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  To the One I Love the Best

  Ludwig Bemelmans

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  A witty and charming account of the wildly entertaining Elsie de Wolfe in 1950s Hollywood, recounted by her dear friend, the beloved creator of Madeline. 
   
   
   
  Ludwig Bemelmans's charming intergenerational friendship with the late-in-life "First Lady of Interior Decoration" provides an enormously enjoyable nostalgia trip to the sun-soaked glamour of Los Angeles, where de Wolfe surrounded herself with classic movie stars and a luminous parade of life's oddities. 
   
   
   
  With hilarity and mischief that de Wolfe would no doubt approve, To the One I Love the Best lifts the curtain on 1950s Hollywood—a bygone world of extravagance and eccentricity, where the parties are held in circus tents and populated by movie stars. 
   
   
   
  Bemelmans, who was working at MGM, had originally come to the California home of de Wolfe just for cocktails, but by the end of the night, he was firmly established as a member of the family: given a bedroom in their sumptuous house, invitations to the most outrageous parties in Hollywood, and the friendship of the larger-than-life woman known to her closest friends simply as "Mother." 
   
   
   
  To the One I Love the Best is a touching tribute to a fabulously funny woman and an American icon.

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  Living With Conviction -...

  Toby Dorr, Dan Wright

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  Toby Dorr's memoir exemplifies a story of redemption through her recounting the events that led to aiding a convicted murderer's escape from prison. Her story is a testament to the power of transformation and personal growth in a most unexpected way. 
  The headline-grabbing escape excites readers, but Dorr's prison experiences offer a unique perspective on the criminal justice system. Her story delves deeply into the psychological and emotional challenges of incarceration, as well as the healing and transformative power of resilience. Through understanding and processing her traumas, Dorr discovered a sense of purpose and direction in her life, despite the hardships of her prison sentence. 
  This memoir, a gripping and powerful tale of heartbreak, courage, grace, and redemption, touches and inspires. Filled with drama, action, and adventure, at its core it is a story of personal growth and self-discovery. Through her captivating and emotional narration, Dorr invites listeners to join her on a journey that explores the human capacity for change and forgiveness, and how even in the darkest of moments, there is hope for a better future. 
  For true crime enthusiasts, Dorr's memoir is a must-listen. It offers a rare insight into the complexities and nuances of criminal behavior and the impact it has on those who find themselves caught up in it. Far beyond a tale of crime and punishment, this story is one of resilience and an inspiring reminder that redemption is always possible.

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  The Butterfly Years - A Journey...

  Katty Douraghy

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  The journey through grief is unique and does not follow a set timeline or a clearly defined path. 
  In this raw, vulnerable memoir, Katty Douraghy chronicles her personal experience through grief after the death of six family members, including her parents and her stepparents, within a very short timeframe. 
  The Butterfly Years infuses hope and lessons learned along the way to show a different perspective on grief and mourning. Whether you are experiencing grief in the early weeks of a loss, or if your grief has transitioned over time to settle deep in your heart, The Butterfly Years reminds us that we are all on the journey through grief and toward hope together. 
  Katty Douraghy is an entrepreneur and facilitator whose life changed dramatically in 2011 when she started her journey through grief. Born in Iran, raised in England and the U.S., Katty explores the concepts of guilt and judgment and shares insights on grief and mourning across cultural expectations and customs.

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  Transform People into Clients -...

  Ryan Serhant

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  One of the biggest questions among salespeople and business professionals is, how do I get more clients? One of the top realtors in the world and costar of Bravo's Million Dollar Listing: New York and Sell It Like Serhant Ryan Serhant suggests that the secret to getting more clients is to make more friends. But how do you transform a stranger into a customer? Ryan Serhant teaches you how to master the art of the sixty second friend.

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  George Whitefield - Evangelical...

  Joel R. Beeke, Douglas Bond

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  What do George Whitefield, Elisabeth Elliot, and J. Gresham Machen have in common? They were all Evangelical Heroes. In the Evangelical Heroes series, Joel Beeke and Douglas Bond present thirty biographical sketches of faithful evangelical leaders from the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries. From George Whitfield to Charles Spurgeon to R.C. Sproul, these men and women held firm to the authority of Scripture and the reality of Christ's death and resurrection in the face of rising liberalism in the Church. These inspiring volumes introduce us to faithful Christians from the past and encourage us to stand firm today!

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  The Upstairs Delicatessen - On...

  Dwight Garner

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  Reading and eating, like Krazy and Ignatz, Sturm und Drang, prosciutto and melon, Simon and Schuster, and radishes and butter, have always, for me, simply gone together. The book is a product of these combined gluttonies. 
   
   
   
  Dwight Garner, the beloved New York Times critic and the author of Garner's Quotations, serves up the intertwined pleasures of books and food. The product of a lifetime of obsessively reading, eating, and every combination therein, The Upstairs Delicatessen: On Eating, Reading, Reading About Eating, and Eating While Reading is a charming, emotional memoir that only Garner could write. In it, he records the voices of great writers and the stories from his life that fill his mind as he moves through the sections of the day and of this book: breakfast, lunch, shopping, the occasional nap, drinking, and dinner. 
   
   
   
  Through his lifelong infatuation with these twin joys, we meet the man behind the pages and the plates, and a portrait of Garner, eager and insatiable, emerges. He writes with tenderness and humor about his mayonnaise-laden childhood in West Virginia and Naples, Florida (and his father's famous peanut butter and pickle sandwich), his mind-opening marriage to a chef from a foodie family, and the words and dishes closest to his heart. This is a book to be savored, though it may just whet your appetite for more.

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