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 Willie Nelson: An Epic LifeBest Price: $15.98 I can understand that the reason for this book's existence may coincide with the fact that... |  American Eve: Evelyn Nesbit, Stanford White: The Birth of the "It" Girl and the Crime of the CenturyBest Price: $13.35 As a fan of architecture, I was well aware of Stanford White (of McKim, Mead and White) before I... |  Sounds of the River: A Young Man's University Days in BeijingBest Price: $7.98 Da Chen describes in aching detail his uphill battle to get his foot in the door of Chinese... |  Mr. S: My Life with Frank SinatraBest Price: $4.79 This book reminds me of the movie Forrest Gump. The big difference is that this book is more... |  Girl, InterruptedBest Price: $2.40 Susanna Kaysen shares an episodic account of her two-year stay in a mental institution during... |
 Darkness Visible: A Memoir of MadnessBest Price: $4.99 This book gives a deep insight into Depression. Knowing that someone can be that "far... |  The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A MemoirBest Price: $6.00 As a kid growing up in the Midwest in the 1950s, I totally related to Bill Bryson's recounting... |  Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely StripperBest Price: $3.83 "A copy typist by day in Minnesota, Cody was hardly a likely candidate for entering an... |  The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary (P.S.)Best Price: $6.00 Absent the anti-Christian bias of his geological disaster books, Winchester writes a very good... |  The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography (Oprah's Book Club)Best Price: $2.25 I very much enjoyed this book. This book focuses on his life, and his decision-making, and what... |
 21 NightsBest Price: $31.50 21 Nights --a first book by Prince and celebrated photographer Randee St. Nicholas is a stunning... |  Journey of a Thousand Miles: My StoryBest Price: $15.56 Okay... Lang Lang is a phenomenon; Young, talented and entertaining. Be that as it may, wanting... |  The Pilgrimage: A Contemporary Quest for Ancient WisdomBest Price: $7.55 This book does not necessarily contain any "answers", apart from the author's own... |  Istanbul: Memories and the CityBest Price: $6.29 Istanbul: Memories and the City Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk's Istanbul, like Samuel Peyps'... |  Chuck Klosterman IV: A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous IdeasBest Price: $8.50 Klosterman's work reflects creativity and interesting insights into American culture. His major... |
 Many Lives, Many Masters: The True Story of a Prominent Psychiatrist, His Young Patient, and the Past Life Therapy That Changed Both Their LivesBest Price: $16.45 It has given me perspective and purpose in my life's journey, it has helped me release certain... |  LincolnBest Price: $7.74 This is a biography of Lincoln. The problem in writing a biography of Lincoln, of course, is... |  The Road to Monticello: The Life and Mind of Thomas JeffersonBest Price: $22.93 It is hard to think of a better subject than Thomas Jefferson for such a fine extended literary... |  Travels with Charley in Search of America: (Centennial Edition)Best Price: $8.17 Steinbeck's Travels with Charley was his last book I believe. This is a memoir of John... |  I'm with the Band: Confessions of a GroupieBest Price: $8.92 Reading this book reminded me of that enervating feeling I once felt, circa 1979 or so, during a... |
 Black Like MeBest Price: $7.41 Before there was comic "Soul Man" etc., there was this 50's investigative memoir about... |  House of Wits: An Intimate Portrait of the James FamilyBest Price: $18.19 I love this biography. I grew up in the Albany-Saratoga area, lived in New York for many years... |  Leave the Building Quickly: True Stories (P.S.)Best Price: $7.81 I bought this book after reading a good review. It was terrible! One chapter explains how a... |  Gertrude Bell: Queen of the Desert, Shaper of NationsBest Price: $8.36 Much has been said about the book's contents in previous reviews. What I would like to add is... |  Confessions of a Video VixenBest Price: $8.33 After hearing all the hype of Karrine Steffins book Confessions i had to read it, i had to know... |
 I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After 20 Years AwayBest Price: $1.25 Mr. Bryson's half-hearted curmudgeonly approach to life makes for another enjoyable read by this... |  The Liars' Club: A MemoirBest Price: $7.41 Mary Karr shhots from the hip, creating a superficial narrative that expounds a kind of... |  Grace After Midnight: A MemoirBest Price: $11.53 GRACE AFTER MIDNIGHT is the striking autobiography of Felicia "Snoop" Pearson, star of... |  Her Last Death: A MemoirBest Price: $12.00 I don't think I've ever read a book where the reviews were so extreme - from those who loved it... |  Rebel without a Crew: Or How a 23-Year-Old Filmmaker With $7,000 Became a Hollywood PlayerBest Price: $8.39 Loved this book. Funny and insightful look at breaking into Hollywood. Read it & watch El... |
