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Biographies & Memoirs Books

"Dearest Friend - A Life of Abigail Adams" by Lynne Withey

FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, COMPLETE NUMBER LINE. Hardcover with clean pages, no writing, no owner name and one folded page. Crisp DJ with very mild edge wear (no tears). Retail price $25. As the wife of John Adams, she was the second woman to serve as First Lady. She was also the mother of sixth president, John Quincy Adams. She was an early advocate for women’s rights and the abolition of slavery. Hailed for her famous admonition that the Founding Fathers “remember the ladies” in their new laws. (SW2)

"The most influential woman in Revolutionary America. Rich with excerpts from her personal letters, it captures the public and private sides of this woman, who was both an advocate of slave emancipation and a burgeoning feminist, urging her husband to "Remember the Ladies" as he framed the laws of their new country. Chronicles her blossoming feminism, battles with loneliness, and friendships with Jefferson & James Madison."

ABIGAIL ADAMS BIOGRAPHY - FIRST CHAAMPION Of WOMEN'S RIGHTS - FIRST EDITION

Twenty Female Friendships that changed the World. Hardcover with dustjacket in good condition.

Girl Squads - Sam Maggs 2018

TOMBOY - AUTHOR SIGNED - BOOK - GRAPHIC NOVEL 
BY LIZ PRINCE

...Growing up, Liz Prince wasn't a girly girl, dressing in pink tutus or playing pretty princess like the other girls in her neighborhood. But she wasn't exactly one of the guys, either. She was somewhere in between. But with the forces of middle school, high school, parents, friendship, and romance pulling her this way and that, "the middle" wasn't exactly an easy place to be.

Tomboy follows award-winning author and artist Liz Prince through her early years and explores—with humor, honesty, and poignancy—what it means to "be a girl."

Sortcover
2014
Signed by Author

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TOMBOY - AUTHOR SIGNED-  BOOK - GRAPHIC NOVEL

A chance encounter at a summer party on Martha's Vineyard blossomed into an improbable but enduring friendship. Carly Simon and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis made an unlikely pair--Carly, a free and artistic spirit still reeling from her recent divorce, searching for meaning, new love, and an anchor; and Jackie, one of the most celebrated, meticulous, unknowable women in American history.

Touched by the Sun: My Friendship with Jackie by Carly Simon

As Always, Julia - The Letters of Julia Child & Avis Devoto
Joan Reardon

“We hear Julia’s deepest thoughts and feelings and witness the blossoming of a unique and lifelong friendship. Frank, bawdy, funny, exuberant, these astonishing letters show an America on the verge of political, social, and gastronomic transformation and two women deeply engaged in the making of that new world.”

Genre: Nonfiction, biography, history, foodie, womens
Cover type: Paperback.
Condition: Gently used; see photos.
Size: ~5.25" x8"
400 pgs + Index

As Always, Julia - The Letters of Julia Child & Avis Devoto

For seven decades Katharine Hepburn played a leading role in the popular culture of the twentieth century - reigning as an admired actress, a beloved movie star, and a treasured icon of the modern American woman. She also remained one of the most private of all the public figures of her time.

In 1983 - at the age of seventy-five, her career cresting - the four-time Academy Award winner opened the door to biographer A. Scott Berg - then thirty-three - and began a special friendship, one that endured to the end of her illustrious life.

The Kate Remembered book by A Scott Berg

The Friend Who Got Away hardback book 
Stories of friendships that ended
No writing or tears inside 
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The Friend Who Got Away Book

MY STRUGGLE - BOOK 2 - BOOK
BY KARL IVE KNAUSGAARD

...Having left his first wife, Karl Ove Knausgaard moves to Stockholm, Sweden, where he leads a solitary existence. He strikes up a deep friendship with another exiled Norwegian, a Nietzschean intellectual and boxing fanatic named Geir. He also tracks down Linda, whom he met at a writers' workshop a few years earlier and who fascinated him deeply.

