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Find Your Path: Honor Your Body, Fuel Your Soul, and Get Strong with the Fit52 Life
Carrie Underwood - Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "I want to be healthy and fit 52 weeks of the year, but that doesn't mean I have to be perfect every day. This philosophy is a year-round common-sense approach to health and fitness that involves doing your best most of the time - and by that I don't mean... |
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Automating the News: How Algorithms Are Rewriting the Media
Nicholas Diakopoulos - Harvard University Press
Format: Hardcover
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From hidden connections in big data to bots spreading fake news, journalism is increasingly computer-generated. An expert in computer science and media explains the present and future of a world in which news is created by algorithm.Amid the push for self-driving cars and the roboticization... |
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Prince Albert: The Man Who Saved the Monarchy
A. N. Wilson - Harper
Format: Hardcover
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In this companion biography to the acclaimed Victoria, A. N. Wilson offers a deeply textured and ambitious portrait of Prince Albert, published to coincide with the 200th anniversary of the royal consort's birth.For more than six decades, Queen Victoria ruled a great Empire at the height... |
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Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
Patrick Radden Keefe - Doubleday
Format: Hardcover
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"Meticulously reported, exquisitely written, and grippingly told, Say Nothing is a work of revelation."- David Grann, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon"[This] gripping account of the Troubles is equal parts true-crime, history, and tragedy... |
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One Day: The Extraordinary Story of an Ordinary 24 Hours in America
Gene Weingarten - Blue Rider Press
Format: Hardcover
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On New Year's Day 2013, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Gene Weingarten asked three strangers to, literally, pluck a day, month, and year from a hat. That day - chosen completely at random - turned out to be Sunday, December 28, 1986, by any conventional measure a most ordinary day. Weingarten... |
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Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World
Vivek Murthy - Harper Wave
Format: Hardcover
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In this groundbreaking book, Murthy argues that loneliness is the underpinning to the current crisis in mental wellness and is responsible for the upsurge in suicide, the opioid epidemic, the overuse of psych meds, the over-diagnosing and pathologizing of emotional and psychological struggle.... |
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You Are Worth It: Building a Life Worth Fighting For
Kyle Carpenter - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover
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From the youngest living recipient of the Medal of Honor, an extraordinary inspirational memoir that will change the life of every reader. "Kyle displayed a heroism in the blink of an eye that will inspire for generations" - President Barack Obama, at Kyle Carpenter's Medal of Honor... |
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My Vanishing Country: A Memoir
Bakari Sellers - Amistad
Format: Hardcover
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What J. D. Vance did for Appalachia with Hillbilly Elegy, CNN analyst and one of the youngest state representatives in South Carolina history Bakari Sellers does for the rural South, in this important book that illuminates the lives of America's forgotten black working-class men and women.Part... |
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Building a Life Worth Living: A Memoir
Marsha M. Linehan - Random House
Format: Hardcover
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Marsha Linehan tells the story of her journey from suicidal teenager to world-renowned developer of the life-saving behavioral therapy DBT, using her own struggle to develop life skills for others.Growing up in the early 1960s, Marsha Linehan was a popular teenager from a big, Catholic... |
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Girl on the Block: A True Story of Coming of Age Behind the Counter
Jessica Wragg - Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover
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A memoir of coming of age behind the counter, exploring butchery as an art form and taking an incisive look at an industry on the brink.When sixteen-year-old Jessica Wragg applied for a job at her local farm shop in Derbyshire, England, she never expected to land a position behind the butchery... |
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American Sherlock: Murder, Forensics, and the Birth of American CSI
Kate Winkler Dawson - G.P. Putnam's Sons
Format: Hardcover
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From the acclaimed author of Death in the Air ("Not since Devil in the White City has a book told such a harrowing tale"--Douglas Preston) comes the riveting story of the birth of criminal investigation in the twentieth century.Berkeley, California, 1933. In a lab filled... |
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The Ghost Ships of Archangel: The Arctic Voyage That Defied the Nazis
William Geroux - Viking
Format: Hardcover
