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Normal: A Mother and Her Beautiful Son

Magdalena Newman · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

A moving memoir from the mother of a child with Treacher Collins Syndrome, with a foreword by R.J. Palacio, author of Wonder For Magda Newman, normal was a goal - she wanted her son Nathaniel to be able to play on the playground, swim at the beach, enjoy the moments of childhood that are often...
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I Am Not Your Slave: A Memoir

Tupa Tjipombo · Lawrence Hill Books
Pages: 216
Format: Hardcover

I am Not Your Slave is the shocking true story of a young African girl, Tupa, who was abducted from southwestern Africa and funneled through an extensive yet almost completely unknown human trafficking network spanning the entire African continent. As she is transported from the point of her abduction...
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Rachel Maddow: A Biography

Lisa Rogak · Thomas Dunne Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

The first biography of the most popular anchor in cable news.Rachel Maddow has beaten the odds in a way that's novel in today's America: she uses her brain. In a world of banal and opinionated soundbites, she regularly crushes Sean Hannity's ratings thanks to her deeply researched...
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Uncanny Valley: A Memoir

Anna Wiener · MCD
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"A definitive document of a world in transition: I won't be alone in returning to it for clarity and consolation for many years to come." --Jia Tolentino, author of Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-DelusionA New York Times Book Review Editors'...
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The Art of Resistance: My Four Years in the French Underground: A Memoir

Justus Rosenberg · William Morrow
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

An unforgettable World War II memoir set in Nazi-occupied France and filled with romance and adventure: a former Eastern European Jew remembers his flight from the Holocaust and his extraordinary four years in the French underground. Justus Rosenberg, now 98, has taught literature at Bard...
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American Sherlock: Murder, Forensics, and the Birth of American CSI

Kate Winkler Dawson · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of Death in the Air ("Not since Devil in the White City has a book told such a harrowing tale"--Douglas Preston) comes the riveting story of the birth of criminal investigation in the twentieth century.Berkeley, California, 1933. In a lab filled with...
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Brother & Sister: A Memoir

Diane Keaton · Knopf
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover

From the beloved film star and best-selling author of Then Again--a heartfelt memoir about Diane Keaton's relationship with her younger brother, and a poignant exploration of the divergent paths siblings' lives can take.When they were children in the suburbs of Los Angeles in the 1950s,...
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Touched by the Sun: My Friendship with Jackie

Carly Simon · Macmillan Audio
Format: Hardcover

The instant New York Times bestseller | Named one of the ten best books of 2019 by People magazineA chance encounter at a summer party on Martha's Vineyard blossomed into an improbable but enduring friendship. Carly Simon and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis made an unlikely pair -- Carly,...
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And Then We Grew Up: On Creativity, Potential, and the Imperfect Art of Adulthood

Rachel Friedman · Penguin Books
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback

A journey through the many ways to live an artistic life - from the flashy and famous to the quiet and steady - full of unexpected insights about creativity and contentment, from the author of The Good Girl's Guide to Getting Lost.Rachel Friedman was a serious violist as a kid. She quit...
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A Song for You: My Life with Whitney Houston

Robyn Crawford · Dutton
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

The New York Times Bestseller!After decades of silence, Robyn Crawford, close friend, collaborator, and confidante of Whitney Houston, shares her story. Whitney Houston is as big a superstar as the music business has ever known. She exploded on the scene in 1985 with her debut album and spent...
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