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Headstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science-and the World
Rachel Swaby · Broadway Books
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Fifty-two inspiring and insightful profiles of historys brightest female scientists. In 2013, the New York Times published an obituary for Yvonne Brill. It began She made a mean beef stroganoff, followed her husband from job to job, and took eight years off from work to raise three children.... |
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Shackleton: By Endurance We Conquer
Michael Smith · Oneworld Publications
Format: Book
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Mr. Smith, in illuminating this unforgettable figure, brings his own considerable scholarship in the field to the story, in addition to access to new archives. - The Wall Street Journal Shackleton has finally received the literary treatment his legendary life deserves. - Booklist An extraordinary... |
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A Fifty-Year Silence: Love, War, and a Ruined House in France
Miranda Richmond Mouillot · Crown
Format: Kindle Edition
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A young woman moves across an ocean to uncover the truth about her grandparents' mysterious estrangement and pieces together the extraordinary story of their wartime experiences In 1948, after surviving World War II by escaping Nazi-occupied France for refugee camps in Switzerland, the author's... |
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One Lucky Bastard: Tales from Tinseltown
Roger Moore · Lyons Press
Format: Hardcover
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In a career that spans over seven decades, Roger Moore has been at the very heart of Hollywood. Of course, hes an actor and has starred in films that have made him famous the world over but hes also a tremendous prankster, joker and raconteur. Despite the fact that he is well known as one of the nicest... |
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Lennyball: A Memoir of Life on the Edge
Lenny Dykstra · William Morrow
Pages: 288
Format: Print book
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A TOP-TEN NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! AN INSTANT CLASSIC OF HUSSLE AND EXCESS ..."Tough, straight, upsetting, and strangely beautiful. ONE OF THE BEST SPORTS AUTOBIOGRAPHIES I'VE EVER READ. It comes from the heart." - Stephen King"THIS BOOK IS GOING TO BLOW YOUR MIND! Obviously... |
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I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer
MICHELLE MCNAMARA · Harper
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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Introduction by Gillian FlynnAfterword by Patton OswaltA masterful true crime account of the Golden State Killer - the elusive serial rapist turned murderer who terrorized California for over a decade - from Michelle McNamara, the gifted journalist who died tragically while investigating... |
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The Long Hello: Memory, My Mother, and Me
Cathie Borrie · Arcade Publishing
Pages: 240
Format: Print book
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A powerful, ground-shifting account of caring for a parent with Alzheimer's about which Maya Angelou exclaimed, "Joy!"Since Cathie Borrie delivered her keynote performance at the World Alzheimer's Day event sponsored by the Community and Access Programs of the Museum of Modern... |
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Dead of Night
Gary C. King · Pinnacle; Reprint edition
Format: Book
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Details of the abduction and murder of a Santa Barbara City College student, Brianna Denison home on winter break in Reno, Nevada by serial rapist, James Biela. |
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Lassoing the Sun: A Year in America's National Parks
Mark Woods · St Martin'S Press
Pages: 320
Format: Print book
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Many childhood summers, Mark Woods piled into a station wagon with his parents and two sisters and headed to America's national parks. Mark's most vivid childhood memories are set against a backdrop of mountains, woods, and fireflies in places like Redwood, Yosemite, and Grand Canyon national... |
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Don't Make Me Pull Over!: An Informal History of the Family Road Trip
Richard Ratay · Scribner
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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Part pop history and part whimsical memoir in the spirit of National Lampoon's Vacation - Don't Make Me Pull Over! is a nostalgic look at the golden age of family road trips - a halcyon era that culminated in the latter part of the twentieth century, before portable DVD players, iPods,... |
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Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience and Finding Joy
SHERYL SANDBERG · Knopf
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
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#1 New York Times Best SellerFrom Facebook's COO and Wharton's top-rated professor, the #1 New York Times best-selling authors of Lean In and Originals: a powerful, inspiring, and practical book about building resilience and moving forward after life's inevitable setbacks. After the sudden... |
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The Burning of the White House: James and Dolley Madison and the War of 1812
Jane Hampton Cook · Regnery History
Pages: 352
Format: Print book
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It's unimaginable today, even for a generation that saw the Twin Towers fall and the Pentagon attacked. It's unimaginable because in 1814 enemies didn't fly overhead, they marched through the streets; and for 26 hours in August, the British enemy marched through Washington, D.C. and set fire... |
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Books for Living
Will Schwalbe · Knopf
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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From the author of the beloved New York Times best-selling The End of Your Life Book Club, an inspiring and magical exploration of the power of books to shape our lives in an era of constant connectivity. Why is it that we read? Is it to pass time? To learn something new? To escape from... |
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The Barefoot Lawyer: A Blind Man's Fight for Justice and Freedom in China
Guangcheng Chen · Henry Holt and Company, 2015.
Pages: 330
Format: Print book
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An electrifying memoir by the blind Chinese activist who inspired millions with the story of his fight for justice and his belief in the cause of freedomIt was like a scene out of a thriller: one morning in April 2012, China's most famous political activist--a blind, self-taught lawyer--climbed... |
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