Book Two is at heart a love story—the story of Karl Ove falling in love with his wife. But the novel also tells other stories: of becoming a father, of the turbulence of family life, of outrageously unsuccessful attempts at a family vacation, of the emotional strain of birthday parties for children, and of the daily frustrations, rhythms, and distractions of Stockholm keeping him from (and filling) his novel.

Softcover

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MY STRUGGLE - BOOK 2 - BOOK

"SAY GOODNIGHT, GRACIE..."

With those now familiar words, George Burns and Gracie Allen bid farewell to devoted audiences at the end of each of their broadcasts throughout the Golden Age of radio and television. Now, in this moving audio portrait, George Burns tells the story of his life with Gracie, the dizzy comedienne whose "illogical logic" charmed America. Burns recalls their first meeting, the vaudeville tours, family days in Hollywood, and their lasting friendship with Jack Benny and other entertainment greats. Here is one of America's most beloved comedians remembering the woman he loved best and the extraordinary life they shared together.

Gracie, A love story by George Burns.  HC 1st Edition / 1st Printing 1988

A lovely book about the bond of friendship that can be such a treasure to women. 

"Almost any woman will tell you that her friendships with other women are among the most rewarding relationships she has. In this remarkable book, real-life girlfriends Carmen Renee Berry and Tamara Traeder explore the depths and complexities of women's relationships..."

The book is in excellent condition. It's only "flaw" is that there is an inscription on the inside cover.

"Girlfriends Invisible Bonds Enduring Ties"

It was love at first sight when actress Tembi met professional chef, Saro, on a street in Florence. There was just one problem: Saro’s traditional Sicilian family did not approve of his marrying a black American woman. However, the couple, heartbroken but undeterred, forged on. They built a happy life in Los Angeles, with fulfilling careers, deep friendships, and the love of their lives: a baby girl they adopted at birth. Eventually, they reconciled with Saro’s family just as he faced a formidable cancer that would consume all their dreams.

From Scratch chronicles three summers Tembi spends in Sicily with her daughter, Zoela, as she begins to piece together a life without her husband in his tiny hometown hamlet of farmers. Where once Tembi was estranged from Saro’s family, now she finds solace and nourishment—literally and spiritually—at her mother-in-law’s table. In the Sicilian countryside, she discovers the healing gifts of simple fresh food, the embrace of a close knit community,

Book From Scratch by Tembi Locke a memoir

** LIKE NEW ** NEVER BEEN READ ** SLIGHT SHELF WEAR TO DUST JACKET ** SMOKE FREE; CAT FRIENDLY HOME ** SANITIZED BEFORE SHIPPING **

• Author: Billy Crystal
• Hardcover: 244 pages


In his wise and witty best-selling memoir, Billy Crystal is turning 65 as he looks back on his storied life so far - from growing up in a Jewish family on Long Island, New York, and his comic roots in stand-up, through to his emergence as a star of television and film, his long run as Oscars host, and the success of his award-winning one-man Broadway hit. Along with heartfelt reflections on the blessings of family and friendship, Crystal shares his trademark observations on the absurdities of ageing that will have you laughing out loud."

Still Foolin' Em: Where I've Been, Where I'm Going, and Where. the Hell Are My K

Poet and essayist Cathy Park Hong fearlessly and provocatively blends memoir, cultural criticism, and history to expose fresh truths about racialized consciousness in America. Part memoir and part cultural criticism, this collection is vulnerable, humorous, and provocative—and its relentless and riveting pursuit of vital questions around family and friendship, art and politics, identity and individuality, will change the way you think about our world.

Minor Feelings by Cathy Park

First published in 1944 and long a favorite of Tesla fans, this is a definitive biography of the man without whom modern civilization would not exist. Nikola Tesla, pioneer of electrical engineering, was a close friend of Pulitzer Prize-winning author O'Neill, and here, O'Neill captures the man as a scientist and as a public figure, exploring: . how Tesla's father inspired his life in engineering . why Tesla clung to his theories of electricity in the face of opposition . how the shy but newly popular Tesla navigated the social life of New York in the gay 1890s . Tesla's friendship with Mark Twain . the story of Tesla's lost Nobel Prize . Tesla's dabblings in the paranormal . and much more.

