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Cloistered: My Years as a Nun

Catherine Coldstream - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

An astonishing memoir of twelve years as a contemplative nun in a silent monastery.. Cloistered takes the reader deep into the hidden world of a traditional Carmelite monastery as it approaches the third Millennium and tells the story of an intense personal journey into and out of an enclosed...
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Love, Pamela: A Memoir of Prose, Poetry, and Truth

Pamela Anderson - Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover

Pamela Anderson: Reads Her Memoir and Shares Her PoetryIn this honest, layered and unforgettable book that alternates between storytelling and her own poetry, Pamela Anderson breaks the mold of the celebrity memoir while taking back the tale that has been crafted about her.Her blond bombshell...
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Come Hungry: Salads, Meals, and Sweets for People Who Live to Eat

Melissa Ben-Ishay - William Morrow Cookbooks
Format: Hardcover

From Melissa Ben-Ishay - the co-founder of Baked by Melissa and creator of the viral Green Goddess Salad - comes an irresistible, veggie-packed cookbook with over 100 flavorful, nourishing recipes to inspire you to eat delicious meals that make you feel great.When Melissa Ben-Ishay, the co-founder...
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Mostly What God Does: Reflections on Seeking and Finding His Love Everywhere

Savannah Guthrie - Thomas Nelson
Format: Hardcover

Guthrie persuasively renders the evolution of a hard-won religious belief that makes room for imperfection and "does not require us to ignore... the sorrows we experience or the unjustness we see but to believe past it." This openhearted offering inspires. - Publishers WeeklyMostly...
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The House of Hidden Meanings: A Memoir

RuPaul - Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover

From international drag superstar and pop culture icon RuPaul, comes his most revealing and personal work to date - a brutally honest, surprisingly poignant, and deeply intimate memoir of growing up Black, poor, and queer in a broken home to discovering the power of performance, found family,...
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Livin' Just to Find Emotion: Journey and the Story of American Rock

David Hamilton Golland - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover

"Golland leaves no stone unturned in this fine-grained chronicle of the rock group Journey.... Golland's passion and precision make this a pleasure." -Publishers Weekly, Starred Review. [Golland] provides an overdue critical take on the group's overall sound. He also discusses...
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I Survived Capitalism and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt: Everything I Wish I Never Had to Learn About Money

Madeline Pendleton - Doubleday
Format: Hardcover

A big-hearted, no-bullshit memoir from the TikTok superstar about her journey from living paycheck to paycheck to creating a multi-million-dollar business that offers a compassionate alternative to capitalism * Plus no-nonsense life and money advice, from negotiating pay and building credit...
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Naomi Osaka: Her Journey to Finding Her Power and Her Voice

Ben Rothenberg - Dutton
Format: Hardcover

A deeply reported, revealing biography of tennis phenomenon and activist Naomi Osaka, telling the untold story behind her Grand Slam-winning career, her headline-making advocacy for racial justice and mental health, and the challenges of a life in the international spotlight. Naomi Osaka...
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Birding to Change the World: A Memoir

Trish O'Kane - Ecco
Format: Hardcover

In this uplifting memoir, a professor and activist shares what birds can teach us about life, social change, and protecting the environment.Trish O'Kane is an accidental ornithologist. In her nearly two decades writing about justice as an investigative journalist, she'd never paid...
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Surrealists in New York: Atelier 17 and the Birth of Abstract Expressionism

Charles Darwent - Thames & Hudson
Format: Hardcover

An absorbing group biography revealing how exiles from war-torn France brought surrealism to America, sparking the movement that became abstract expressionism.In 1957 the American artist Robert Motherwell made an unexpected claim: "I have only known two painting milieus well ... the Parisian...
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