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Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace... One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin Publisher Comments In 1993 Greg Mortenson was the exhausted survivor of a failed attempt to ascend K2, an American climbing bum wandering emaciated and lost through Pakistan's Karakoram Himalaya. After he was taken in and nursed back to health by the people of an... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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Strength in What Remains by Tracy Kidder Staff Pick Tracy Kidder's incredibly moving and vivid new book follows and accompanies Deo, a survivor of the genocide in Burundi, through his remarkable journey to America and back home again. Kidder makes the abstract achingly personal and showcases a genuine... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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True Compass: A Memoir by Edward M. Kennedy Staff Pick Too long a late-night-comedy punch line, the late Senator Kennedy led an undeniably fascinating life. Filled with riveting stories and enlivened by Kennedy's refreshing candor, True Compass is a fitting tribute to a life that was almost too big for one... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $24.50 Sale - Hardcover
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The Night Trilogy: Night/Dawn/Day by Elie Wiesel Publisher Comments Night is one of the masterpieces of Holocaust literature. First published in 1960, it is the autobiographical account of an adolescent boy and his father in Auschwitz. Elie Wiesel writes of their battle for survival, and of his battle with God for a way... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World by Tracy Kidder Staff Pick Beautifully told, and entirely inspiring, Mountains Beyond Mountains is an exceptional look at the heroic life of Dr. Paul Farmer. Providing health care for hundreds of thousands in a remote, impoverished region of Haiti, Farmer's incomparable dedication... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: What I Learned While Editing My Life by Donald Miller Staff Pick Miller's latest book is a meditation on the hard lessons he learned about himself while watching his bestselling memoir Blue Like Jazz turned into a narrative film. A Million Miles in a Thousand Years is inviting and engaging ... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your price: $13.99 Sale - Hardcover
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On Writing by Stephen King Publisher Comments "Long live the King," hailed Entertainment Weekly upon the publication of Stephen King's On Writing. Part memoir, part master class by one of the bestselling authors of all time, this superb volume is a revealing and practical view of the writer's craft,... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $3.95 Used - Mass Market
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Anthony Powell a Life by Michael Barber Publisher Comments The first full-length biography of the publisher, journalist and author of the "Dance To The Music Of Time" sequence. From the author of "The Captain" which received much acclaim.... (read more) Your price: $18.00 Sale - Hardcover
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Appetite for Life: The Biography of Julia Child by Noel Riley Fitch Publisher Comments Julia Child became a household name when she entered the lives of millions of Americans through our hearts and kitchens. Yet few know the richly varied private life that lies behind this icon, whose statuesque height and warmly enthused warble have... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $12.50 Used - Trade Paper
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A Meaty Tale: The Powells.com Interview with Julie Powell
Julie Powell charmed readers with Julie and Julia, in which she chronicled her quest to cook, in one year, every recipe out of Julia Child's...
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On Storytelling: The Powells.com Interview with Donald Miller
Donald Miller is a Christian writer, but the question that Miller asks with his latest memoir, A Million Miles in a Thousand Years, is applicable to...
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Top Five Worst Dates
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Sylvia Plath's Advice from Beyond the Grave
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The New York Regional Mormon Singles Halloween Dance
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