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I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced
Nujood Ali · Broadway Books; First Edition edition
Format: Paperback
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"I'm a simple village girl who has always obeyed the orders of my father and brothers. Since forever, I have learned to say yes to everything. Today I have decided to say no." Nujood Ali's childhood came to an abrupt end in 2008 when her father arranged for her to be married... |
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Three Weeks with My Brother
Nicholas Sparks
Format: Book
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In January 2003, Nicholas Sparks and his brother Micah set off on a three-week trip around the world. It was to mark a milestone in their lives, for at 37 and 38 respectively, they were now the only surviving members of their family. As Nicholas and Micah travel the globe, the intimate... |
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A Widow's Story: A Memoir
Joyce Carol Oates · Ecco; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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Unlike anything Joyce Carol Oates has written before, A Widows Story is the universally acclaimed authors poignant, intimate memoir about the unexpected death of Raymond Smith, her husband of forty-six years, and its wrenching, surprising aftermath. A recent recipient of National Book Critics... |
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Lost and Found in Russia: Lives in the Post-Soviet Landscape
Susan Richards · Other Press
Format: Print book
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After the fall of communism, Russia was in a state of shock. The sudden and dramatic change left many people adrift and uncertain—but also full of a tentative but tenacious hope. Returning again and again to the provincial hinterlands of this rapidly evolving country from 1992 to 2008,... |
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Mighty Be Our Powers: How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War
Leymah Gbowee · Beast Books; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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WINNER OF THE 2011 NOBEL PEACE PRIZEIn a time of death and terror, Leymah Gbowee brought Liberias women together—and together they led a nation to peace.As a young woman, Leymah Gbowee was broken by the Liberian civil war, a brutal conflict that tore apart her life and claimed the lives... |
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Stations of the Heart: Parting with a Son
Richard Lischer · Knopf
Format: Hardcover
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This poignant love story of a father for his son is at once funny, heartbreaking, and hopeful. In it a young man teaches his entire family a new way to die with wit, candor, and, always, remarkable grace. This emotionally riveting account probes the heart without sentimentality or self-pity.... |
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The Lost Founding Father: John Quincy Adams and the Transformation of American Politics
WILLIAM J COOPER · Liveright
Pages: 544
Format: Hardcover
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Why has John Quincy Adams been largely written out of American history when he is, in fact, our lost Founding Father?Long relegated to the sidelines of history as the hyperintellectual son of John and Abigail Adams, John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) , has never basked in the historical spotlight.... |
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Al Capone: His Life, Legacy, and Legend
Deirdre Bair · Nan A. Talese/Doubleday
Pages: 395
Format: Print book
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From a National Book Award-winning biographer, the first complete life of legendary gangster Al Capone to be produced with the cooperation of his family, who provided the author with exclusive access to personal testimony and archival documents. From his heyday to the present moment, Al Capone... |
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Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story
Arnold Schwarzenegger · Simon & Schuster; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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THE GREATEST IMMIGRANT SUCCESS STORY OF OUR TIME His story is unique, and uniquely entertaining, and he tells it brilliantly in these pages. He was born in a year of famine, in a small Austrian town, the son of an austere police chief. He dreamed of moving to America to become a bodybuilding... |
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Backstage Pass: Written By Susie Vitale
Susie Vitale · Hit Records Llc; 1st ed edition
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover
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Get a Backstage Pass for all the craziness of rock n roll! After years of hearing the comment, ""You should write a book,"" world renowned drummer Joe Vitale finally takes you backstage for a rare and intimate look behind the scenes, as told to his wife of thirty-five... |
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