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One Of The Most Dynamic And Globally Recognized Entertainment Forces Of Our Time Opens Up Fully About His Life

21Dec

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One Of The Most Dynamic And Globally Recognized Entertainment Forces Of Our Time Opens Up Fully About His Life

You don’t become a megastar like Will Smith without picking up a bit of wisdom—and some seriously amazing stories—along the way. Collaborating with self-help author Mark Manson, Smith chronicles his life and career and shares inspiring observations about the lessons he’s learned. (The quote “living is the journey from not knowing to knowing” really stuck with us.) Smith is just as charismatic as an audiobook narrator as he is on screen. Even when he’s discussing painful topics, like how much of his drive and ambition were shaped by his abusive, alcoholic dad, his raw honesty and charm shine through. We loved hearing about his meteoric rise as a rapper and actor—from touring with Public Enemy to negotiating a movie contract for tens of millions, every stop on his journey had us enthralled. ...

The First Black Winner Of The Nobel Prize – Wole Soyinka

21Dec

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The First Black Winner Of The Nobel Prize – Wole Soyinka

Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth: A Novel (Unabridged) A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR • The first Black winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature gives us a tour de force, his first novel in nearly half a century: a savagely satiric, gleefully irreverent, rollicking fictional meditation on how power and greed can corrupt the soul of a nation. In an imaginary Nigeria, a cunning entrepreneur is selling body parts stolen from Dr. Menka's hospital for use in ritualistic practices. Dr. Menka shares the grisly news with his oldest college friend, bon viveur, star engineer, and Yoruba royal, Duyole Pitan-Payne. The life of every party, Duyole is about to assume a prestigious post at the United Nations in New York, but it now seems that someone is determined th...

A Reese’s Book Club Pick – A Magnificent Page-Turner

21Nov

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A Reese’s Book Club Pick – A Magnificent Page-Turner

The Paper Palace: A Novel (Unabridged) - Miranda Cowley Heller "It's been ages since I was so absorbed in a contemporary novel. I loved it." —Nick Hornby, New York Times bestselling author of Just Like You "A soulful debut that plumbs the depths of a midlife Sophie’s Choice." —People A story of summer, secrets, love, and lies: in the course of a singular day on Cape Cod, one woman must make a life-changing decision that has been brewing for decades. “This house, this place, knows all my secrets.” It is a perfect July morning, and Elle, a fifty-year-old happily married mother of three, awakens at “The Paper Palace”—the family summer place which she has visited every summer of her life. But this morning is different: last night Elle and her oldest friend Jonas crept out the back door in...

It’s A Book That Will Stay With You Long After You’ve Reached The Last Page.” The Book Review Café

21Nov

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It’s A Book That Will Stay With You Long After You’ve Reached The Last Page.” The Book Review Café

Marion Kummerow - Not Without My Sister 1944, Germany. Two sisters seek to overcome impossible odds to be reunited, in this utterly devastating and unforgettable novel about sisterhood, courage and survival. All they had left was each other. Until the Nazis tore them apart. After years of hiding from the Nazis, Rachel Epstein and her little sister Mindel are captured by the Gestapo and sent to the concentration camp at Bergen-Belsen. The only ray of light for either girl is that they are together. But on arrival they are separated. As she’s seventeen and deemed an adult, Rachel is sent to work in a brutal factory whilst four-year-old Mindel is sent into the so-called “star” camp for Jewish prisoners. All on her own, Rachel knows her sister will have no chance of survival—unless she can ...

The Sweetness Of Water – An Instant New York Times Bestseller

24Oct

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The Sweetness Of Water – An Instant New York Times Bestseller

Nathan Harris - The Sweetness of Water AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER / AN OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK PRESIDENT OBAMA’S SUMMER 2021 READING LIST Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize In the spirit of The Known World and The Underground Railroad, “a miraculous debut” (Washington Post) and “a towering achievement of imagination” (CBS This Morning)about the unlikely bond between two freedmen who are brothers and the Georgia farmer whose alliance will alter their lives, and his, forever—from “a storyteller with bountiful insight and assurance” (Kirkus) A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice A July Indie Next Pick In the waning days of the Civil War, brothers Prentiss and Landry—freed by the Emancipation Proclamation—seek refuge on the homestead of George Walker and his wife, Isabe...

