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  • WHO KNOWS TOMORROW
    WHO KNOWS TOMORROW
    LISA LOVATT-SMITH
    Born in Spain and raised by a struggling single mother, Lisa Lovatt-Smith became an editor at British "Vogue" at nineteen, the youngest in Conde Nast history. She helped launch Spanish "Vogue" and partied across Europe with celebrities, fashion designers, photographers, and supermodels. By her thirties, Lisa has her dream career and a glamorous life in Paris, but when her adopt...
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  • MY HEART IS A DRUNKEN COMPASS
    MY HEART IS A DRUNKEN COMPASS
    DOMINGO MARTÍNEZ HEDMANN
    With his trademark tragic-comical voice and arresting storytelling, Domingo Martinez once again delivers a deeply personal memoir full of wry asides and poignant, thoughtful reflections in his new book My Heart Is a Drunken Compass. His first book shockingly ended with his fiance Stephanie plummeting off the side of an overpass in Seattle, after having a seizure while driving. ...
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  • A BACKPACK, A BEAR, AND EIGHT CRATES OF VODKA
    A BACKPACK, A BEAR, AND EIGHT CRATES OF VODKA
    GOLINKIN, LEV
    A compelling story of two intertwined journeys: a Jewish refugee family fleeing persecution and a young man seeking to reclaim a shattered past. In the twilight of the Cold War (the late 1980s), nine-year old Lev Golinkin and his family cross the Soviet border with only ten suitcases, $600, and the vague promise of help awaiting in Vienna. Years later, Lev, now an American adul...
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    Q. 260

  • FRANCOTIRADOR AMERICANO
    FRANCOTIRADOR AMERICANO
    KYLE, CHRIS
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  • FRANCOTIRADOR AMERICANO
    FRANCOTIRADOR AMERICANO
    KYLE, CHRIS
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  • MUJICA
    MUJICA
    MIGUEL ÁNGEL CAMPODÓNICO.
    La relevancia de la figura de José “Pepe” Mujica no ha parado de crecer y despertar admiración en los últimos años desde que en 1999 se publicó en Uruguay la primera edición del libro de Campodónico. Hacía cuatro años ya que el viejo tupamaro era diputado en el Parlamento de Uruguay y faltaban diez años para que ganara las elecciones presidenciales; en ese momento, «había adqui...
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    Q. 215

  • NO MAN'S LAND
    NO MAN'S LAND
    SAMET, ELIZABETH D
    As the post-9/11 wars wind down, a literature professor at West Point explores what it means for soldiers, and our country, to be caught between war and peace Elizabeth D. Samet, a professor of English at West Point and the author of the critically acclaimed "Soldier's Heart," came to question her settled understanding of post-9/11 America as a clear arc from peace to war. Over...
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    Q. 250

  • THERE WAS AND THERE WAS NOT
    THERE WAS AND THERE WAS NOT
    TOUMANI, MELINE
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    Q. 280

  • I MUST SAY
    I MUST SAY
    SHORT, MARTIN
    In this engagingly witty, wise, and heartfelt memoir, Martin Short tells the tale of how a showbiz obsessed kid from Canada transformed himself into one of Hollywood's favorite funnymen, known to his famous peers as the "comedian's comedian."Short takes the reader on a rich, hilarious, and occasionally heartbreaking ride through his life and times, from his early years in Toron...
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    Q. 270

  • THE STORY OF MY HEART
    THE STORY OF MY HEART
    JEFFERIES, RICHARD
    "The Williamses anchor Jefferies' profound inquiry to our churning world and illuminate their own passionate quests for truth and understanding."--"BOOKLIST," starred review "Brooke and Terry give a sense of cohesion to Jefferies's writing, and leave readers with much to ponder about our own chaotic, fast-paced, work-obsessed world."--"PUBLISHERS WEEKLY" "This perfect little pa...
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    Q. 220

