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The actress who played the villain Nellie Oleson on the telvision show "Little House on the Prairie" shares her experiences on the show and discusses her life, from her bohemian childhood in West Hollywood to her recent charity work involving abused children and HIV awareness.
2) BRAVE
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A revealing memoir and empowering manifesto - As featured in Ronan Farrow's CATCH AND KILL and Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey's SHE SAID
"BRAVE works beautifully as a manifesto. It’s a call to arms—not just against the specific men who mistreated McGowan and the men and women who enabled that mistreatment, but against an industry."—The Boston Globe
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Following the success of I'm Your Man and Just Kids, legendary Canadian singer and songwriter Bruce Cockburn delivers his long-awaited memoir--a chronicle of faith, fear, and activism that is also a lively cultural and musical tour through the late twentieth century.
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The autobiography of a courageous singer-songwriter, activist, and American icon A renowned folk, blues, and jazz singer who performed with some of the twentieth century's most celebrated musicians, from Louis Armstrong to Bob Dylan. A proud progressive who has tirelessly championed racial equality and economic justice in America, and who has traveled the world to sing out against war and tyranny. An organizer, a venue owner, a record label founder,...
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Twenty years ago Amy was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Extremely sick and unable to care for herself she depended on meds, therapy, and the support of amazing caregiver. Through the years she grew stronger used her art in her healing process. Part how-to, part memoir she recounts her struggle, and explains how she used her art to heal and maintain stability and how you can do it to.
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My time in the 60's with Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones and the heartbreak of forced Adoption "Not Fade Away" is the fascinating, at times heart wrenching, true life story of a young English girl which encompasses life with The Rolling Stones in Britain's early 60's and the best and worst of that cultural era. This is a gripping 'must read' for fans of The Rolling Stones and all things British. It takes readers on a journey into the early beginnings...
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Les facettes méconnues de Jacques Prévert.
Le nom de Jacques Prévert évoque des poèmes récités devant le tableau noir, des chansons immortalisées par Yves Montand ou Juliette Gréco, un certain cinéma en noir et blanc... Pourtant ce ne sont là que quelques-unes des nombreuses facettes de l'homme. Né avec le XXe siècle, il est de tous ses mouvements artistiques, sans jamais s'y laisser enfermer. Il est aussi de tous les mouvements sociaux...
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As cofounder of the internationally-known, highly-controversial radical political troupe, The Living Theater, author Judith Malina is one of the leading female countercultural figures of the 50s, 60s, 70s and beyond. in FULL MOON STAGES: PERSONAL NOTES FROM 50 YEARS OF THE LIVING THEATRE, she creates an intimate memoir in a unique format with a collection of personal notes written on every full moon for 50 years from 1964 to 2014. These never-before-published...
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The first-ever biography of Mozhdah Jamalzadah: refugee, pop singer, and champion of women's rights.
Many have tried to silence her, but Mozhdah Jamalzadah remains the most powerful female voice of her generation in Afghanistan, boldly speaking out about women's rights. Voice of Rebellion charts her incredible journey, including arriving in Canada as a child refugee, setting her father's protest poem to music (and making it a #1 hit), performing...
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Mientras crecía, los padres de Rafa no querían que se sintiera diferente porque, como su mamá le dijo: "Los sueños no deben tener fronteras". Pero cuando intentó sacar su licencia de conducir en su tercer año de preparatoria, sus padres se vieron forzados a revelarle su estatus migratorio. De pronto, el chico que moldeó todos sus estudios de preparatoria como en los programas de televisión estadounidenses, no tenía idea de que iba a hacer...
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Juillet 1948 : Joseph Damiani est condamné à mort pour une série de crimes commis à l'âge de 21 ans, en 1945. Gracié, il purge sa peine en centrale o il tient un journal, évolue. Libéré en décembre 1956, après onze années de détention, il est devenu « un autre ». Bientt, toute la France le connaîtra sous le nom de José Giovanni. Comment un petit truand a-t-il pu renaître sous l'apparence d'un écrivain reconnu ("Le Trou",...
14) Cronies, a Burlesque: Adventures With Ken Kesey, Neal Cassady, the Merry Pranksters and the Grateful
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A bullet train of a book, fast-paced, hilarious, rich with action. A harbinger of good things to come in mysterious ways.
It all began at a cocktail party at Wallace Stegner's for the Stanford writing class of 1958. Ken Kesey and Ken Babbs became cronies, embarking on a frolicking, rambunctious adventure that lasted over 40 years. Babbs calls the 70 stories of this book "burlesques" because, after 85 years of living, much of it in the wide friendly...
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