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Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table by Ruth Reichl
mobi, azw3 |eng | 2010-05-25 | Author:Ruth Reichl

TUNIS I spent my final year in college worrying about the future. I would have a BA, with honors in sociology, prepared for absolutely nothing. I wished school would never ...
( Category: Essays March 25,2014 )
Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder
mobi, epub |eng | 2003-01-07 | Author:Tracy Kidder

Jim Kim tried rhetoric first in the opening speech the next day. Many people had asked him, he told the crowd, why a little organization like PIH had taken on ...
( Category: Pathology March 25,2014 )
Without Reservations: The Travels of an Independent Woman by Alice Steinbach
mobi |eng | 2000-01-01 | Author:Alice Steinbach

It was still early, so I decided to visit a museum I’d heard about: the quaintly named Museum of Garden History. One of my English friends had warned me not ...
( Category: Women March 25,2014 )
The Duty of Delight: The Diaries of Dorothy Day by Dorothy Day
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-10-25 | Author:Dorothy Day

1962 WEDNESDAY JANUARY 10 [PITTSBURGH] Slept at Strassers until 9, Erica drove me to Duquesne chapel where there was a Mass beautifully participated in by the students. Later I went ...
( Category: Religious March 25,2014 )
It Looked Different on the Model by Laurie Notaro
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-07-26 | Author:Laurie Notaro

Chill Out, Grass Lady To tell the truth, I had walked up into the house through the front door and had gone back to the car three times in the ...
( Category: Theories of Humor March 25,2014 )
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer
mobi |eng | 2009-08-25 | Author:Jon Krakauer

* Bromet had left Base Camp in mid-April and returned to Seattle, whence she continued to file Internet dispatches about Fischer’s expedition for Outside Online; she relied on regular phone ...
( Category: Mountain Climbing March 25,2014 )
My Week with Marilyn by Colin Clark
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-09-13 | Author:Colin Clark

WEDNESDAY, 11 JULY Milton rang from Tibbs Farm – could we all go down there for lunch. He was tired after the flight. Mr P was delighted. He is more ...
( Category: Actor & Entertainer Biographies March 25,2014 )
Andy Rooney: 60 Years of Wisdom and Wit by Andy Rooney
mobi, epub |eng | 2009-10-26 | Author:Andy Rooney

Life, Long and Short I change my mind a lot about whether life is long or short. Looking back at how quickly a son or daughter grew up or at ...
( Category: Journalists March 25,2014 )
Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters by Monroe Marilyn; Comment Bernard; Stanley Buchthal
mobi |eng | 2010-09-30 | Author:Monroe, Marilyn; Comment, Bernard; Stanley Buchthal [Monroe, Marilyn; Comment, Bernard; Stanley Buchthal]

FRAGMENTS AND NOTES The notes and fragments written here and there—on torn-out pages, envelopes, tickets, address books—bring together secrets, observations, efforts at self-motivation and introspection. They also show Marilyn’s will, ...
( Category: Performing Arts March 25,2014 )
The Journals of Spalding Gray by Spalding Gray; Nell Casey
mobi |eng | 2011-10-01 | Author:Spalding Gray; Nell Casey

JUNE 16, 1987 I’M WRITING “IMPOSSIBLE VACATION” A CHRONICLE OF PERSONAL GUILT I want to be the best at what I do. I would like to do one thing well. ...
( Category: Theatre March 25,2014 )
Diaries 1969-1979: The Python Years by Palin Michael
mobi, epub |eng | 2007-09-03 | Author:Palin, Michael [Palin, Michael]

Thursday, June 24th I enjoy a rare day with no need to go out – not even a game of squash. And I find myself with time on my hands. ...
( Category: Television Performers March 25,2014 )
If You Ask Me by Betty White
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-05-03 | Author:Betty White

Of equal importance, if a set is to be a happy one, we were also blessed by the work manners of our group. No one had to be waited for ...
( Category: Rich & Famous March 25,2014 )
Chronicles, Volume One by Bob Dylan
mobi, epub |eng | 2004-10-11 | Author:Bob Dylan

I rejoined Petty for what was to be the final run of a long, drawn-out tour and told Tom’s band that if they wanted to play anything, just tell me ...
( Category: Country & Folk March 25,2014 )
Chronicles: 1 by Dylan Bob
mobi, epub |eng | 2004-10-10 | Author:Dylan, Bob [Dylan, Bob]

I rejoined Petty for what was to be the final run of a long, drawn-out tour and told Tom’s band that if they wanted to play anything, just tell me ...
( Category: Classical March 25,2014 )
Lincoln by David Herbert Donald
mobi, epub, azw3 |eng | 1995-01-01 | Author:David Herbert Donald

Naming Rosecrans and Burnside was a shrewd move. Burnside, in particular, was a happy choice. In addition to having some military reputation from his expedition against Roanoke Island, he looked ...
( Category: U.S. Presidents March 25,2014 )

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