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Conversations with RBG: Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Life, Love, Liberty, and Law

JeffreyRosen · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

In her own words, Ruth Bader Ginsburg offers an intimate look at her life and career, though an extraordinary series of conversations with the head of the National Constitution Center.Conversations with RBG is a remarkable and unique book, an informal portrait of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg,...
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She Came to Slay: The Life and Times of Harriet Tubman

Erica Armstrong Dunbar · 37 Ink
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover

In the bestselling tradition of The Notorious RBG comes a lively, informative, and illustrated tribute to one of the most exceptional women in American history - Harriet Tubman - a heroine whose fearlessness and activism still resonates today.Harriet Tubman is best known as one of the most...
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What We Will Become: A Mother, a Son, and a Journey of Transformation

Lemay, Mimi · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

A mother's memoir of her transgender child's odyssey, and her journey outside the boundaries of the faith and culture that shaped her.From the age of two-and-a-half, Jacob, born "Em," adamantly told his family he was a boy. While his mother Mimi struggled to understand...
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I Am C-3PO: The Inside Story

Daniels, Anthony · DK
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

Discover the incredible untold story of one of Star Wars' most iconic characters, C-3PO, told by the man who knows him best."Did you hear that? They've shut down the main reactor! We'll be destroyed for sure. This is madness."These words were the very first to be spoken...
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Grit & Grace: Train the Mind, Train the Body, Own Your Life

McGraw, Tim · Harper Wave
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

From Grammy-Award winning music superstar and actor Tim McGraw comes a one-of-a kind lifestyle book that melds his personal fitness transformation story with practical advice to inspire healthy changes in readers' lives.Tim McGraw is as well-known for his unparalleled accomplishments...
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Plagued by Fire: The Dreams and Furies of Frank Lloyd Wright

Hendrickson, Paul · Knopf
Pages: 624
Format: Hardcover

From the award-winning and nationally best-selling author of Hemingway's Boat and Sons of Mississippi--an illuminating, pathbreaking biography that will change the way we understand the life, mind, and work of the premier American architect.Frank Lloyd Wright has long been known as a rank...
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Do You Mind If I Cancel?:

Gary Janetti · Flatiron Books
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover

The Instant New York Times Bestseller"From "Family Guy" to his own Instagram account, Janetti has been behind some of his generation's greatest comedy. This book of essays is no exception." -- The New York TimesFans of David Sedaris, Jenny Lawson, and Tina Fey ... meet...
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Sam Houston and the Alamo Avengers: The Texas Victory That Changed American History

Brian Kilmeade · Penguin Audio
Format: Hardcover

The heart-stopping story of the fight for Texas by The New York Times bestselling author of George Washington's Secret Six and Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates.In his now-trademark style, Brian Kilmeade brings alive one of the most pivotal moments in American history, this time...
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All Blood Runs Red: The Legendary Life of Eugene Bullard?Boxer, Pilot, Soldier, Spy

Keith, Phil · Hanover Square Press
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

"A truly inspiring story of courage and triumph." - Nelson DeMilleThe incredible life story of Eugene Bullard, the first African American military pilot in WWI, who went on to become a self-taught jazz musician, a Paris nightclub impresario, a spy in the French Resistance and an American...
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I'll Show You

Derrick Rose · Triumph Books
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

In 2012, Derrick Rose was on top of the world.After growing up in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood, Rose achieved an improbable childhood dream: being selected first overall in the NBA draft by his hometown Chicago Bulls. The point guard known to his family as "Pooh" was a phenom,...
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