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Miseducated: A Memoir

Brandon P. Fleming
Format: Hardcover


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Dark Invasion: 1915: Germany's Secret War and the Hunt for the First Terrorist Cell in America

Howard Blum - HarperCollins Canada, Limited
Format: Hardcover

Combining the pulsating drive of Showtime's Homeland with the fascinating historical detail of such of narrative nonfiction bestsellers as Double Cross and In the Garden of Beasts, Dark Invasion is Howard Blum's gritty, high-energy true-life tale of German espionage and terror on American...
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Unremarried Widow: A Memoir

Artis Henderson - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

In this powerful memoir, a young woman loses her husband twenty years after her own mother was widowed, and overcomes two generations of tragedy to discover that both hope and love endure. Artis Henderson was a free-spirited young woman with dreams of traveling the world and one day becoming...
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The Founders at Home: The Building of America, 1735-1817

Myron Magnet - W.W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

Why the American Revolution, of all the great revolutions, was the only enduring success. Through the Founders' own voices -- and in the homes they designed and built to embody the ideal of domestic happiness they fought to achieve -- we come to understand why the American Revolution,...
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Never Leave the Dogs Behind: A Memoir

Brianna Madia - HarperOne
Format: Hardcover

The author of the New York Times bestseller Nowhere for Very Long continues her story with this deeply honest, moving account of a woman walking the line between independence and isolation when she moves to the Southwest desert with nothing and no one but her four dogs.In her debut memoir,...
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When It's Your Turn to Serve: Experiencing God's Grace in His Calling for Your Life

Karen Pence - Broadside Books
Format: Hardcover

Life is full of unexpected obstacles, but there's no challenge too big for God to handle. Washington D.C. is crammed with people eager to bend your ear about statistics, polls, and policies. Karen Pence is more likely to talk about beekeeping - if she's not busy teaching an art class,...
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The Farrows of Hollywood: Their Dark Side of Paradise

Marilyn Ann Moss - Skyhorse
Format: Hardcover

The first intimate look at the cracked fairytale life of Hollywood's first family, the Farrows. John Farrow was Hollywood royalty. An Academy Award-winning director and screenwriter, he was married to the talented and beautiful actress Maureen O'Sullivan, best known for playing...
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The Rock, the Road, and the Rabbi: My Journey into the Heart of Scriptural Faith and the Land Where It All Began

KATHIE LEE GIFFORD - Thomas Nelson
Format: Hardcover

As a lifelong student of Scripture, Kathie Lee Gifford has always desired a deeper understanding of God's Word and a deeper knowledge of God Himself. But it wasn't until she began studying the biblical texts in their original Hebrew and Greek - along with actually hiking the ancient paths...
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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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The Adventurer's Son: A Memoir

Roman Dial - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover

"A brave and marvelous book. A page-turner that will rip your heart out." - Jon KrakauerIn the predawn hours of July 10, 2014, the twenty-seven-year-old son of preeminent Alaskan scientist and National Geographic Explorer Roman Dial, walked alone into Corcovado National Park,...
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