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Chaucer's Tale: 1386 and the Road to Canterbury
Paul Strohm · Viking
Format: Hardcover |
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A lively microbiography of Chaucer that tells the story of the tumultuous year that led to the creation of The Canterbury TalesIn 1386, Geoffrey Chaucer endured his worst year, but began his best poem. The father of English literature did not enjoy in his lifetime the literary celebrity... |
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After a While You Just Get Used to It: A Tale of Family Clutter
Gwendolyn Knapp · Gotham
Format: Hardcover |
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A vibrant new voice ups the self-deprecating memoir ante with tragicomic tales of her dysfunctional life in swampland Florida and America's Big Easy A dive bar palm reader who calls herself the Disco Queen Taiwan; a slumlord with a penis-of-the-day LISTSERV; and Betty, the middle-aged... |
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American Warlord: A True Story
Johnny Dwyer · Knopf Publishing Group
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover |
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Chucky Taylor is the American son of the infamous African dictator Charles Taylor. Raised by his mother in the Florida suburbs, at the age of 17 he followed his father to Liberia, where he ended up leading a murderous militia. Chucky is now in a federal penitentiary, the only American ever... |
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Outpost: Life on the Frontlines of American Diplomacy: A Memoir
Christopher R. Hill · Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover |
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An “inside the room” memoir from one of our most distinguished ambassadors who—in a career of service to the country—was sent to some of the most dangerous outposts of American diplomacy. From the wars in the Balkans to the brutality of North Korea to the endless... |
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Bettyville: A Memoir
George Hodgman · Viking
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover |
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A beautifully crafted memoir, rich with humor and wisdom." - Will Schwalbe, author of The End of Your Life Book Club"The idea of a cultured gay man leaving New York City to care for his aging mother in Paris, Missouri, is already funny, and George... |
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Illegal: Reflections of an Undocumented Immigrant
Jose Angel N. · University of Illinois Press; 1st Edition edition |
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A day after N. first crossed the U.S. border from Mexico, he was caught and then released onto the streets of Tijuana. Undeterred, N. crawled back through a tunnel to San Diego, where he entered the United States forever. Illegal: Reflections of an Undocumented Immigrant is his timely and compelling... |
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Called for Life: How Loving Our Neighbor Led Us into the Heart of the Ebola Epidemic
Kent Brantly · Waterbrook Press
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover |
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"Kent, bud. We got your test result. And I'm really sorry to tell you that it is positive for Ebola." Dr. Kent and Amber Brantly moved with their children to war-torn Liberia in the fall of 2013 to provide medical care for people in great need - to help replace hopelessness with... |
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Fat Girl Walking: Sex, Food, Love, and Being Comfortable in Your Skin...Every Inch of It
Brittany Gibbons · Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover |
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Told through a series of larger-than-life snapshots, a hilarious memoir in essays about love, sex, marriage, motherhood, bikinis, and loving your body, no matter what size you are from the acclaimed blogger and body image advocate.Brittany Gibbons has been a plus size her whole life. But instead... |
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