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Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl: A Memoir

Carrie Brownstein · Riverhead Books
Pages: 244
Format: Print book

From the guitarist of the pioneering band Sleater-Kinney, the book Kim Gordon says "everyone has been waiting for" and a New York Times Notable Book of 2015-- a candid, funny, and deeply personal look at making a life--and finding yourself--in music.

Before Carrie...

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The Art of Memoir

Mary Karr · Harper
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Credited with sparking the current memoir explosion, Mary Karr's The Liars' Club spent more than a year at the top of the New York Times list. She followed with two other smash bestsellers: Cherry and Lit, which were critical hits as well.For thirty years Karr has also taught the form,...
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Keepers of the Covenant

Lynn Austin · Bethany House Publishers
Format: Paperback

Ezra, a Jewish scholar, is called upon to deliver his people from Babylon to Jerusalem, but the fight to keep Gods law is never easy.,
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By the Sea

Brad Pitt · Universal Studios Home Entertainment

In 1970s France, a former dancer (Angelina Jolie-Pitt) and her writer husband (Brad Pitt) attempt to rebuild their crumbling marriage by taking an extended vacation to a small coastal town, where they bond with its quirky inhabitants. As he struggles with writer's block and she with...
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Unstoppable: Harnessing Science to Change the World

Bill Nye · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 341
Format: Print book

Just as World War II called an earlier generation to greatness, so the climate crisis is calling today's rising youth to action: to create a better future.

In UNSTOPPABLE, Bill Nye crystallizes and expands the message for which he is best known and beloved. That message is that...

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Michael Vey 4: Hunt for Jade Dragon

Richard Paul Evans · Simon & Schuster Books
Pages: 319
Format: Hardcover

Michael and his friends must rescue a child prodigy as the thrilling action continues in this electrifying fourth installment of the #1 New York Times bestselling series!Michael, Taylor, Ostin and the rest of the Electroclan head to China in search of a girl who may have discovered why Michael...
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Follow You Home

Mark Edwards · Thomas & Mercer
Format: Print book

The page-turning psychological thriller from the author of #1 bestsellers The Magpies and Because She Loves Me.It was supposed to be the trip of a lifetime, a final adventure before settling down. But after a perfect start, an encounter with a young couple on a night train forces Daniel...
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The Wingman

David Pepper · St. Helena Press
Pages: 277
Format: Paperback

In The Wingman, veteran Midwestern reporter Jack Sharpe has made it big thanks to the deep-rooted voter-fraud conspiracy he uncovered in The People's House (the first of the series) . Sharpe catches a whiff that something rotten is taking place in the Democratic Presidential primary,...
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Show Your Work!

Austin Kleon · Turtleback Books
Pages: 215
Format: Print book

A guide to self-promotion explains how to become more known by letting other artists glean inspiration from one's original work, sharing illustrations, quotes and stories that demonstrate key strategies in generosity-based self-promotion. By the best-selling author of Steal Like an Artist.
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The Beast: A Novel of the Black Dagger Brotherhood

J.R. Ward · New American Library
Pages: 508
Format: Print book

Rhage and Mary return in a new novel of the Black Dagger Brotherhood, a series "so popular, I don't think there's a reader today who hasn't at least heard of [it]" (USA Today) .

Nothing is as it used to be for the Black Dagger Brotherhood. After avoiding...

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Beneath the Surface: Killer Whales, SeaWorld, and the Truth Beyond Blackfish

John Hargrove · Palgrave Macmillan
Pages: 264
Format: Print book

*Now a New York Times Best Seller*

Over the course of two decades, John Hargrove worked with 20 different whales on two continents and at two of SeaWorld's U.S. facilities. For Hargrove, becoming an orca trainer fulfilled a childhood dream. However, as his experience with...

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This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate

Naomi Klein · Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

The most important book yet from the author of the international bestseller The Shock Doctrine, a brilliant explanation of why the climate crisis challenges us to abandon the core "free market" ideology of our time, restructure the global economy, and remake our political...
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10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-Help That Actually Works--A True Story

Dan Harris · It Books
Pages: 237
Format: Hardcover

Winner of the 2014 Living Now Book Award for Inspirational Memoir

Nightline anchor Dan Harris embarks on an unexpected, hilarious, and deeply skeptical odyssey through the strange worlds of spirituality and self-help, and discovers a way to get happier that is truly achievable.

After...

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My Fight / Your Fight

Ronda Rousey · Regan Arts
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

THE ONLY OFFICIAL RONDA ROUSEY BOOK "The fight is yours to win." In this inspiring and moving book, Ronda Rousey, the Olympic medalist in judo, reigning UFC women's bantamweight champion, and Hollywood star charts her difficult path to glory. Marked by her signature charm,...
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Mrs. Engels: A Novel

Gavin McCrea · Catapult
Pages: 389
Format: Print book

"The illiterate lover and eventual wife of a coauthor of The Communist Manifesto is the star of this enthralling work of historical fiction." - O: The Oprah Magazine

"Lizzie has been brought to life with exuberant force." - The New York Times

"Impressive....
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