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Tell Me More: And 11 Other Important Things I'm Learning to Say

KELLY CORRIGAN · Random House
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A story-driven collection of essays on the twelve powerful phrases we use to sustain our relationships, from the bestselling author of Glitter and Glue and The Middle Place "Kelly Corrigan takes on all the big, difficult questions here, with great warmth...
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Wild

Cheryl Strayed · Vintage; Mti edition
Format: Print book

The official movie tie-in edition to the major motion picture, starring Reese Witherspoon and based on this sensational 1 New York Times Bestseller.At twenty-two, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. In the wake of her mothers death, her family scattered and her own marriage...
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The American: A Memoir of Hope and Sacrifice

KHIZR KHAN · Random House
Pages: 271
Format: Hardcover

This inspiring memoir by the Muslim American Gold Star father and captivating DNC speaker is the story of one family's pursuit of the American dream."Khan's aspirational memoir reminds us all why Americans should welcome newcomers from all lands." - Kirkus Reviews In fewer than...
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Fail Until You Don't: Fight Grind Repeat

BOBBY BONES · Dey Street Books
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Bare Bones, host of the marquee morning program "The Bobby Bones Show," comedian and dedicated philanthropist delivers an inspirational and humorous collection of stories about his biggest misses in life and how he turned them into lessons...
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Life After Darkness: My Journey to Happiness

MICHELLE KNIGHT · Weinstein Books
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

From an unruly childhood to a torturous eleven years of captivity, Michelle Knight's story of resilience and hope in Finding Me captivated readers. Now, in Life After Darkness, she tells the story of how she emerged into a new world and wrestled with her past in order to claim the life...
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When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir

PATRISSE KAHN-CULLORS · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

The emotional and powerful story of one of the co-founders of Black Lives Matter and how the movement was born."This remarkable book reveals what inspired Patrisse's visionary and courageous activism and forces us to face the consequence of the choices our nation made when we criminalized...
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Leonardo da Vinci

Walter Isaacson · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 624
Format: Hardcover

"Majestic...Isaacson takes on another complex, giant figure and transforms him into someone we can recognize...Enthralling, masterful, and passionate." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "A monumental tribute to a titanic figure." - Publishers Weekly (starred review)...
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Unfamiliar Fishes

Sarah Vowell · Riverhead Hardcover; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

From the bestselling author of "The Wordy Shipmates" comes an examination of Hawaii's emblematic and exceptional history, retracing the impact of New England missionaries who began arriving in the early 1800s to remake the island paradise into a version of New England.
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Worth Fighting For

Dana Vulin · Penguin Random House Australia
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback

In the early hours of a February morning in 2012, Dana Vulin was the victim of a hideous, unprovoked attack. A woman who'd been stalking and harassing her for weeks - incorrectly and baselessly thinking Dana was having an affair with her estranged husband - burst into her apartment,...
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The Terror Years: From al-Qaeda to the Islamic State

Lawrence Wright · Knopf
Pages: 366
Format: Hardcover

With the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Looming Tower, Lawrence Wright became generally acknowledged as one of our major journalists writing on terrorism in the Middle East. Here, in ten powerful pieces first published in The New Yorker, he recalls the path that terror in the Middle East has taken,...
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Where There's Hope: Healing, Moving Forward, and Never Giving Up

ELIZABETH A SMART · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Elizabeth Smart follows up her #1 New York Times bestseller, My Story -- about being heldin captivity as a teenager, and how she managed to survive -- with a powerful and inspiringbook about what it takes to overcome trauma, find the strength to move on, and reclaim one's life.Author. Activist....
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Jane Austen at Home: A Biography

LUCY WORSLEY · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

"Jane Austen at Home offers a fascinating look at Jane Austen's world through the lens of the homes in which she lived and worked throughout her life. The result is a refreshingly unique perspective on Austen and her work and a beautifully nuanced exploration of gender, creativity,...
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32 Yolks: From My Mother's Table to Working the Line

Eric Ripert · Random House
Pages: 247
Format: Print book

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Hailed by Anthony Bourdain as "heartbreaking, horrifying, poignant, and inspiring," 32 Yolks is the brave and affecting coming-of-age story about the making of a French chef, from the culinary icon behind the renowned New York City restaurant Le Bernardin....
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Conversations with McCartney

Paul Du Noyer · The Overlook Press
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

The intimate portrayal of one of the most famous men in music, more than half of which is in McCartney's own words.In June 1989, Paul Du Noyer was contacted by Paul McCartney's office in London. They asked him to interview the star; McCartney and Du Noyer had met once before and enjoyed...
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