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Mister Owita's Guide to Gardening: How I Learned the Unexpected Joy of a Green Thumb and an Open Heart

Carol Wall · Penguin Group (Canada)
Pages: 294
Format: Book

"In this profoundly moving memoir, Owita teaches Wall how to find grace amid heartbreak and to accept that beauty exists because it is fleeting - as in her garden, as in life." - People, 4 stars"A perfect spring awakening." - Good HousekeepingA true story of a unique...
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HRC: State Secrets and the Rebirth of Hillary Clinton

Jonathan Allen · Broadway Books

The mesmerizing story of Hillary Clinton's political rebirth, based on eyewitness accounts from deep inside her inner circle and featuring a new introduction from the authorsHillary Clinton’s surprising defeat in the 2008 Democratic primary brought her to the nadir of her political...
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The 15:17 to Paris: The True Story of a Terrorist, a Train, and Three American Heroes

Anthony Sadler · PublicAffairs
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

On August 21, 2015, Ayoub al-Khazzani boarded the 15:17 train in Brussels, bound for Paris. Khazzani's mission was clear: he had an AK-47, a pistol, a box cutter, and enough ammunition to obliterate every passenger on the crowded train. Slipping into the bathroom in secret, he armed...
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Brothers Forever: The Enduring Bond between a Marine and a Navy SEAL that Transcended Their Ultimate Sacrifice

Tom Sileo · Da Capo Press
Pages: 278
Format: Hardcover

Four weeks after Navy SEALs had killed Osama bin Laden, the President of the United States stood in Arlington National Cemetery. In his Memorial Day address, he extolled the courage and sacrifice of the two young men buried side by side in the graves before him: Travis Manion, a fallen...
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The Double Life of Fidel Castro: My 17 Years as Personal Bodyguard to El Lider Maximo

Juan Reinaldo Sanchez · St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

In The Double Life of Fidel Castro, one of Castro's soldiers of 17 years breaks his silence and shares his memoir of years of service, and eventual imprisonment and torture for displeasing the notorious dictator, and his dramatic escape from Cuba. Responsible for protecting the Lider...
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On My Own Two Feet: From Losing My Legs to Learning the Dance of Life

Amy Purdy · William Morrow; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Amy Purdy, who inspired a nation on Dancing with the Stars and has been called a hero by Oprah Winfrey, reveals the intimate details of her triumphant comeback from the brink of death to making history as a Paralympic snowboarder.In this poignant and uplifting memoir, Dancing With the Stars...
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Hiding in the Light: Why I Risked Everything to Leave Islam and Follow Jesus

Rifqa Bary · WaterBrook Press
Format: Hardcover

"After four years of hiding my faith from my family, I knew that it was time. I wrote with shaky hands, 'Jesus Christ is my Lord and Savior. I refuse to deny him ... .' There was no turning back now. I had to get out of that house if I wanted to live. Was this worth risking...
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Matthew McConaughey: The Biography

Neil Daniels · John Blake
Format: Hardcover

The authoritative biography of one of Hollywoods leading hunksGrowing up in Texas, the youngest of three boys, Matthew McConaughey was known for his good looks and charm. His acting career began with TV commercials, B movies, and low-budget independent films, which included the much respected...
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Madoff with the Money

Jerry Oppenheimer · Wiley
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

An intriguing look at Bernie Madoff the man, and his scam Madoff with the Money is a deeply disturbing portrait of Bernie Madoff based on dozens of exclusive, news-making interviews. From the values Madoff was taught growing up in the working class town of Laurelton, Queens to his high-life...
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Chasing the Rose: An Adventure in the Venetian Countryside

Andrea Di Robilant · Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Pages: 213
Format: Hardcover

From the author of the best-selling A Venetian Affair, here is the charming chronicle of his search for the identity of a mysterious old rose. Andrea di Robilant's tale takes us back to the time of Josephine Bonaparte, as well as into some of the most delightful rose gardens in Italy...
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