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Chika: A Little Girl, an Earthquake, and the Making of a Family
Mitch Albom · Harper
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover
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Bestselling author Mitch Albom returns to nonfiction for the first time in more than a decade in this poignant memoir that celebrates Chika, a young Haitian orphan whose short life would forever change his heart.Chika Jeune was born three days before the devastating earthquake that decimated... |
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The Cartiers: The Untold Story of the Family Behind the Jewelry Empire
Francesca Cartier Brickell · Ballantine Books
Pages: 576
Format: Hardcover
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The captivating story of the family behind Cartier, and the three brothers who turned their grandfather's humble Parisian jewelry store into a global luxury icon--as told by a great-granddaughter with exclusive access to long-lost family archives.The Cartiers is the revealing tale of a jewelry... |
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Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive
Stephanie Land · Hachette Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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Evicted meets Nickel and Dimed in Stephanie Land's memoir about working as a maid, a beautiful and gritty exploration of poverty in America. Includes a foreword by Barbara Ehrenreich.
"My daughter learned to walk in a homeless shelter."
While the gap between... |
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Zucked: The Education of an Unlikely Activist
Roger McNamee · Penguin Press
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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The story of how a noted tech venture capitalist, an early mentor to Mark Zuckerberg and investor in his company, woke up to the serious damage Facebook was doing to our society and set out to try to stop it.
If you had told Roger McNamee even three years ago that he would soon be devoting... |
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The Orchid and the Dandelion: Why Some Children Struggle and How All Can Thrive
W Thomas Boyce · Knopf
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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From one of the world's foremost researchers and pioneers of pediatric health--a book that offers hope and a pathway to success for parents, teachers, psychologists, psychiatrists, and child development experts coping with "difficult" children, fully exploring the author's revolutionary... |
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Women: Our Story
DK · DK
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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Reexamining history from a female perspective, this book celebrates the pivotal but less well-known roles women have played in culture and society.
Packed full of evocative images, this gloriously illustrated book reveals the key events in women's history--from early matriarchal... |
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The Pope: Francis, Benedict, and the Decision That Shook the World
Anthony McCarten · Flatiron Books
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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From the Academy Award-nominated screenwriter of The Theory of Everything and Darkest Hour comes the fascinating and revealing tale of an unprecedented transfer of power, and of two very different men - who both happen to live in the Vatican. SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE... |
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Merchants of Truth: The Business of Facts and The Future of News
Jill Abramson · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 544
Format: Hardcover
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The definitive report on the disruption of the news media over the last decade. With the expert guidance of former Executive Editor of The New York Times Jill Abramson, we follow two legacy (The New York Times and The Washington Post) and two upstart... |
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