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New Titles - Biographies & Memoirs
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William Edmondson "Grumble" Jones: The Life of a Cantankerous Confederate
James Buchanan Ballard · McFarland
Pages: 294
Format: Paperback
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William Edmondson "Grumble" Jones (b. 1824) stands among the most notable Southwest Virginians to fight in the Civil War. The Washington County native graduated from Emory & Henry College and West Point. As a lieutenant in the "Old Army" between service in Oregon... |
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Small Animals: Parenthood in the Age of Fear
KIM BROOKS · Flatiron Books
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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"Part memoir, part history, part documentary, part impassioned manifesto...it might be the most important book about being a parent that you will ever read." -- Emily Rapp Black, New York Times bestselling author of The Still Point of the Turning World"A beautifully told,... |
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Slow: Simple Living for a Frantic World
Brooke McAlary · Sourcebooks
Pages: 289
Format: Hardcover
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Free yourself from the frantic and embrace the joy of slow..."After reading this book, you'll have an amazing list of ingredients that can help you create a meaningful life, too!" -- The Minimalists Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus"Finally, a slow living guide... |
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A Girl's Guide to Missiles: Growing Up in America's Secret Desert
Karen Piper · Viking
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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A poignant, surreal, and fearlessly honest look at growing up on one of the most secretive weapons installations on earth, by a young woman who came of age with missilesThe China Lake missile range is located in a huge stretch of the Mojave Desert, about the size of the state of Delaware.... |
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A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership
JAMES COMEY · Flatiron Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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In his forthcoming book, former FBI director James Comey shares his never-before-told experiences from some of the highest-stakes situations of his career in the past two decades of American government, exploring what good, ethical leadership looks like, and how it drives sound decisions.... |
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The Fighters
C J Chivers · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 374
Format: eBook
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"Unflinching, insightful, and humane. I can think of no other book that takes as its charge so ambitious a goal: to take the full measure of America's wars in this new century. A landmark work." - Doug Stanton, New York Times bestselling author of Horse Soldiers and In Harm's... |
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Maeve in America: Essays by a Girl from Somewhere Else
MAEVE HIGGINS · Penguin Books
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
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A timely essay collection about life, love, and becoming an American from breakout comedy star and podcaster Maeve Higgins "Maeve Higgins is hilarious, poignant, conversational, and my favorite Irish import since U2. You're in for a treat." - Phoebe Robinson, New York Times... |
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Once Upon a Farm: Lessons on Growing Love, Life, and Hope on a New Frontier
Rory Feek · Thomas Nelson
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
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Sometimes, it's not only what we plant but where we're planted.Now raising their 3-year old daughter, Indiana, alone, after Joey's passing, Rory Feek digs deep into the soil of his life and career to share the choices made and lessons learned that helped turn a middle Tennessee... |
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