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Ordinary Heroes: A Memoir of 9/11

Joseph Pfeifer - Portfolio
Format: Hardcover

When Chief Joe Pfeifer led his firefighters to investigate an odor of gas in downtown Manhattan on the morning of 9/11, he had no idea that his life was about to change forever. A few moments later, he watched the first plane crashed into the World Trade Center. Pfeifer, the closest FDNY...
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Tell Me Everything: The Story of a Private Investigation

Erika Krouse - Flatiron Books
Format: Hardcover


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The Woman Who Stole Vermeer: The True Story of Rose Dugdale and the Russborough House Art Heist

Anthony M. Amore - Pegasus Crime
Format: Hardcover

The extraordinary life and crimes of heiress-turned-revolutionary Rose Dugdale, who in 1974 became the only woman to pull off a major art heist.In the world of crime, there exists an unusual commonality between those who steal art and those who repeatedly kill: they are almost exclusively...
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How to Be Human: An Autistic Man's Guide to Life

Jory Fleming - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

Jory Fleming could not effectively communicate as a child. He was wracked by uncontrollable crying fits, had no tolerance for people, and couldn't manage the outside world. A decade later, Jory became the first young adult with autism to attend Oxford University on a Rhodes scholarship....
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The Scar: A Personal History of Depression and Recovery

Mary Cregan - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

A fearless, candid memoir interweaving the author's descent into depression with a medical and cultural history of this illness.At the age of twenty-seven, married, living in New York, and working in book design, Mary Cregan gives birth to her first child, a daughter she names Anna. But it's...
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Girls and Their Monsters: The Genain Quadruplets and the Making of Madness in America

Audrey Clare Farley - ?Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover

For readers of Hidden Valley Road and Patient H.M., a harrowing exploration of violence against children and its psychological and political consequences, from the author of The Unfit Heiress. In 1954, researchers at the newly formed National Institute of Mental Health set out to study...
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Sunshine Girl: An Unexpected Life

Julianna Margulies - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover

Julianna Margulies now unleashes her sharp talent with a powerful debut memoir chronicling her life and her work, examining from within her journey from chaos to calm."When an actor is on a long running television show, especially when the writing is superb as was the case with The Good...
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Siren Song: My Life in Music

SEYMOUR STEIN - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

The autobiography of America's greatest living record man: the founder of Sire Records and spotter of rock talent from the Ramones to Madonna.Seymour Stein is America's greatest living record man. Not only has he signed and nurtured more important artists than anyone alive, now sixty...
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Cokie: A Life Well Lived

Steven V. Roberts - Harper
Format: Hardcover

The extraordinary life and legacy of legendary journalist Cokie Roberts - a trailblazer for women - remembered by her friends and family.Through her visibility and celebrity, Cokie Roberts was an inspiration and a role model for innumerable women and girls. A fixture on national television...
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Determined to Stay: Palestinian Youth Fight for Their Village

Nick Estes - Olive Branch Press
Format: Paperback

Palestinian youth and the fight for their village Silwan is a Palestinian village located just outside the ancient walls of the Old City of Jerusalem. Determined to Stay: Palestinian Youth Fight for Their Village is a moving story of a village and its people. As Silwani youth and community...
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