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Fire Shut Up in My Bones
Fire Shut Up in My Bones

Charles M. Blow · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover

A gorgeous, moving memoir of how one of America's most innovative and respected journalists found his voice by coming to terms with a painful past New York Times columnist Charles M. Blow mines the compelling poetry of the out-of-time African-American Louisiana town where he grew up -- a place...
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Prince of Darkness: Richard Perle: The Kingdom, the Power & the End of Empire in America
Prince of Darkness: Richard Perle: The Kingdom, the Power & the End of Empire in America

Alan Weisman · Union Square Press
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

At nearly every pivotal moment in international politics over the past twenty-five years–from the Reagan-Gorbachev summits, to the Iran-Contra scandal, to the collapse of the Soviet Union, to the decision to go to war in Iraq–if you dug deeply you would find a figure just behind...
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My Journey with Farrah: A Story of Life, Love, and Friendship
My Journey with Farrah: A Story of Life, Love, and Friendship

Alana Stewart · William Morrow
Pages: 268
Format: Hardcover

Alana Stewart and Farrah Fawcett went through it all together. Friends for thirty years, they were an essential part of each other's lives since first meeting at a dinner party in the 1970s. During that time, they supported each other through the trials of Hollywood life while also...
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Such Good Girls: The Journey of the Holocaust's Hidden Child Survivors
Such Good Girls: The Journey of the Holocaust's Hidden Child Survivors

R. D. Rosen · Harper; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

The story of the generation of hidden child survivors told through the true experiences of three Jewish girls—from Poland, Holland, and France—who transcended their traumatic childhoods to lead remarkable lives in America.Only one in ten Jewish children in Europe survived the Holocaust,...
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The Family of Jesus
The Family of Jesus

Karen Kingsbury · Howard Books
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

America's favorite inspirational novelist offers a fictional view of six of the family members of Jesus, all anchored by Scriptural truth, creating a life-changing and unprecedented emotional connection to the Bible.Through The Family of Jesus, readers will develop an emotional connection...
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Lincoln's Autocrat: The Life of Edwin Stanton
Lincoln's Autocrat: The Life of Edwin Stanton

William Marvel · University of North Carolina Press
Format: Hardcover

Edwin M. Stanton (1814-1869) , one of the nineteenth century's most impressive legal and political minds, wielded enormous influence and power as Lincoln's Secretary of War during most of the Civil War and under Johnson during the early years of Reconstruction. In the first full...
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What's So Funny?: My Hilarious Life
What's So Funny?: My Hilarious Life

Tim Conway · Howard Books; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Six-time Emmy Award-winning funnyman Tim Conway, best known for his characters on The Carol Burnett Show, offers a straight-shooting and hilarious memoir about his life on stage and off as an actor and comedian. In television history, few entertainers have captured as many hearts and made...
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Mistress of the Monarchy: The Life of Katherine Swynford, Duchess of Lancaster
Mistress of the Monarchy: The Life of Katherine Swynford, Duchess of Lancaster

Alison Weir · Ballantine Books; 1st US Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Acclaimed author Alison Weir has been prolific with her books on English royalty covering everything from the Houses of York and Lancaster to the reigns of the Tudors and beyond. Now this remarkable historian brings to life the extraordinary tale of the woman who was ancestor to them all Katherine...
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Chasing the Sun
Chasing the Sun

Juanes · Celebra Hardcover; First Edition edition
Format: Book

“I’m doing what I believe I was brought to this world to do: to create music that raises awareness, renews hearts, and generates change. I’ll continue looking to the stars and traveling the globe as God permits me. And I hope I have many years left to connect through art,...
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The Pacific
The Pacific

Hugh Ambrose · NAL; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Penguin delivers you to the front lines of The Pacific Theater with the real-life stories behind the HBO miniseries.Between America's retreat from China in late November 1941 and the moment General MacArthur's airplane touched down on the Japanese mainland in August of 1945, five...
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You Don't Lose 'Til You Quit Trying: Lessons on Adversity and Victory from a Vietnam Veteran and Medal of Honor Recipient
You Don't Lose 'Til You Quit Trying: Lessons on Adversity and Victory from a Vietnam Veteran and Medal of Honor Recipient

Sammy Lee Davis · Berkley Pub Group
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

The inspiring true life story of Vietnam veteran, Medal of Honor recipient and veteran's advocate Sammy Lee Davis. On November 18th, 1967, Private First Class Davis's artillery unit was hit by a massive enemy offensive. At twenty-one years old, he resolved to face the onslaught...
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Blood Bath
Blood Bath

Susan D Mustafa · Pinnacle Books
Pages: 346
Format: Paperback

They Knew He Was Out ThereHe took his time. He watched his victims and chose carefully. Then he struck--each attack more brutal than the last. By the time detectives arrived, all they found were gruesome crime scenes of bloodied, brutalized bodies. . .They Knew He Would Strike AgainFor...
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It's Okay to Laugh:
It's Okay to Laugh:

Nora McInerny Purmort · Dey Street Books
Pages: 274
Format: Print book

"An emotional rollercoaster of the highest order...It's Okay to Laugh is that rare gem of a read, equal parts heartwarming and hysterical, that'll make you laugh out loud, only to leave you tearing up a few pages later. I can't recommend it highly enough." - Lincoln Thompson,...
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