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Educated: A Memoir
Tara Westover · Random House
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * An unforgettable memoir about a young girl who, kept out of school, leaves her survivalist family and goes on to earn a PhD from Cambridge UniversityBook Club Pick for Now Read This, from PBS NewsHour and The New York Times "A coming-of-age memoir reminiscent... |
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Promise me, Dad : a year of hope, hardship, and purpose
Joseph R Biden · Thorndike Press
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""Promise me, Dad," Beau had told his father. "Give me your word that no matter what happens, you're going to be all right." Joe Biden gave him his word. Promise Me, Dad chronicles the year that followed, which would be the most momentous and challenging in Joe Biden's... |
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Queen of the World: Elizabeth II: Sovereign and Stateswoman
Robert Hardman · Pegasus Books
Pages: 24
Format: Hardcover
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Written by renowned royal biographer, Robert Hardman, and with privileged access to the Royal Family and the Royal Household, this is a brilliant new portrait of the most famous woman in the world and her place in it.On today's world stage, there is one leader who stands apart from... |
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Murder in the Bayou: Who Killed the Women Known as the "Jeff Davis 8?"
Ethan Brown · Scribner
Pages: 272
Format: Print book
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An explosive, true-life southern gothic story, Murder in the Bayou chronicles the twists and turns of a high-stakes investigation into the murders of eight women in a troubled Louisiana parish.Between 2005 and 2009, the bodies of eight women were discovered around the murky canals and crawfish... |
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The 37th Parallel: The Secret Truth Behind America's UFO Highway
Ben Mezrich · Atria Books
Pages: 288
Format: Print book
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This real-life The X-Files and Close Encounters of the Third Kind tells the true story of a computer programmer who tracks paranormal events along a 3,000-mile stretch through the heart of America and is drawn deeper and deeper into a vast conspiracy.Like "Agent Mulder" of The X-Files,... |
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James Patterson's Murder Is Forever
James Patterson · Grand Central Pub
Pages: 350
Format: Hardcover
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De aanleg van een heuvel om daarop bij eb gesneden riet te bewaren, werd door Hof 's\xFD\xFD\xFDGravenhage 29 juni 1962, BNB 1963/29 , aangemerkt als een grondverbetering, met gevolg dat de kosten geactiveerd moesten worden. De aanleg van de onderhavige heuvel stelde niet meer voor dan een plaatselijke... |
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Young Washington: How Wilderness and War Forged America's Founding Father
Peter Stark · Ecco
Pages: 528
Format: Hardcover
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A vivid and groundbreaking portrait of a young, struggling George Washington that casts a new light on his character and the history of American independence, from the bestselling author of AstoriaTwo decades before he led America to independence, George Washington was a flailing young... |
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A Louisiana Soldier: Willis A. Fontenot: 86th Chemical Mortar Battalion, WWII
Dianne Dempsey-Legnon · Lulu Publishing Services
Pages: 171
Format: Paperback
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Willis Fontenot grew up fishing the bayou waters, hunting for game, and racing bareback on horses with little knowledge of the world beyond Belaire Cove, Louisiana. But as the Allied powers sought to invade Europe in 1943, duty uprooted Willis, thrust him into one of the most difficult... |
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Waylon: Tales of My Outlaw Dad
Terry Jennings · Hachette Books
Pages: 256
Format: Print book
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Outlaw country music icon Waylon Jennings' son, Terry, provides an intimate and revealing look at the life and times of his father, on and off the stage.Born when Waylon was only nineteen years old, Terry grew up more like Waylon's brother. On the road together, they toured with legends... |
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Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die: Musings from the Road
Willie Nelson · William Morrow; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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In Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die, Willie Nelson muses about his greatest influences and the things that are most important to him, and celebrates the family, friends, and colleagues who have blessed his remarkable journey. Willie riffs on everything, from music to poker, Texas to Nashville,... |
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The Thibodaux Massacre: Racial Violence and the 1887 Sugar Cane Labor Strike
John Desantis · History Press
Pages: 176
Format: Print book
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On November 23, 1887, white vigilantes gunned down unarmed black laborers and their families during a spree lasting more than two hours. The violence erupted due to strikes on Louisiana sugar cane plantations. Fear, rumor and white supremacist ideals clashed with an unprecedented labor... |
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Where There's Hope: Healing, Moving Forward, and Never Giving Up
ELIZABETH A SMART · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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Elizabeth Smart follows up her #1 New York Times bestseller, My Story -- about being heldin captivity as a teenager, and how she managed to survive -- with a powerful and inspiringbook about what it takes to overcome trauma, find the strength to move on, and reclaim one's life.Author. Activist.... |
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