Biography, Autobiography & Memoir

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Midway through his new memoir, Life Is a Gift, singer/painter/icon Tony Bennett presents his readers with an “old Chinese proverb:”

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“. . . the journey is as compelling as the destination. . . . a role model to those wise enough to use life’s lessons and opportunities to meet present day challenges.”

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“To say Master of the Mountain is compelling would be to understate the value of Henry Wiencek’s scholarship.”

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“. . . it’s about time for Jacob Tomsky to move on to bigger and better things. If this book is any indication, writing will be his next calling.”

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“. . . an excruciatingly beautiful love letter to Audrey Hepburn.”

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“David Nasaw has succeeded in bringing Joseph P. Kennedy in The Patriarch to life in chilling, in-depth color.”

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“. . . brings the author to life beyond what she conveys in her own pages. . . . [a] thorough presentation of her life.”

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“. . . thoroughly engrossing.”

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“. . . in How Literature Saved My Life, Mr. Shields has written a great book—and one that matters.”

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“Kate: The Kate Moss Book: a conversation piece as well as the definitive coffee table book on the celebrity model.”

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“Moving? At times. Hilarious? Never.”

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“. . . what a ride it’s been. . . . Makeup to Breakup is riveting and will have the reader instantly hooked.”

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“In a voice like none other. . . . perhaps the most ingratiatingly candid of the many celebrity memoirs.”

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“Denise Levertov emerges as a person and a poet. . . . an authoritative and intimate biography.”

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“. . . merit[s] a wide readership [but] the author’s message will need to be further amplified, interpreted, and disseminated by others.”

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