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An extraordinary story of survival and alliance during World War II: the icy journey of four Allied ships crossing the Arctic to deliver much needed supplies to the Soviet war effort.On the fourth of July, 1942, four Allied ships traversing the Arctic separated from their decimated convoy... |
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Sailing True North: Ten Admirals and the Voyage of Character
James Stavridis USN - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover
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From one of the most distinguished admirals of our time and a former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO, a meditation on leadership and character refracted through the lives of ten of the most illustrious naval commanders in historyIn his acclaimed book Sea Power, James Stavridis reckoned... |
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In Pursuit of Disobedient Women: A Memoir of Love, Rebellion, and Family, Far Away
Searcey, Dionne - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover
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When a reporter for The New York Times uproots her family to move to West Africa, she manages her new role as breadwinner while finding women cleverly navigating extraordinary circumstances in a forgotten place for much of the Western world. "A story you will not soon forget."... |
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Chika: A Little Girl, an Earthquake, and the Making of a Family
Mitch Albom - Harper
Format: Hardcover
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"Mitch Albom has done it again with this moving memoir of love and loss. You can't help but fall for Chika. A page-turner that will no doubt become a classic." --Mary Karr, author of The Liars' Club and The Art of MemoirFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Tuesdays... |
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Every Man a Hero: A Memoir of D-Day, the First Wave at Omaha Beach, and a World at War
Ray Lambert - William Morrow
Format: Paperback
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Seventy-five years ago, he hit Omaha Beach with the first wave. Now Ray Lambert, ninety-eight years old, delivers one of the most remarkable memoirs of our time, a tour-de-force of remembrance evoking his role as a decorated World War II medic who risked his life to save the heroes of D-Day.
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Rachel Maddow: A Biography
Lisa Rogak - Thomas Dunne Books
Format: Hardcover
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The first biography of the most popular anchor in cable news.Rachel Maddow has beaten the odds in a way that's novel in today's America: she uses her brain. In a world of banal and opinionated soundbites, she regularly crushes Sean Hannity's ratings thanks to her deeply researched reports.... |
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Semicolon: The Past, Present, and Future of a Misunderstood Mark
Cecelia Watson - Ecco
Format: Hardcover
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"Delightful." - Mary Norris, The New YorkerA page-turning, existential romp through the life and times of the world's most polarizing punctuation markThe semicolon. Stephen King, Hemingway, Vonnegut, and Orwell detest it. Herman Melville, Henry James, and Rebecca Solnit love... |
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Lady in Waiting: My Extraordinary Life in the Shadow of the Crown
Anne Glenconner - Hachette Books
Format: Hardcover
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Anne Glenconner has been at the center of the royal circle from childhood, when she met and befriended the future Queen Elizabeth II and her sister, the Princess Margaret. Though the firstborn child of the 5th Earl of Leicester, who controlled one of the largest estates in England, as a daughter... |
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Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee
Casey Cep
Format: Hardcover
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New York Times Best Seller "Compelling . . . at once a true-crime thriller, courtroom drama, and miniature biography of Harper Lee. If To Kill a Mockingbird was one of your favorite books growing up, you should add Furious Hours to your reading list today."... |
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Edison
Edmund Morris - Random House
Format: Hardcover
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From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edmund Morris comes a revelatory new biography of Thomas Alva Edison, the most prolific genius in American history. Although Thomas Alva Edison was the most famous American of his time, and remains an international name today, he is mostly remembered only... |
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The Cartiers: The Untold Story of the Family Behind the Jewelry Empire
Francesca Cartier Brickell - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover
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The captivating story of the family behind Cartier, and the three brothers who turned their grandfather's humble Parisian jewelry store into a global luxury icon--as told by a great-granddaughter with exclusive access to long-lost family archives.The Cartiers is the revealing tale... |
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Shakespeare in a Divided America: What His Plays Tell Us About Our Past and Future
James Shapiro - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover
