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Born to Run

Bruce Springsteen · Simon & Schuster Audio
Format: Audiobook

"Writing about yourself is a funny business ... But in a project like this, the writer has made one promise, to show the reader his mind. In these pages, I've tried to do this." - Bruce Springsteen, from the pages of Born to Run

In 2009, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street...

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Exploring the Appalachian Trail: Hikes in the Virginias: 2nd Edition

David Lillard · Stackpole Books; 2 edition
Format: Print book

46 day hikes and overnight trips in Virginia and West VirginiaComplete with elevation profiles, topographic maps, descriptions of terrain, and notes on landmarks, side trails, and sheltersIncludes directions to trailheads and information on available parkingCompletely revised and updated...
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Algren: A Life

Mary Wisniewski · Chicago Review Press Incorporated
Pages: 384
Format: Print book

Algren is the definitive biography of one of the best-known writers of mid-20th-century America. Chicago journalist Mary Wisniewski interviewed dozens of Algren's inner circle, including photographer Art Shay and the late Studs Terkel, and examined Algren's unpublished writing and correspondence,...
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A Modern Way to Cook: 150 Vegetarian Recipes for Quick, Flavor-Packed Meals

Anna Jones · Ten Speed Press
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

From the author of the brilliant A Modern Way to Eat, who was dubbed "the new Nigella Lawson" by The Times, comes this beautiful collection of 150+ delicious and inspiring weeknight vegetarian recipes.


EATING HEALTHY ISN'T ALWAYS EASY when you're...
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The Year of Fear: Machine Gun Kelly and the Manhunt That Changed the Nation

Joe Urschel · Minotaur Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

It's 1933 and Prohibition has given rise to the American gangster--now infamous names like Bonnie and Clyde and John Dillinger. Bank robberies at gunpoint are commonplace and kidnapping for ransom is the scourge of a lawless nation. With local cops unauthorized to cross state lines...
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The Girl from Human Street: Ghosts of Memory in a Jewish Family

Roger Cohen · Knopf
Format: Hardcover

An intimate and profoundly moving Jewish family history - a story of displacement, prejudice, hope, despair, and love.In this luminous memoir, award-winning New York Times columnist Roger Cohen turns a compassionate yet discerning eye on the legacy of his own forebears. As he follows them...
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DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Turkey

Dk Publishing. · Dk Publishing
Pages: 420
Format: Print book

DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Turkey will lead you straight to the best attractions this beautiful part of the world has to offer. Visit Hagia Sophia, experience the hot springs of Pamukkale, and explore the country region-by-region - from local festivals and markets to day trips around...
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Cosby: His Life and Times

Mark Whitaker · Simon & Schuster; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

The first major biography of an American icon, comedian Bill Cosby. Based on extensive research and in-depth interviews with Cosby and more than sixty of his closest friends and associates, it is a frank, fun and fascinating account of his life and historic legacy. Far from the gentle worlds...
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Writer, Sailor, Soldier, Spy: Ernest Hemingway's Secret Adventures, 1935-1961

Nicholas Reynolds · William Morrow
Pages: 357
Format: Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A "riveting"* international cloak-and-dagger epic, here is the stunning untold story of Ernest Hemingway's dangerous secret life -- including his role as a Soviet agent code-named "Argo" -- that fueled his art and his undoing.

In...

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The Answer to the Riddle Is Me: A Memoir of Amnesia

David Stuart MacLean · Houghton Mifflin
Pages: 292
Format: Hardcover

"Brilliant and painful and hilarious." - Antonya Nelson On October 17, 2002, David MacLean "woke up" on a train platform in India with no idea who he was or why he was there. No money. No passport. No identity. Taken to a mental hospital by the police, MacLean then...
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Leo Durocher: Baseball's Prodigal Son

Paul Dickson · Bloomsbury USA
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

Leo Durocher (1906-1991) was baseball's all-time leading cocky, flamboyant, and galvanizing character, casting a shadow across several eras, from the time of Babe Ruth to the Space Age Astrodome, from Prohibition through the Vietnam War. For more than forty years, he was at the forefront...
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Ending Back Pain: 5 Powerful Steps to Diagnose, Understand, and Treat Your Ailing Back

Dr. Jack Stern M.D. Ph.D. · Avery; 1 edition
Format: Book

A totally new paradigm for treating back pain Virtually every American will suffer from back pain at some point. Dr. Jack Stern, a neurosurgeon and professor at Weill Cornell Medical College, brings relief to these millions of sufferers (including himself) who literally ache for help....
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DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Paris

Dorling Kindersley Inc. · Dk Publishing
Pages: 440
Format: Print book

DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Paris is your in-depth guide to the very best of Paris.The Eiffel Tower and the Louvre are among the many must-see sights in Paris, but DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Paris will show you so much more. Walk along the banks and bridges of the River Seine, the tree-lined...
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Cosmos: The Infographic Book of Space

Stuart Lowe · Aurum Press Ltd
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

In this truly mind-blowing book, we use cutting edge infographics to illuminate - in a new and unique way - the most amazing places and objects that modern science has laid bare.
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Never Look an American in the Eye: A Memoir of Flying Turtles, Colonial Ghosts, and the Making of a Nigerian American

Okey Ndibe · Soho Press
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

Okey Ndibe's funny, charming, and penetrating memoir tells of his move from Nigeria to America, where he came to edit the influential - but forever teetering on the verge of insolvency - African Commentary magazine. It recounts stories of Ndibe's relationships with Chinua Achebe,...
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