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America's Pastor: Billy Graham and the Shaping of a Nation
Grant Wacker · Belknap Press Format: Hardcover |
During a career spanning sixty years, the Reverend Billy Grahams resonant voice and chiseled profile entered the living rooms of millions of Americans with a message that called for personal transformation through Gods grace. How did a lanky farm kid from North Carolina become an evangelist... |
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An American Bride in Kabul: A Memoir
Phyllis Chesler · Palgrave Macmillan Trade Format: Hardcover |
Few westerners will ever be able to understand Muslim or Afghan society unless they are part of a Muslim family. Twenty years old and in love, Phyllis Chesler, a Jewish-American girl from Brooklyn, embarked on an adventure that has lasted for more than a half-century. In 1961, when she arrived... |
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American Saint: The Life of Elizabeth Seton
Joan Barthel · Thomas Dunne Books Pages: 293 Format: Hardcover |
In this riveting biography of Elizabeth Seton critically acclaimed and bestselling author Joan Barthel tells the mesmerizing story of a woman whose life featured wealth and poverty, passion and sorrow, love and loss. Elizabeth was born into a prominent New York City family in 1774. Her father... |
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My Kitchen Year: 136 Recipes That Saved My Life
Ruth Reichl · Random House Pages: 352 Format: Hardcover |
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY PUBLISHERS WEEKLYIn the fall of 2009, the food world was rocked when Gourmet magazine was abruptly shuttered by its parent company. No one was more stunned by this unexpected turn of events than its beloved editor in chief,... |
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Dark Days: A Memoir
D. Randall Blythe · Da Capo Pages: 496 Format: Hardcover |
Lamb of god vocalist D. Randall Blythe finally tells the whole incredible story of his arrest, incarceration, trial, and acquittal for manslaughter in the Czech Republic over the tragic and accidental death of a concertgoer in this riveting, gripping, biting, bold, and brave memoir.On June... |
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Rare Bird: A Memoir of Loss and Love
Anna Whiston-Donaldson · Convergent Books Format: Hardcover |
I wish I had nothing to say on the matter of loss, but I do. Because one day I encouraged my two kids to go out and play in the rain, and only one came home.Now a New York Times bestseller! On the other side of heartbreak, a story of hope rises.  On an ordinary September day, twelve-year-old... |
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End of Days: The Assassination of John F. Kennedy
James L. Swanson · William Morrow; First Edition edition Format: Hardcover |
In End of Days, James L. Swanson, the New York Times bestselling author of Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer, brings to life the minute-by-minute details of the JFK assassination—from the Kennedys' arrival in Texas through the shooting in Dealey Plaza and the shocking... |
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Box Girl: My Part Time Job as an Art Installation
Lilibet Snellings · Soft Skull Press, Pages: 248 Format: Paperback |
When 22-year-old Lilibet Snellings moved to Los Angeles on a whim, she unintentionally became a "slash" to keep her head above water - a writer/waitress/actress/Box Girl. One night each week, Lilibet would go to The Standard Hotel in West Hollywood, don a pair of white boy shorts... |
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Coming Clean: A Memoir
Kimberly Rae Miller · New Harvest Format: Hardcover |
Kim Miller is an immaculately put-together woman with a great career, a loving boyfriend, and a tidy apartment on Manhattans Upper West Side. You would never guess that Kim grew up behind the closed doors of her familys idyllic Long Island house, navigating between teetering stacks of aging... |
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