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The Incest Diary
Anonymous · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 144
Format: Hardcover
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"Anonymous memoir of a daughter's abuse by, and attachment to, her father"-- |
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Ministers at War: Winston Churchill and His War Cabinet
Jonathan Schneer · Basic Books
Format: Hardcover
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In May 1940, with France on the verge of defeat, Britain alone stood in the path of the Nazi military juggernaut. Survival seemed to hinge on the leadership of Winston Churchill, whom the King reluctantly appointed Prime Minister as Germany invaded France. Churchill's reputation as one of the great... |
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Ambition and Desire: The Dangerous Life of Josephine Bonaparte
Kate Williams · Ballantine Books
Format: Kindle Edition
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From CNN's official royal historian, a highly praised young author with a doctorate from Oxford University, comes the extraordinary rags-to-riches story of the woman who conquered Napoleon's heart - and with it, an empire. Their love was legendary, their ambition flagrant and unashamed.... |
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The Monk of Mokha
Dave Eggers · Knopf
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
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From the best-selling author of The Circle and What Is the What, the true story of a young Yemeni-American man, raised in San Francisco, who dreams of resurrecting the ancient art of Yemeni coffee but finds himself trapped in Sana'a by civil war.Mokhtar Alkhanshali grew up in San Francisco,... |
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Abandoned in Hell: The Fight For Vietnam's Firebase Kate
William Albracht · NAL; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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In October 1969, Captain William Albracht, the youngest Green Beret captain in Vietnam, took command of a remote hilltop outpost called Fire Base Kate, held by only 27 American soldiers and 150 Montagnard militiamen. He found their defenses woefully unprepared. At dawn the next morning,... |
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An American Cardinal: The Biography of Cardinal Timothy Dolan
Christina Boyle · St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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The most powerful Roman Catholic leader in the United States had humble beginnings. Timothy Michael Dolan was born in Maplewood, Missouri in 1950. From an early age, those around him knew that he would become a priest. Through college and seminary, his power and spirituality grew. He was formally... |
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Reagan: American Icon
Iwan Morgan · I. B. Tauris & Company
Pages: 320
Format: Print book
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Ronald Reagan is one of the most important -- and arguably most successful -- presidents in modern American history. He is broadly credited with renewing American prosperity in the wake of the most miserable economic era since the 1930s, laying the foundations for Cold War victory and doing... |
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Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War
Robert M Gates · Vintage
Format: Book
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From the former secretary of defense, a strikingly candid, vivid account of serving Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.When Robert M. Gates received a call from the White House, he thought he'd long left Washington politics behind: After... |
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President Me: The America That's in My Head
Adam Carolla · !t
Pages: 277
Format: Hardcover
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In President Me, Carolla shares his vision for a different, better America free from big issues like big government down to small problems like hotel alarm clock placement. Running on an anti-narcissism platform, President Carolla calls for a return to the values of an earlier time when... |
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