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The Stowaway: A Young Man's Extraordinary Adventure to Antarctica
Laurie Gwen Shapiro - Simon & Schuster Format: Hardcover
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The spectacular, true story of a scrappy teenager from New York's Lower East Side who stowed away on the Roaring Twenties' most remarkable feat of science and daring: an expedition to Antarctica.It was 1928: a time of illicit booze, of Gatsby and Babe Ruth, of freewheeling fun. The Great... |
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I Can See Clearly Now
Wayne W Dyer - Hay House Format: eBook
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For many years, Dr. Wayne W. Dyer's fans have wondered when he would write a memoir. Well, after four decades as a teacher of self-empowerment and the best-selling author of more than 40 books, Wayne has finally done just that! However, he has written it in a way that only he can - with... |
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Twelve Years a Slave
Solomon Northup - Atria Books Format: Hardcover
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The story that inspired the major motion picture, with an introduction by the bestselling author of Wench, Dolen Perkins-Valdez, Twelve Years a Slave is a harrowing, vividly detailed, and utterly unforgettable account of slavery.The story that inspired the major motion picture,... |
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The Marathon Don't Stop: The Life and Times of Nipsey Hussle
Rob Kenner - Atria Books Format: Hardcover
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The first in-depth biography of Nipsey Hussle, the hip hop mogul, artist, and activist whose transformative legacy inspired a generation with his motivational lyrics and visionary business savvy - before he was tragically shot down in the very neighborhood he was dedicated to building up.In... |
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From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home
Tembi Locke - Simon & Schuster Format: Hardcover
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A poignant and transporting cross-cultural love story set against the lush backdrop of the Sicilian countryside, where one woman discovers the healing powers of food, family, and unexpected grace in her darkest hour.It was love at first sight when Tembi met professional chef, Saro, on a street... |
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The Nazis Knew My Name: A Remarkable Story of Survival and Courage in Auschwitz
Magda Hellinger - Atria Books Format: Hardcover
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In March 1942, twenty-five-year-old kindergarten teacher Magda Hellinger and nearly a thousand other young women were deported as some of the first Jews to be sent to the Auschwitz concentration camp. The SS soon discovered that by putting prisoners in day-to-day charge of the accommodation... |
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The Folded Clock: A Diary
Heidi Julavits - Doubleday; 1St Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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A raucous, stunningly candid, deliriously smart diary of two years in the life of the incomparable Heidi JulavitsLike many young people, Heidi Julavits kept a diary. Decades later she found her old diaries in a storage bin, and hoped to discover the early evidence of the person (and writer)... |
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Champion of Choice: The Life and Legacy of Women's Advocate Nafis Sadik
Cathleen Miller - University of Nebraska Press Format: Hardcover
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Not many women can claim to have changed history, but Nafis Sadik set that goal in her youth, and change the world she did. Champion of Choice tells the remarkable story of how Sadik, born into a prominent Indian family in 1929, came to be the worlds foremost advocate for womens health... |
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The Deepest South of All: True Stories from Natchez, Mississippi
Richard Grant - Simon & Schuster Format: Hardcover
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Bestselling travel writer Richard Grant offers an entertaining and profound look at a city like no other. Natchez, Mississippi, once had more millionaires per capita than anywhere else in America, and its wealth was built on slavery and cotton. Today it has the greatest concentration of antebellum... |
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