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From leading scholar James Shapiro, a timely exploration of what Shakespeare's plays reveal about our divided land, from Revolutionary times to the present day Read at school by almost every student, staged in theaters across the land, and long highly valued by both conservatives and liberals... |
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The Phantom Prince: My Life with Ted Bundy, Updated and Expanded Edition
Elizabeth Kendall - Abrams Press
Format: Hardcover
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The inspiration for the five-part Amazon Original docuseries Ted Bundy: Falling for a Killer This updated, expanded edition of The Phantom Prince, Elizabeth Kendall's 1981 memoir detailing her six-year relationship with serial killer Ted Bundy, includes a new introduction... |
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Tiny Habits: The Small Changes that Change Everything
BJ Fogg Ph.D - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover
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The world's leading expert on habit formation shows how you can have a happier, healthier life: by starting small. Myth: Change is hard. Reality: Change can be easy if you know the simple steps of Behavior Design. Myth: It's all about willpower. Reality: Willpower... |
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Becoming Superman: My Journey From Poverty to Hollywood
J. Michael Straczynski - Harper Voyager
Format: Hardcover
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With an introduction by Neil Gaiman!In this dazzling memoir, the acclaimed writer behind Babylon 5, Sense8, Clint Eastwood's Changeling and Marvel's Thor reveals how the power of creativity and imagination enabled him to overcome the horrors of his youth and a dysfunctional family haunted... |
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Wow, No Thank You.: Essays
Samantha Irby - Vintage
Format: Paperback
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A Vintage Paperback Original.A new rip-roaring essay collection from the smart, edgy, hilarious, unabashedly raunchy, and bestselling Samantha Irby.Irby is forty, and increasingly uncomfortable in her own skin despite what Inspirational Instagram Infographics have promised her. She has left... |
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Emotional Advantage: Embracing All Your Feelings to Create a Life You Love
Randy Taran - St. Martin's Essentials
Format: Hardcover
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"Emotional Advantage is such an uplifting answer to our challenging times. In its pages, you will find encouragement, support, and new perspectives. Randy Taran offers an antidote to emotional overwhelm -- a powerful way to discover how useful your emotions can be in guiding... |
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Whistleblower: My Journey to Silicon Valley and Fight for Justice at Uber
Susan Fowler - Viking
Format: Hardcover
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Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2020 by Vogue, Forbes, and CosmopolitanThe unbelievable true story of the young woman who faced down one of the most valuable startups in Silicon Valley history--and what came afterSusan Fowler was just twenty-five years old when her blog... |
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I Know You're in There: Winning Our War Against Autism
Marcia Hinds - Skyhorse
Format: Hardcover
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For parents of children with autism and doctors treating autism, this groundbreaking guide will give you the tools to help your child overcome the autism epidemic. Marcia Hinds and her family were told there was no recovery from autism. Her son, Ryan, would have to be stuck alone on Autism... |
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The Measure of Our Lives: A Gathering of Wisdom
Toni Morrison - Knopf
Format: Hardcover
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At once the ideal introduction to Toni Morrison and a lovely and moving keepsake for her devoted readers: a treasury of quotations from her work. With a foreword by Zadie Smith."She was our conscience. Our seer. Our truthteller." --Oprah WinfreyThis inspirational book juxtaposes... |
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Facebook: The Inside Story
Steven Levy - Blue Rider Press
Format: Hardcover
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From renowned tech writer Steven Levy, the definitive history of one of America's most powerful and controversial companies: Facebook In his sophomore year of college, Mark Zuckerberg created a simple website to serve as a campus social network. The site caught on like wildfire, and soon... |
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Do You Mind If I Cancel?: (Things That Still Annoy Me)
GARY JANETTI - Flatiron Books
Format: Hardcover
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The Instant New York Times Bestseller"From "Family Guy" to his own Instagram account, Janetti has been behind some of his generations greatest comedy. This book of essays is no exception." -- The New York TimesFans of David Sedaris, Jenny Lawson, and Tina Fey ... meet... |
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Naturally Tan: A Memoir
Tan France - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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From one of the stars of Netflix's overnight sensation Queer Eye, Tan France's memoir Naturally Tan has his signature wit, style, and tells the origin story of the one of the few openly gay, South Asian men on television. In this heartfelt, funny, touching memoir, Tan France... |
