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Frances Mayes - Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy

Frances Mayes - Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy

Frances Mayes entered a wondrous new world when she began restoring an abandoned villa in the spectacular Tuscan countryside. There were unexpected ...
"Under the Tuscan Sun"
Reviewed by kairosdreaming on Aug 22, 2011
A very nice food/travel memoir.

$4

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Sarah Silverman - The Bedwetter: Stories of Courage, Redemption, and Pee

Sarah Silverman - The Bedwetter: Stories of Courage, Redemption, and Pee

Comedian Sarah Silverman is well known for her irreverent, absurdist humor. Her television program THE SARAH SILVERMAN SHOW showcases her outlandish, ...
  2 reviews
"Sarah Silverman: Controversy But Brutal Honesty I Appreciate"
Reviewed by toiletoctopus on Mar 14, 2011
This could have been a fine book, but Sarah Silverman is much more funny on television.
Paul Shaffer and David Ritz - We'll Be Here for the Rest of Our Lives: A Swingin' Showbiz Saga

Paul Shaffer and David Ritz - We'll Be Here for the Rest of Our Lives: A Swingin' Showbiz Saga

From Paul Shaffer, lifelong music junkie, hipster, and longtime leader of David Letterman's band, comes a candid, endearing, hilarious, and ...

$4 - $13

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Leslie Gilbert-Lurie and Rita Lurie - Bending Toward the Sun: A Mother and Daughter Memoir

Leslie Gilbert-Lurie and Rita Lurie - Bending Toward the Sun: A Mother and Daughter Memoir

At the age of five, Rita Lurie's Jewish family was shattered by the Holocaust. Like Anne Frank, Rita lived in a cramped attic with her family, ...
David Stewart and David Salariya - You Wouldn't Want to Explore With Sir Francis Drake!: A Pirate You'd Rather Not Know

David Stewart and David Salariya - You Wouldn't Want to Explore With Sir Francis Drake!: A Pirate You'd Rather Not Know

An addition to a humorous series looks at the darker side of exploring the world with Sir Francis Drake--a dangerous voyage that would last for three ...

$5 - $9

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Meryle Secrest - Somewhere for Me: A Biography of Richard Rogers

Meryle Secrest - Somewhere for Me: A Biography of Richard Rogers

"With a Song in My Heart," "Some Enchanted Evening," "Shall We Dance?" and "People Will Say We're in Love" are but a few of the hundreds of standards ...
  1 review
"The Sound of Music's Composer Takes a Bow"
Reviewed by jeannegpocius on Aug 24, 2003
Read it. It will help you to understand the complex nature of this composer of musicals from Oklahoma to South Pacific to Babes in Arms to the Sound of Music.

$5

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Nancy Isenberg - Fallen Founder: The Life of Aaron Burr

Nancy Isenberg - Fallen Founder: The Life of Aaron Burr

Challenges popular beliefs about the infamous Revolutionary era figure, revealing how a politically aggressive Alexander Hamilton subverted Burr's ...
  1 review
"An Unconvincing Biography of Aaron Burr"
Reviewed by cbaker8887 on Mar 22, 2009
In terms of research and understanding the character of Aaron Burr this is a worthwile read, even if you don't agree with the conclusions of the author.

$5 - $7

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Joseph J. Ellis - Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation

Joseph J. Ellis - Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation

In a landmark work of history, the National Book Award&#8212;winning author of <b>American Sphinx</b><i> </i>explores how a group of ...
"Founding Brothers: “Voices that speak to us across the ages…”"
Reviewed by mkp51 on Nov 21, 2011
Founding Brothers combines the sterling attributes of outstanding writing style, historical accuracy, impartiality and brevity.  

$5 - $7

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Jon Katz - Izzy & Lenore: Two Dogs, an Unexpected Journey, and Me

Jon Katz - Izzy & Lenore: Two Dogs, an Unexpected Journey, and Me

Furthering his status as one of the world's most beloved contemporary dog authors, Jon Katz relates how two of his favorite canine companions, a ...
  2 reviews
"Izzy the Hospice Volunteer, Lenore the Therapist"
Reviewed by pestyside on Jul 20, 2010
Izzy and Lenore renewed my faith in Katz as a dog-owner/author with his stories of his two dogs, one a talented hospice volunteer and the other a sensitive lab-turned-therapist.

$5

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Julia Child - My Life in France

Julia Child - My Life in France

A partial inspiration for the movie <IT>Julie & Julia<RO>, the memoir begun just months before Child's death describes the legendary food ...
  3 reviews
"Bon Appetit!"
Reviewed by vodka4u on Sep 1, 2009
Unique .

$5 - $8

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Tracy Kidder - Strength in What Remains

Tracy Kidder - Strength in What Remains

Tracy Kidder (MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS) has a gift for crafting exhilarating narrative nonfiction, and he has found perhaps his most inspirational ...
  1 review
"The Tale of a Tutsi: Tracy Kidder's "Strength in What Remains""
Reviewed by scmrak on Aug 25, 2009
Tracy Kidder's Strength in What Remains: hope springs eternal...

$5 - $14

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Monet's Impressions

Monet's Impressions

Free Worldwide Delivery : Monet's Impressions : Hardback : CHRONICLE BOOKS : 9780811870566 : 0811870561 : 01 Sep 2009 : A picture book that pairs the ...
  1 review
"Monet's Impressions in Words and Pictures"
Reviewed by befus on Sep 12, 2011
"Landscape is only an impression, its appearance changing at every moment." ~ Claude Monet

$5

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Henry Alford - How to Live: A Search for Wisdom from Old People (While They Are Still on This Earth)

Henry Alford - How to Live: A Search for Wisdom from Old People (While They Are Still on This Earth)

Free Worldwide Delivery : How to Live : Paperback : Little, Brown & Company : 9780446196048 : 0446196045 : 04 Feb 2010 : One man's amusing and ...
  1 review
"How to Live (Henry Alford): Questions and Answers on the Road to Wisdom"
Reviewed by MiDoyle on Jun 20, 2009
It wouldn't hurt to ask an older person a question now and again. You just might learn ... something. With How to Live - . . .

$5

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William A. Fletcher - Rebel Private: Front and Rear  Memoirs of a Confederate Soldier

William A. Fletcher - Rebel Private: Front and Rear Memoirs of a Confederate Soldier

An essential document for understanding the lives of ordinary enlisted men in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.

$5

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