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Emperor of the Seas: Kublai Khan and the Making of China

Jack Weatherford - Bloomsbury Continuum
Format: Hardcover

Control the sea, and you control everything...a gripping tale of naval warfare, dynastic rivalry, and technical innovation, from the author of the classic work Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World.. Genghis Khan built a formidable land empire, but he never crossed the sea. Yet by the time...
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Dancing With Diana: A Memoir by Anne Allan

Anne Allan - Sutherland House Books
Format: Hardcover

"Dancing makes you feel heaps better" - DianaIn 1981, after the wedding of the century, Anne Allan, a dancer, and ballet mistress with the London City Ballet, was offered an unusual assignment. Her Royal Highness Diana, the Princess of Wales, wanted dance lessons. Would Anne be her teacher?....
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Wordstruck: A Memoir

Robert MacNeil - Viking Adult
Format: Hardcover

A Nova Scotia boyhood is recaptured through remembrances of early encounters with the written word and love of the language and the quiet but unforgettable special moments of youth
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Sonny Boy: A Memoir

Al Pacino - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover

From one of the most iconic actors in the history of film, an astonishingly revelatory account of a creative life in full To the wider world, Al Pacino exploded onto the scene like a supernova. He landed his first leading role, in The Panic in Needle Park, in 1971, and by 1975, he had starred...
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American Heroes: From the #1 bestselling authors of Walk in My Combat Boots

James Patterson - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover

From the authors of Walk in My Combat Boots, "American Heroes is a gripping collection of firsthand accounts ... capturing the indomitable spirit of our nation's finest" (Jack Carr, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Terminal List series) .. U.S. soldiers who served...
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The Gangs of Zion: A Black Cop's Crusade in Mormon Country

Ron Stallworth - Legacy Lit
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author of Black Klansman, Ron Stallworth, returns with another firsthand account of trailblazing police work in the most unlikely place for a Black cop in the '90s.. Determined to pursue his passion for undercover work wherever it leads, Ron Stallworth finally...
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Honey Blood: A pulsating, electric memoir like nothing you've read before

Kirsty Everett - HarperCollins
Format: Paperback

'I thought if I was going to die I should write some things down'. Kirsty Everett was going to be an Olympic gymnast. But as she made plans to win gold, life, as it does, laughed at the goal she'd set. Aged nine, she was diagnosed with leukaemia and spent the next two and a half...
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Philosophical Writings (Volume 1) (Beauvoir Series)

Marybeth Timmermann - University of Illinois Press
Format: Paperback

Despite growing interest in her philosophy, Simone de Beauvoir remains widely misunderstood. She is typically portrayed as a mere intellectual follower of her companion, Jean-Paul Sartre. In Philosophical Writings, Beauvoir herself shows that nothing could be further from the truth. Beauvoir's...
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Citizen: My Life After the White House

Bill Clinton - Knopf
Format: Hardcover

A powerful, candid, and richly detailed memoir from an American icon, revealing what life looks like after the presidency: triumphs, tribulations, and all.. On January 20, 2001, after nearly thirty years in politics - eight of them as president of the United States - Bill Clinton was suddenly...
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The Anti-Ableist Manifesto: Smashing Stereotypes, Forging Change, and Building a Disability-Inclusive World

Tiffany Yu - Hachette Go
Format: Hardcover

Tiffany Yu takes readers on a revelatory examination of disability - how to unpack biases and build an inclusive and accessible world.. As the Asian American daughter of immigrants, living with PTSD, and sustaining a permanent arm injury at age nine, Tiffany Yu is well aware of the intersections...
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