  • PHILIP LARKIN
    PHILIP LARKIN
    BOOTH, JAMES
    Philip Larkin (1922-1985) is one of the most beloved poets in English. Yet after his death a largely negative image of the man himself took hold; he has been portrayed as a racist, a misogynist and a narcissist. Now Larkin scholar James Booth, for seventeen years a colleague of the poet's at the University of Hull, offers a very different portrait. Drawn from years of research ...
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  • IS THAT ALL THERE IS?
    IS THAT ALL THERE IS?
    JAMES GAVIN
    From the author of the "definitive" ("Vanity Fair") biography of Lena Horne, "Stormy Weather," comes a brilliantly written portrait of recording artist and musical legend Peggy Lee. ""She made you think that she knew who you were, that she was singing only to you..."" Miss Peggy Lee cast a spell when she sang. She purred so intimately in nightclubs that couples clasped hands an...
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  • AMORE
    AMORE
    FRIEDLAND, ROGER
    As his twin daughters approached adolescence, sociologist Roger Friedland was worried. The thing that most bothered him was not the erotic heat of America's youth culture, but the lovelessness of its sex. Offered the chance to live and teach in Rome, Roger and his wife, Debra, seized the opportunity to take their family to live in a city where love is alive, family bonds hold, ...
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    Q. 160

  • GIL SCOTT-HERON
    GIL SCOTT-HERON
    BARAM, MARCUS
    Best known for his 1970 polemic "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised," Gil Scott-Heron was a musical icon who defied characterization. He tantalized audiences with his charismatic stage presence, and his biting, observant lyrics in such singles as "The Bottle" and "Johannesburg" provide a time capsule for a decade marked by turbulence, uncertainty, and racism. While he was exa...
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    Q. 270

  • EL BARBERO DE PICASSO
    EL BARBERO DE PICASSO
    MONIKA CZERNIN
    Además de un artista genial, y aunque se le tuvo por calculador, tacaño y dominante, Picasso fue también un hombre generoso y un amigo atento. Este libro trata de la inusual y estrecha amistad que unió al barbero Eugenio Arias y al pintor desde 1947 hasta la muerte de Picasso en 1973. Cuando Picasso se trasladó junto a Françoise Gilot y sus hijos Claude y Paloma a Vallauris, pu...
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    Q. 170

  • ´LITERCHOOR IS MY BEAT´
    ´LITERCHOOR IS MY BEAT´
    MACNIVEN, IAN S
    "Biography of James Laughlin, founder of the publishing house New Directions, and one of the most important advocates for modernist and experimental literature"-...
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    Q. 380

  • A ROYAL EXPERIMENT
    A ROYAL EXPERIMENT
    HADLOW, JANICE
    "The Times" Best Books of the Year "The Sunday Times" Best Books of the Year "The New Statesman" Book of the Year selection by Lucy Hughes-Hallett "BBC History Magazine" Book of the Year selection by Helen Rappaport "A masterpiece . . . . [T]his heartbreaking narrative of family dysfunction and royal sacrifice is an absolute page-turner." --Amanda Foreman, author of "Georgiana:...
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    Q. 400

  • SECOND AVENUE CAPER
    SECOND AVENUE CAPER
    BRABNER, JOYCE / DOBBINS, RAY
    Winner of the 2015 Lambda Literary Award for Best LGBT Graphic NovelA "Village Voice" Best Graphic Novel of 2014 The renowned graphic-book author Joyce Brabner's "Second Avenue Caper" is the true story of a tight-knit group of artists and activists living in New York City in the early 1980s who found themselves on the front lines in the fight against AIDS.Struggling to understa...
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    Q. 220

  • INFLUENCE
    INFLUENCE
    OLSEN, MARY KATE / OLSEN, ASHLEY
    The Olsen sisters take readers on a journey through their celebrated young lives, pausing to reflect on what has helped shape them into who they are today. "Influence" covers Mary-Kate and Ashley's interest in fashion, environment, art, and giving back. Photos throughout. ...
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    Q. 350

  • GANDHI, SU VIDA Y SU MENSAJE
    GANDHI, SU VIDA Y SU MENSAJE
    LOUIS FISCHER
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    Q. 90

  • LOS INNOVADORES
    LOS INNOVADORES
    ISAACSON, WALTER
    La historia definitiva de la revolución digital y una guía indispensable de cómo ocurre la innovación, por el autor de la biografía de Steve Jobs. Tras su extraordinaria biografía de Steve Jobs, en "Innovadores" Walter Isaacson cuenta la fascinante historia de las personas que inventaron el ordenador e Internet, un libro destinado a convertirse en la historia definitiva de la r...
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    Q. 215