Hidden Valley Road: Inside The Mind Of An American Family

24Oct

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Hidden Valley Road: Inside The Mind Of An American Family

Robert Kolker - Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family (Unabridged) OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES TOP TEN BOOKS OF THE YEAR ONE OF THE WALL STREET JOURNAL TOP TEN BOOKS OF THE YEAR PEOPLE'S #1 BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR Named a BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR by The New York Times, The Washington Post, NPR, TIME, Slate, Smithsonian, The New York Post, and Amazon. The heartrending story of a midcentury American family with twelve children, six of them diagnosed with schizophrenia, that became science's great hope in the quest to understand the disease. Don and Mimi Galvin seemed to be living the American dream. After World War II, Don's work with the Air Force brought them to Colorado, where their twelve children perfectly spanned the ...

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois – An Instant Washington Post, USA Today, And Indie Bestseller

9Oct

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The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois – An Instant Washington Post, USA Today, And Indie Bestseller

Honorée Fanonne Jeffers - The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - AN OPRAH BOOK CLUB SELECTION "Epic…. I was just enraptured by the lineage and the story of this modern African-American family…. A combination of historical and modern story—I’ve never read anything quite like it. It just consumed me." — Oprah Winfrey, Oprah Book Club Pick Longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize • An Indie Next Pick • A New York Times Book Everyone Will Be Talking About • A People 5 Best Books of the Summer • A Good Morning America 15 Summer Book Club Picks • An Essence Best Book of the Summer • A Time 11 Best Books of the Month • A Washington Post 10 Books of the Month • A CNN Best Book of the Month • A Ms. Most Anticipated Book of the Year • A Goodreads Most ...

Falling – The Best Kind Of Thriller…Nonstop, Totally Authentic Suspense

9Oct

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Falling – The Best Kind Of Thriller…Nonstop, Totally Authentic Suspense

“T. J. Newman has written the perfect thriller! A must-read.” —Gillian Flynn “Stunning and relentless. This is Jaws at 35,000 feet.” —Don Winslow “Falling is the best kind of thriller…Nonstop, totally authentic suspense.” —James Patterson “Amazing...Intense suspense, shocks, and scares...Chilling.” —Lee Child You just boarded a flight to New York. There are one hundred and forty-three other passengers onboard. What you don’t know is that thirty minutes before the flight your pilot’s family was kidnapped. For his family to live, everyone on your plane must die. The only way the family will survive is if the pilot follows his orders and crashes the plane. Enjoy the flight.

The Anarchy – One Of President Barack Obama’s Favorite Books Of The Year

9Oct

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The Anarchy – One Of President Barack Obama’s Favorite Books Of The Year

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY The Wall Street Journal and NPR "Superb … A vivid and richly detailed story … worth reading by everyone." -The New York Times Book Review. From the bestselling author of Return of a King, the story of how the East India Company took over large swaths of Asia, and the devastating results of the corporation running a country. In August 1765, the East India Company defeated the young Mughal emperor and set up, in his place, a government run by English traders who collected taxes through means of a private army. The creation of this new government marked the moment that the East India Company ceased to be a conventional company and became something much more unusual: an international corporation transformed into an aggressive colonial power. Over the cours...

FROM ELIN HILDERBRAND THIS HEARTWARMING NOVELLA IS AS REJUVENATING AS A GET-TOGETHER WITH OLD FRIENDS

5Sep

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FROM ELIN HILDERBRAND THIS HEARTWARMING NOVELLA IS AS REJUVENATING AS A GET-TOGETHER WITH OLD FRIENDS

BOOKS Elin Hilderbrand - "The Sixth Wedding" - A 28 Summers Story. A postscript to the #1 New York Times bestseller 28 Summers – Jake McCloud returns to Nantucket for Labor Day weekend 2023, this time without Mallory. This heartwarming novella from Elin Hilderbrand is as rejuvenating as a get-together with old friends. Set in Nantucket during Labor Day weekend in 2023, the story follows a group of longtime friends who are determined to tie up loose ends and work through the conflicts—romantic and otherwise—that have emerged throughout the years. Fans of Hilderbrand’s romantic drama 28 Summers will find the names and the setting familiar, but these characters are so compelling and well-drawn that you genuinely don’t need to have read the previous book to enjoy this standalone. Hilderbr...