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All in the Family: The Trumps and How We Got This Way

Fred C. Trump III - Gallery Books
Format: Hardcover

With revealing, never-before-told stories, Fred C. Trump III, nephew of President Donald Trump, breaks his decades-long silence in this honest memoir and sheds a whole new light on the family name.. For the record ... Fred Trump never asked for any of this. The divisive politics. The endless...
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Loud: Accept Nothing Less Than the Life You Deserve

Drew Afualo - AUWA
Format: Hardcover

The empowering, inspiring, patriarchy-smashing first book by the TikTok and Spotify star Drew Afualo. . Drew Afualo is best known as the internet's "Crusader for Women" and is at the head of a new generation of entertainment's rising stars. Loud is part manual, part manifesto,...
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12 Trips in 12 Months: Make Your Own Solo Travel Magic

Jen Ruiz - Blackstone Publishing Inc
Format: Paperback

Bestselling author Jen Ruiz takes readers on a trip around the globe in 12 Trips in 12 Months, defying societal expectations of what a woman is supposed to be--and empowering others to do the same.The year before her thirtieth birthday, Jen Ruiz decided to change everything. Despite being...
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Roctogenarians: Late in Life Debuts, Comebacks, and Triumphs

Mo Rocca - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

From beloved CBS Sunday Morning correspondent Mo Rocca, author of New York Times bestseller Mobituaries, comes an inspiring collection of stories that celebrates the triumphs of people who made their biggest marks late in life.. Eighty has been the new sixty for about twenty years now....
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Tiger, Tiger: The Untold Story of the G.O.A.T.

James Patterson - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover

The impossible life of Tiger Woods - how did he become the G.O.A.T., what drove him to fall so spectacularly, and how has he made his way back to the pinnacle of golf? In Patterson's hands, Tiger's story is a hole-in-one thriller.. On April 13, 1986, ten-year-old Tiger Woods watches...
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The Genius of Judy: How Judy Blume Rewrote Childhood for All of Us

Rachelle Bergstein - Atria/One Signal Publishers
Format: Hardcover

An intimate and expansive look at Judy Blume's life, work, and cultural impact, focusing on her most iconic - and controversial - young adult novels, from Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret to Blubber.. Everyone knows Judy Blume. Her books have garnered her fans of all ages for decades...
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Ian Fleming: The Complete Man

Nicholas Shakespeare - Harper
Format: Hardcover

A fresh portrait of the man behind James Bond, and his enduring impact, by an award-winning biographer with unprecedented access to the Fleming family papers.Ian Fleming's greatest creation, James Bond, has had an enormous and ongoing impact on our culture. What Bond represents about...
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True Gretch: What I've Learned About Life, Leadership, and Everything in Between

Gretchen Whitmer - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

From trailblazing Michigan governor and rising Democratic star Gretchen Whitmer comes an unconventionally honest, personal, and funny account of her remarkable life and career, full of insights that guided her through a global pandemic, showdowns with high-profile bullies, and even a kidnapping...
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A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon

Kevin Fedarko - Scribner
Format: Hardcover

From the author of the beloved bestseller The Emerald Mile comes a rollicking and poignant account of the epic misadventure of two friends, zero preparation, and one dream: a 750-mile odyssey, on foot, through the heart of America's most magnificent national park and the grandest wilderness...
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Night Flyer: Harriet Tubman and the Faith Dreams of a Free People (Significations)

Tiya Miles - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover

From the National Book Award-winning author of All That She Carried, an intimate and revelatory reckoning with the myth and the truth behind an American everyone knows and few really understand. Harriet Tubman is, if surveys are to be trusted, one of the ten most famous Americans ever born...
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