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    'Tis Herself : A Memoir
    list: $25.00 - our price: $16.50
    by Simon & Schuster
    Hardcover (10 March, 2004)
    (24 reviews) 4.17 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: THAT RED HEAD OF HERS IS NO LIE!: Those are more than just lines from Barry Fitzgerald in "The Quiet Man" film of 1952. Whether she is Mary Kate Danaher or Katie McLintock on that silver screen,
    84 Charing Cross Road
    list: $12.00 - our price: $9.00
    by Penguin Books
    Paperback (01 September, 1990)
    (62 reviews) 4.9 out of 5 stars
    Editorial Review: 84, Charing Cross Road is a charming record of bibliophilia, cultural difference, and imaginative sympathy. For 20 years, an outspoken New York writer and a rather more restrained London bookseller carried on an increasingly touching correspondence.

    A Child's Christmas In Wales CD : And Five Poems
    list: $14.95 - our price: $8.97
    by HarperAudio
    Audio CD (12 November, 2002)
    (16 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Part of a Christmas tradition.: Every Christmas Eve, I set aside a few minutes to listen to my CD of Dylan reading "A Child's Christmas" in Wales,
    A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
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    by Vintage
    Paperback (13 February, 2001)
    (741 reviews) 3.55 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Maybe I'm too old for this book: Eggers is clearly a fine writer with a lot of talent but this book was tedious too many times for my taste.

    A Long Way from Home: Growing Up in the American Heartland in the Forties and Fiftie
    list: $12.95 - our price: $9.71
    by Random House Trade Paperbacks
    Paperback (30 September, 2003)
    (17 reviews) 3.82 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Perspective from a long-time Midwest Broadcaster: In a word, great! Nothing is more important in a newsman than personal integrity and it's obvious the South Dakota upbringing instilled those values early in Tom's life.
    A Million Little Pieces
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    by Nan A. Talese
    Hardcover (15 April, 2003)
    (219 reviews) 4.11 out of 5 stars
    Editorial Review: The electrifying opening of James Frey's debut memoir, A Million Little Pieces, smash-cuts to the then 23-year-old author on a Chicago-bound plane "covered with a colorful mixture of spit, snot, urine, vomit and blood."

    A Paper Life
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    by HarperEntertainment
    Hardcover (12 October, 2004)
    A Pirate Looks at Fifty
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    by Fawcett
    Paperback (01 May, 1999)
    (224 reviews) 3.84 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Jimmy has done better: It's worrisome when an author admits outright that he's attempting to hash out a book to fulfill a contract.

    A Tale of Love and Darkness
    list: $26.00 - our price: $17.16
    by Harcourt
    Hardcover (15 November, 2004)
    After Life: Answers from the Other Side
    list: $23.95 - our price: $16.29
    by Princess Books
    Hardcover (01 September, 2003)
    (45 reviews) 4.27 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: A truly fantastic book: If you are a John Edward fan, or just interested in psychic phenomena, this an enjoyable book for you. It is both helpful and informative.

    Against All Odds: My Story
    list: $24.99 - our price: $16.49
    by Broadman & Holman Publishers
    Hardcover (30 September, 2004)
    American Writers At Home
    list: $50.00 - our price: $30.00
    by Library of America
    Hardcover (14 October, 2004)

    Audrey Hepburn 2005 Calendar
    list: $12.99 - our price: $9.74
    by Cedco Publishing Company
    Calendar (30 July, 2004)
    Audrey Hepburn, An Elegant Spirit: A Son Remembers
    list: $29.95 - our price: $19.77
    by Atria
    Hardcover (28 October, 2003)
    (17 reviews) 4.65 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: An Elegant Spirit -that she is...: The different accounts that Sean Hepburn-Ferrer's has shared with us are touching, private and intimate and give a true picture of the amazing person Audrey Hepburn was.

