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No Way Home: A Memoir of Life on the Run

Tyler Wetherall - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

A memoir of growing up on the run -- and what happens when it comes to a stop."Lucid, tender, exquisitely re-imagined, and compulsively readable." -- Jessica Nelson, author of If Only You People Could Follow Directions"In this wondrous and richly detailed coming of age story,...
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Five Floors Up: The Heroic Family Story of Four Generations in the FDNY

BRIAN MCDONALD - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover

Rescue Me meets Blue Bloods in this riveting social history of the New York City Fire Department told from the perspective of the Feehan family, who served in the FDNY for four generations and counting.Seen through the eyes of four generations of a firefighter family, Five Floors Up the story...
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Under the Black Hat: My Life in the WWE and Beyond

Jim Ross - Tiller Press; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback

If you've caught a televised wrestling match anytime in the past thirty years, you've probably heard Jim Ross's throaty Oklahoma twang. The beloved longtime announcer of the WWE "has been a driving force behind a generation of wrestling fans" (Mark Cuban) , and he's...
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Lab Girl

Hope Jahren - Alfred A. Knopf
Format: Print book

A New York Times 2016 Notable BookNational Best SellerNamed one of TIME magazine's "100 Most Influential People"An Amazon Top 20 Best Book of 2016A Washington Post Best Memoir of 2016A TIME and Entertainment Weekly Best Book of 2016 So Far An illuminating...
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Love Warrior: A Memoir

Glennon Doyle Melton - Flatiron Books
Format: Print book

#1 New York Times BestsellerThe Newest Oprah Bookclub 2016 SelectionThe highly anticipated new memoir by bestselling author Glennon Doyle Melton tells the story of her journey of self-discovery after the implosion of her marriage.Just when Glennon Doyle Melton was beginning to feel...
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Keep It Moving: Lessons for the Rest of Your Life

Twyla Tharp - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

One of the world's leading artists - a living legend - and bestselling author of The Creative Habit shares her secrets for harnessing vitality and finding purpose as you age. From insight to action, Keep It Moving is a guidebook for expanding one's possibilities over the course...
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Fun with Mommy and Me: More Than 300 Together-Time Activities for You and Your Child, Birth to Age Five

Cindy Bunin Nurik - Dutton
Format: Book

For the last 30 years, millions of moms have trusted the brand to help them educate and understand their babies. Now, for the first time in print, the Mommy and Me people show new mothers all the tips and techniques that made their renowned classes indispensable to new mothers everywhere....
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Kings of the Yukon: One Summer Paddling Across the Far North

ADAM WEYMOUTH - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover

One man's thrilling and transporting journey by canoe across Alaska in search of the king salmonThe Yukon river is 2,000 miles long, the longest stretch of free-flowing river in the United States. In this riveting examination of one of the last wild places on earth, Adam Weymouth canoes...
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The Climate Book: The Facts and the Solutions

Greta Thunberg - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover

We still have time to change the world. From Greta Thunberg, the world's leading climate activist, comes the essential handbook for making it happen.You might think it's an impossible task: secure a safe future for life on Earth, at a scale and speed never seen, against all the odds....
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The Illustrated World Encyclopedia of Saints

Tessa Paul - Lorenz
Format: Print book

Far more than a dictionary of saints, this beautifully illustrated book is an informative chronicle that explores the mysterious conditions of sainthood and tells the lives of the saints in a comprehensive and modern approach to this fascinating subject.
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