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The Favored Daughter: One Woman's Fight to Lead Afghanistan Into the Future by Fawzia Koofi Publisher Comments The nineteenth daughter of a local village leader in rural Afghanistan, Fawzia Koofi was left to die in the sun after birth by her mother. But she survived, and perseverance in the face of extreme hardship has defined her life ever since. Despite the... (read more) Your price: $39.99 New - Compact Disc
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Paul McCartney: In His Own Words (In Their Own Words) by Paul Mccartney Synopsis In interviews ranging from 1968 to 2009, Paul McCartney talks about touring the UK with Wings (which was then a new band); a mid70s offer to reform the Beatles; the early days of the Beatles, and their final breakup. He also discusses his... (read more) Your price: $16.95 New - Compact Disc
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I'll See You Again by Jackie Hance Publisher Comments One woman’s journey through unbearable loss. A true story.... (read more) Your price: $29.99 New - Compact Disc
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The Spark: A Mother's Story of Nurturing Genius by Kristine Barnett Publisher Comments Kristine Barnett’s son Jacob has an IQ higher than Einstein’s, a photographic memory, and he taught himself calculus in two weeks. At nine he started working on an original theory in astrophysics that experts believe may someday put him in... (read more) Your price: $40.00 New - Compact Disc
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The Favored Daughter: One Woman's Fight to Lead Afghanistan Into the Future by Fawzia Koofi Publisher Comments The nineteenth daughter of a local village leader in rural Afghanistan, Fawzia Koofi was left to die in the sun after birth by her mother. But she survived, and perseverance in the face of extreme hardship has defined her life ever since. Despite the... (read more) Your price: $29.99 New - Compact Disc
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Carrie and Me: A Mother-Daughter Love Story by Carol Burnett Publisher Comments In this beautiful and poignant tribute to her late daughter, award-winning actress and New York Times bestselling author Carol Burnett presents a funny and moving memoir about mothering an extraordinary young woman through the struggles and triumphs of... (read more) Your price: $29.99 New - Compact Disc
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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) Your price: $45.00 New - Compact Disc
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Truman by David Mccullough Publisher Comments Hailed by critics as an American masterpiece, David McCullough's sweeping biography of Harry S. Truman captured the heart of the nation. The life and times of the thirty-third President of the United States, Truman provides a deeply moving look at an... (read more) Your price: $32.00 New - Compact Disc
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Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Near-Death Experience and Journey Into the Afterlife by Eben Alexander, M.d. Publisher Comments A SCIENTISTS CASE FOR THE AFTERLIFE Near-death experiences, or NDEs, are controversial. Thousands of people have had them, but many in the scientific community have argued that they are impossible. Dr. Eben Alexander was one of those people. A... (read more) Your price: $29.99 New - Compact Disc
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Once Upon a Secret: My Affair with President John F. Kennedy and Its Aftermath by Mimi Alford Publisher Comments In the summer of 1962, nineteen-year-old Mimi Beardsley arrived by train in Washington, D.C., to begin an internship in the White House press office. The Kennedy Administration had reinvigorated the capital and the country—and Mimi was eager to... (read more) Your price: $30.00 New - Compact Disc
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Lifesaving Lessons: Notes from an Accidental Mother by Linda Greenlaw Publisher Comments LIFESAVING LESSONS follows America's only female swordfish boat captain, Linda Greenlaw ? crosser of oceans, catcher of huge swordfish ? as she faces her greatest battle with nature yet. This time though, it's not the ocean with which she must struggle... (read more) Your price: $24.99 New - Compact Disc
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Lifesaving Lessons: Notes from an Accidental Mother by Linda Greenlaw Publisher Comments LIFESAVING LESSONS follows America's only female swordfish boat captain, Linda Greenlaw ? crosser of oceans, catcher of huge swordfish ? as she faces her greatest battle with nature yet. This time though, it's not the ocean with which she must struggle... (read more) Your price: $69.97 New - Compact Disc
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My Beloved World by Sonia Sotomayor Publisher Comments The first Hispanic and third woman appointed to the United States Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor has become an instant American icon. Now, with a candor and intimacy never undertaken by a sitting Justice, she recounts her life from a Bronx housing... (read more) Your price: $40.00 New - Compact Disc
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The Receptionist: An Education at the New Yorker by Janet Groth Publisher Comments Thanks to a successful interview with the painfully shy E.B. White, a beautiful, 19-year-old, blue-eyed blonde from the cornfields of Iowa lands a job as a receptionist at The New Yorker magazine. There she stays two decades, becoming general all-around... (read more) Your price: $29.95 New - Compact Disc
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Angela's Ashes: A Memoir by Frank Mccourt Publisher Comments THE RUNAWAY NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND AUDIE AWARD WINNER "When I look back on my childhood I wonder how I managed to survive at all. It was, of course, a miserable childhood: the happy childhood is hardly worth your while. Worse than the ordinary... (read more) Your price: $49.95 New - Compact Disc
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Jack's Book: An Oral Biography of Jack Kerouac by Barry Gifford Synopsis Here is Jack Kerouac's story, as recorded through the voices of his friends and lovers. Authors Barry Gifford and Lawrence Lee retraced Kerouac's life at home and on the road and talked with the prophets, musicians, poets, socialites, and working people... (read more) Your price: $29.95 New - Compact Disc
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The Soundtrack of My Life by Clive Davis Publisher Comments In this star-studded autobiography, Clive Davis shares a personal, candid look into his remarkable life and the last fifty years of popular music as only a true insider can. In the history of popular music, no one looms as large as Clive Davis. His... (read more) Your price: $49.99 New - Compact Disc
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I Thought My Father Was God: And Other True Tales from NPR's National Story Project by Paul Auster Publisher Comments One of America's foremost writers collects the best stories submitted to NPR's National Story Project -- and illuminates the powerful role of storytelling in all our lives. When Paul Auster was asked to join NPR's Weekend All Things Considered program to... (read more) Your price: $34.95 New - Compact Disc
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A Carpenter's Life as Told by Houses by Larry Haun Publisher Comments From one of Fine Homebuilding’s best-loved authors, Larry Haun, comes a unique story that looks at American home building from the perspective of twelve houses he has known intimately. Part memoir, part cultural history, A Carpenter’s Life... (read more) Your price: $34.95 New - Compact Disc
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Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac Publisher Comments This novel created a sensation by chronicling a spontaneous and wandering way of life in a style that seemed founded both on jazz and on drug-induced visions.... (read more) Your price: $18.75 New - Compact Disc
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