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The Book of Gutsy Women: Favorite Stories of Courage and Resilience

Hillary Rodham Clinton · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover

Hillary Rodham Clinton and her daughter, Chelsea, share the stories of the gutsy women who have inspired them - women with the courage to stand up to the status quo, ask hard questions, and get the job done.She couldn't have been more than seven or eight years old. "Go ahead, ask your...
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Things We Didn't Talk About When I Was a Girl: A Memoir

Jeannie Vanasco · Tin House Books
Pages: 360
Format: Hardcover

"It's hard to overstate the importance of this gorgeous, harrowing, heartbreaking book, which tackles sexual violence and its aftermath while also articulating the singular pain of knowing -- or loving, or caring for, or having a history with -- one's rapist. Vanasco is whip-smart...
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Exposure: Poisoned Water, Corporate Greed, and One Lawyer's Twenty-year Battle Against Dupont

Robert Bilott · Atria Books
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

Silent Spring meets Erin Brockovich in this eye-opening, riveting true story of the lawyer who spent two decades building a case against DuPont for its use of the hazardous, unregulated chemical PFOA, uncovering a history of environmental contamination that affects virtually every person...
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Thank You for My Service

Mat Best · Bantam
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The unapologetic, laugh-your-ass-off military memoir both vets and civilians have been waiting for, from a five-tour Army Ranger turned YouTube phenomenon and zealous advocate for veterans Members of the military's special operations branches share a closely...
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Face It

Harry, Debbie · Dey Street Books
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

A MULTILAYERED MEMOIR FROM A MULTIFACETED ARTISTAs a musician, an actor, a muse, an icon, the breadth of Debbie Harry's impact on our culture has been matched by her almost Sphinx-like reticence about her inner life. Through it all - while being acclaimed as one of the most beautiful...
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A Life of My Own: A Memoir

Claire Tomalin · Penguin Books
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback

Esteemed biographer and legendary literary editor Claire Tomalin's stunning memoir of a life in literature"[An] intelligent and humane book ... There is genuine appeal in watching this indomitable woman continue to chase the next draft of herself." - Dwight Garner, The New York...
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Tough Love: My Story of the Things Worth Fighting For

Susan Rice · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 544
Format: Hardcover

Recalling pivotal moments from her dynamic career on the front lines of American diplomacy and foreign policy, Susan E. Rice - National Security Advisor to President Barack Obama and US Ambassador to the United Nations - reveals her surprising story with unflinching candor. Mother, wife,...
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Piety & Power: Mike Pence and the Taking of the White House

Tom LoBianco · Dey Street Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

MIKE PENCE: THE ULTIMATE POLITICAL SHAPE-SHIFTER"I'm a Christian, a conservative, and a Republican . . . in that order." - Mike PenceAs the impeachment of President Donald Trump remains a constant topic of discussion in political circles, the questions around our current...
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The Contender: The Story of Marlon Brando

Mann, William J. · Harper
Pages: 736
Format: Hardcover

The award-winning film biographer presents a deeply-textured, ambitious, and definitive portrait of the greatest movie actor of the twentieth century, the elusive Marlon Brando, bringing his extraordinarily complex life into view as never before.The most influential movie actor of his era,...
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Me

John, Elton · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

In his first and only official autobiography, music icon Elton John reveals the truth about his extraordinary life, which is also the subject of the upcoming film Rocketman. The result is Me - the joyously funny, honest and moving story of the most enduringly successful singer/songwriter...
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