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For James and Gillian: Jim Gill's New York

The inspiring memoir of a man The New York Times has called a “power broker with blarney in his pen.” James F. Gill is one of the most influential New Yorkers you’ve never heard of. Now a senior...

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Victor Herbert: A Theatrical Life

Victor Herbert is one of the giants of American culture. As a musician, conductor, and, above all, composer, he touched every corner of American musical life at the turn of the century, writing scores...

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The Long Road Called Goodbye (EXCERPT)

Part clinical case study, part family journal, The Long Road Called Goodbye is a powerful and moving account of one family's thirteen-year struggle with Alzheimer's. This engaging informative book is...

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Pure Act: The Uncommon Life of Robert Lax [Table of Contents]

Pure Act tells the story of poet Robert Lax, whose quest to live a true life as both an artist and a spiritual seeker inspired Thomas Merton, Jack Kerouac, William Maxwell and a host of other writers,...

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The Amazing Adventures of Bob Brown: A Real-Life Zelig Who Wrote His Way...

“A cross between an intellectual biography of this literary dynamo and a picaresque novel. Bob Brown has found a sensitive, insightful, and appreciative biographer who knows not only how to narrate...

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That Further Shore: A Memoir of Irish Roots and American Promise [Table of...

A rare and evocative memoir of a respected constitutional scholar, dedicated public servant, political reformer, and facilitator of peace in the land of his ancestorsJohn D. Feerick’s life has all the...

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