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Spying on the South: An Odyssey Across the American Divide
Tony Horwitz - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover
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Beloved best-selling author Tony Horwitz retraces Frederick Law Olmsted's epic journey across the American South in the 1850s, as he too searches for common ground in a dangerously riven nation.On the eve of the Civil War, an up-and-coming newspaper, the New York Times, sent a young... |
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A Marvelous Life: The Amazing Story of Stan Lee
Danny Fingeroth - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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The definitive biography of the beloved -- often controversial -- co-creator of many legendary superheroes, A Marvelous Life: The Amazing Story of Stan Lee presents the origin of "Stan the Man," who spun a storytelling web of comic book heroic adventures into a pop culture... |
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Stop Missing Your Life: How to be Deeply Present in an Un-Present World
Cory Muscara - Da Capo Lifelong Books
Format: Hardcover
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What Tim Ferriss did for life design and Brene Brown did for vulnerability, Stop Missing Your Life will do for presence. In Stop Missing Your Life, mindfulness instructor Cory Muscara takes readers on a journey from "being present" to embodying "presence," helping peel... |
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Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist
Heumann, Judith - Beacon Press
Format: Hardcover
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One of the most influential disability rights activists in US history tells her personal story of fighting for the right to receive an education, have a job, and just be human.A story of fighting to belong in a world that wasn't built for all of us and of one woman's activism--from the streets... |
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More Myself: A Journey
Alicia Keys - Flatiron Books
Format: Hardcover
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An intimate, revealing look at one artist's journey from self-censorship to full expressionAs one of the most celebrated musicians of our time, Alicia Keys has enraptured the nation with her heartfelt lyrics, extraordinary vocal range, and soul-stirring piano compositions. Yet away from... |
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Chase Darkness with Me: How One True-Crime Writer Started Solving Murders
Billy Jensen - Sourcebooks
Format: Hardcover
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A New York Times Bestseller. Have you ever wanted to solve a murder? Gather the clues the police overlooked? Put together the pieces? Identify the suspect?Journalist Billy Jensen spent fifteen years investigating unsolved murders, fighting for the families of victims. Every... |
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The Joy of Missing Out: Live More by Doing Less
Tonya Dalton - Thomas Nelson
Format: Hardcover
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Productivity expert and CEO of inkWELL Press Productivity Co. Tonya Dalton challenges women to rethink "busy" and intentionally live with a mindset of abundanceOverwhelmed. Too many women are swamped and exhausted by all they strive to do, ending most days feeling unsatisfied... |
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Superpower: One Man's Quest to Transform American Energy
Russell Gold - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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The author of The Boom, "the best all-around book yet on fracking" (San Francisco Chronicle) , turns his attention to renewable energy pioneer Michael Skelly, whose innovations, struggle, and persistence represent the groundbreaking changes underway in American... |
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Where the Light Enters: Building a Family, Discovering Myself
Jill Biden - Flatiron Books
Format: Hardcover
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An intimate look at the traditions, resilience, and love that built the Biden family, and the delicate balancing act of the woman at its center.Growing up, Jill Biden wanted two things: a marriage like her parents' and a career. But her journey to fulfill those wishes would take unexpected... |
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Conversations with RBG: Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Life, Love, Liberty, and Law
Jeffrey Rosen - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover
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In her own words, Ruth Bader Ginsburg offers an intimate look at her life and career, through an extraordinary series of conversations with the head of the National Constitution Center.This remarkable book presents a unique portrait of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, drawing on more than twenty... |
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Trust First: A True Story About the Power of Giving People Second Chances
Bruce Deel - Optimism Press
Format: Hardcover
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Over the past 20 years, Bruce Deel has helped over 20,000 people in the most dangerous zip code of Atlanta escape the cycle of homelessness, joblessness, and drug abuse. In these powerful true stories about the men and women who fell through the cracks in our social services system, he shows... |
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The Louvre: The Many Lives of the World's Most Famous Museum
