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The 101 Most Influential People Who Never Lived
By Allan Lazar, Dan Karlan and Jeremy Salter
A fun and thoughtful exploration of imaginary people who’ve affected our lives and cultures—from Jim Crow and Sherlock Holmes to James Bond and Mickey Mouse.
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Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West
By Hampton Sides
“Kit Carson’s role in the conquest of the Navajo during and after the Civil War remains one of the most dramatic and significant episodes in the history of the American West. Hampton Sides portrays Carson in the larger context of the conquest of the entire West, including his frequent and often lethal encounters with hostile Native Americans. Unusually, Sides gives full voice to Indian leaders themselves about their trials and tribulations in their dealings with the whites. Here is a national hero on the level of Daniel Boone, presented with all of his flaws and virtues, in the context of American people’s belief that it was their Manifest Destiny to occupy the entire West.”
—Howard Lamar, Sterling Professor Emeritus of History, Yale University and editor of The New Encyclopedia of the American West
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By Myself and Then Some
By Lauren Bacall
The bestselling memoir of Lauren Bacall, one of the world’s most legendary stars of stage and screen, now revised and expanded.
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The Doors
By The Doors and Ben Fong-Torres
Marking the band’s fortieth anniversary, the surviving members of The Doors -- one of the most influential rock bands of all time -- finally invite fans inside their world.
The Doors’ mystique is as enduring as their music. Bestselling books have been written, Oliver Stone made a hit movie about them, but there have always been more questions than answers. Now, at last, the surviving members of The Doors have united to provide their fans with an intimate, all-access pass to their history. The Doors is like a tour of the band’s personal archives, filled with previously unheard anecdotes and never-before-seen photographs from their private collections.
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I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This: And Other Things that Strike Me as Funny
By Bob Newhart
The first book ever from an icon of American comedy -- a hilarious combination of stories from his career and observations about life
That stammer. Those basset-hound eyes. That bone-dry wit. There has never been another comedian like Bob Newhart. His comedy albums, movies, and two hit television series have made him a national treasure and placed him firmly in the pantheon of comedy legends. Who else has a drinking game named after him? And now, at last, Newhart puts his brilliant and hysterical world view on paper.
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Love and Louis XIV: The Women in the Life of the Sun King
By Antonia Fraser
The self-proclaimed Sun King, Louis XIV ruled over the most glorious and extravagant court in seventeenth-century Europe. Now, Antonia Fraser goes behind the well-known tales of Louis’s accomplishments and follies, exploring in riveting detail his intimate relationships with women.
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Memories of John Lennon
By Yoko Ono
The widow of one of the most influential rockers of all time gathers words and images in tribute to John Lennon from those who knew him best.
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The Woman at the Washington Zoo: Writings on Politics, Family, and Fate
By Marjorie Williams
Edited by Timothy Noah
Marjorie Williams knew Washington from top to bottom. Beloved for her sharp analysis, elegant prose and exceptional ability to intuit character, Williams wrote political profiles for the Washington Post and Vanity Fair that came to be considered the final word on the capital's most powerful figures. Her accounts of playing ping-pong with Richard Darman, of Barbara Bush's stepmother quaking with fear at the mere thought of angering the First Lady, and of Bill Clinton angrily telling Al Gore why he failed to win the presidency — to name just three treasures collected here — open a window on a seldom-glimpsed human reality behind Washington's determinedly blank façade.
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Women's Letters: America from the Revolutionary War to the Present
By Lisa Grunwald and Stephen J. Adler
Historical events of the last three centuries come alive through these women’s singular correspondences—often their only form of public expression. In 1775, Rachel Revere tries to send financial aid to her husband, Paul, in a note that is confiscated by the British; First Lady Dolley Madison tells her sister about rescuing George Washington’s portrait during the War of 1812; one week after JFK’s assassination, Jacqueline Kennedy pens a heartfelt letter to Nikita Khrushchev; and on September 12, 2001, a schoolgirl writes a note of thanks to a
New York City firefighter, asking him, “Were you afraid?”
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