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American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst

Jeffrey Toobin · Doubleday
Pages: 371
Format: Print book

From New Yorker staff writer and bestselling author of The Nine and The Run of His Life: The People v. O. J. Simpson, the definitive account of the kidnapping and trial that defined an insane era in American history On February 4, 1974, Patty Hearst, a sophomore in college and heiress...
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Uncensored: My Life and Uncomfortable Conversations at the Intersection of Black and White America

Zachary Wood · Dutton
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

Rooted in his own powerful personal story, twenty-one-year-old Zachary Wood shares his dynamic perspective on free speech, race, and dissenting opinions--in a world that sorely needs to learn to listen.As the president of the student group Uncomfortable Learning at Williams College, Zachary...
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This Is Me: Loving the Person You Are Today

CHRISSY METZ · Dey Street Books
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

A prescriptive and inspirational book of life lessons from the Emmy Award-nominee and breakout star of television's #1 hit show, NBC's This Is Us.Debuting in fall 2016, This Is Us quickly became America's most watched - and most talked about - network television show. Within weeks of its premier,...
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Modified: GMOs and the Threat to Our Food, Our Land, Our Future

Caitlin Shetterly · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 341
Format: Print book

A disquieting and meditative look at the issue that started the biggest food fight of our time--GMOs. From a journalist and mother who learned that genetically modified corn was the culprit behind what was making her and her child sick, a must-read book for anyone trying to parse the incendiary...
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Thomas Quick: The Making of a Serial Killer

Hannes R?stam · Canongate UK; Main edition
Format: Paperback

"Sweden's most suspenseful murder mystery may not be a fictional account from Stieg Larsson or Henning Mankell. It may end up being the true story of Thomas Quick."  —Wall Street Journal "I wonder what you'd think of me if you found out that I've done...
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Born Again

Charles W Colson · Chosen Books
Pages: 382
Format: Paperback

This expanded edition includes a new introduction and epilogue by Colson, recounting the writing of his bestselling book and detailing how his ministry has brought hope and encouragement to so many.
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Coming to My Senses: The Making of a Counterculture Cook

Alice Waters · Clarkson Potter
Pages: 306
Format: Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling and critically acclaimed memoir from cultural icon and culinary standard bearer Alice Waters recalls the circuitous road and tumultuous times leading to the opening of what is arguably America's most influential restaurant. When Alice Waters opened the doors...
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The Ultimate Book of Impostors: Over 100 True Stories of the Greatest Phonies and Frauds

Ian Graham · Sourcebooks
Format: Paperback

Think You Know Who Your Friends Are? Think again... From Mata Hari to D. B. Cooper, history is littered with people pretending to be someone else. Some go undetected for years, cultivating their false identities so skillfully, even their spouses don't know. Other frauds go up in flames...
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Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis: The Untold Story

Barbara Leaming · Thomas Dunne Books; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

The instant New York Times and USA Today bestseller!The untold story of how one woman's life was changed forever in a matter of seconds by a horrific trauma.Barbara Leaming's extraordinary and deeply sensitive biography is the first book to document Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis'...
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The Pinks: The First Women Detectives, Operatives, and Spies with the Pinkerton National Detective Agency

CHRIS ENSS · TwoDot
Pages: 184
Format: Paperback

The true story of Kate Warne and the other women who served as Pinkertons, fulfilling the adage, "Well-behaved Women Seldom Make History."Most students of the Old West and American law enforcement history know the story of the notorious and ruthless Pinkerton Detective Agency...
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Jubal Early: Robert E. Lee's Bad Old Man

Benjamin Franklin Cooling III · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover

In Jubal Early Robert E. Lees Bad Old Man, a new critical biography of Confederate Lieutenant General Jubal Anderson Early, Civil War historian B.F. Cooling III takes a fresh look at one of the most fascinating, idiosyncratic characters in the pantheon of Confederate heroes and villains....
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An Outlaw and a Lady: A Memoir of Music, Life with Waylon, and the Faith that Brought Me Home

Jessi Colter · Thomas Nelson
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Renowned songwriter, singer, and wife of Waylon Jennings writes an intimate, enormously entertaining memoir of American music, of life with Waylon and the Outlaws, and of faith lost and found. The daughter of a Pentecostal evangelist and a race-car driver, Jessi Colter played piano and sang...
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A Proper Drink: The Untold Story of How a Band of Bartenders Saved the Civilized Drinking World

Robert Simonson · Ten Speed Press
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

A narrative history of the craft cocktail renaissance, written by a New York Times cocktail writer and one of the foremost experts on the subject.A Proper Drink is the first-ever book to tell the full, unflinching story of the contemporary craft cocktail revival. Award-winning writer Robert...
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Devotion: An Epic Story of Heroism, Friendship, and Sacrifice

Adam Makos · Ballantine Books
Pages: 445
Format: Print book

For readers of Unbroken comes an unforgettable tale of courage from America's "forgotten war" in Korea, by the New York Times bestselling author of A Higher Call. Devotion tells the inspirational story of the U.S. Navy's most famous aviator duo, Lieutenant Tom Hudner and Ensign...
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