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First in the Family: A Story of Survival, Recovery, and the American Dream

Jessica Hoppe - Flatiron Books
Format: Hardcover

An unflinching and intimate memoir of recovery by Jessica Hoppe, Latinx writer, advocate, and creator of NuevaYorka. . A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2024: Today, LupitaReads, Electric Literature, Esquire . In this deeply moving and lyrical memoir, Hoppe shares an intimate, courageous account...
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How Women Made Music: A Revolutionary History from NPR Music

Inc National Public Radio - HarperOne
Format: Hardcover

Drawn from NPR Music's acclaimed, groundbreaking series Turning the Tables, the definitive book on the vital role of Women in Music - from Beyoncé to Odetta, Taylor Swift to Joan Baez, Joan Jett to Dolly Parton - featuring archival interviews, essays, photographs, and illustrations.Turning...
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Something Lost, Something Gained: Reflections on Life, Love, and Liberty

Hillary Rodham Clinton - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

What would it be like to sit down for an impassioned, entertaining conversation with Hillary Clinton? In Something Lost, Something Gained, Hillary offers her candid views on life and love, politics, liberty, democracy, the threats we face, and the future within our reach.. She describes...
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Macho Man: The Untamed, Unbelievable Life of Randy Savage

Jon Finkel - ECW Press
Format: Paperback

Oooohhh yeahhhh! Macho Man: The Life of Randy Savage is the sensational, definitive biography of the WrestleMania headlining, Spider-Man fighting, Slim Jim snapping, minor league baseball playing American original: Randy Savage. Savage, a WWE wrestling hall of famer, was an A-list celebrity...
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Eden Undone: A True Story of Sex, Murder, and Utopia at the Dawn of World War II

Abbott Kahler - Crown
Format: Hardcover

An incredible true story of murder, romance, and a fateful search for utopia in the Galápagos - from the New York Times bestselling author of The Ghosts of Eden Park. At the height of the Great Depression, Los Angeles oil mogul George Allan Hancock and his crew of Smithsonian scientists...
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The Road Is Good: How a Mother's Strength Became a Daughter's Purpose

Uzo Aduba - Viking
Format: Hardcover

A powerful, timely memoir of Black immigrant identity, the story of an unforgettable matriarch, and a unique coming-of-age story by Nigerian American actress Uzo Aduba.. The actress Uzo Aduba came of age grappling with a master juggling act: as one of few Black families in their white Massachusetts...
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Planes Flying over a Monster: Essays

Daniel Saldaña París - Catapult
Format: Hardcover

From one of Mexico's most exciting young writers, a cosmopolitan and candid essay collection exploring life in cities across the world and reflecting on the transformative importance of literature in understanding ourselves. In ten intimate essays, Daniel Saldaña París explores the cities...
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Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir

Ina Garten - Crown
Format: Hardcover

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * In her long-awaited memoir, Ina Garten - aka the Barefoot Contessa, author of thirteen bestselling cookbooks, beloved Food Network personality, Instagram sensation, and cultural icon - shares her personal story with readers hungry for a seat at her table....
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Takedown: Inside the Fight to Shut Down Pornhub for Child Abuse, Rape, and Sex Trafficking

Laila Mickelwait - Thesis
Format: Hardcover

The gripping, true story of one woman's battle to expose and shut down a criminal online porn empire.. Pornhub was the 10th most visited site on the Internet, often praised as a progressive champion of women. Then one day, an activist discovered a secret they had been keeping from the world...
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The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi

Wright Thompson - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover

An instant New York Times bestseller! . "It literally changed my outlook on the world ... incredible." - Shonda Rhimes"The Barn is serious history and skillful journalism, but with the nuance and wallop of a finely wrought novel ... The Barn describes not just the poison...
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