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Contempt: A Memoir of the Clinton Investigation

KEN STARR · Sentinel
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Twenty years after the Starr Report and the Clinton impeachment, former special prosecutor Ken Starr finally shares his definitive account of one of the most divisive periods in American history.You could fill a library with books about the scandals of the Clinton administration, which...
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No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy: The Life of General James Mattis

Jim Proser · HarperLuxe
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback

The first in-depth look at the marine hero who has become one of the most beloved and admired men in America today: Secretary of Defense James Mattis.A devout student of history and erudite reader revered by rank and file soldiers, officers, academics, politicians, and ordinary citizens,...
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In Pieces

Sally Field · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

In this intimate, haunting literary memoir, an American icon tells her story for the first time, and in her own gorgeous words--about a challenging and lonely childhood, the craft that helped her find her voice, and a powerful emotional legacy that shaped her journey as a daughter and a mother....
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The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War

Ben Macintyre · Random House Large Print
Pages: 608
Format: Large Print

The celebrated author of Double Cross and Rogue Heroes returns with his greatest spy story yet, a thrilling Americans-era tale of Oleg Gordievsky, the Russian whose secret work helped hasten the end of the Cold War. If anyone could be considered a Russian counterpart to the infamous British...
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The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers

Ce?cile Batandier · Thorndike Press Large Print
Pages: 630
Format: Large Print

Drawing on original interviews, oral histories and archival documents, the author traces Mr. RogersÂ’ personal, professional and artistic life through decades of work. Simultaneous.
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The Poison Squad: One Chemist's Single-Minded Crusade for Food Safety at the Turn of the Twentieth Century

Deborah Blum · Penguin Press
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

From Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times-bestselling author Deborah Blum, the dramatic true story of how food was made safe in the United States and the heroes, led by the inimitable Dr. Harvey Washington Wiley, who fought for changeBy the end of nineteenth century, food was dangerous....
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Perfectly Clear: Escaping Scientology and Fighting for the Woman I Love

Michelle LeClair · Random House Large Print
Pages: 400
Format: Large Print

The revelatory memoir by former "poster girl for Scientology" Michelle LeClair about her defection from the Church, her newly accepted sexual identity, and the lengths to which Scientology went to silence it.For years, Michelle LeClair, former President of Scientology's international...
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Belichick: The Making of the Greatest Football Coach of All Time

Ian O'Connor · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

From a New York Times best-selling author, the definitive biography of the NFL's most enigmatic, controversial, and yet successful coach, Bill Belichick.Bill Belichick is perhaps the most fascinating figure in the NFL - the infamously dour face of one of the winningest franchises in sports....
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Hell's Princess: The Mystery of Belle Gunness, Butcher of Men

Harold Schechter · Little A
Format: Hardcover

In the pantheon of serial killers, Belle Gunness stands alone. She was the rarest of female psychopaths, a woman who engaged in wholesale slaughter, partly out of greed but mostly for the sheer joy of it. Between 1902 and 1908, she lured a succession of unsuspecting victims to her Indiana...
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Once You Go In: A Memoir of Radical Faith

Carly Gelsinger · She Writes Press
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback

Carly Gelsinger is an awkward and lonely thirteen-year-old when she stumbles into Pine Canyon Assemblies of God, the cracked stucco church on the outskirts of her remote small town. She assimilates, despite her apprehensions, because she is desperate to belong. Soon, she is on fire for God....
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Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom

DAVID W BLIGHT · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 896
Format: Hardcover

The definitive, dramatic biography of the most important African-American of the nineteenth century: Frederick Douglass, the escaped slave who became the greatest orator of his day and one of the leading abolitionists and writers of the era.As a young man Frederick Douglass (1818-1895)...
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Untitled

Reese Witherspoon · Touchstone
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Academy Award-winning actress, producer, and entrepreneur Reese Witherspoon invites you into her world, where she infuses the southern style, parties, and traditions she loves with contemporary flair and charm.Reese Witherspoon's grandmother Dorothea always said that a combination of beauty...
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Small Fry

LISA BRENNAN-JOBS · Grove Press
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

A frank, smart and captivating memoir by the daughter of Apple founder Steve Jobs.Born on a farm and named in a field by her parents -- artist Chrisann Brennan and Steve Jobs -- Lisa Brennan-Jobs's childhood unfolded in a rapidly changing Silicon Valley. When she was young, Lisa's father...
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Outside the Wire: Ten Lessons I've Learned in Everyday Courage

JASON KANDER · Twelve
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

A smart and revealing political memoir from a rising star of the Democratic Party. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 26.0px; font: 22.7px Times; color: #454545; -webkit-text-stroke: #454545; background-color: #ffffff} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} Barack Obama has called...
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Rush: Revolution, Madness, and Benjamin Rush, the Visionary Doctor Who Became a Founding Father

STEPHEN FRIED · Crown
Pages: 576
Format: Hardcover

The remarkable story of Benjamin Rush, medical pioneer and one of our nation's most provocative and unsung Founding Fathers In the summer of 1776, fifty-six men put their quills to a dangerous document they called the Declaration of Independence. Among them was a thirty-year-old doctor...
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The Rock, the Road, and the Rabbi: My Journey into the Heart of Scriptural Faith and the Land Where It All Began

Kathie Lee Gifford · Thorndike Press Large Print
Pages: 339
Format: Library Binding

An instant New York Times bestseller! As a lifelong student of Scripture, Kathie Lee Gifford has always desired a deeper understanding of God's Word and a deeper knowledge of God Himself. But it wasn't until she began studying the biblical texts in their original Hebrew and Greek...
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Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen

Jose Antonio Vargas · HarperLuxe
Pages: 320
Format: Large Print

Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas, called "the most famous undocumented immigrant in America," tackles one of the defining issues of our time in this explosive and deeply personal call to arms."This is not a book about the politics of immigration. This...
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Rising Out of Hatred: The Awakening of a Former White Nationalist

ELI SASLOW · Doubleday
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

From a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, the powerful story of how a prominent white supremacist changed his heart and mindDerek Black grew up at the epicenter of white nationalism. His father founded Stormfront, the largest racist community on the Internet. His godfather, David Duke, was a KKK Grand...
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Lady in Red: An Intimate Portrait of Nancy Reagan

SHEILA TATE · Crown Forum
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Lady in Red is the long-awaited collection of behind-the-scenes stories and iconic images of one of the most influential First Lady in modern history -- Nancy Reagan. Lovingly compiled by long-time close confidante and aide, Sheila Tate, the book provides a rare and much-anticipated look...
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Braided: A Journey of a Thousand Challahs

Beth Ricanati MD · She Writes Press
Pages: 184
Format: Paperback

What if you could bake bread once a week, every week? What if the smell of fresh bread could turn your house into a home? And what if the act of making the bread -- mixing and kneading, watching and waiting -- could heal your heartache and your emptiness, your sense of being overwhelmed?...
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