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The Man I Never Met: A Memoir

ADAM SCHEFTER - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

A powerful true story of loss and hope by one of the biggest names in sports media.On September 11, 2001, Joe Maio went to work in the north tower of the World Trade Center. He never returned, leaving behind a wife, Sharri, and 15-month old son, Devon. Five years later, Sharri remarried,...
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I Love Capitalism!: An American Story

Kenneth G Langone - Portfolio
Format: Hardcover

Iconoclastic entrepreneur and New York legend Ken Langone tells the compelling story of how a poor boy from Long Island became one of America's most successful businessmen.Ken Langone has seen it all on his way to a net worth beyond his wildest dreams. A pillar of corporate America for decades,...
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Ears of Steel: The Real Man's Guide to Walt Disney World

Bart Scott - Intrepid Traveler
Format: Print book

Walt Disney World is for little kids, princesses, and dweebs, right? WRONG!There's more than enough at WDW to keep the two-fisted, thrill-seeking, hard-drinking, meat-eating he-man of the house happy as a caveman with a mammoth rib.Bart Scott comes to the aid of moms and girlfriends...
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Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century

Alice Wong - Vintage
Format: Paperback

One in five people in the United States lives with a disability. Some disabilities are visible, others less apparent - but all are underrepresented in media and popular culture. Now, just in time for the thirtieth anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, activist Alice Wong brings...
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Lyme: The First Epidemic of Climate Change

Mary Beth Pfeiffer - Island Press
Format: Hardcover

Lyme disease is spreading rapidly around the globe as ticks move into places they could not survive before. The first epidemic to emerge in the era of climate change, the disease infects half a million people in the US and Europe each year, and untold multitudes in Canada, China, Russia,...
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Abandoned in Hell: The Fight For Vietnam's Firebase Kate

William Albracht - NAL; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

In October 1969, Captain William Albracht, the youngest Green Beret captain in Vietnam, took command of a remote hilltop outpost called Fire Base Kate, held by only 27 American soldiers and 150 Montagnard militiamen. He found their defenses woefully unprepared. At dawn the next morning,...
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Unbroken Bonds of Battle: A Modern Warriors Book of Heroism, Patriotism, and Friendship (Fox News Books, 8)

Johnny Joey Jones - Broadside Books
Format: Hardcover

Life only really starts when we start serving others.For many people, military service isn't simply a job. It's a ticket out of a lonely society and into a family of enduring bonds. In over a decade of working with veterans, Johnny Joey Jones has discovered the power of battle-forged...
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This Time Next Year We'll Be Laughing

Jacqueline Winspear - Soho Press
Format: Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of the Maisie Dobbs series offers a deeply personal memoir of her Kentish childhood and her family's resilience in the face of war and privation. After sixteen novels, Jacqueline Winspear has taken the bold step of turning to memoir, revealing...
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Be A Plant-Based Woman Warrior: Live Fierce, Stay Bold, Eat Delicious

Jane Esselstyn - Avery
Format: Paperback

The original "Julia Child of plant-based cooking" teams up with her daughter to offer a multigenerational celebration of the power of a plant-based lifestyle - with 125 recipes.The Esselstyn family is three generations plant-based strong. Encouraged to create recipes without dairy...
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