James Gardner - Atlantic Monthly Press
Format: Hardcover
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Some nine million people from all over the world flock to the Louvre each year to enjoy its incomparable art collection. Yet few of them are aware of the remarkable history of that place and of the buildings themselves -- a fascinating story that historian James Gardner elegantly chronicles... |
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Adventures of a Computational Explorer
Stephen Wolfram - Wolfram Media
Format: Hardcover
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In this lively book of essays, Stephen Wolfram takes the reader along on some of his most surprising and engaging intellectual adventures in science, technology, artificial intelligence and language design. |
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With All Due Respect: Defending America with Grit and Grace
Nikki Haley - St. Martins Press
Format: Hardcover
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The New York Times and USA Today bestsellerA revealing, dramatic, deeply personal book about the most significant events of our time, written by the former United States Ambassador to the United NationsNikki Haley is widely admired for her forthright manner ("With all due respect,... |
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Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law
Haben Girma - Twelve
Format: Hardcover
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"This autobiography by a millennial Helen Keller teems with grace and grit." -- O Magazine"A profoundly important memoir." -- The Times** As featured in The Wall Street Journal, People, and on The TODAY Show ** A New... |
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Where I Come From: Life Lessons from a Latino Chef
Aaron Sanchez - Abrams Press
Format: Hardcover
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America's most prominent Latino chef shares the story behind his food, his family, and his professional journey Before Chef Aaron Sanchez rose to fame on shows like MasterChef and Chopped, he was a restless Mexican-American son, raised by a fiercely determined and talented... |
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On Being Human: A Memoir of Waking Up, Living Real, and Listening Hard
Jennifer Pastiloff - Dutton
Format: Book
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An inspirational memoir about how Jennifer Pastiloff's years of waitressing taught her to seek out unexpected beauty, how hearing loss taught her to listen fiercely, how being vulnerable allowed her to find love, and how imperfections can lead to a life full of wild happiness.
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Forever and Ever, Amen: A Memoir of Music, Faith, and Braving the Storms of Life
Randy Travis - Thomas Nelson
Format: Hardcover
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The long-awaited, deeply personal story of one of American music's greatest icons, a remarkable tale of the utmost heights of fame and success, the deepest lows of life's sorrows, and a miraculous return from the brink of death - told as only Randy Travis can.Beloved around the world, Randy... |
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Tombstone: The Earp Brothers, Doc Holliday, and the Vendetta Ride from Hell
Tom Clavin - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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The true story of the Earp brothers, Doc Holliday, and the famous Battle at the OK Corral, by the New York Times bestselling author of Dodge City and Wild Bill.On the afternoon of October 26, 1881, nine men clashed in what would be known as the most famous shootout... |
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George Marshall: Defender of the Republic
David L. Roll - Dutton Caliber
Format: Hardcover
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The extraordinary career of George Catlett Marshall - America's most distinguished soldier-statesman since George Washington - whose selfless leadership and moral character influenced the course of two world wars and helped define the American century. Winston Churchill called him World... |
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You're Doing Great!: And Other Reasons to Stay Alive
Tom Papa - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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Comedian and Live from Here head writer Tom Papa, author of Your Dad Stole My Rake, tackles the modern condition in a heartwarming group of short essays.Tom Papa is a little worried about you. You seem stressed, overworked and, frankly, a little mixed up. Everyone is fighting an overwhelming... |
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Sidney Lumet: A Life
Maura Spiegel - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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The first-ever biography of the seminal American director whose remarkable life traces a line through American entertainment historyAcclaimed as the ultimate New York movie director, Sidney Lumet began his astonishing five-decades-long directing career with the now classic 12 Angry Men,... |
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The Watergate Girl: My Fight for Truth and Justice Against a Criminal President
Jill Wine-Banks - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover
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Obstruction of justice, the specter of impeachment, sexism at work, shocking revelations: Jill Wine-Banks takes us inside her trial by fire as a Watergate prosecutor. It was a time, much like today, when Americans feared for the future of their democracy, and women stood up for equal treatment.... |
