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Michael B McDonald
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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"As the luster of the California gold rush subsided, silver was discovered on the Comstock Lode triggering an influx of notable and remarkably diverse people into western Utah Territory which later became the State of Nevada. Representative of those new arrivals were the frontier lawyers, merchants, miners, ranchers, newspapermen, and others whose biographies and personal adventures are collected. Some 200 individuals are profiled including assorted...
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Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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“A lifetimes worth of workbench philosophy in a heartfelt memoir about the connection between a father and son” (Kirkus Reviews)the acclaimed author of The Hard Way on Purpose confronts mortality, survives loss, and finds resilience through an unusual woodworking projectconstructing, with his father, his own coffin. David Giffels grew up fascinated by his fathers dusty, tool-strewn workshop and the countless creations it inspired. So when he enlisted...
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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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In this raw, uncensored, and unauthorized biography of the legendary golf champion, a longtime Sports Illustrated writer delves deeply into all the rumors and controversies that have dogged Phil Mickelson throughout his career, while celebrating his random acts of kindness and generosity of spirit.
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English
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Long before Padma Lakshmi ever stepped onto a television set, she learned that how we eat is an extension of how we love, how we comfort, how we forge a sense of home—and how we taste the world as we navigate our way through it. Shuttling between continents as a child, she lived a life of dislocation that would become habit as an adult, never quite at home in the world. And yet, through all her travels, her favorite food remained the simple...
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English
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"A brief and tender biography of one of the greatest authors of the 20th century and an elegant exploration of artistic endurance, as told by a life-long lover of Willa Cather's work"--
"“Chasing Bright Medusas should appeal to anyone — novice or expert — ready to explore Cather’s life and work in the company of a critic so alert to the shimmering subtlety of her style and the hard years of effort that went into crystallizing it.” —The...
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Pub. Date
2018.
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IL: MG+ - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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"High adventure and high ideals merge when a corps of intrepid female aviators battle to take part in the hugely popular air shows of the 1920s and 1930s. Ultimately, one of our heroines would win a race that earned her the right to be called America's best pilot"--
The untold story of five women who fought to compete against men in the high-stakes national air races of the 1920s and 1930s and won Between the world wars, no sport was more popular,...
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English
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A culinary legend tells his story, from boyhood in wartime France to stardom in America, and shares favorite recipes: “A delicious book…a joy.”—The New York Times Book Review
In this memoir, the man Julia Child called “the best chef in America” tells of his rise from a frightened apprentice in an exacting Old World kitchen to an Emmy Award-winning superstar who taught millions...
In this memoir, the man Julia Child called “the best chef in America” tells of his rise from a frightened apprentice in an exacting Old World kitchen to an Emmy Award-winning superstar who taught millions...
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English
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"A witty, provocative look inside the tumultuous marriages of five writers, illuminating the creative process as well as the role of money, power, and fame in these complex and fascinating relationships. "With an ego the size of a small nation, the literary lion is powerful on the page, but a helpless kitten in daily life—dependent on his wife to fold an umbrella, answer the phone, or lick a stamp." The history of wives is largely one of...
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"The hidden history of one of the world’s greatest inventors, a man who disrupted the status quo and then disappeared into thin air on the eve of World War I—this book answers the hundred-year-old mystery of what really became of Rudolf Diesel. September 29, 1913: the steamship Dresden is halfway between Belgium and England. On board is one of the most famous men in the world, Rudolf Diesel, whose new internal combustion engine is on the verge...
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Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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"In this revelatory, authoritative portrait of Donald J. Trump and the toxic family that made him, Mary L. Trump, a trained clinical psychologist and Donald's only niece, shines a bright light on the dark history of their family in order to explain how her uncle became the man who now threatens the world's health, economic security, and social fabric. Mary Trump spent much of her childhood in her grandparents large, imposing house in the heart of...
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Publisher
University of Nevada Press
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
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"The silent streets and uninhabited buildings that greet today's visitors to Bodie, California's quintessential ghost town, belie the town's colorful past and the full and varied lives of its former residents. In Bodie's Gold, author Marguerite Sprague uses a wide range of historic documents and recent interviews with surviving Bodieites to bring this former boomtown back to life." "Sprague's account covers all the details of Bodie life - the mines...
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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An acclaimed author investigates the forces that led his closest childhood friend, a paranoid schizophrenic with brilliant promise who defied the odds and graduated from Yale Law School, to kill the woman he loved, in this exploration of the ways in whichwe understand--and fail to understand--mental illness.
''Named a Top 10 Best Book of the Year by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, and People Magazine One of Barack Obama's...
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English
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"Once upon a time, if you wanted to know if a movie was worth seeing, you didn’t check out Rotten Tomatoes or IMDB. You asked whether Siskel & Ebert had given it “two thumbs up.” On a cold Saturday afternoon in 1975, two men (who had known each other for eight years before they’d ever exchanged a word) met for lunch in a Chicago pub. Gene Siskel was the film critic for the Chicago Tribune. Roger Ebert had recently won the Pulitzer Prize—the...
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"K-Pop Korea Version BEYOND THE STORY - 10-YEAR RECORD OF BTS BOOK1511 Including Limited Photo Card Set + PET Bookmark This book is written in Korean KJCstar Only ■ Published: July 11, 2023 or later ■ Standards: 167*230 / 524P ■ Author: Kang Myung-seok, BTS ■ Publisher: Big Hit Music ■ Book Info *First limited photo card set + 1 PET bookmark presented The special bonus will be inserted for the first time only, so there may be no special...
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