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Extraordinary Dogs: Stories from Search and Rescue Dogs, Comfort Dogs, and Other Canine Heroes

Liz Stavrinides · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

A beautiful photo book showcasing more than 50 heroic dogs "in uniform" and their stories, from photographer Liz Stavrinides and author John Schlimm. Extraordinary Dogs portrays more than fifty working dogs, along with the police officers, firefighters, veterans, and other trained...
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The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company

Robert Iger · Random House
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

A grand vision defined: The CEO of Disney, one of Time's most influential people of 2019, shares the ideas and values he embraced to reinvent one of the most beloved companies in the world and inspire the people who bring the magic to life. Robert Iger became CEO of The Walt Disney...
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The Consequential Frontier: Challenging the Privatization of Space

Peter Ward · Melville House
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

"A lucid, bright and essential work of reporting, analysis and genuine care. Peter Ward has given us a new way to think about private endeavors in space. Superb."? - Rivka Galchen, author of Little LaborsThis in-depth work of reportage dares to ask what's at stake in privatizing...
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The Book of Gutsy Women: Favorite Stories of Courage and Resilience

Hillary Rodham Clinton · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover

Hillary Rodham Clinton and her daughter, Chelsea, share the stories of the gutsy women who have inspired them - women with the courage to stand up to the status quo, ask hard questions, and get the job done.She couldn't have been more than seven or eight years old. "Go ahead, ask your...
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She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement

Kantor, Jodi · Penguin Press
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

From the Pulitzer-prize winning reporters who broke the news of Harvey Weinstein's sexual harassment and abuse for the New York Times, Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, the thrilling untold story of their investigation and its consequences for the #MeToo movementOn October 5, 2017, the New York...
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Eyes to the Wind: A Memoir of Love and Death, Hope and Resistance

Ady Barkan · Atria Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

In this inspirational and moving memoir - reminiscent of When Breath Becomes Air and The Bright Hour - activist Ady Barkan explores his life with ALS and how his diagnosis gave him a profound new understanding of his commitment to social justice for all. Ady Barkan loved taking afternoon...
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On the Lam: A History of Hunting Fugitives in America

Clark, Jerry · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 248
Format: Hardcover

Fugitives occupy a unique place in the American criminal justice system. They can run and they can hide, but eventually each chase ends. And, in many cases, history is made along the way.John Dillinger's capture obsessed J. Edgar Hoover and helped create the modern FBI. Violent student...
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Farming on the Wild Side: The Evolution of a Regenerative Organic Farm and Nursery

Nancy J. Hayden · Chelsea Green Publishing
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback

One farm's decades-long journey into regenerative agriculture -- and how these methods enhance biodiversity, pollinators, and soil health Northern Vermont's Nancy and John Hayden have spent the last 25 years transforming their draft horse-powered, organic vegetable and livestock...
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Chasing My Cure: A Doctor's Race to Turn Hope into Action; A Memoir

David Fajgenbaum · Ballantine Books
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

The powerful memoir of a young doctor and former college athlete diagnosed with a rare disease who spearheaded the search for a cure - and became a champion for a new approach to medical research."An extraordinary memoir . . . It belongs with Atul Gawande's writings and When Breath...
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The Rise of Wolf 8: Witnessing the Triumph of Yellowstone's Underdog

McIntyre, Rick · Greystone Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

The astonishing true story of one of the first wolves to roam Yellowstone in more than 60 years.Book One in The Alpha Wolves of Yellowstone: A Trilogy[Rick McIntyre] is first and foremost a storyteller whose encyclopedic knowledge of Yellowstone's wolf reintroduction project is unparalleled."...
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