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Laugh Lines: My Life Helping Funny People Be Funnier
Alan Zweibel - Abrams Press
Format: Hardcover
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With his tender, funny memoir of four decades in the business, Alan Zweibel traces the history of American comedy Alan Zweibel started his comedy career selling jokes for seven dollars apiece to the last of the Borscht Belt standups. Then one night, despite bombing on stage, he caught... |
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Bowing to Elephants: Tales of a Travel Junkie
Mag Dimond - She Writes Press
Format: Paperback
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In Bowing to Elephants, a woman seeking love and authenticity comes to understand herself as a citizen of the world through decades of wandering the globe. During her travels she sees herself more clearly as she gazes into the feathery eyes of a 14,000-pound African elephant and looks for answers... |
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The New One: Painfully True Stories from a Reluctant Dad
Mike Birbiglia - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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With laugh-out-loud observations on the rollercoaster ride that is being a new parent, New York Times bestselling author and award-winning comedian Mike Birbiglia delivers a book that is perfect for anyone who has ever raised a child, been a child, or refuses to stop acting like a child.... |
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A Life in Movies: Stories from 50 years in Hollywood
Irwin Winkler - Abrams Press
Format: Hardcover
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A rollicking autobiography from the legendary producer of Goodfellas, Rocky, and Raging Bull, and an insider's account of making movies in Hollywood over half a century The list of films Irwin Winkler has produced in his more-than-fifty-year career is extraordinary:... |
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Warrior's Creed: A Life of Preparing for and Facing the Impossible
Roger Sparks - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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The riveting story of how a young boy's upbringing with outlaw culture and charismatic role models forged him into an elite Marine and a decorated Pararescueman."Absence of self is my sword" comprises the final line in "The Warrior's Creed," a 14th century poem... |
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Travel Light, Move Fast
Alexandra Fuller - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover
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From bestselling author Alexandra Fuller, the utterly original story of her father, Tim Fuller, and a deeply felt tribute to a life well livedSix months before he died in Budapest, Tim Fuller turned to his daughter: "Let me tell you the secret to life right now, in case I suddenly... |
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Race Against Time: A Reporter Reopens the Unsolved Murder Cases of the Civil Rights Era
Jerry Mitchell - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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An award-winning investigative reporter shares the real-life detective story of how Klansmen came to justice in notorious unsolved civil rights cold cases - decades after they had gotten away with murder.On June 21, 1964, more than twenty Klansmen murdered three civil rights workers. The killings,... |
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Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife
Bart D. Ehrman - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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A New York Times bestselling historian of early Christianity takes on two of the most gripping questions of human existence: where did the ideas of heaven and hell come from, and why do they endure?What happens when we die? A recent Pew Research poll showed that 72% of Americans... |
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Threads of Life
- Sceptre
Format: Paperback
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A globe-spanning history of sewing, embroidery, and the people who have used a needle and thread to make their voices heard In 1970s Argentina, mothers marched in headscarves embroidered with the names of their "disappeared" children. In Tudor, England, when Mary, Queen of Scots,... |
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Me & Patsy Kickin' Up Dust: My Friendship with Patsy Cline
Loretta Lynn - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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The Nashville version of Just Kids or Girls Like Us,ME & PATSY shares the never-before-told story of the remarkable relationship between legendary country queen Patsy Cline and country music icon Loretta Lynn.Loretta Lynn and the late Patsy Cline are legends--country icons and sisters... |
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How We Love Is How We Live
Common - Atria Books
Format: Hardcover
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Common - the Grammy Award-, Academy Award-, and Golden Globe-winning musician, actor, and activist - follows up his New York Times bestselling memoir One Day It'll All Make Sense with this inspiring exploration of how love and mindfulness can build communities and allow you to take... |
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America's Reluctant Prince: The Life of John F. Kennedy Jr.
