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Maeve Binchy: The Biography

Piers Dudgeon - Thomas Dunne Books
Format: Hardcover

Maeve Binchy's heartwarming tales of love, life, and loss made her one of America's best-loved storytellers. Her novels, which sold more than 40 million copies worldwide, captured imaginations on both sides of the Atlantic in a way that most authors only dream of. Seared with a truth...
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Sergeant Stubby: How a Stray Dog and His Best Friend Helped Win World War I and Stole the Heart of a Nation

Ann Bausum - National Geographic
Format: Hardcover

Told for the first time, National Geographic brings you the story of a stray dog who eventually became affectionately known as Sergeant Stubby the most famous war dog of World War I. Beloved award-winning author and library darling Ann Bausum brings her friendly writing style and in-depth...
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Jessica Simpson - Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover

The #1 New York Times BestsellerJessica reveals for the first time her inner monologue and most intimate struggles. Guided by the journals she's kept since age fifteen, and brimming with her unique humor and down-to-earth humanity, Open Book is as inspiring as it is entertaining.This was supposed...
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But Seriously

John McEnroe - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover

John McEnroe's long-awaited follow-up to his #1 bestseller He is one of the most controversial and beloved athletes in history, a tennis legend and a volcanic, mesmerizing presence. But after reaching the top of his game - what came next? Fifteen years after his international number-one...
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You Must Change Your Life: The Story of Rainer Maria Rilke and Auguste Rodin

Rachel Corbett - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

The extraordinary story of one of the most fruitful friendships in modern arts and letters.Rainer Maria Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet is one of the most beloved books of the twentieth century. It has sold millions of copies and inspired generations with its galvanizing wisdom on how to lead...
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Undiluted Hocus-Pocus: The Autobiography of Martin Gardner

Martin Gardner - Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover

Martin Gardner wrote the Mathematical Games column for "Scientific American" for twenty-five years and published more than seventy books on topics as diverse as magic, religion, and "Alice in Wonderland. " Gardner's illuminating autobiography is a candid self-portrait...
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The New Royals: Queen Elizabeth's Legacy and the Future of the Crown

Katie Nicholl - Hachette Books
Format: Hardcover

Vanity Fair Royals correspondent and bestselling author of William and Harry and Kate explores the remarkable life and reign of Queen Elizabeth II and the legacy she has handed down to the next generation. For seventy years, Queen Elizabeth ruled over an institution and a family. She was constant...
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Tip of the Iceberg: My 3,000-Mile Journey Around Wild Alaska, the Last Great American Frontier

MARK C ADAMS - Dutton
Format: Hardcover

From the acclaimed, bestselling author of Turn Right at Machu Picchu, a fascinating and funny journey into Alaska, America's last frontier, retracing the historic 1899 Harriman Expedition.In 1899, railroad magnate Edward H. Harriman organized a most unusual summer voyage to the wilds...
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The Best Cook in the World: Tales from My Momma's Table

Rick Bragg - Knopf
Format: Hardcover

From the beloved, best-selling author of All Over but the Shoutin', a delectable, rollicking food memoir, cookbook, and loving tribute to a region, a vanishing history, a family, and, especially, to his mother. Including seventy-five mouthwatering Bragg family recipes for classic...
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