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Diarios de Motocicleta: Notas de viaje por Amrica Latina

Ernesto Che Guevara - Siete Cuentos
Format: (Spanish) Paperback

"Ese vagar sin rumbo por nuestra 'Mayuscula Amrica' me ha cambiado ms de lo que cre." --Ernesto Che Guevara, de Diarios de Motocicleta Diarios de Motocicleta es el diario de viaje del Che Guevara, viaje en el que descubre el continente de Amrica Latina mientras es estudiante...
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Showdown: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court Nomination That Changed America

Wil Haygood - Knopf; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Thurgood Marshall brought down the separate-but-equal doctrine, integrated schools, and not only fought for human rights and human dignity but also made them impossible to deny in the courts and in the streets. In this stunning new biography, award-winning author Wil Haygood surpasses the emotional...
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Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane!

David Zucker - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

An in-depth and hysterical look at the making of 1980's comedy cult classic Airplane! by the legendary writers and directors of the hit film.Airplane! premiered on July 2nd, 1980. With a budget of $3.5 million it went on to make nearly $200 million in sales and has influenced a multitude...
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Finding Ultra: Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World's Fittest Men, and Discovering Myself

Rich Roll - Three Rivers Press; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback

The incredible true story of the author's remarkable transformation, at the age of 40, from out-of-shape average Joe into one of the world's best endurance athletesOn the eve of his 40th birthday, Rich Roll was in bad shape. His days were filled with work, stress, and junk food,...
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Choices: To the Hills and Back Again

Audrina Patridge - ?Gallery Books
Format: Hardcover

From the star of MTV's The Hills and The Hills: New Beginnings, a candid and insightful reflection on aughts tabloid fame, the powerlessness and loss of self in toxic situations, and the life-changing power of even our smallest choices.If you know Audrina Patridge from one of the most...
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1964: Eyes of the Storm

Paul McCartney - Liveright
Format: Hardcover

"Millions of eyes were suddenly upon us, creating a picture I will never forget." -- Paul McCartneyTaken with a 35mm camera by Paul McCartney, these largely unseen photographs capture the explosive period, from the end of 1963 through early 1964, in which The Beatles became an international...
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Life in a Cold Climate: Nancy Mitford- The Biography

Laura Thompson - Pegasus Books
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Laura Thompson turns her eye to the iconic and enigmatic Nancy Mitford.Nancy Mitford was, in the words of her sister Lady Diana Mosley, "very complex." Her highly autobiographical early work, the biographies and novels of her more mature French...
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Long Shot: The Inside Story of the Snipers Who Broke ISIS

Azad Cudi - Atlantic Monthly Press
Format: Hardcover

A Kurdish journalist who volunteered as a sniper in the fight against ISIS reveals his story in a "gripping memoir . . . elegantly told" (Publishers Weekly) .. In 2002, at age nineteen, Azad was conscripted into Irans army and forced to fight his own people. Refusing to go to war against...
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Walking with Sam: A Father, a Son, and Five Hundred Miles Across Spain

Andrew McCarthy - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover

An intimate, funny, and poignant travel memoir following New York Times bestselling author and actor Andrew McCarthy as he walks the Camino de Santiago with his son Sam in an effort to get to know each as adults.When Andrew McCarthy's eldest son began to take his first steps into adulthood,...
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Sky Above Kharkiv: Dispatches from the Ukrainian Front (The Margellos World Republic of Letters)

Serhiy Zhadan - Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover

From Ukraine's leading writer-activist comes an intimate account of resistance and survival in the earliest months of the Russian-Ukrainian war When Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, Serhiy Zhadan took to social media to coordinate a network of resistance workers and send...
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