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The Making of Donald Trump
David Cay Johnston - Melville House
Format: Print book
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The culmination of nearly 30 years of reporting on Donald Trump, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter, David Cay Johnston, takes a revealingly close look at the mogul's rise to power and prominence. Covering the long arc of Trump's career, Johnston tells the full story of how a boy from... |
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Orwell's Roses
Rebecca Solnit - Viking
Format: Hardcover
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"In the year 1936 a writer planted roses." So begins Rebecca Solnit's new book, a reflection on George Orwell's passionate gardening and the way that his involvement with plants, particularly flowers, and the natural world illuminates his other commitments as a writer... |
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My Name Is Selma: The Remarkable Memoir of a Jewish Resistance Fighter and Ravensbrck Survivor
Selma van de Perre - Simon & Schuster Audio and Blackstone Publishing; Unabridged edition
Format: Audio CD
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Selma van de Perre was seventeen when World War II began. She lived with her parents, two older brothers, and a younger sister in Amsterdam, and until then, being Jewish in the Netherlands had not presented much of an issue. But by 1941 it had become a matter of life or death. On several... |
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Life After Darkness: My Journey to Happiness
MICHELLE KNIGHT - Weinstein Books
Format: Hardcover
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From an unruly childhood to a torturous eleven years of captivity, Michelle Knight's story of resilience and hope in Finding Me captivated readers. Now, in Life After Darkness, she tells the story of how she emerged into a new world and wrestled with her past in order to claim the life... |
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32 Yolks: From My Mother's Table to Working the Line
Eric Ripert - Random House
Format: Print book
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Hailed by Anthony Bourdain as "heartbreaking, horrifying, poignant, and inspiring," 32 Yolks is the brave and affecting coming-of-age story about the making of a French chef, from the culinary icon behind the renowned New York City restaurant... |
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God, Human, Animal, Machine: Technology, Metaphor, and the Search for Meaning
Meghan O'Gieblyn - Doubleday
Format: Hardcover
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For most of human history the world was a magical and enchanted place ruled by forces beyond our understanding. The rise of science and Descartes's division of mind from world made materialism our ruling paradigm, in the process asking whether our own consciousness--i.e., souls--might... |
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Ask Me About My Uterus: A Quest to Make Doctors Believe in Women's Pain
Abby Norman - Nation Books
Format: Hardcover
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For any woman who has experienced illness, chronic pain, or endometriosis comes an inspiring memoir advocating for recognition of women's health issuesIn the fall of 2010, Abby Norman's strong dancer's body dropped forty pounds and gray hairs began to sprout from her temples. She was repeatedly... |
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We're Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation
Eric Garcia - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover
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With a reporter's eye and an insider's perspective, Eric Garcia shows what it's like to be autistic across America. Garcia began writing about autism because he was frustrated by the media's coverage of it; the myths that the disorder is caused by vaccines, the narrow portrayals... |
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You Got Anything Stronger?: Stories
Gabrielle Union
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Remember when we hit it off so well that we decided We're Going to Need More Wine? Well, this time you and I are going to turn to our friend the bartender and ask, You Got Anything Stronger? I promise to continue to make you laugh, but with this round, the stakes get higher as |
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