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Impossible Odds: The Kidnapping of Jessica Buchanan and Her Dramatic Rescue by SEAL Team Six
Jessica Buchanan · Atria Books; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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A New York Times bestseller! In 2006, twenty-seven-year-old Jessica Buchanan stepped off a plane in Nairobi, Kenya, with a teaching degree and long-held dreams of helping to educate African children. By 2009, she had met and married a native Swede named Erik Landemalm, who worked to coordinate... |
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The 15:17 to Paris: The True Story of a Terrorist, a Train, and Three American Heroes
Anthony Sadler · PublicAffairs
Pages: 256
Format: Print book
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On August 21, 2015, Ayoub al-Khazzani boarded the 15:17 train in Brussels, bound for Paris. Khazzani's mission was clear: he had an AK-47, a pistol, a box cutter, and enough ammunition to obliterate every passenger on the crowded train. Slipping into the bathroom in secret, he armed... |
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Debriefing the President: The Interrogation of Saddam Hussein
John Nixon · Blue Rider Press
Pages: 242
Format: Print book
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Set for release on the 10th anniversary of Saddam Hussein's execution, a riveting, revealing and newsmaking account of the CIA's interrogation of Saddam, written by the CIA agent who conducted the questioning. In December 2003, after one of the largest, most aggressive manhunts in history,... |
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Falling Into Place: A Memoir of Overcoming
Hattie Kauffman · Baker Books
Format: Book
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From her humble beginnings to the bright lights of network television, Hattie Kauffman weaves a story both heartbreaking and redemptive. Nationally recognized for her high-profile interviews and coverage of disasters and triumphs that affected millions, Kauffman candidly shares the experiences... |
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How to Raise a Wild Child: The Art and Science of Falling in Love with Nature
Scott D Sampson · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015.
Pages: 327
Format: Print book
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From the beloved host of PBS Kids' Dinosaur Train, an easy-to-use guide for parents, teachers, and others looking to foster a strong connection between children and nature, complete with engaging activities, troubleshooting advice, and much more American children spend four to seven minutes... |
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No Land's Man
Aasif Mandvi · Chronicle Books
Format: Hardcover
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"It always bothered me that Aasif was more than merely funny-he's also a great actor. Now I've learned he's an amazing storyteller as well, and I am furious . . . but also grateful. Aasif's movement between cultures and genres is what makes him and his story singularly... |
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The Cake and the Rain: A Memoir
JIMMY WEBB · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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Jimmy Webb's words have been sung to his music by a rich and deep roster of pop artists, including Glen Campbell, Art Garfunkel, Frank Sinatra, Donna Summer and Linda Ronstadt. He's the only artist ever to win Grammy Awards for music, lyrics, and orchestration, and his chart-topping career... |
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Resilience: Two Sisters and a Story of Mental Illness
Jessie Close · Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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At a young age, Jessie Close struggled with symptoms that would transform into severe bipolar disorder in her early twenties, but she was not properly diagnosed until the age of fifty. Jessie and her three siblings, including actress Glenn Close, spent many years in the Moral Re-Armament... |
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The Mockingbird Next Door: Life with Harper Lee
Marja Mills · Penguin Group USA
Pages: 278
Format: Print book
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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is one of the best loved novels of the twentieth century. But for the last fifty years, the novel's celebrated author, Harper Lee, has said almost nothing on the record. Journalists have trekked to her hometown of Monroeville, Alabama, where Harper Lee,... |
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James and Dolley Madison: America's First Power Couple
Joshua Zeitz · Prometheus Books
Format: Kindle Edition
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Publishers Weekly11/18/2013
Drawing extensively on newly available letters, historian Chadwick (Lincoln for President) sketches a colorful portrait of an often neglected presidential couple. Ostensibly a dual biography, Chadwick's clear focus is Dolley, who, in the eyes of her contemporaries,... |
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