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Altered memories of the Great War: Divergent narratives of Britain, Australia, New Zealand and Canada

Altered memories of the Great War: Divergent narratives of Britain, Australia, New Zealand and Canada


Mark David Sheftall



About the Author Mark Sheftall is Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Duke University. He specializes in th...
The fortune teller's kiss

The fortune teller's kiss


Brenda Serotte



From Publishers Weekly Poet Serotte relives a childhood cataclysm in this culture-rich, affecting memoir, part of the Ame...
Tommyland

Tommyland


Tommy Lee



Review 'Tommyland is the world inhabited by the heavy metaller Tommy Lee... Appropriately, the opening chapter is constit...
Quotidiana

Quotidiana


Patrick Madden



Review "Words form constellations; they glitter on the pages. . . . There is a religiosity here, though not the usual kin...
The Invention of Solitude

The Invention of Solitude


Paul Auster



Amazon.com Review Beginning with the deconstructed detective novels of the New York Trilogy, Paul Auster has proved hims...
In his own right: the political odyssey of Senator Robert F. Kennedy

In his own right: the political odyssey of Senator Robert F. Kennedy


Joseph A. Palermo



From Publishers Weekly During the last years of his life from his Senate election in 1964 to his murder in 1968 Robert F....
Forever fat: essays by the Godfather

Forever fat: essays by the Godfather


Lee Gutkind



From Publishers Weekly The godfather in question is the author, who was credited as a major advocate of "creative nonfict...
A Helluva High Note: Surviving Life, Love, and American Idol

A Helluva High Note: Surviving Life, Love, and American Idol


Kara Dioguardi



About the Author Kara DioGuardi's songs have appeared on more than 159 million albums. She is a Grammy-nominated hitmaker,...
The Last Eyewitnesses: Children of the Holocaust Speak: Volume 2

The Last Eyewitnesses: Children of the Holocaust Speak: Volume 2


Agnieszka Latała, Jakub Gutenbaum



Review "When the children of the Holocaust speak, one must listen-then weep, pray, and cherish the memories of those who ...
From This Moment On

From This Moment On


Shania Twain



Review “Packed with intimate details that may surprise even her most dedicated fans.” —EW.com ...
Stories I Only Tell My Friends: An Autobiography

Stories I Only Tell My Friends: An Autobiography


Rob Lowe



Review "A lovely autobiography, equal parts dish and pathos."--Vanity Fair "[Lowe] writes viscerally and insightfully...He ...
The real Rosebud: the triumph of a Lakota woman

The real Rosebud: the triumph of a Lakota woman


Marjorie Weinberg



From Rosebud Yellow Robe was born in 1907, the daughter of Chauncey Yellow Robe, a Lakota Sioux, and Lillian Springer, a...
Confessions of the Other Mother: Non-Biological Lesbian Moms Tell All

Confessions of the Other Mother: Non-Biological Lesbian Moms Tell All


Harlyn Aizley



From Publishers Weekly More than 15 years into the lesbian baby boom, Aizley's collection of first-person accounts by non...
Goodbye Ed, Hello Me: Recover from Your Eating Disorder and Fall in Love with Life

Goodbye Ed, Hello Me: Recover from Your Eating Disorder and Fall in Love with Life


Jenni Schaefer



About the Author Jenni Schaefer is an ambassador for the National Eating Disorders Association and appears regularly on tel...
Hacker Cracker: A Journey from the Mean Streets of Brooklyn to the Frontiers of Cyberspace

Hacker Cracker: A Journey from the Mean Streets of Brooklyn to the Frontiers of Cyberspace


David Chanoff, Ejovi Nuwere



From Publishers Weekly By age 21, Nuwere had grown from a precocious child in Brooklyn's embattled Bed-Stuy neighborhood ...
Good neighbors, bad times: echoes of my father's German village

Good neighbors, bad times: echoes of my father's German village


Mimi Schwartz



From Publishers Weekly When Schwartz's (Thoughts from a Queen-Sized Bed) father was born in 1898, half of his native Germ...
Red Azalea

Red Azalea


Anchee Min



From This is an honest and frightening memoir of growing up in Communist China during the Cultural Revolution of the 196...
A world of light

A world of light


Floyd Skloot



From Publishers Weekly In 1988, at the age of 41, Skloot caught a virus that severely damaged his brain. He lost most cog...
The Parisian jazz chronicles: an improvisational memoir

The Parisian jazz chronicles: an improvisational memoir


Michael Zwerin



From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. In his deliberately digressive memoir, Zwerin applies the style and spirit of imp...
John Kirby's Suffolk: His Maps and Roadbooks: with a Facsimile of The Suffolk Traveller, 1735 (Suffolk Records Society)

John Kirby's Suffolk: His Maps and Roadbooks: with a Facsimile of The Suffolk Traveller, 1735 (Suffolk Records Society)


David Dymond, Jenny James, John Blatchly



Review A brilliant idea and a bonus is (John) Blatchly's excellent introduction. --Ancestors ...
Every Day by the Sun: A Memoir of the Faulkners of Mississippi

Every Day by the Sun: A Memoir of the Faulkners of Mississippi


Dean Faulkner Wells



Review "Nobody could have written this book except Dean Faulkner Wells. It is not only charming, poignant and witty, it i...
Sit, Ubu, Sit: How I Went from Brooklyn to Hollywood with the Same Woman, the Same Dog, and a Lot Less Hair

Sit, Ubu, Sit: How I Went from Brooklyn to Hollywood with the Same Woman, the Same Dog, and a Lot Less Hair


Gary David Goldberg



From Publishers Weekly Goldberg, a TV scriptwriter and producer, fondly recalls his rocky, improbable route to Hollywood ...
The Idiot Girl and the Flaming Tantrum of Death: Reflections on Revenge, Germophobia, and Laser Hair Removal

The Idiot Girl and the Flaming Tantrum of Death: Reflections on Revenge, Germophobia, and Laser Hair Removal


Laurie Notaro



From Publishers Weekly In her latest collection of essays, Notaro (The Idiot Girl's Action-Adventure Club) turns out a do...
Ludwig Wittgenstein: a memoir

Ludwig Wittgenstein: a memoir


Ludwig Wittgenstein, Norman Malcolm, Georg Henrik Wright



Review `Review from previous edition 'A reader does not need to care about philosophy to be excited by Mr Malcolm's book;...