O'Neill John J. Prodigal Genius: The Life Of Nikola Tesla

- Softcover
- Untouched
- Like new

The story of the friendship of JFK and Kirk LeMoyne “Lem” Billings- inside and outside the White House. Billings was gay, but that didn’t bother JFK. “President Kennedy was a completely liberated man when he was with Lem.”

Jack and Lem (biography) by David Pitts

Dear dolly 
On love life and friendships 
Dolly alderton
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Dear Dolly

SIGNED — Justice Louis D. Brandeis: The Zionist Chapter Of His Life By Ezekiel Rabinowitz (1968, Hardcover). Inscribed by author on front free end page: “To Martha & Jacob - with friendship, Ezekiel.”

SIGNED — Justice Louis D. Brandeis: The Zionist Chapter Of His Life

Very Good Condition, Like New except for a small tear on dust cover. ISBN 9781542022736  Synopsis "A Memoir of food & family.  A moving reflection on motherhood, friendship, and women making their mark on the world of food from the author of Feast. ..."

Plenty by Hannah Howard (HardCover) 2021

Strange Piece of Paradise Terri Jentz Hardcover Murder Mystery True Crime - Very good condition with no markings. Light crease back outer cover.  See photo.
In the summer of 1977, Terri Jentz and her Yale roommate, Shayna Weiss, make a cross-country bike trip. They pitch a tent in the desert of central Oregon. As they are sleeping, a man in a pickup truck deliberately runs over the tent. He then attacks them with an ax. The horrific crime is reported in newspapers across the country. No one is ever arrested. Both women survive, but Shayna suffers from amnesia, while Terri is left alone with memories of the attack. Their friendship is shattered. Fifteen years later, Terri returns to the small town where she was nearly murdered, on the first of many visits she will make “to solve the crime that would solve me.” And she makes an extraordinary discovery: the violence of that night is as present for the community as it is for her., and he is living freely in their midst. T

Strange Piece of Paradise Terri Jentz Hardcover Murder Mystery True Crime

Used book, good condition
The Diana I Knew
Loving Memories of the Friendship Between an American Mother and Her Son's Nanny Who Became the Princess of Wales
By Mary Robertson

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Princess Diana Book

John McCabe's participation in the writing of James Cagney's autobiography, the many years of friendship that followed, and an intense period of interview and discussion in preparation for a musical comedy based on Cagney's life--a show that never saw the light of day--make him Cagney's ideal biographer. And, indeed, he has written a searching chronicle of this major actor's life and career, packed with history and anecdote, and profusely illustrated.

Cagney came from a poor Irish-American New York family but once he found his métier as an actor, it was not long before he was recognized as a brilliantly energetic and powerful phenomenon. After the tremendous impact of Public Enemy--in which he notoriously pushed half a grapefruit into Mae Clarke's face--he was typecast as a gangster because of the terrifying violence that seemed to be pent up within him. Years of pitched battle with Warner Brothers finally liberated him from those roles, and he went on to star in such triumphs as the

Cagney

Thought-provoking themes include family loyalty, the leadership of elder female family members, complicated friendships, grief, risky romance, sexual assault, trust, authority of federal government/tribal authority, racism, addiction, women helping women, and violence against women.

Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley

Paperback.

"Roxanne's heartfelt experience reminds us of the sacred experience we all share." Mehmet C. Oz, M.D., coauthor of YOU: The Owner's Manual

Beautifully drawn stories of hope, healing, and courage illuminate the unexpected blessings that lie beyond the hurdles in life. When Roxanne Black was only fifteen years old, she was diagnosed with lupus, a chronic inflammatory disease. As a teenager with a rare and potentially life-threatening illness, Roxanne yearned to connect firsthand with others who knew what she was experiencing. So, she made the decision to turn her diagnosis into something positive. Working out of her hospital bedroom, she founded Friends' Health Connection, which is now a nationwide community that matches people with similar health conditions for friendship and mutual support.

