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|  | Main Events by Martin Amis
Martin Amis's amusing, insightful, and occasionally heartbreaking memoir does not flinch from tackling the difficult subjects in his life, including his relationship with his famous father, his troubled first marriage, his media-celebrity friends, and--not least--his new and much-publicized teeth. (Among other things, he compares his teeth to those of his mentors, Saul Bellow and Vladimir Nabokov.) A New York Times Notable Book for the year 2000. AUTHOR: Martin Amis
PUBLISHER: Knopf Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | Wait Till Next Year by Doris Kearns Goodwin, Julia Delfino
Doris Kearns Goodwin's memoir of growing up in the '50s as a Brooklyn Dodgers fan. AUTHOR: Doris Kearns Goodwin, Julia Delfino
PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster Trade Paperbacks
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | The Other Great Depression by Richard Lewis
Description not available.The gifted comedian tells the story of his recovery from alcoholism through short takes on family, childhood, work, success, sex, love, drinking, therapy, eating disorders, comedy, creativity, and the human condition. AUTHOR: Richard Lewis
PUBLISHER: PublicAffairs, LLC
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Castaways by Gerald Hausman
Description not available.Six stories about shipwrecked people struggling to survive in difficult circumstances. AUTHOR: Gerald Hausman
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins Children's Book Group
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | The Habit of Being by Flannery O'Connor, Sally Fitzgerald
O'Connor's letters, collected here, are immensely entertaining, as well as being profound examinations of her Catholic faith and illuminating insights into her work. AUTHOR: Flannery O'Connor, Sally Fitzgerald
PUBLISHER: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, LLC
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Memoir by Nancy Smith
Description not available.In a poetic memoir, the author describes her life in the contemporary American West and the skills she developed to survive in a man's world as she details her experiences with blizzards, devastating prairie fires, extreme isolation, more in the harsh Western landscape. Reader's Guide available. Reprint. 75,000 first printing. AUTHOR: Nancy Smith
PUBLISHER: Knopf Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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