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Paper Daughter: A Memoir

Mar, M. Elaine · Harper Perennial
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback

When she was five years old, M. Elaine Mar and her mother emigrated from Hong Kong to Denver to join her father in a community more Chinese than American, more hungry than hopeful. While working with her family in the kitchen of a Chinese restaurant and living in the basement of her aunt's...
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I Can Only Imagine: A Memoir

Millard, Bart · Thomas Nelson
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback

"The Story That Inspired the Major Motion Picture."The captivating story behind the bestselling single in the history of Christian music - and the man who wrote itMercyMe's crossover hit, "I Can Only Imagine," has touched millions of people around the world. But few know...
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Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen

Vargas, Jose Antonio · Dey Street Books
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

THE NATIONAL BESTSELLER"This riveting, courageous memoir ought to be mandatory reading for every American." - Michelle Alexander, New York Times bestselling author of The New Jim Crow"l cried reading this book, realizing more fully what my parents endured." - Amy Tan,...
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River of Fire: My Spiritual Journey

Prejean, Helen · Random House
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

In this revelatory, intimate memoir from the author of Dead Man Walking, the nation's foremost leader in efforts to abolish the death penalty shares the story of her growth as a spiritual leader, speaks out about the challenges of the Catholic Church, and shows that joy and religion...
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Backbone: Living with Chronic Pain without Turning into One

Karen Duffy · Arcade Publishing
Pages: 144
Format: Hardcover

An inspirational, powerful, and funny manual for coping and living with devastating pain. For two decades, Karen Duffy -- New York Times bestselling author, former MTV VJ, Revlon model, and actress -- has managed to live an enriching life despite living in a state of constant pain. Duffy...
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What She Ate: Six Remarkable Women and the Food That Tells Their Stories

Shapiro, Laura · Viking
Pages: 307
Format: Hardcover

A Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of 2017One of NPR Fresh Air's "Books to Close Out a Chaotic 2017"NPR's Book Concierge Guide To 2017's Great Reads"How lucky for us readers that Shapiro has been listening so perceptively for decades to the language of food."...
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Code Name: Lise: The True Story of the Woman Who Became WWII's Most Highly Decorated Spy

Loftis, Larry · Gallery Books
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

From internationally bestselling author of the "gripping" (Michael Connelly, #1 New York Times bestselling author) Into the Lion's Mouth comes the extraordinary true story of Odette Sansom, the British spy who operated...
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Elvis in Vegas: How the King Reinvented the Las Vegas Show

Richard Zoglin · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

The story of how Las Vegas saved Elvis and Elvis saved Las Vegas in the greatest musical comeback of all time.The conventional wisdom is that Las Vegas is what destroyed Elvis Presley, launching him on a downward spiral of drugs, boredom, erratic stage behavior, and eventually his fatal...
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Imagine It Forward: Courage, Creativity, and the Power of Change

Comstock, Beth · Currency
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

From one of today's foremost innovation leaders, an inspiring and practical guide to mastering change in the face of uncertainty. The world will never be slower than it is right now, says Beth Comstock, the former Vice Chair and head of marketing and innovation at GE. But confronting...
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Mind and Matter: A Life in Math and Football

Urschel, John · Penguin Press
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

John Urschel, mathematician and former offensive lineman for the Baltimore Ravens--with biographer Louisa Thomas--tells the story of a life balanced between two passionsFor John Urschel, what began as an insatiable appetite for puzzles as a child quickly evolved into mastery of the elegant...
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