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The Good Mothers: The True Story of the Women Who Took on the World's Most Powerful Mafia

Alex Perry - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover

The electrifying, untold story of the women born into the most deadly and obscenely wealthy of the Italian mafias - and how they risked everything to bring it down.The Calabrian Mafia - known as the 'Ndrangheta - is one of the richest and most ruthless crime syndicates in the world, with...
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A British Boy in Fascist Italy

Peter Ghiringhelli - The History Press
Format: eBook

Peter Ghiringhelli's turbulent childhood as the son of Italian Fascist parents saw him deported from England to Italy at the start of World War II. Here Peter witnessed at first hand what life was like in a totalitarian state, and his vivid memories of cold and hunger, his own role...
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Blind Ambition: The White House Years

John W. Dean - Open Road Media
Format: Hardcover

A six-month New York Times bestseller: "Not only the best Watergate book, but a very good book indeed" (The Sunday Times) .. As White House counsel to Richard Nixon, a young John W. Dean was one of the primary players in the Watergate scandal - and ultimately became the governments...
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Mr. President, How Long Must We Wait?: Alice Paul, Woodrow Wilson, and the Fight for the Right to Vote

Tina Cassidy - Atria / 37 INK
Format: Hardcover

An eye-opening, inspiring, and timely account of the complex relationship between notable suffragist Alice Paul and President Woodrow Wilson in her fight for women's equality. Woodrow Wilson lands in Washington, DC in March of 1913, a day before he is set to take the presidential oath of office....
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God of Sperm: Cappy Rothman's Life in Conception

Joe Donnelly - Rare Bird Books
Format: Hardcover

God of Sperm tells the remarkable story of Dr. Cappy Miles Rothman, the son of notorious gangster Norman "Roughhouse" Rothman, who went on to become a trailblazer in the field of reproductive medicine. . Rothman started the California Cryobank, one of the world's largest...
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You Are Beautiful and You Are Alone: The Biography of Nico

Jennifer Otter Bickerdike - Hachette Books
Format: Hardcover

YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL AND YOU ARE ALONE is a new biography of Nico, the mysterious singer best known for her work with the Velvet Underground and her solo album Chelsea Girl. Her life is tangled in myth--much of it of her own invention. Rock and roll cultural historian Jennifer Bickerdike delivers...
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The Art of Her Deal: The Untold Story of Melania Trump

Mary Jordan - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

This revelatory biography of Melania Trump from Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporter Mary Jordan depicts a first lady who is far more influential in the White House than most people realize.Based on interviews with more than one hundred people in five countries, The Art of Her Deal:...
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Take Up Space: The Unprecedented AOC

Lisa Miller - Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

A stunning four-color biography of Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in the bestselling tradition of Notorious RBG and Pelosi that explores her explosive rise and impact on the future of American culture and politics.The candidate was young - twenty-eight years old, a child of Puerto...
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Lassoing the Sun: A Year in America's National Parks

Mark Woods - St Martin'S Press
Format: Print book

Many childhood summers, Mark Woods piled into a station wagon with his parents and two sisters and headed to America's national parks. Mark's most vivid childhood memories are set against a backdrop of mountains, woods, and fireflies in places like Redwood, Yosemite, and Grand Canyon national...
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Lord High Executioner: An Unashamed Look at Hangmen, Headsmen and Their Kind

Howard Engel - Robson Books Ltd; 1st ed. edition
Format: Hardcover


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