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Men We Reaped: A Memoir
Jesmyn Ward · Bloomsbury USA; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover |
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Finalist for the National Book Critics' Circle AwardNominee for the Hurston/Wright Legacy AwardA New York Times Notable Book"We saw the lightning and that was the guns; and then we heard the thunder and that was the big guns; and then we heard the rain falling and that was the blood... |
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The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl
Issa Rae · Atria / 37 INK
Format: Hardcover |
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In the bestselling tradition of Sloane Crosley's I Was Told There'd Be Cake and Mindy Kaling's Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?, a collection of humorous essays on what it's like to be unabashedly awkward in a world that regards introverts as hapless misfits, and black... |
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A Passion for Leadership: Lessons on Change and Reform from Fifty Years of Public Service
Robert Michael Gates · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 239
Format: Print book |
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From the former secretary of defense and author of the acclaimed #1 best-selling memoir Duty, a characteristically direct, informed, and urgent assessment of why big institutions are failing us and how smart, committed leadership can effect real improvement regardless of scale. Across the realms... |
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Story of a Secret State: My Report to the World
Jan Karski · Georgetown University Press; Reprint edition |
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Jan Karski's Story of a Secret State stands as one of the most poignant and inspiring memoirs of World War II and the Holocaust. With elements of a spy thriller, documenting his experiences in the Polish Underground, and as one of the first accounts of the systematic slaughter of the Jews... |
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Company Man: Thirty Years of Controversy and Crisis in the CIA
John Rizzo · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 336 |
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From the "most influential career lawyer in CIA history" (Los Angeles Times) an unprecedented memoir filled with never-before-told stories from his thirty-year career at the center of the U.S. government's intelligence program (1976-2009).In 1975, fresh out of law school and working... |
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Charlie Chaplin: A Brief Life
Peter Ackroyd · Nan A. Talese
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover |
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A brief yet definitive new biography of one of film's greatest legends: perfect for readers who want to know more about the iconic star but who don't want to commit to a lengthy work.He was the very first icon of the silver screen and is one of the most recognizable of Hollywood faces,... |
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Dinner with Edward: A Story of an Unexpected Friendship
Isabel Vincent · Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pages: 213
Format: Print book |
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"I loved every moment of this book . . . Everyone deserves their own Edward--and everyone deserves to read this book." - Susannah Cahalan, bestselling author of Brain on Fire When Isabel meets Edward, both are at a crossroads: he wants to follow his late wife to the grave,... |
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Hunter Killer: Inside America's Unmanned Air War
T. Mark Mccurley · Dutton
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover |
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The first-ever inside look at the US military's secretive Remotely Piloted Aircraft program - equal parts techno-thriller, historical account, and war memoirRemotely piloted aircraft (RPA) , commonly referred to by the media as drones, are a mysterious and headline-making tool in the military's... |
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