"Unexpected Blessings" brings to life Roxanne's moving personal story, as well as the wisdom and lessons of courage she has learned over the years from famous leaders and celebrities.

Unexpected Blessings by Roxanne Black

Lot of 3 books:

CARLY SIMON:
BOYS IN THE TREES HARDCOVER
TOUCHED  BY THE SUN: MY FRIENDSHIP WITH JACKIE HARDCOVER

FIRE & RAIN THE JAMES TAYLOR STORY BY BY IAN HALPERIN PAPBERBACK

Carly Simon-James Taylor 3 Book lot-Boys in Trees-Jackie Kennedy-Fire & Rain D

We are never meeting in real life
Samantha Irby
Excellent condition 

Sometimes you just have to laugh, even when life is a dumpster fire. With We Are Never Meeting in Real Life., "bitches gotta eat" blogger and comedian Samantha Irby turns the serio-comic essay into an art form. Whether talking about how her difficult childhood has led to a problem in making "adult" budgets, explaining why she should be the new Bachelorette--she's "35-ish, but could easily pass for 60-something"--detailing a disastrous pilgrimage-slash-romantic-vacation to Nashville to scatter her estranged father's ashes, sharing awkward sexual encounters, or dispensing advice on how to navigate friendships with former drinking buddies who are now suburban moms--hang in there for the Costco loot--she's as deft at poking fun at the ghosts of her past self as she is at capturing powerful emotional truths.

Book

Against the monumental canvas of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Europe and Russia unfolds the magnificent story of Peter the Great, crowned co-tsar at the age of ten. Robert K. Massie delves deep into his life, chronicling the pivotal events that shaped a boy into a legend—including his “incognito” travels in Europe, his unquenchable curiosity about Western ways, his obsession with the sea and establishment of the stupendous Russian navy, his creation of an unbeatable army, his transformation of Russia, and his relationships with those he loved most: Catherine, the robust yet gentle peasant, his loving mistress, wife, and successor; and Menshikov, the charming, bold, unscrupulous prince who rose to wealth and power through Peter’s friendship. Impetuous and stubborn, generous and cruel, tender and unforgiving, a man of enormous energy and complexity, Peter the Great is brought fully to life.

Peter The Great: His Life and World by Robert K. Massie

Same Kind of Different As Me: A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman Who Bound Them Together 
by Ron Hall (Author), Denver Moore (Author), Lynn Vincent (Collaborator)

"Meet Denver, raised under plantation-style slavery in Louisiana until he escaped the “Man” in the 1960’s by hopping a train. Untrusting, uneducated, and violent, he spends 18 years on the streets of Dallas and Fort Worth.

Meet Ron Hall, a self-made millionaire in the world of high-priced deals—an international arts dealer who moves between upscale New York galleries and celebrities.

It seems unlikely that these two men would meet under normal circumstances, but when Deborah Hall, Ron's wife, meets Denver, she sees him through God's eyes of compassion. When Deborah is diagnosed with cancer, she charges Ron with the mission of helping Denver.

From this request, an extraordinary friendship forms between Denver and Ron, changing them both forever."

Same Kind of Different As Me

The Ambulance Drivers: Hemingway, Dos Passos, and a Friendship Made and Lost in War Hardcover – Illustrated, March 28, 2017. In like new condition. Dust jacket has plastic on it. Ships through USPS media mail.

The Ambulance Drivers: Hemingway, Dos Passos, Hardcover

A THREE DOG LIFE - BOOK
A MEMOIR
BY ABIGAIL THOMAS

...When Abigail Thomas’s husband, Rich, was hit by a car, his brain shattered. Subject to rages, terrors, and hallucinations, he must live the rest of his life in an institu­tion. He has no memory of what he did the hour, the day, the year before. This tragedy is the ground on which Abigail had to build a new life. How she built that life is a story of great courage and great change, of moving to a small country town, of a new family composed of three dogs, knitting, and friendship, of facing down guilt and discovering gratitude. It is also about her relationship with Rich, a man who lives in the eternal present, and the eerie poetry of his often uncanny perceptions. This wise, plainspoken, beautiful book enacts the truth Abigail discovered in the five years since the acci­ You might not find meaning in disaster, but you might, with effort, make something useful of it.

