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Hero Dogs: How a Pack of Rescues, Rejects, and Strays Became America's Greatest Disaster-Search Partners

Wilma Melville · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Hero Dogs is the incredible memoir of how Wilma Melville turned a band of shelter dogs into one of America's foremost disaster-response assets in catastrophes from 9/11 to Katrina.Ana and Hunter were failed service dogs. Recon was left for dead on the train tracks. Cody was returned to the shelter...
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The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye

Sonny Liew · Pantheon
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Winner of the Singapore Literature Prize 2016 A New York Times bestseller An Economist Book of the Year 2016 An NPR Graphic Novel Pick for 2016 A Washington Post Best Graphic Novel of 2016 A New York Post Best Books of 2016 A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2016 A South China Morning Post...
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This Land Is Our Land: An Immigrant's Manifesto

Suketu Mehta · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

A timely argument for why the United States and the West would benefit from accepting more immigrantsThere are few subjects in American life that prompt more discussion and controversy than immigration. But do we really understand it? In This Land Is Our Land, the renowned author Suketu...
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How to Self-Publish Your Book: A Complete Guide to Writing, Editing, Marketing & Selling Your Own Book

Dr. Jan Yager · Square One
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback

A new world has opened to writers who wish to have their words turned into finished books. With technological advances in typesetting, printing, distribution, and sales, self-publishing has become a reality. But while converting your writing into a commercially available title may sound...
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The Sixth Man: A Memoir

Andre Iguodala · Blue Rider Press
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

The standout memoir from NBA powerhouse Andre Iguodala, the indomitable sixth man of the champion Golden State Warriors.Andre Iguodala is one of the most admired players in the NBA. And fresh off the Warriors' third NBA championship in the last four years, his game has never been stronger....
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Bending Toward Justice: The Birmingham Church Bombing that Changed the Course of Civil Rights

Doug Jones · All Points Books
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

The story of the decades-long fight to bring justice to the victims of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing, culminating in Sen. Doug Jones' prosecution of the last living bombers. On September 15, 1963, the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama was bombed. The blast killed...
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The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power

Shoshana Zuboff · PublicAffairs
Pages: 704
Format: Hardcover

The challenges to humanity posed by the digital future, the first detailed examination of the unprecedented form of power called "surveillance capitalism," and the quest by powerful corporations to predict and control our behavior.Shoshana Zuboff's interdisciplinary breadth and depth...
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The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West

David McCullough · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David McCullough rediscovers an important and dramatic chapter in the American story - the settling of the Northwest Territory by dauntless pioneers who overcame incredible hardships to build a community based on ideals that would come to define our country.As...
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The White Devil's Daughters: The Fight Against Slavery in San Francisco's Chinatown

Julia Flynn Siler · Knopf
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover

A revelatory history of the trafficking of young Asian girls that flourished in San Francisco during the first century of Chinese immigration (1848-1943) and the "safe house" on the edge of Chinatown that became a refuge for those seeking their freedomFrom 1874, a house on the edge...
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Praying by Hand, Praying with Beads: A Universal Form of Prayer

CSP Thomas Ryan · Paulist Press
Format: Paperback

An exposition of the what, why, and how of beaded prayer in the different traditions of Christian faith and in three of the world's other major religions to strengthen, enrich, or motivate one's present practice by engaging in a truly universal form of prayer.
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Communication IQ: A Proven Way to Influence, Lead, and Motivate People

Fred Kendall · Whitaker House
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

"By languages, in all their facets, we can live in peace or go to war. We sing songs in harmony, or shout insults in anger. We experience connection or disconnection. We work together in peace or in pain. The choice is ours." - Anna Kendall Every so often, we meet people with...
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The Code of the Righteous Warrior: 10 Laws of Moral Manhood for an Uncertain World

Alyn E. Waller · Howard Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

T.D. Jakes' He-Motions meets The Art of War in this accessible guidebook to help today's man navigate and thrive in these unpredictable times.Rev. Dr. Alyn E. Waller, pastor of the mega-church Enon Tabernacle, shares wisdom from his ministry and longtime martial arts experience...
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