
- Manufacturer: Thomas Dunne Books
When former Ohio governor John Kasich ran for president, his powerful message of hope and togetherness struck a chord with American voters. In Two Paths: America Divided or United, he carries that message forward by reflecting on the tumultuous 2016 campaign, sharing his concerns for America and his hopes for our future, and sounding a clarion call... [Read More]
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de Kooning: An American Master
- ASIN: 0375711163
- ISBN: 0375711163
- Brand: Alfred A Knopf
- Manufacturer: Alfred A. Knopf
Willem de Kooning is one of the most important artists of the twentieth century, a true “painter’s painter” whose protean work continues to inspire many artists. In the thirties and forties, along with Arshile Gorky and Jackson Pollock, he became a key figure in the revolutionary American movement of abstract expressionism. Of all the painter... [Read More]
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Conversations with Myself
- ASIN: 0374128952
- ISBN: 0374128952
- Manufacturer: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Nelson Mandela is widely considered to be one of the most inspiring and iconic figures of our age. Now, after a lifetime of taking pen to paper to record thoughts and events, hardships and victories, he has bestowed his entire extant personal papers, which offer an unprecedented insight into his remarkable life.A singular international publishing e... [Read More]
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Al Franken, Giant of the Senate
- ASIN: 1455540412
- ISBN: 1455540412
- Brand: TWELVE
- Manufacturer: Twelve
#1 New York Times Bestseller"Flips the classic born-in-a-shack rise to political office tale on its head. I skipped meals to read this book - also unusual - because every page was funny. It made me deliriously happy." - Louise Erdrich, The New York Times p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 15.0px Tahoma; color: #212121; -webkit-text-strok... [Read More]
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Blackjack-34 (previously titled No Greater Love): One Deadly Day of Courage, Carnage, and Ultimate Sacrifice for the Mobile Guerrilla Force in Vietnam
- ASIN: 0804117659
- ISBN: 0804117659
- Brand: Donahue, James C.
- Manufacturer: Ballantine Books
“Here we go, I said to myself as my system electrified with the familiar rush of adrenaline.” On July 18, 1967, Staff Sergeant James Donahue and the men of Special Forces Detachment A-304 were on an operation; code-name Blackjack-34. Their mission: to find and engage an enemy battalion that was thought to be operating in an enemy-controlled ... [Read More]
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Cop Under Fire: Moving Beyond Hashtags of Race, Crime and Politics for a Better America
- ASIN: 1617958573
- ISBN: 1617958573
- Brand: FaithWords/Hachette Book Group
- Manufacturer: Worthy Books
America has become increasingly divided and polarized in recent years. With growing racial tension, animosity toward law enforcement professionals, government corruption, and disregard for the constitutional process, there seems to be no easy answer in sight. But Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke knows where we must begin: we must stop blaming ... [Read More]
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Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and The War Years
- ASIN: 0156027526
- ISBN: 0156027526
- Brand: Mariner Books
- Manufacturer: Mariner Books
Originally published in six volumes, Sandburg’s Abraham Lincoln was called “the greatest historical biography of our generation.” Sandburg distilled this work into one volume that became the definitive life of Lincoln. Index; photographs.
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A Common Struggle: A Personal Journey Through the Past and Future of Mental Illness and Addiction
- ASIN: 0399173323
- ISBN: 0399173323
- Brand: imusti
- Manufacturer: Blue Rider Press
In this New York Times bestseller Patrick J. Kennedy, the former congressman and youngest child of Senator Ted Kennedy, details his personal and political battle with mental illness and addiction, exploring mental health care's history in the country alongside his and every family's private struggles. On May 5, 2006, the New York Times ran two stor... [Read More]
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The Great Good Thing: A Secular Jew Comes to Faith in Christ
- ASIN: B01864DXNC
- Manufacturer: Thomas Nelson
Edgar Award-winner and internationally bestselling novelist tells of his improbable conversion from agnostic Jewish-intellectual to baptized Christian and of the books that led him there.“Had I stumbled on the hallelujah truth, or just gone mad—or, that is, had I gone mad again?”No one was more surprised than Andrew Klavan when, at the age o... [Read More]
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