Steven M. Gillon - Dutton
Format: Hardcover
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A major new biography of John F. Kennedy Jr. from a leading historian who was also a close friend, America's Reluctant Prince is a deeply researched, personal, surprising, and revealing portrait of the Kennedy heir the world lost too soon. Through the lens of their decades-long... |
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Anthony Bourdain: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations
Anthony Bourdain - Melville House
Format: Paperback
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The brilliant intellect and candor of Anthony Bourdain is on full display in this collection of interviews from throughout his remarkable career, including interviews with Neil Degrasse Tyson and Trevor NoahAnthony Bourdain always downplayed his skills as a chef (many disagreed) . But despite... |
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Fighting for Space: Two Pilots and Their Historic Battle for Female Spaceflight
Amy Shira Teitel - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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Spaceflight historian and creator of YouTube's "Vintage Space" Amy Shira Teitel tells the riveting story of the female pilots who each dreamed of being the first American woman in space.A book that will appeal to readers of Fly Girls and The Astronaut Wives' Club,... |
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Mobituaries
Mo Rocca - Simon & Schuster Audio
Format: Audiobook
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From beloved CBS Sunday Morning correspondent and humorist Mo Rocca, an entertaining and rigorously researched audiobook that celebrates the dead people who have long fascinated him.Mo Rocca has always loved obituaries - reading about the remarkable lives of global leaders, Hollywood heavyweights,... |
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The Edge of Every Day: Sketches of Schizophrenia
Marin Sardy - Pantheon
Format: Hardcover
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The debut of an important new literary voice: an extraordinarily affecting, fiercely intelligent memoir that unflinchingly traces the path of the schizophrenia that runs in the author's family.Against the starkly beautiful backdrop of Anchorage, Alaska, where the author grew up, Marin Sardy... |
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We Were Rich and We Didn't Know It: A Memoir of My Irish Boyhood
Tom Phelan - GALLERY BOOKS
Format: Paperback
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"You don't have to be Irish to cherish this literary gift--just being human and curious and from a family will suffice." --Malachy McCourt, New York Times bestselling author of A Monk Swimming In the tradition of Frank McCourt's Angela's Ashes and Alice... |
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Mudlark: In Search of London's Past Along the River Thames
Lara Maiklem - Liveright
Format: Hardcover
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A quixotic journey through London's past, Mudlark plumbs the banks of the Thames to reveal the stories hidden behind the archaeological remnants of an ancient city.Long heralded as a city treasure herself, expert "mudlarker" Lara Maiklem is uniquely trained in the art of seeking.... |
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Ordinary Girls
Jaquira Diaz - Algonquin Books
Format: Hardcover
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"There is more life packed on each page of Ordinary Girls than some lives hold in a lifetime." - Julia Alvarez Ordinary Girls is a fierce, beautiful, and unflinching memoir from a wildly talented debut author. While growing up in housing projects in Puerto Rico... |
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We Are Not Here to Be Bystanders: A Memoir of Love and Resistance
Linda Sarsour - 37 Ink
Format: Hardcover
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Linda Sarsour, co-organizer of the Women's March, shares how growing up Palestinian Muslim American, feminist, and empowered moved her to become a globally recognized activist on behalf of marginalized communities across the country. On a chilly spring morning in Brooklyn, nineteen-year-old... |
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Dottoressa: An American Doctor in Rome
Susan Levenstein - Paul Dry Books
Format: Paperback
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"Wise and witty." -- Publishers Weekly"A charming story well told." -- Kirkus Reviews"Smart, funny, charming . . . full of astute insights into the way Italy works." -- Alexander Stille"A wonderfully fun read." -- Dr. Robert Sapolsky"As... |
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The Journey to the Mayflower: God's Outlaws and the Invention of Freedom
Stephen Tomkins - Pegasus Books
Format: Hardcover
