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The Favored Daughter: One Woman's Fight to Lead Afghanistan Into the Future
The Favored Daughter: One Woman's Fight to Lead Afghanistan Into the Future
by Fawzia Koofi
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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)

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Paul McCartney: In His Own Words (In Their Own Words)
Paul McCartney: In His Own Words (In Their Own Words)
by Paul Mccartney
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In interviews ranging from 1968 to 2009, Paul McCartney talks about touring the UK with Wings (which was then a new band); a mid–70s offer to reform the Beatles; the early days of the Beatles, and their final break–up. He also discusses his... (read more)

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I'll See You Again
I'll See You Again
by Jackie Hance
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One woman’s journey through unbearable loss. A true story.... (read more)

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The Spark: A Mother's Story of Nurturing Genius
The Spark: A Mother's Story of Nurturing Genius
by Kristine Barnett
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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)

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The Favored Daughter: One Woman's Fight to Lead Afghanistan Into the Future
The Favored Daughter: One Woman's Fight to Lead Afghanistan Into the Future
by Fawzia Koofi
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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)

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Carrie and Me: A Mother-Daughter Love Story
Carrie and Me: A Mother-Daughter Love Story
by Carol Burnett
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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)

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Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
by Laura Hillenbrand
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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)

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Truman
Truman
by David Mccullough
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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)

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Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Near-Death Experience and Journey Into the Afterlife
Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Near-Death Experience and Journey Into the Afterlife
by Eben Alexander, M.d.
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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)

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Once Upon a Secret: My Affair with President John F. Kennedy and Its Aftermath
Once Upon a Secret: My Affair with President John F. Kennedy and Its Aftermath
by Mimi Alford
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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)

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Lifesaving Lessons: Notes from an Accidental Mother
Lifesaving Lessons: Notes from an Accidental Mother
by Linda Greenlaw
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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)

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Lifesaving Lessons: Notes from an Accidental Mother
Lifesaving Lessons: Notes from an Accidental Mother
by Linda Greenlaw
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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)

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My Beloved World
My Beloved World
by Sonia Sotomayor
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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)

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The Receptionist: An Education at the New Yorker
The Receptionist: An Education at the New Yorker
by Janet Groth
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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)

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Angela's Ashes: A Memoir
Angela's Ashes: A Memoir
by Frank Mccourt
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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)

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Jack's Book: An Oral Biography of Jack Kerouac
Jack's Book: An Oral Biography of Jack Kerouac
by Barry Gifford
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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)

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The Soundtrack of My Life
The Soundtrack of My Life
by Clive Davis
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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)

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I Thought My Father Was God: And Other True Tales from NPR's National Story Project
I Thought My Father Was God: And Other True Tales from NPR's National Story Project
by Paul Auster
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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)

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A Carpenter's Life as Told by Houses
A Carpenter's Life as Told by Houses
by Larry Haun
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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)

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Dharma Bums
Dharma Bums
by Jack Kerouac
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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)

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