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My Remarkable Journey: A Memoir; Library Edition

Katherine Johnson · Blackstone Pub; Unabridged edition
Format: Audio CD

The remarkable woman at heart of the smash New York Times bestseller and Oscar-winning film Hidden Figures tells the full story of her life, including what it took to work at NASA, help land the first man on the moon, and live through a century of turmoil...
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Flamin' Hot: The Incredible True Story of One Man's Rise from Janitor to Top Executive

Richard Montanez · Portfolio
Format: Hardcover

Richard Montañez wasn't supposed to have big dreams. Born to migrant farm workers and mired in grinding generational poverty, he left school in the sixth grade, eventually taking a job mopping floors at Frito Lay's California factory to support his young wife and family. Everything...
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The man I knew : the amazing story of George H.W. Bush's post-presidency

Jean Becker · Twelve
Format: Hardcover

"As chief of staff, Jean Becker had a ringside seat to the never-boring story of George Herbert Walker Bush's life post-presidency, including being at his side when he died and subsequently facing the challenge--and great honor--of being in charge of his state funeral....
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The Way She Feels

Courtney Cook · Tin House Books
Format: Paperback

"Audaciously human and raw. The Way She Feels is a rainbow during the rain." -- Mara AltmanA witty and one-of-a-kind debut graphic memoir detailing and drawing the life of a girl with borderline personality disorder finding her way -- and herself -- one day at a time. What does...
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My Remarkable Journey: A Memoir

Katherine Johnson · Amistad
Format: Hardcover

The remarkable woman at heart of the smash New York Times bestseller and Oscar-winning film Hidden Figures tells the full story of her life, including what it took to work at NASA, help land the first man on the moon, and live through a century of turmoil and change.In 2015, at the age of 97, Katherine...
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Upper Bohemia: A Memoir

Hayden Herrera · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

Hayden Herrera's parents each married five times; following their desires was more important to them than looking after their children. When Herrera was only three years old, her parents separated and she and her sister moved from Cape Cod to New York City to live with their mother...
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An American Marriage: The Untold Story of Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd

Michael Burlingame · Pegasus Books
Format: Hardcover

Abraham Lincoln was apparently one of those men who regarded "connubial bliss" as an untenable fantasy. During the Civil War, he pardoned a Union soldier who had deserted the army to return home to wed his sweetheart. As the president signed a document sparing the soldier's...
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Take the Path of Most Resistance: How the Appalachian Trail Saved Me from the Sixties and Taught Me Everything You Need to Know

Philip D'Anieri · Andrew Benzie Books
Format: Paperback

Some of Hiscoe's memories of his 1973 hike from Maine to Georgia are funny, some are wistful and romantic, and some unsettling. Taken together, they give a vivid picture of what the iconic Appalachian Trail adventure was like back when the country was falling apart and hiking alone...
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Beautiful Things: A Memoir

Hunter Biden · Gallery Books
Format: Hardcover

When he was two years old, Hunter Biden was badly injured in a car accident that killed his mother and baby sister. In 2015, he suffered the devastating loss of his beloved big brother, Beau, who died of brain cancer at the age of forty-six. These hardships were compounded by the collapse...
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The Confidence Men: How Two Prisoners of War Engineered the Most Remarkable Escape in History

MargalitFox · Random House
Format: Hardcover

Imprisoned in a remote Turkish prison camp during World War I, having survived a two-month forced march and a terrifying shootout in the desert, two British officers, Harry Jones and Cedric Hill, join forces to bamboozle their iron-fisted captors. To stave off despair and boredom, Jones...
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