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Bossypants by Tina Fey Publisher Comments Before Liz Lemon, before Weekend Update, before Sarah Palin, Tina Fey was just a young girl with a dream: a recurring stress dream that she was being chased through a local airport by her middle-school gym teacher. She also had a dream that one day she... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $11.19 Sale - Trade Paper 
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Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand Publisher Comments On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick of oil, gasoline, and blood. Then, on the ocean surface, a face appeared. It was that of a young... (read more) List Price $27.00 Your price: $18.90 Sale - Hardcover
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Blood, Bones, and Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef by Gabrielle Hamilton Staff Pick Hamilton is the chef-owner of acclaimed NYC restaurant Prune. Her memoir is compelling, harrowing, beautifully written, and utterly charming, whether she's invoking memories of fields of fireflies or gritty kitchen realities. Anthony Bourdain loves this... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $11.20 Sale - Trade Paper
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Crazy Enough: A Memoir by Storm Large Publisher Comments Yes, Storm Large is her real name, though shes been called many things. As a performer, the majority of descriptions have led with “Amazon,” “Powerhouse,” “a six-foot Vargas pinup come to life.” Playboy called her a... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $17.50 Sale - Hardcover
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot Staff Pick This is an absolutely fascinating account of a line of cells that would proliferate to such a degree that they became immortal. Shaved from a tumor in a poor black woman in the 1950s, cultured without her knowledge, and grown to amazing proportions... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $11.20 Sale - Trade Paper
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Gastronaut: Adventures in Food for the Romantic, the Foolhardy, and the Brave by Stefan Gates Publisher Comments An irreverent journey through the culinary world of the exotic, the bizarre, and the truly extraordinary, "Gastronaut" is equal parts cookbook and quest book. This hilarious journey through some of the strangest food experiences, past and present, is... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $3.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun by Gretchen Rubin Staff Pick In a time when "experiment memoirs" are a dime a dozen, Rubin stands out with this inspiring and entertaining book. The Happiness Project is Eat, Pray, Love for us regular folks who don't have the time or money to go "find" ourselves in India. Poignant... (read more) List Price $25.99 Your price: $18.19 Sale - Hardcover
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The Jamie Oliver Effect: The Man, the Food, the Revolution by Gilly Smith Publisher Comments By the age of eight, Jamie Oliver was already cooking in his parents' pub and restaurant. By the age of 22, his foul mouth and mischievous image in the kitchens of The River Café won him his own TV series, The Naked Chef... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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A Thousand Sisters: My Journey into the Worst Place on Earth to Be a Woman by Lisa Shannon Publisher Comments Lisa J. Shannon had a good life — a successful business, a fiancé, a home, and security. Then, one day in 2005, an episode of Oprah changed all that. The show focused on women in Congo, the worst place on earth to be a woman. She was awakened... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $17.47 Sale - Hardcover
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M.F.K. Fisher among the Pots and Pans: Celebrating Her Kitchens by Joan Reardon Publisher Comments A portrait of the life and career of noted culinary writer M. F. K. Fisher is set against the background of the many kitchens that she had known, the foods she had consumed in each of them, and their influence on her ideas about the art of eating, in an... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $16.95 Sale - Hardcover
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A Covert Affair: Julia Child and Paul Child in the OSS by Jennet Conant Publisher Comments Bestselling author Jennet Conant brings us a stunning account of Julia and Paul Childs experiences as members of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) in the Far East during World War II and the tumultuous years when they were caught up in the McCarthy... (read more) List Price $28.00 Your price: $12.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Francis Crick: Discoverer of the Genetic Code by Matt Ridley Publisher Comments Ridley traces Crick's life from middle-class mediocrity through his leap into biology at the age of 31 and his co-discovery of the double helix structure of DNA.... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Food & Friends: Recipes & Memories from Simca's Cuisine by Simone Beck Publisher Comments View recipes from Food and Friends. The coauthor of Mastering the Art of French Cooking shares an irresistible feast of reminiscence and recipes. Simone "Simca" Beck first met Julia Child in 1949 in the women's cooking club Cercle des Gourmettes in... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Lady Gaga X Terry Richardson by Terry Richardson Publisher Comments In this book of original, behind-the-scenes photographs, acclaimed photographer Terry Richardson follows superstar Lady Gaga during one year of her life, from Lollapalooza through the final show of her Monster Ball tour. During the time period he... (read more) List Price $50.00 Your price: $24.50 Sale - Hardcover
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Walking with Friends: An Inspirational Year on the PGA Tour by D J Gregory Publisher Comments In Walking with Friends, D.J. Gregory, a thirty-yearold who has cerebral palsy, describes his year of traveling with the PGA tour and walking every course. For D.J., this experience has been the fulfillment of a lifelong dream as well as a search for... (read more) List Price $22.00 Your price: $14.95 Sale - Hardcover
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Relish: The Extraordinary Life of Alexis Soyer, Victorian Celebrity Chef by Ruth Cowen Publisher Comments Rarely has a man defined the spirit of an age as well as Alexis Soyer. A celebrity chef, bestselling author, entrepreneur, inventor, and Crimean war hero, Soyer built the world famous kitchens of London's Reform Club and filled them with such ingenious... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $9.95 Sale - Trade Paper
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A Woman Among Warlords: The Extraordinary Story of an Afghan Who Dared to Raise Her Voice by Malalai Joya Publisher Comments Malalai Joya has been called the bravest woman in Afghanistan. At a constitutional assembly in Kabul in 2003, she stood up and denounced her country's powerful NATO-backed warlords. She was twenty-five years old. Two years later, she became the youngest... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $12.95 Sale - Hardcover
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I Have Something to Tell You: A Memoir by Regan Hofmann Publisher Comments A candid and inspiring account of life with HIV from one of its least likely targets: a straight, young woman with everything to lose— who ended up gaining more than she ever imagined. For ten years, Regan Hofmann lived a double life. To the... (read more) List Price $23.00 Your price: $13.95 Sale - Hardcover
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I Remember Nothing: And Other Reflections by Nora Ephron Staff Pick The essays in Ephron's charming collection range from the very relatable (vignettes covering everything from egg yolks to Thomas Friedman) to the delightful and personal (as in "Journalism: A Love Story," which recounts her post-college days in a largely... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $15.95 Sale - Hardcover
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George Washington: The Founding Father (Eminent Lives) by Paul Johnson Publisher Comments Washington is seen as one of the most important authors of the Constitution, in addition to his pivotal leadership of the Revolutionary War and a magisterial executive in the formative years of the new United States. He was a moderate man of few words... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $7.95 Sale - Hardcover
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