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Jesus: A Pilgrimage
James Martin · HarperOne Format: Hardcover |
James Martin, SJ, gifted storyteller, editor at large of America magazine, popular media commentator, and New York Times bestselling author of The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything, brings the Gospels to life in Jesus: A Pilgrimage, and invites believers and seekers alike to experience... |
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83 Minutes: The Doctor, the Damage, and the Shocking Death of Michael Jackson
Matt Richards · Thomas Dunne Books Pages: 432 Format: Print book |
A definitive look at Michael Jackson's final minutes, revealing for the first time the shocking details behind the tragic death of one of the world's biggest pop stars.On June 25th, 2009, the world was rocked by the tragic news that Michael Jackson -- the biggest and most influential music... |
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Bobby Kennedy: The Making of a Liberal Icon
Larry Tye · Random House Pages: 608 Format: Print book |
From the New York Times bestselling author of Satchel comes an in-depth, vibrant, and measured biography about the most complex and controversial member of the Kennedy family. History remembers Robert F. Kennedy as a racial healer, a tribune for the poor, and the last progressive knight... |
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Freedom: My Book of Firsts
Jaycee Lee Dugard · Simon & Schuster Pages: 272 Format: Print book |
In the follow-up to her #1 bestselling memoir, A Stolen Life, Jaycee Dugard tells the story of her first experiences after years in captivity: the joys that accompanied her newfound freedom and the challenges of adjusting to life on her own.When Jaycee Dugard was eleven years old, she was abducted... |
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Washington's Revolution: The Making of America's First Leader
Robert Middlekauff · Knopf Format: Hardcover |
A vivid, insightful, essential new account of the formative years that shaped a callow George Washington into an extraordinary leader, from the Bancroft Prize winner and Pulitzer Prize finalist Robert Middlekauff.George Washington was famously unknowable, a man of deep passions hidden behind... |
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Soldier Girls: The Battles of Three Women at Home and at War
Helen Thorpe · Simon & Schuster Pages: 397 Format: Hardcover |
From an award-winning, "meticulously observant" (The New Yorker) , and "masterful" (BOOKLIST ) writer comes a groundbreaking account of three women deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq, and how their military service affected their friendship, their personal lives,... |
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Voyager: Travel Writings
Russell Banks · Ecco Press Pages: 288 Format: Hardcover |
The acclaimed, award-winning novelist takes us on some of his most memorable journeys in this revelatory collection of travel essays that spans the globe, from the Caribbean to Scotland to the Himalayas.Now in his mid-seventies, Russell Banks has indulged his wanderlust for more than half... |
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The Nine of Us: Growing Up Kennedy
Jean Kennedy Smith · Harpercollins Pages: 272 Format: Print book |
In this evocative and affectionate memoir, Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith, the last surviving child of Joe and Rose Kennedy, offers an intimate and illuminating look at a time long ago when she and her siblings, guided by their parents, laughed and learned a great deal under one roof.Prompted... |
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Game of Crowns: Elizabeth, Camilla, Kate, and the Throne
Christopher Andersen · Gallery Books Pages: 352 Format: Book |
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The #1 New York Times bestselling author of William and Kate and The Day Diana Died takes a compulsively readable look into the relationships and rivalries of Queen Elizabeth, Camilla Parker Bowles, and Kate Middleton.One has been famous longer than anyone on the planet... |
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