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Author
Publisher
Grand Central
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 231 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A world-renowned model, advocate, entrepreneur and wife of the late Hugh Hefner provides a fascinating look behind-the-scenes at a powerful cultural icon and brand, revealing the objectification and misogyny of the Playboy mansion and sharing her transformative journey to a person who finally recognized her true worth.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xviii, 723 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
An extensively researched portrait of the 107th Supreme Court justice explores her passionate advocacy of gender equality, role in key historical changes, and transformative legal influence.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When Stephanie Land set out to write her memoir Maid, she never could have imagined what was to come. Handpicked by President Barack Obama as one of the best books of 2019, it was called "an eye-opening journey into the lives of the working poor" (People). Later it was adapted into the hit Netflix series Maid, which was viewed by 67 million households and was Netflix's fourth most-watched show in 2021, garnering three Primetime Emmy Award nominations....
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Admiral William H. McRaven is a part of American military history, having been involved in some of the most famous missions in recent memory, including the capture of Saddam Hussein, the rescue of Captain Richard Phillips, and the raid to kill Osama bin Laden. Sea Stories begins in 1960 at the American Officers' Club in France, where Allied officers and their wives gathered to have drinks and tell stories about their adventures during World War II...