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After the Eclipse: A Mother's Murder, a Daughter's Search
Sarah Perry · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
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A fierce memoir of a mother's murder, a daughter's coming-of-age in the wake of immense loss, and her mission to know the woman who gave her life. When Sarah Perry was twelve, she saw a partial eclipse of the sun, an event she took as a sign of good fortune for her and her mother, Crystal.... |
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Bitch Doctrine: Essays for Dissenting Adults
LAURIE PENNY · Bloomsbury USA
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
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"An invaluable case for truth-telling in an age of chaos and lies." --Emily Nussbaum "[Penny] bravely keeps thinking and talking and learning and trying to make the world better." --Caitlin MoranSmart and provocative, witty and uncompromising, this collection of Laurie... |
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Pancakes in Paris: Living the American Dream in France
Craig Carlson · Sourcebooks
Pages: 320
Format: Print book
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Paris was practically perfect...Craig Carlson was the last person anyone would expect to open an American diner in Paris. He came from humble beginnings in a working-class town in Connecticut, had never worked in a restaurant, and didn't know anything about starting a brand-new business.... |
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Lisa Anselmo · Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Pages: 256
Format: Print book
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Lisa Anselmo wrapped her entire life around her mother, a strong woman who was a defining force in Lisa's life -- maybe too defining. When her mother dies from breast cancer, Lisa realizes she hadn't built a life of her own and struggles to find her purpose. Who is she without her mother... |
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Escape from Dannemora: Richard Matt, David Sweat, and the Great Adirondack Manhunt
Michael Benson · ForeEdge
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
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It was one of the biggest crime stories of the decade - two deadly killers, desperate and on the run. After months of planning, Ricky Matt and David Sweat cut, chopped, coerced, and connived their way out of a maximum-security prison in the wilderness of upstate New York and managed to elude... |
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Lincoln's Lieutenants: The High Command of the Army of the Potomac
Stephen W Sears · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 884
Format: Hardcover
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From the best-selling author of Gettysburg, a multilayered group biography of the commanders who led the Army of the Potomac The high command of the Army of the Potomac was a changeable, often dysfunctional band of brothers, going through the fires of war under seven commanding generals... |
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Over the Hills and Far Away: The Life of Beatrix Potter
Matthew Dennison · Pegasus Books
Pages: 304
Format: Print book
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Beatrix Potter is one of the world's bestselling, most cherished authors, whose books have enchanted generations of children for over a hundred years. Yet how she achieved this legendary status is just one of several stories of her remarkable and unexpected life. Inspired by the twenty-three... |
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My Story
Marilyn Monroe · Taylor Trade Publishing
Format: Book
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Written at the height of her fame but not published until over a decade after her death, this autobiography of actress and sex symbol Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962) poignantly recounts her childhood as an unwanted orphan, her early adolescence, her rise in the film industry from bit player... |
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Boswell's Enlightenment
Robert Zaretsky · Belknap Press
Format: Hardcover
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Throughout his life, James Boswell struggled to fashion a clear account of himself, but try as he might, he could not reconcile the truths of his era with those of his religious upbringing. Boswells Enlightenment examines the conflicting credos of reason and faith, progress and tradition... |
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American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road
NICK BILTON · PORTFOLIO PENGUIN
Pages: 352
Format: Print book
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From New York Times-bestselling author Nick Bilton comes a true-life thriller about the rise and fall of Ross Ulbricht, aka the Dread Pirate Roberts, the founder of the online black market Silk Road. In Hatching Twitter, Nick Bilton gave readers an astonishingly reported, riveting,... |
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Living with a Wild God: A Nonbeliever's Search for the Truth about Everything
Barbara Ehrenreich · Grand Central Publishing; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Nickel and Dimed comes a brave, frank, and exquisitely written memoir that will change the way you see the world. Barbara Ehrenreich is one of the most important thinkers of our time. Educated as a scientist, she is an author, journalist, activist,... |
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Separated @ Birth: A True Love Story of Twin Sisters Reunited
Samantha Futerman · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Format: Hardcover
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Imagine one day opening Facebook and reading a message from a stranger that says, "I think we might be twins ... don't freak out ... "It all began when design student Anaïs Bordier viewed a YouTube video and saw her own face staring back. After some research, Anaïs found... |
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