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Sounds Like Titanic
Sounds Like Titanic

Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman

A young woman leaves Appalachia for life as a classical musician—or so she thinks. When aspiring violinist Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman lands a job with a professional ensemble in New York City, she imagines she has achieved her lifelong dream. But the ensemble proves to be a sham. When...
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A Fearless Leader
A Fearless Leader

Rachel Spier Weaver

Deborah is an imaginative and perceptive young girl who makes good decisions in the heat of the moment. When she sees her village is about to be invaded by King Jabin and his general, Sisera, she bravely warns the people of danger, and everyone flees. But that doesn't stop Jabin and Sisera's...
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It's Not Just About Running
It's Not Just About Running

A. I. Shoukry

This book isn't just about running; it's about a runner's reflections on life, change, and the love of running in Egypt. It's a memoir about self-discovery and searching for freedom and love of life. It's about the integration of body, mind, and soul. It's about family and friends, relationships,...
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Black Is the Body
Black Is the Body

Emily Bernard

An extraordinary, exquisitely written memoir (of sorts) that looks at race—in a fearless, penetrating, honest, true way—in twelve telltale, connected, deeply personal essays that explore, up-close, the complexities and paradoxes, the haunting memories and ambushing realities of growing...
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Lunchmeat & Life Lessons
Lunchmeat & Life Lessons

Mary B. Lucas

Mary B. Lucas inspires audiences worldwide. Using real world examples and the power of storytelling, Mary shares what she learned from her father and her career in the people business. She offers advice from the smartest man she ever knew—her father. A butcher by trade, he was the greatest...
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A Minger's Tale - Beginnings
A Minger's Tale - Beginnings

R. B. N. Bookmark

The eldest of three siblings to Irish working class parents living in Manchester, England. Richard Brian Nicholas Bookmark, a name that is such a mouthful his parents gave him the acronym Ribban (RBN) instead, is a child unable to find his way in life. His near untimely arrival in the bath...
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Magnetic Entrepreneur
Magnetic Entrepreneur

Robert J. Moore

What does it mean to be a magnetic entrepreneur? Is it something that someone is born with and only they have it, or it is something that you can learn and develop? Thankfully, the answer is you can learn it. Magnetic entrepreneurs have figured out how to attract clients easily and build...
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The Banished Immortal
The Banished Immortal

Ha Jin

From the National Book Award-winning author of Waiting: a narratively driven, deeply human biography of the Tang dynasty poet Li Bai—also known as Li PoIn his own time (701–762), Li Bai's poems—shaped by Daoist thought and characterized by their passion, romance, and lust for life—were...
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Code Name
Code Name

Larry Loftis

Best Nonfiction Books to Read in 2019—Woman's Day The Best Nonfiction Books Coming Out This Year—BookBub "A nonfiction thriller."—Wall Street Journal From internationally bestselling author of the "gripping" (Michael Connelly, #1 New York Times bestselling author) Into the Lion's...
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The Truths We Hold
The Truths We Hold

Kamala Harris

A New York Times bestsellerFrom one of America's most inspiring political leaders, a book about the core truths that unite us, and the long struggle to discern what those truths are and how best to act upon them, in her own life and across the life of our country.Senator Kamala Harris's...
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Help Me!
Help Me!

Marianne Power

For years Journalist Marianne Power lined her bookshelves with dog-eared copies of definitive guides on how to live your best life, dipping in and out of self-help books when she needed them most. Then, one day, she woke up to find that the life she hoped for and the life she was living...
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The Curse of Oak Island
The Curse of Oak Island

Randall Sullivan

In 1795, a teenager discovered a mysterious circular depression in the ground on Oak Island, in Nova Scotia, Canada, and ignited rumors of buried treasure. Early excavators uncovered a clay-lined shaft containing layers of soil interspersed with wooden platforms, but when they reached a depth...
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