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2021.
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A deeply moving memoir of illness and recovery that traces one young woman’s journey from diagnosis to remission to re-entry into “normal” life—from the founder of The Isolation Journals and a subject of the Netflix documentary American Symphony
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, Bloomberg, The Rumpus, She Reads, Library...
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, Bloomberg, The Rumpus, She Reads, Library...
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2023.
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English
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The Woman in Me is a brave and astonishingly moving story about freedom, fame, motherhood, survival, faith, and hope. In June 2021, the whole world was listening as Britney Spears spoke in open court. The impact of sharing her voice--her truth--was undeniable, and it changed the course of her life and the lives of countless others. The Woman in Me reveals for the first time her incredible journey--and the strength at the core of one of the greatest...
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[2021]
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English
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Anna Sale wants you to have that conversation. You know the one. The one that you've been avoiding or putting off, maybe for years. The one that you've thought "they'll never understand" or "do I really want to bring that up?" or "it's not going to go well, so why even try?" Sale is the founder and host of WNYC's popular, award-winning podcast Death, Sex, & Money, or as the New York Times dubbed her, "a therapist at happy hour." She and her guests...
4) Calypso
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Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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Personal essays share the author's adventures after buying a vacation house on the Carolina coast and his reflections on middle age and mortality.
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2021.
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English
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Moving between recollections of childhood in a now almost vanished Ireland and reflections on stardom in Hollywood and Broadway, Gabriel Byrne courageously recounts his battle with addiction and the ambivalence of fame in 'Walking With Ghosts'. Byrne is an Irish actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter, cultural ambassador and audiobook narrator. He is best known for his work in 'The Usual Suspects', 'Millers Crossing', and 'Into the West'....
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2021
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English
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Prior to December 2018, no individual had ever crossed the landmass of Antarctica alone, without support and completely human powered. Yet, Colin O'Brady was determined to do just that, even if, ten years earlier, there was doubt that he'd ever walk again normally. From the depths of a tragic accident, he fought his way back. In a quest to unlock his potential and discover what was possible, he went on to set three mountaineering world records before...
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2023.
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English
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From his acclaimed stage triumphs to his legendary onscreen work in the Star Trek and X-Men franchises, Sir Patrick Stewart has captivated audiences around the world and across multiple generations with his indelible command of stage and screen. Now, he presents his long-awaited memoir, Making It So, a revealing portrait of an artist whose astonishing life--from his humble beginnings in Yorkshire, England, to the heights of Hollywood and worldwide...
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Pub. Date
2022
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English
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he beloved star of Friends takes us behind the scenes of the hit sitcom and his struggles with addiction in this candid, funny, and revelatory memoir that delivers a powerful message of hope and persistence In an extraordinary story that only he could tell, Matthew Perry takes readers onto the soundstage of the most successful sitcom of all time while opening up about his private struggles with addiction. Candid, self-aware, and told with his trademark...
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Pub. Date
2021
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Français
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A. Sinclair évoque son parcours personnel et professionnel, depuis son enfance protégée au sein d'une famille aisée jusqu'à la reconnaissance en tant que journaliste. Elle décrit les rencontres marquantes de son existence, décrit l'évolution du monde médiatique et mentionne les épreuves les plus douloureuses comme les bonheurs mémorables.
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Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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Welcome to your vicarious wilderness adventure! With that red-headed Yukon guide and trapper as your leader, experience the joys and challenges of hunting and trapping … all without leaving your living room chair. Through a series of short stories, Terry Wilkinson guides readers through his life in Saskatchewan and British Columbia before he began his guiding career in the Yukon. The stories center around raising a family in the mountains and on...
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Par un soir de novembre, j'ai fait une rencontre que je regrette encore à ce jour. Tant de fois, j'ai souhaité ne jamais être allée à cette soirée. Ne jamais avoir croisé la route de cet homme qui a détruit ce que j'avais de plus beau en moi. Petit à petit et contre ma volonté, il s'est emparé de ma parole, de mes décisions, de mes désirs, de mes rêves et de mes droits. Il a fait de moi une statistique de plus dans l'horrifiant compte...
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2022.
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Français
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À 71 ans, Maye Musk est un top-modèle sublime, plein de charme, et une conférencière, avec une famille fascinante (elle est la mère de Tosca, Kimbal et Elon Musk). Elle fait la une des magazines, défile sur les podiums mais derrière les paillettes, les choses n'ont pas toujours été aussi faciles ou glamour : à 31 ans, elle a quitté un mari violent et s'est retrouvée mère célibataire sans un sou pour subvenir aux besoins de ses trois...
14) Pageboy
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Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"The Oscar-nominated star who captivated the world with his performance in Juno finally shares his truth. Can I kiss you? It was two months before the world premiere of Juno, and Elliot Page was in his first ever queer bar. The hot summer air hung heavy around him as he looked at her. And then it happened. In front of everyone. A previously unfathomable experience. Here he was on the precipice of discovering himself as a queer person, as a trans person....
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Pub. Date
2022
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English
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Roseanne Barr's success as a comedian catapulted the family from the Rockies to star-studded Hollywood, with its toxic culture of money, celebrity, and prying tabloids that was destabilizing for a child in grade school. Many of the storylines for her mother's smash hit series, Roseanne, were drawn from Pentland's early family life in working-class Denver. As Jenny struggled with anxiety and eating issues, her parents and new stepfather responded by...
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Pub. Date
2022
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English
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Curious, intelligent, and tenacious, always looking for new experiences, Marielle invites us to join her on her journey. Her charming story of her early and adult life is rich with detail. It's a wonderful glimpse of her simple childhood in Canada - from Our White House to Old Fashioned Christmas to General Store to Sugarbush and beyond. Her delightful story is accented by her time as an Air Traffic Controller and is peppered with her mother's journal...
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2017.
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English
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the People’s Choice Award winner for Favorite YouTube Star and host of NBC’s A Little Late with Lilly Singh comes the definitive guide to being a bawse: a person who exudes confidence, hustles relentlessly, and smiles genuinely because he or she has fought through it all and made it out the other side.
Lilly Singh isn’t just...
Lilly Singh isn’t just...
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2022.
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English
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In What I Want to Talk About popular autism advocate Pete Wharmby takes readers on a journey through his special interests, illuminating the challenges of autistic experience along the way. Funny, revealing, celebratory and powerful in equal measure, this is a book that will resonate with many, and which should be required reading for anyone who wants to understand autism with more accuracy and empathy.
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2020
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English
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Tate had just been named the top student in her law school class and finally had her eating disorder under control. Why then was she envisioning putting an end to the isolation and sadness that still plagued her despite her achievements? Enter Dr. Rosen, a therapist who calmly assured her that if she joins one of his psychotherapy groups, he can transform her life. All she has to do is show up and be honest. About everything: her eating habits, childhood,...
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Pub. Date
2022
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English
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How did a kid whose dad lived in the poorhouse become one of the most successful storytellers in the world? - James nearly died early on the morning he was born. - His grandmother told him something that's been his motto for his entire writing career - 'Hungry dogs run faster'. - When James worked at a psychiatric hospital in Massachusetts, he met the singer James Taylor. And the poet Robert Lowell. - James's first novel, The Thomas Berryman Number,...
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