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Living with No Excuses: The Remarkable Rebirth of an American Soldier

Noah Galloway · Center Street
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

Military hero and beloved "Dancing with the Stars" alum Noah Galloway shares his life story, and how losing his arm and leg in combat forced him to relearn how to live--and live to the fullest. Inspirational, humorous, and thought provoking, Noah Galloway's LIVING WITH NO EXCUSES...
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A Nation of Nations: A Great American Immigration Story

Tom Gjelten · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 405
Format: Print book

The dramatic and compelling story of the transformation of America during the last fifty years, told through a handful of families in one suburban county in Virginia that has been utterly changed by recent immigration.

In the fifty years since the 1965 Immigration and Nationality...
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Identity Unknown: Rediscovering Seven American Women Artists

Donna Seaman · Bloomsbury USA
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover

An award-winning writer rescues seven first-rate twentieth-century women artists from oblivion--their lives fascinating, their artwork a revelation.

Who hasn't wondered where-aside from Georgia O'Keeffe and Frida Kahlo-all the women artists are? In many art books, they've...

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Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience and Finding Joy

SHERYL SANDBERG · ALFRED A KNOPF
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

From the Facebook COO and #1 New York Times best-selling author of Lean In, and the #1 New York Times best-selling author of Originals: a powerful, inspiring and practical book about finding resilience and moving forward after life's inevitable setbacks.
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The Buried War

Bill Beltz · Balboa Press
Pages: 182
Format: Print book

The Buried War is a bugle cry; a Reveille of rage and a eulogy for the lost souls of war. It is the story of my father, his PTSD as a WW II veteran, my own journey as a Franciscan monk and heartfelt struggle with depression throughout my life. It is the story of a family from Alliance,...
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Unsinkable: A Memoir

Debbie Reynolds · William Morrow; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Unsinkable is the definitive memoir by film legend and Hollywood icon Debbie Reynolds.Actress, comedienne, singer, and dancer Debbie Reynolds shares the highs and lows of her life as an actress during Hollywoods Golden Age, anecdotes about her lifelong friendship with Elizabeth Taylor and her experiences...
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Mr. Smith Goes to Prison: What My Year Behind Bars Taught Me About America's Prison Crisis

Jeff Smith · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

The fall from politico to prisoner isn't necessarily long, but the landing, as Missouri State Senator Jeff Smith learned, is a hard one.In 2009, Smith lied to the Feds about seemingly minor campaign malfeasance and earned himself a year and a day in Kentucky's FCI Manchester. Mr. Smith...
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Lincoln and the Jews: A History

Benjamin Shapell · Thomas Dunne Books
Format: Hardcover

One hundred and fifty years after Abraham Lincoln's death, the full story of his extraordinary relationship with Jews is told here for the first time. Lincoln and the Jews: A History provides readers both with a captivating narrative of his interactions with Jews, and with the opportunity...
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Everybody Behaves Badly: The True Story Behind Hemingway's Masterpiece The Sun Also Rises

Lesley M M Blume · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 332
Format: Print book

The making of Ernest Hemingway's"The Sun Also Rises, " the outsize personalities who inspired it, and the vast changes it wrought on the literary world In the summer of 1925, Ernest Hemingway and a clique of raucous companions traveled to Pamplona, Spain, for the town s infamous...
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Seriously Not All Right: Five Wars in Ten Years

Ron Capps · Schaffner Press
Pages: 278
Format: Hardcover

For more than a decade, Ron Capps, serving as both a senior military intelligence officer and as a Foreign Service officer for the U.S. Department of State, was witness to war crimes, ethnic cleansing, and genocide. From government atrocities in Kosovo, to the brutal cruelties perpetrated...
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Sonic Wind: The Story of John Paul Stapp and How a Renegade Doctor Became the Fastest Man on Earth

Craig Ryan · Liveright Publishing Corporation
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover

The untold story of an eccentric, scientific visionary whose death-defying research has saved millions of lives.Sixty years ago, cars and airplanes were still deathtraps waiting to happen. Today, both are safer than ever, thanks in part to one pioneering air force doctor's research...
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The New York Times Book of the Dead: 320 Print and 10,000 Digital Obituaries of Extraordinary People

William McDonald · Black Dog & Leventhal
Pages: 656
Format: Print book

The obituary page of "The New York Times "is a celebration of extraordinary lives. This groundbreaking package includes 300 obits in the book with exclusive online access to 10, 000 more of the most important and fascinating obituaries the "Times" has ever published....
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Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill

Candice Millard · Doubleday
Pages: 381
Format: Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author of Destiny of the Republic and The River of Doubt, a thrilling narrative of Winston Churchill's extraordinary and little-known exploits during the Boer War

At age twenty-four, Winston Churchill was utterly...
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Based on a true story

Norm Macdonald · Spiegel & Grau
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

Wild, dangerous, and flat-out unbelievable, here is the incredible memoir of the actor, gambler, raconteur, SNL veteran, and one of the best stand-up comedians of all time.   As this book's title suggests, Norm Macdonald tells the story of his life - more or less - from his origins on a farm...
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I Kiss Your Hands Many Times: Hearts, Souls, and Wars in Hungary

Marianne Szegedy-Maszak · Spiegel & Grau
Format: Kindle Edition

"The sweeping story of Marianne Szegedy-Maszak's family in pre- and post-World War II Europe, capturing the many ways the struggles of that period shaped her family for years to come"--Arianna Huffington.
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