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Master of Me
Master of Me

Keke Palmer

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom the award-winning, multihyphenate global entertainer Keke Palmer comes the inspiring true story of her journey to understanding her genuine value.A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF FALL 2024: Bookshop, Apple Books, People, BookRiot, and more!! Keke Palmer...
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The Name of This Band Is R.E.M.
The Name of This Band Is R.E.M.

Peter Ames Carlin

THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE • An electrifying cultural biography of the greatest and last American rock band of the millennium, whose music ignited a generation—and reasserted the power of rock and roll"[Carlin's] unique gift for capturing the sweep and tenor...
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Slaveroad
Slaveroad

John Edgar Wideman

Major literary figure and "master of language" (The New York Times) John Edgar Wideman uses his unique generational perspective to explore what he calls the "slaveroad," a daunting, haunting reality that runs throughout American history.John Edgar Wideman's "slaveroad" is a palimpsest of physical,...
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An American Story
An American Story

Wilmer Valderrama

Read by the author.A love letter to America from the pen of actor, producer, immigrant, and activist Wilmer Valderrama.In this timely memoir, Valderrama looks back on his journey from a tiny pueblo in Venezuela to the big city of Los Angeles—how he discovered his calling as an actor and later...
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Nephew
Nephew

M.K. Asante

As urgent, resonant, and essential as The Fire Next Time and Between the World and Me, a poetic, raw, and inspirational love letter from the bestselling author of Buck, written to a nephew who was shot nine times and survived—a reflection on life, overcoming odds, finding your voice,...
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Unmatched
Unmatched

Sarah Lavane

With her sometimes funny, always intimate, uncensored memoir, Sarah Lavane puts a human face on the challenges of being "unmatched" in a "matched" Orthodox Jewish world. She takes us along on her journey. We learn how her background shaped her relationships and perceptions of God from a young...
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The Faithful Executioner
The Faithful Executioner

Joel F. Harrington

Based on the rare and until now overlooked journal of a Renaissance-era executioner, the noted historian Joel F. Harrington's The Faithful Executioner takes us deep inside the alien world and thinking of Meister Frantz Schmidt of Nuremberg, who, during forty-five years as a professional...
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Hannah Arendt
Hannah Arendt

Hannah Arendt

Arendt was one of the most important thinkers of her time, famous for her idea of "the banality of evil" which continues to provoke debate. This collection provides new and startling insight into Arendt's thoughts about Watergate and the nature of American politics, about totalitarianism...
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I'll Scream Later
I'll Scream Later

Marlee Matlin

Critically acclaimed and award-winning actress Marlee Matlin reveals the illuminating, moving, and often surprising story of how she defied all expectations to become one of the most prolific and beloved actresses of our time. Marlee Matlin entered our lives as the deaf pupil turned...
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