    Balanchine: Celebrating a Life in Dance
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    by Tide-Mark Press, Ltd.
    Hardcover (01 October, 2003)
    (1 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: A fitting tribute to Balanchine and Costas: This lavishly illustrated and handsomely designed book is as much a tribute to choreographer George Balanchine as it is to the photographer Costas.
    Better Places, Better Lives: A Biography of James Rouse
    list: $34.95 - our price: $23.77
    by Independent Publishers Group
    Hardcover (01 April, 2004)

    Big Russ and Me: Father and Son--Lessons of Life
    list: $22.95 - our price: $13.77
    by Miramax Books
    Hardcover (10 May, 2004)
    (53 reviews) 3.79 out of 5 stars
    Editorial Review: Veteran newsman and Meet the Press moderator Tim Russert is known for his direct and unpretentious style and in this charming memoir he explains why. Russert's father is profiled as a plainspoken World War II veteran who worked two blue-collar jobs while raising four kids in South Buffalo but the elder Russert's lessons on how to live an honest,
    Black, White and Jewish: Autobiography of a Shifting Self
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    by Riverhead Books
    Paperback (01 January, 2002)
    (67 reviews) 2.91 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Praise for Black, White, and Jewish!: As soon as I realized that Black, White, and Jewish was by the same author who contributed to one of my all time favorite essays,

    Bobby Darin : A Life
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    by Taylor Trade Publishing
    Hardcover (November, 2004)
    Borges: A Life
    list: $34.95 - our price: $23.07
    by Viking Books
    Hardcover (05 August, 2004)

    Brilliant Madness : Living with Manic Depressive Illness
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    by Bantam
    Mass Market Paperback (04 February, 1997)
    (27 reviews) 4.7 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: A personal story & solid info. and references on bipolar dis: I would say that this is one of the most informative books on manic-depression,
    Bringing Down the House : The Inside Story of Six MIT Students Who Took Vegas for
    list: $24.00 - our price: $16.32
    by Free Press
    Hardcover (18 September, 2002)
    (226 reviews) 4.15 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: for real?: Others have written about the holes in the descriptions of the blackjack strategy and games, and how there are very few accounts of their failures -- surprising since their strategy would only give them a 1-2 percent edge on the house,

    Broken Music: A Memoir
    list: $26.00 - our price: $17.16
    by The Dial Press
    Hardcover (27 October, 2003)
    (52 reviews) 4.17 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Nice Effort, Greedy Editor: I read this book on Christmas Day and finally feel like I can give it a fair review (6 months later.)
    Brother Ray: Ray Charles' Own Story
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    by Da Capo Press
    Paperback (26 October, 2004)
    (3 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: STRAIGHT FROM RAY'S MOUTH: I loved this autobio, the best I've ever read. While reading I felt like RC was talking directly to me.

    Cancer Schmancer
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    by Warner Books
    Hardcover (01 May, 2002)
    (61 reviews) 4.05 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Fran's Story of Cancer: I have been interested in "The Nanny" for about a year, and just love Fran! So, I was happy when I saw a copy of this book at Waldenbooks.I
    Cary Grant : A Biography
    list: $25.95 - our price: $15.57
    by Harmony
    Hardcover (21 September, 2004)

    Cash
    list: $29.95 - our price: $19.77
    by Crown
    Hardcover (11 May, 2004)
    (2 reviews) 4.5 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Variety of Perspective: The value of this book is in the perspective afforded by the compilation format. Included are chapters taken from articles formerly published in Rolling Stone magazine,
    Chopin: Pianist and Teacher : As Seen by his Pupils
    list: $38.20 - our price: $29.99
    by Cambridge University Press
    Paperback (01 December, 1988)
    (6 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: You need this if you play Chopin: You need this book if you play Chopin. There is a wealth of information on playing Chopin's music directly from the composer and his pupils.

    Chronicles, Vol. 1
    list: $24.00 - our price: $14.40
    by Simon & Schuster
    Hardcover (05 October, 2004)
    Editorial Review: One would not anticipate a conventional memoir from Bob Dylan--indeed, one would not have foreseen an autobiography at all from the pen of the notoriously private legend. What Chronicles: Volume 1 delivers is an odd but ultimately illuminating memoir that is as impulsive,
    Clay Aiken: From Second Place to the Top of the Charts
    list: $12.95 - our price: $11.65
    by Mitchell Lane Publishers
    Paperback (October, 2004)

    Climbing Higher
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    by New American Library
    Hardcover (06 January, 2004)
    (13 reviews) 4.08 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Inspiring strength to climb higher: ...I feel this book shows his strength and helps those that don't have it how to find it. He didn't listen to the doctors when they said nothing could be done about MS and just give up,
    Darkness Visible : A Memoir of Madness
    list: $11.00 - our price: $8.25
    by Vintage
    Paperback (08 January, 1992)
    (87 reviews) 4.36 out of 5 stars
    Editorial Review: In 1985 William Styron fell victim to a crippling and almost suicidal depression, the same illness that took the lives ofRandall Jarrell, Primo Levi and Virginia Woolf.That Styron survived his descent into madness is something of a miracle.T

