Julie Klam
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Thirty, single, and working as a part-time clerk at an insurance company, Julie Klam had resorted to consulting tarot cards about when she would meet that special someone. When he finally showed up, he wasn't exactly as she had pictured. Flat-faced, eyes askew, neutered, and irresistibly sweet, he was a Boston terrier named Otto. And he was only the beginning. This is the humorous, tender story of how Julie learned life's most important lessons from...
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Look out for Julie's new book, The Almost Legendary Morris Sisters.
The bestselling memoirist shows how saving a dog can sometimes help you save yourself.
The bestselling memoirist shows how saving a dog can sometimes help you save yourself.
Julie Klam writes about dogs with a rollicking wit and a radiating warmth-as no other writer can. In her bestselling memoir You Had Me at Woof, she shared the secrets of happiness she learned as an occasionally frazzled but always devoted owner of Boston terriers.
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"Ever since she was young, Julie Klam has been fascinated by the Morris sisters, cousins of her grandmother. According to family lore, early in the 20th century the sisters' parents decided to move the family from Eastern Europe to Los Angeles so their father could become a movie director. On the way, their pregnant mother went into labor in St. Louis, where the baby was born and where their mother died. The father left the children in an orphanage...
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"Celebrity fascinates and enrages us. We are simultaneously drawn to it and annoyed by the growing impact it has on our lives. From popular culture to sports to politics, the rise of celebrities and our growing appetite for them has become a near-obsession. Love them or hate them, celebrities and celebrity are everywhere. In [this book] ... author Julie Klam explores the many facets of celebrity: what it is, why it attracts us, and why that matters....
10) Europe in flames
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Describes the events in Europe leading up to World War II, relations between various European nations, and specific battles and campaigns during the war.
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Klam was brought up to look pretty and wait for a rich man to sweep her off her feet. But what would happen if he never showed up? Once she gives birth to a daughter, she recognizes that it's time to grow up, and instill in her child the self-reliance that she never learned.