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When Breath Becomes Air

Paul Kalanithi - Random House
Format: Hardcover

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST * For readers of Atul Gawande, Andrew Solomon, and Anne Lamott, this inspiring, exquisitely observed memoir finds hope and beauty in the face of insurmountable odds as an idealistic young neurosurgeon attempts to answer the question...
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The Assault on Elisha Green: Race and Religion in a Kentucky Community

Randolph Paul Runyon - University Press of Kentucky
Format: Hardcover

On June 8, 1883, Rev. Elisha Green was traveling by train from Maysville to Paris, Kentucky. At Millersburg, about forty students from the Millersburg Female College crowded onto the train, accompanied by their music teacher, Frank L. Bristow, and the college president, George T. Gould....
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Why Religion?: A Personal Story

ELAINE PAGELS - Ecco
Format: Hardcover

Why is religion still around in the twenty-first century? Why do so many still believe? And how do various traditions still shape the way people experience everything from sexuality to politics, whether they are religious or not? In Why Religion? Elaine Pagels looks to her own life to help...
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Me and Sister Bobbie: True Tales of the Family Band

Willie Nelson - Random House
Format: Hardcover

Abandoned by their parents as toddlers, Willie and Bobbie Nelson found their love of music almost immediately through their grandparents, who raised them in a small Texas town. Their close relationship - which persists today - is the longest-lasting bond in both their lives. In alternating...
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The Pasta Queen: A Just Gorgeous Cookbook: 100 Recipes and Stories

Nadia Caterina Munno - Gallery Books
Format: Hardcover

TikTok sensation and beloved home cook Nadia Caterina Munno, a.k.a. The Pasta Queen, presents a cookbook of never-before-shared recipes featuring the signature pasta tips and tricksthat are 100% authentic to Italian traditions - and just as gorgeous as you are.In the first-ever cookbook...
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The Beautiful Ones

Prince - Spiegel & Grau
Format: Hardcover

From Prince himself comes the brilliant coming-of-age-and-into-superstardom story of one of the greatest artists of all time - featuring never-before-seen photos, original scrapbooks and lyric sheets, and the exquisite memoir he began writing before his tragic death. Prince was a musical...
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Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist

Michael J. Fox - Hyperion; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

There are many words to describe Michael J. Fox: Actor. Husband. Father. Activist. But readers of Always Looking Up will soon add another to the list: Optimist. Michael writes about the hard-won perspective that helped him see challenges as opportunities. Instead of building walls around...
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Born Trump: Inside America's First Family

EMILY JANE FOX - Harper
Format: Hardcover

As a writer at Vanity Fair covering the Trump family, Emily Jane Fox has spent the last year doing a deep dive into the lives of the President's children. She's developed a personal relationship with Ivanka and has cultivated sources close to Eric, Donald Jr., and Tiffany. She has scoured...
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Why We Love Serial Killers: The Curious Appeal of the World's Most Savage Murderers

Scott Bonn - Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Book

For decades now serial killers have taken center stage in the news and entertainment media The coverage of real-life murderers such as Ted Bundy and Jeffrey Dahmer has transformed them into ghoulish celebrities Similarly the popularity of fictional characters such as Hannibal The Cannibal...
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When Time Stopped: A Memoir of My Father, Survival and What Remains

Neumann, Ariana - SCRIBNER BOOKS CO

In this remarkably moving memoir Ariana Neumann dives into the secrets of her father's past: years spent hiding in plain sight in war-torn Berlin, the annihilation of dozens of family members in the Holocaust, and the courageous choice to build anew.

In 1941, the first Neumann family...

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