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#1 I grew up in a neighborhood called the Braes of Bloomfield, which was created by commuters hoping to get away from the faded glory of the Motor City. As a kid, I spent a lot of time exploring the woods between these upper-middle-class homes.
#2 Don and I were often mistaken as twins, although I still wonder why. We competed for everything with each other, and I think...
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#1 I was a comedy writer for my college radio show. I was wondering how I would get into show business, since it seemed impossible. I didn't know how you enter show business, but I was sure it wasn't through college.
#2 I wanted to be a comedian, and I spent my time talking to comedy legends and asking them how they got into comedy. I was told that John Belushi, Joe...
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Book Preview: #1 Africa is a vast, ancient continent with endless plains and forests. It is a country of death and renewal, and humans are only visiting.
#2 A hunter was watching a pride of lions feed on a carcass, when he saw a lioness climb onto her back legs and begin feeding. He never shot the lioness, because he knew that he would be in big trouble if he harmed a female.
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Book Preview: #1 The failing of an aging parent is one of those old stories that feels shockingly new to the person experiencing it. My father, who was always tough on me as a child, is now frighteningly old and dementia-ridden. He still loves my mother, though.
#2 My father has always wanted to know where I am seeing other people. He is constantly asking me this, and I always tell...
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#1 Wallis chose her own name, and it was a bold statement of identity. She was always independent, and disliked being dependent on others.
#2 Wallis was born in 1896, in a small wooden house at the back of the Monterey Inn in the summer resort of Blue Ridge Summit. She had a very unconventional upbringing, being raised by her mother, who ran a hotel, and her maternal...
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Book Preview: #1 I had a haircut at school, after which my father began teaching me basic chores, such as bringing wood and coal in for the fire, starting the fire, and setting the table. I felt a bit safer after that.
#2 I had to hide the fact that I was looking for my father. I didn't want him to know that I was afraid of him.
#3 I had to get away from him. His anger was terrifying....
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Get the Summary of Stephanie Storey's Oil and Marble in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Oil and Marble" by Stephanie Storey is a historical drama set in Renaissance Florence, where Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo Buonarroti engage in a fierce rivalry. Leonardo, observing the decay of his "The Last Supper," is forced to flee Milan due to political threats, leaving behind unfinished works. In Rome, Michelangelo...
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Book Preview: #1 The basketball was a Keaton prop for years to come. In 1899, the family's first paid engagement as a trio at the Wonderland Theater in Wilmington, Delaware, Buster got laughs by bouncing the ball off his father's head.
#2 Buster's life as a performer and creator was extremely successful for the first three decades of the new century, catapulting his family from the...
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#1 I was in Dublin in the late 1940s, and I was blown away by the city. I was ravenous for food, life, and stories. I stood in awe of the Gresham Hotel, which was built in 1809 to celebrate the victory of Nelson over Napoleon in the Battle of Trafalgar.
#2 I was proud to be going to the chemist's shop with such dignity. I was wearing my best clothes, and I was sure...
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#1 I believe that most people do not grow up. We find parking spaces and honor our credit cards. We marry and have children, and call that growing up. But what we really do is grow old. We carry accumulation of years in our bodies and on our faces, but our real selves, the children inside, are still innocent and shy as magnolias.
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#1 The Carnegie Deli in New York was a landmark for more than 79 years. It served its loyal customers oversize portions of pastrami and corned beef slathered in Russian dressing, and in 1986, it served my mother and father a late-night postcoital feast.
#2 My mother, Barbara Peck, was a once-in-a-generation type of person who gave very few fucks. She was pregnant, unmarried,...
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Book Preview: #1 My granddaddy, who was a moonshiner in Georgia, was the only black man I've ever met who was never broke a day in his life. He stored his jugs of corn liquor in the living room in a beat-up old refrigerator.
#2 I grew up in a bootleg house with my nine siblings, and I hated it. I would go to sleep hoping that I would wake up and find myself magically living in a clean...
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#1 I always knew I was a girl with certainty, but I had to sacrifice this certainty in order to stand firmly in the murkiness of my shifting self-truths.
#2 I first valued Marilyn, who lived in the same housing complex as my grandmother, in kindergarten. We had many things in common, and I trusted her completely.
#3 I loved visiting Grandma Pearl, the first woman who...
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#1 Jacob built a red BMX-style bike to carry him across the country. He didn't ride it much, instead opting to hike and camp. He sold his Volkswagen sedan and bought a bike, which he used to travel across the country.
#2 Jacob spent two months riding from California to Washington, and he was last seen in a remote area of Olympic National Park on April 6.
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#1 I would like to thank my wife, Catherine, for her many careful readings of this book. I would also like to thank Rosemary Hutchins, Geoffrey Wolff, Gary Fisketjon, and Amanda Urban for their help and support.
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Book Preview: #1 The advertising industry is based on giving people false expectations. It's a perfect career for me because it's based on giving people false expectations.
#2 I am not used to rules and structure, and so I have a hard time keeping the phone connected and the electricity turned on. I place all my bills in a box, which I keep next to the stove.
#3 I was waltzing around...
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Book Preview: #1 I had been living in New York for a year in 2009 when I met a man at a bar. I had been using a method that kept my blood flowing, even when my hands were cold, and he stayed hard. But when we made first contact, his boner melted into a wet Cheeto.
#2 I was looking forward to having fun in New York City, but after five consecutive pudding penises, I began to want a...
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Get the Summary of Alan Rickman's Madly Deeply in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Alan Rickman's diaries provide an intimate look into his life, capturing both the ordinary and the extraordinary. From June to September, he navigates a myriad of social and professional engagements, including garden parties, property discussions, and the adaptation of a complex novel. He reflects on the superficiality of phone conversations,...
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Get the Summary of Hugh Eakin's Picassos War in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. In "Picassos War," Hugh Eakin chronicles the struggle to introduce and establish modern art in the United States, focusing on key figures like John Quinn, Alfred Stieglitz, and Alfred Barr. The narrative begins with the early 20th-century resistance to avant-garde art in America, as seen in the commercial failure of Picasso's first U.S....
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#1 I had two coping strategies after my split with Tommy Lee. I got high, and I got even. I looked in the mirror. Twenty-six years old. My peroxide mane was messy, my roots were showing. I was Courtney Love meets Malibu Barbie, with the gaunt yet chic figure of a runway model.
#2 I was seven years older than Leo, and I felt like his grandma. I'd never been someone's...