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Strength of a Champion: Finding Faith and Fortitude Through Adversity
O.J. Brigance · NAL Hardcover Format: Hardcover |
As the Baltimore Ravens made their improbable march to victory in Super Bowl XLVII, they turned to their senior advisor of player development, O.J. Brigance, for inspiration each and every Sunday. Following a stellar twelve-year career as a linebacker, including a Super Bowl win with... |
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All Who Go Do Not Return: A Memoir
Shulem Deen · Graywolf Press Format: Book |
A moving and revealing exploration of Hasidic life, and one man's struggles with faith, family, and communityShulem Deen was raised to believe that questions are dangerous. As a member of the Skverers, one of the most insular Hasidic sects in the US, he knows little about the outside... |
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The American Vice Presidency: From Irrelevance to Power
Jules Witcover · Smithsonian Books Format: Hardcover |
The American Vice Presidency is an all-inclusive examination of the vice presidency throughout American history. Acclaimed political journalist and author Jules Witcover chronicles each of the 47 vice presidents, including their personal biographies and their achievements--or lack thereof--during... |
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Dear Leader: Poet, Spy, Escapee--A Look Inside North Korea
Jang Jin-sung · Atria / 37 INK; Tra edition Format: Hardcover |
THE STORY THEY COULDNT HACK In this rare insiders view into contemporary North Korea a high-ranking counterintelligence agent describes his life as a former poet laureate to Kim Jong-il and his breathtaking escape to freedomThe General will now enter the room Everyone turns to stone Not moving... |
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The Marquis: Lafayette Reconsidered
Laura Auricchio · Knopf; First Edition edition Format: Hardcover |
A major biography of the Marquis de Lafayette, French hero of the American Revolution, who, at age nineteen, volunteered to fight under George Washington; a biography that looks past the storybook hero and selfless champion of righteous causes who cast aside family and fortune to advance... |
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James and Dolley Madison: America's First Power Couple
Bruce Chadwick · Prometheus Books Pages: 450 Format: Hardcover |
This revealing new portrait of James and Dolley Madison introduces the reader to America's first power couple. Using recently uncovered troves of letters at the University of Virginia, among other sources, historian Bruce Chadwick has been able to reconstruct the details of the Madisons'... |
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Between Breaths: A Memoir of Panic and Addiction
Elizabeth Vargas · Grand Central Publishing Pages: 256 Format: Print book |
From the moment she uttered the brave and honest words, "I am an alcoholic, " to interviewer George Stephanopoulos, Elizabeth Vargas began writing her story, as her experiences were still raw. Now, in BETWEEN BREATHS, Vargas discusses her accounts of growing up with anxiety-which... |
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Minding the manor : the memoir of a 1930s English kitchen maid
Mollie Moran · Lyons Press, Pages: 353 Format: Print book |
"Born in 1916 in Norfolk, Mollie Moran is one of the few people still alive today who can recall working "downstairs" in the golden years of the early 1930's before the outbreak of WWII. She provides a rare and fascinating insight into a world that has long since vanished.... |
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Finding Me: A Decade of Darkness, a Life Reclaimed: A Memoir of the Cleveland Kidnappings
Michelle Knight · Perseus Books Group Pages: 252 Format: Print book |
The #1 New York Times BestsellerMichelle was a young single mother when she was kidnapped by a local school bus driver named Ariel Castro. For more than a decade afterward, she endured unimaginable torture at the hand of her abductor. In 2003 Amanda Berry joined her in captivity, followed... |
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Rose Kennedy: The Life and Times of a Political Matriarch
Barbara A. Perry · W. W. Norton & Company; 1St Edition edition Format: Hardcover |
An unprecedented look at the life of Rose Kennedy reveals the private woman who became a political legend. In her compelling and intimate portrait, presidential historian Barbara A. Perry captures Rose Kennedy's essential contributions to the incomparable Kennedy dynasty. This biography... |
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