Softcover
1st Harvest ED
2007



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A THREE DOG LIFE - BOOK

The unforgettable, heartbreaking story of the unlikely friendship between a wealthy boy and the son of his father’s servant, caught in the tragic sweep of history, The Kite Runner transports readers to Afghanistan at a tense and crucial moment of change and destruction. A powerful story of friendship, it is also about the power of reading, the price of betrayal, and the possibility of redemption; and an exploration of the power of fathers over sons—their love, their sacrifices, their lies. 
  
Since its publication in 2003  Kite Runner has become a beloved, one-of-a-kind classic of contemporary literature, touching millions of readers, and launching the career of one of America's most treasured writers.

Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

Wicked Company: Freethinkers & Friendship in Pre-Revolutionary Paris
By Philipp Blom 
VGUC Paperback 2011 
Minor scribbles from previous owner 
Otherwise VGUC!

Wicked Company: Freethinkers & Friendship in Pre-Revolutionary Paris

WHAT IS IT ALL BUT LUMINOUS - BOOK - ARC
NOTES FROM AN UNDERGROUND MAN
BY ART GARFUNKEL

....ADD THIS EXTREMELY RARE ARC TO YOUR COLLECTION TODAY......

.....A MEMOIR OF SORTS- ARTFUL, SOULFUL, LYRICAL : THE MAKING OF A MUSICIAN; THE EVOLUTION OF A MAN, A PORTRAIT OF A LIFE- LING FRIENDSHIP AND COLLABORATION THAT BECAME ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL SINGING DUO OF THEIR TIME.

WONDERFUL FOR SIMON AND GARFUNKEL FANS TO ADD TO THEIT BELOVED TREASURES....

ARC - EXCELLENT CONDITION 
2017

ENJOY !

WHAT IS IT ALL BUT LUMINOUS - BOOK - ARC

New York:  Grand Central Publishing, 2022. SIGNED. New. F/F. First Edition. Stated First Printing 1. Signed by Misty Copeland on the publisher's bound-in page.  The unread book is tight with solid hinges, good tips, and clean boards. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. The dust jacket is unclipped ($29.00) and Fine. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 234 pages. 6 x 9" tall.

Misty Copeland made history as the first African American principal ballerina at the American Ballet Theatre. But achievement never happens in a void. Supporting her rise was her mentor Raven Wilkinson, who had been virtually alone in her quest to breach the all-white ballet world in the 1950s and 60s.

This is the story of two trailblazing ballerinas, their friendship, and how they changed each other—and the dance world—forever.

SIGNED, The Wind at My Back, Misty Copeland, First Printing, New

Very good condition, 

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Bob Greene, And You Know You Should Be G

Jamaica and Me: The Story of an Unusual Friendship by Linda Atkins (1998, Hardcover) 1st Edition. Dust Jacket has a stain on its front that *might* be residue from mold. ISBN: 9780375500732

Jamaica and Me: The Story of an Unusual Friendship by Linda Atkins

"Dinners with Ruth: A Memoir on the Power of Friendships" by Nina Totenberg, NPR legal affairs correspondent. Hardcover. Like new condition.

Dinners with Ruth by Nina Totenberg hardcover

The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds by Michael Lewis PB
Forty years ago, Israeli psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky wrote a series of breathtakingly original papers that invented the field of behavioral economics. One of the greatest partnerships in the history of science, Kahneman and Tversky’s extraordinary friendship incited a revolution in Big Data studies, advanced evidence-based medicine, led to a new approach to government regulation, and made much of Michael Lewis’s own work possible. In The Undoing Project, Lewis shows how their Nobel Prize–winning theory of the mind altered our perception of reality.

The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds by Michael Lewis PB

Guardians of the Valley: John Muir and the Friendship That Saved Yosemite by Dean King

Fabulous condition on this nonfiction history paperback. No damage apart from some slight creases on left edge of back cover. Never been read.

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