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An authoritative and immersive history of the far-reaching events in England that led to the sailing of the Mayflower.2020 brings readers the 400th anniversary of the sailing of the Mayflower -- the ship that took the Pilgrim Fathers to the New World. It is a foundational event in American... |
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More Than Love: An Intimate Portrait of My Mother, Natalie Wood
Natasha Gregson Wagner - Scribner
Format: Hardcover
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The heartbreaking, never-before-told story of Hollywood icon Natalie Wood's glamorous life, sudden death, and lasting legacy, written by her daughter, Natasha Gregson Wagner.More Than Love is a memoir of loss, grief, and coming-of-age by a daughter of Hollywood royalty. Natasha Gregson... |
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Things My Son Needs to Know About the World
Fredrik Backman - Atria Books
Format: Hardcover
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The #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove shares an irresistible and moving collection of heartfelt, humorous essays about fatherhood, providing his newborn son with the perspective and tools he'll need to make his way in the world. Things My Son Needs... |
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The Lie: A Memoir of Two Marriages, Catfishing & Coming Out
William Dameron - Little A
Format: Hardcover
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A candid memoir of denial, stolen identities, betrayal, faking it, and coming out.Do you know me?, the email began, sparking tremors of fear that turned into a full quake of panic when William Dameron discovered that his selfie had been stolen by strangers. On social networks and dating... |
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The Borgias: Power and Fortune
Paul Strathern - Pegasus Books
Format: Hardcover
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The glorious and infamous history of the Borgia family -- a world of saints, corrupt popes, and depraved princes and poisoners -- set against the golden age of the Italian Renaissance.The Borgia family have become a byword for evil. Corruption, incest, ruthless megalomania, avarice and vicious... |
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The First Time: Finding Myself and Looking for Love on Reality TV
Colton Underwood - Gallery Books
Format: Hardcover
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From former football player and star of The Bachelor and The Bachelorette comes a fascinating and eye-opening behind-the-scenes look at his drama-filled season on the hit reality show. Before Colton Underwood captured the hearts of millions on The Bachelor, he was a goofy,... |
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Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving
Celeste Headlee - Random House Audio
Format: Audiobook
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"A welcome antidote to our toxic hustle culture of burnout." (Arianna Huffington) "This book is so important and could truly save lives."(Elizabeth Gilbert) "A clarion call to work smarter (and) accomplish more by doing less." (Adam Grant) We work feverishly... |
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The Last Leonardo: The Secret Life of the World's Most Expensive Painting
Ben Lewis - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover
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An epic quest exposes hidden truths about Leonardo da Vinci's Salvator Mundi, the recently discovered masterpiece that sold for $450 million - and might not be the real thing.For two centuries, art dealers and historians searched in vain for the Holy Grail of art history: a portrait... |
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Sea Stories: My Life in Special Operations
William H. McRaven - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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In this instant New York Times bestseller, the celebrated author of Make Your Bed shares amazing adventure stories from his career as a Navy SEAL and commander of America's Special Operations Forces.Admiral William H. McRaven is a part of American military history, having... |
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A Dream About Lightning Bugs: A Life of Music and Cheap Lessons
Ben Folds - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * From the genre-defying icon Ben Folds comes a memoir that is as nuanced, witty, and relatable as his cult-classic songs."A Dream About Lightning Bugs reads like its author: intelligent, curious, unapologetically punk, and funny as hell."... |
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The Way I Heard It
Mike Rowe - Gallery Books
Format: Hardcover
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Emmy-award winning gadfly Mike Rowe presents a ridiculously entertaining, seriously fascinating collection of his favorite episodes from America's #1 short-form podcast, The Way I Heard It, along with a host of memories, ruminations, illustrations, and insights. It's a delightful... |
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