 A Three Dog LifeBest Price: $1.48 Change is something most people loathe, because that which is familiar is more comfortable.... |  'Tis: A MemoirBest Price: $0.59 Frank McCourt wrote "'Tis" as an obvious follow-up after the success of "Angela's... |  Edgar Cayce: An American ProphetBest Price: $11.05 OK, I admit it. The main reason why I wanted to read this book was because it supposedly exposed... |  Stranger Than Fiction: True StoriesBest Price: $7.67 Reading Chuck Palahniuk's collection of oddball 'strange-but-true' stories, articles written for... |  Life Beyond Measure: Letters to My Great-GranddaughterBest Price: $12.29 For months, I've wanted to share some of my experiences with my granddaughters specifically and... |
 I Can't Believe I'm Still Single: Sane, Slightly Neurotic (but in a Sane Way) Filmmaker into Good Yoga, Bad Reality TV, Too Much Chocolate, and a Little ... Point Anyone Who'll Let Me Watch FootballBest Price: $4.49 I must say... it is remarkable to me the level of vitriol that Mr. Schaeffer seems to incur in... |  Everything Is Cinema: The Working Life of Jean-Luc GodardBest Price: $21.94 This book is a must-have for any fan or person interested in the work of Jean-Luc Godard. It is... |  Tom Cruise: An Unauthorized BiographyBest Price: $6.75 A Must Read. A very carefully researched book. I'm sure his critics will pounce on some... |  A Small PlaceBest Price: $5.00 If you expect a well-reasoned and persuasive essay, look elsewhere. At best, this is the... |  It's All About Him: Finding the Love of My LifeBest Price: $6.47 First of all, I do not believe Denise and Alan Jackson were compatible from the very start of... |
 The Long Hard Road Out of HellBest Price: $7.56 I thought this book answered a lot of questions that I had always wanted to know about Marilyn... |  The Sum of Our Days: A MemoirBest Price: $14.75 In terms of literature, a bit of a disappointment -- it certainly isn't a candle on... |  Hiding in Hip Hop: On the Down Low in the Entertainment Industry--from Music to HollywoodBest Price: $14.15 the book is a major disappointmnt - i guess i got caught up in the hype but should have learnt... |  A Tribute to Heath Ledger: The Illustrated BiographyBest Price: $12.40 I am a big Heath fan and I enjoyed this book. It was full of great big glossy photos. It had... |  A Personal Stand: Observations and Opinions from a Freethinking RoughneckBest Price: $13.48 This book was excellent. I couldn't put it down. His ideas are exactly what I've been thinking... |
 Fabulosity: What It Is & How to Get ItBest Price: $8.93 I sincerely enjoyed this book! I've read many books on the subject of how to build brands and... |  The Quest for ShakespeareBest Price: $11.99 Joseph Pearce shows us convincingly the overwhelming evidence that Shakespeare was Catholic in a... |  Touching from a Distance: Ian Curtis and Joy DivisionBest Price: $10.54 I received what I ordered, on time & in good condition. However, it was mailed to my... |  Kirby: King of ComicsBest Price: $20.95 I began collecting comics in the mid 90's and didn't start looking backwards to the masters... |  Eden's Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her FatherBest Price: $17.00 Thank you to Jim Matteson for reading every scrap the Alcotts left behind and digesting it into... |
 Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave, Written by Himself (The Bedford Series in History and Culture)Best Price: $5.00 In the classic slave narrative genre, Frederick Douglass' narrative of his life brings to life,... |  Anything GoesBest Price: $18.90 I got turned on to John Barrowman last year after discovering Torchwood. I find it refreshing,... |  Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early LifeBest Price: $4.93 I love most of what C.S. Lewis writes. I can read the Narnia series over and over, and I adore... |  The Water is WideBest Price: $4.77 This is an early example of the promise of Pat Conroy. Everything I have read of his has been... |  Instamatic Karma: Photographs of John LennonBest Price: $16.76 You'll wish the book was a little bit thicker and with more photos and text, but I guess there... |
 Love Is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a TimeBest Price: $7.30 This book reads like an awesome mix tape that forces you to stay in your car after arriving at... | ||||
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