    De Kooning : An American Master
    list: $35.00 - our price: $21.00
    by Knopf
    Hardcover (09 November, 2004)
    Designing Disney: Imagineering and the Art of the Show
    list: $35.00 - our price: $22.05
    by Disney Editions
    Hardcover (October, 2003)
    (3 reviews) 4.67 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Getting in side Walt's head: This book is the Disney version of being John Malkavich. More than ANY living person, John Hench, knows Walt's history,

    Diary of Frida Kahlo
    list: $22.98 - our price: $15.63
    by Harry N Abrams
    Hardcover (01 March, 1998)
    (6 reviews) 4.17 out of 5 stars
    Editorial Review: Frida Kahlo's diary, like her art, is painted in breathtakingly vivid colors. It covers her tumultuous last decade and encompasses love letters, political musings on Communism, and resplendent paintings.
    Django: The Life and Music of a Gypsy Legend
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    by Oxford University Press
    Hardcover (01 November, 2004)

    Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight : An African Childhood
    list: $13.95 - our price: $10.46
    by Random House Trade Paperbacks
    Paperback (11 March, 2003)
    (106 reviews) 4.25 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: A different perspective: It was interesting to read a book about life in Africa, from the perspective of a white woman brought up in a family who clung fiercely to the notion of white supremacy with every last bit of their strength.
    Don't Try This At Home
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    by Regan Books
    Hardcover (05 October, 2004)

    Downtown : My Manhattan
    list: $23.95 - our price: $14.37
    by Little, Brown
    Hardcover (01 December, 2004)
    Dry: A Memoir
    list: $24.95 - our price: $16.47
    by St. Martin's Press
    Hardcover (02 June, 2003)
    (92 reviews) 4.49 out of 5 stars
    Editorial Review: Fans of Augusten Burroughs's darkly funny memoir Running with Scissors were left wondering at the end of that book what would become of young Augusten after his squalid and fascinating childhood ended. In Dry,

    Duveen : A Life in Art
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    by Knopf
    Hardcover (21 September, 2004)
    Each One Believing: Paul McCartney; On Stage, Off Stage, and Backstage
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    by Chronicle Books
    Hardcover (01 November, 2004)
    Editorial Review: Each One Believing isn’t your standard tour memento, but then the tour it chronicles was pretty extraordinary, too. Paul McCartney’s 2002-2003 world tour demonstrated just how much mania an ex-Beatle could trigger more than three decades after the demise of the Fab Four.

    Edward Hopper
    list: $55.00 - our price: $34.65
    Hardcover (01 August, 2004)
    Elliott Smith And The Big Nothing
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    by Da Capo Press
    Hardcover (12 October, 2004)

    Elvis Presley : The Man. The Life. The Legend.
    list: $35.00 - our price: $23.10
    by Atria
    Hardcover (06 July, 2004)
    (3 reviews) 4.33 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: The Legend continues....: There is no doubt that the author comes across as a true-blue Elvis fan and there is some very interesting and poignant moments in the book that have not been delved into in other publications (Elvis' meeting with the Beatles and his afterthoughts,
    Erte: My Life/My Art : An Autobiography
    list: $195.00 - our price: $165.75
    by E P Dutton
    Hardcover (01 October, 1989)

    Everyday Matters
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    by Princeton Architectural Press
    Hardcover (October, 2003)
    (19 reviews) 4.89 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: A fabulous book: This is a wonderful book, full of fabulous drawings and stories.Makes you to look at the small details of your life in a fresh way.
    Expecting Adam: A True Story of Birth, Rebirth, and Everyday Magic
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    by Berkley Publishing Group
    Paperback (08 August, 2000)
    (154 reviews) 4.41 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Wacky, touching account of an expecting mother: I've just completed Expecting Adam which my wife calls her favorite book she's ever read.

    FATE IS THE HUNTER
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    by Simon & Schuster
    Paperback (02 July, 1986)
    (69 reviews) 4.96 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: The best aviation book ever written: The first book I ever read that puts you in the cockpit, sweating to cross the Blue ridge Mountains,
    Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas : A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Drea
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    by Vintage
    Paperback (12 May, 1998)
    (292 reviews) 4.66 out of 5 stars
    Editorial Review: Heralded as the "best book on the dope decade" by the New York Times Book Review, Hunter S. Thompson's documented drug orgy through Las Vegas would no doubt leave Nancy Reagan blushing and D.A.R.E. founders rethinking their motto.U

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