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 | Voices from the Moon: Apollo Astronauts Describe Their Lunar Experiences Chaikin, Andrew L. With Kohl, Victoria 2009-05 - Viking Studio 9780670020782 Check Our Catalog
Using never-before-published quotes taken from his in-depth interviews with 23 of the 24 Apollo lunar astronauts, Chaikin has created an extraordinary account of the lunar missions. 160 color photographs throughout. …More |
 | The Good Life Bennett, Tony With Friedwald, Will 1998-11 - Atria Books 9780671024697 Check Our Catalog
Legendary recording artist Tony Bennett shares a half-century of memories of his life and career in this fascinating autobiography. "The Good Life" is filled with stories of the many celebrated personalities Bennett has known--from Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, and Ella Fitzgerald to k.d. lang and Elvis Costello. 8-page b&w photo insert. 8-page color photo insert. …More |
 | Love, Lucy Ball, Lucille 1998-01 - Thorndike Press 9780786209668 Check Our Catalog
The one and only autobiography of Lucille Ball! A recently discovered treasure, 'Love, Lucy' is the valentine Lucille Ball left for her fans--a warm, wise, and witty memoir written by Lucy herself over 30 years ago. Here is the laughter. Here is the life. Here is Lucille Ball. Foreword by Lucie Arnaz. …More |
 | NASCAR in Photographs Ingram, Jonathan 2007-06 - Carlton Publishing Group 9781847320223 Check Our Catalog
Today NASCAR is Americas fastest-growing sport. Huge crowds flock to see state-of-the-art technology, 700-horsepower cars powering their way around high-banked ovals, outmaneuvering, outpacing and out-thinking each other. Updated to the start of the 2006 season, NASCAR in Photos captures the true essence of stock car racing in stunning color and black-and-white photographs accompanied by insightful, informative text. From dirt tracks and small towns to the billion dollar showpiece Winston Cup Series of today, this book illustrates NASCARs rapid rise and the commitment, passion and desire of the fans, teams and drivers that has fueled its progression and made it into one of the most thrilling sports. …More |
 | 77 Love Sonnets Keillor, Garrison 2009-06 - Common Good Books 9780143115274 Check Our Catalog
"When I was 16, Helen Fleischman assigned me to memorize Shakespeare's Sonnet No. 29, 'When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes, I all alone beweep my outcast state' for English class, and fifty years later, that poem is still in my head. Algebra got washed away, and geometry and most of biology, but those lines about the redemptive power of love in the face of shame are still here behind my eyeballs, more permanent than my own teeth. The sonnet is a durable good. These 77 of mine include sonnets of praise, some erotic, some lamentations, some street sonnets and a 12-sonnet cycle of months. If anything here offends, I beg your pardon. I come in peace, I depart in gratitude." --Garrison Keillor …More |
 | Guerrilla Prince: The Untold Story of Fidel Castro Geyer, Georgie Anne 2001-12 - Little Brown and Company 9780316308939 Check Our Catalog
With Guerrilla Prince, syndicated journalist Georgie Anne Geyer calls on her twenty-five years of experience covering Latin America to create an extraordinary biography that finally reveals the untold story of Fidel Castro. Based on hundreds of interviews with unique sources - including four extensive personal interviews with Castro - Guerrilla Prince is an intimate and revealing portrait, charged with all the electricity of the charismatic man himself. In this edition, Geyer adds a preface and an extensive epilogue to her 1991 hardcover text, addressing the changes since that time - the collapse of the Soviet Union, the internal unrest, and the growing anticipation of a post-Castro Cuba. …More |
 | My Life Clinton, Bill 2004-06 - Knopf Publishing Group 9781400043934 Check Our Catalog
A Nonfiction Bestseller - 2004 |
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