  • AYER, HOY Y MAÑANA
    AYER, HOY Y MAÑANA
    SOFIA LOREN
    Las memorias de una actriz que ha sido un icono del siglo XX y aun llena las pantallas de todo el mundo. El 20 de septiembre de 1934 nacía en Roma una niña que nadie había deseado y todos acabaron adorando: esa niña era Sophia Loren. Ahora, al cumplir los ochenta años, la gran actriz ha querido contar su vida en unas mem orias que son también la imagen de una época, pues la vid...
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    Q. 70

  • YES PLEASE
    YES PLEASE
    AMY POEHLER
    Do you want to get to know the woman we first came to love on Comedy Central's Upright Citizens Brigade? Do you want to spend some time with the lady who made you howl with laughter on Saturday Night Live, and in movies like Baby Mama, Blades of Glory, and They Came Together? Do you find yourself daydreaming about hanging out with the actor behind the brilliant Leslie Knope on ...
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    Q. 290

  • THE EROTIC LIFE OF ANAIS NIN
    THE EROTIC LIFE OF ANAIS NIN
    NOEL RILEY FITCH / MARGO FINCH
    She was a lover who scandalized the world with her tangled affairs and a writer whose erotic chronicles defined sexual liberation for a generation of women. Although her famed diaries seemed to reveal all, they didn't. This richly detailed, critically acclaimed biography captures the painful truths that Anais Nin did her best to hide. Photos. **Lightning Print On Demand Title ...
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  • VINCENT VAN GOGH, EVER YOURS:
    VINCENT VAN GOGH, EVER YOURS:
    JANSEN LEO
    In addition to his many remarkable paintings and drawings, Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) left behind a fascinating and voluminous body of correspondence. This highly accessible book includes a broad selection of 265 letters, from a total of 820 in existence, that focus on Van Gogh's relentless quest to find his destiny, a search that led him to become an artist; the close bond w...
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    Q. 500

  • LOS INNOVADORES
    LOS INNOVADORES
    WALTER ISAACSON
    Tras su extraordinaria biografía de Steve Jobs, el nuevo libro de Walter Isaacson cuenta la fascinante historia de las personas que inventaron el ordenador e internet; Los innovadores está destinado a convertirse en la historia definitiva de la revolución digital y en una guía indispensable para entender cómo sucede realmente la innovación. ¿Qué talentos y habilidades permitie...
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    Q. 180

  • VERY GOOD LIVES
    VERY GOOD LIVES
    J. K. ROWLING
    J.K. Rowling, one of the world's most inspiring writers, shares her wisdom and advice. In 2008, J.K. Rowling delivered a deeply affecting commencement speech at Harvard University. Now published for the first time in book form, VERY GOOD LIVES presents J.K. Rowling's words of wisdom for anyone at a turning point in life. How can we embrace failure? And how can we use our imagin...
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    Q. 155

  • 9788428526869
    9788428526869
    SAEZ DE OCARIZ LEANDRO
    Pío de Pietrelcina (1887-1968), capuchino italiano que vivió gran parte de su vida en el convento de San Giovanni Rotondo (Foggia), es un personaje extraordinario, aunque también controvertido y atacado por sus detractores. Considerado un místico, su misteriosa enfermedad, los estigmas que recibió y que le acompaÑaron durante cincuenta aÑos, la obediencia que profesó a sus supe...
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    Q. 330

  • EL CERRADOR, MI VIDA
    EL CERRADOR, MI VIDA
    MARIANO RIVERA
    The greatest relief pitcher of all time shares his extraordinary story of survival, love, and baseball.Mariano Rivera, the man who intimidated thousands of batters merely by opening a bullpen door, began his incredible journey as the son of a poor Panamanian fisherman. When first scouted by the Yankees, he didn't even own his own glove. He thought he might make a good mechanic....
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    Q. 195

  • DESPUES DE USTED
    DESPUES DE USTED
    RUBEN AGUIRRE
    Hurgar en los recuerdos de quien dio vida al Profesor Jirafales permite adentrarnos en la trayectoria de un hombre que con su talento, humor blanco y creatividad contribuyó a consolidación de uno de los fenómenos de la televisión más impactantes de América Latina. Rubén Aguirre Fuentes cuenta de manera entrañable a partir de fotografías, anécdotas personales y referencias perio...
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    Q. 140