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Are You My Mother?: A Comic Drama by Alison Bechdel Publisher Comments From the best-selling author of Fun Home, Time magazines No. 1 Book of the Year, a brilliantly told graphic memoir of Alison Bechdel becoming the artist her mother wanted to be. Alison Bechdel's Fun Home was a pop culture and literary phenomenon. Now, a... (read more) List Price $22.00 Your price: $15.40 Sale - Hardcover 
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A Sense of Direction: Pilgrimage for the Restless and the Hopeful by Gideon Lewis-Kraus Publisher Comments In medieval times, a pilgrimage gave the average Joe his only break from the daily grind. For Gideon Lewis-Kraus, it promises a different kind of escape. Determined to avoid the kind of constraint that kept his father, a gay rabbi, closeted until midlife,... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $18.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Volume 4 by Robert A. Caro Publisher Comments Book Four of Robert A. Caro's monumental The Years of Lyndon Johnson displays all the narrative energy and illuminating insight that led the Times of London to acclaim it as "one of the truly great political biographies of the modern age. A... (read more) Your price: $35.00 New - Hardcover
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Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir by Jenny Lawson Publisher Comments For fans of Tina Fey and David Sedaris — Internet star Jenny Lawson, aka The Bloggess, makes her literary debut. When Jenny Lawson was little, all she ever wanted was to fit in. That dream was cut short by her fantastically unbalanced father (a... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $18.17 Sale - Hardcover
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Drop Dead Healthy: One Man's Humble Quest for Bodily Perfection by A. J. Jacobs Publisher Comments New York Times bestselling author and king of "immersion journalism" A.J. Jacobs tackles his most challenging experiment yet: a yearlong mission to radically improve every element of his body and mind — from his brain to his fingertips to his abs... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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This Is How: Proven Aid in Overcoming Shyness, Molestation, Fatness, Spinsterhood, Grief, Disease, Lushery, Decrepitude & More. for by Augusten Burroughs Publisher Comments From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Running With Scissors comes a groundbreaking book that explores how to survive the "un-survivable" and will challenge your notion of self-help books To say that Augusten Burroughs has lived an unusual... (read more) Your price: $24.99 New - Hardcover
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When Women Were Birds Signed Edition by Terry Tempest Williams Publisher Comments The beloved author of Refuge returns with a work that explodes and startles, illuminates and celebrates Terry Tempest Williams's mother told her: "I am leaving you all my journals, but you must promise me you won't look at them until after I'm gone... (read more) Available June 20, 2012 Your price: $23.00 New - Hardcover 
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I Suck at Girls by Justin Halpern Publisher Comments "Human beings fear the unknown. So, whatever's freaking you out, grab it by the balls and say hello. Then it ain't the unknown anymore and it ain't scary. Or I guess it could be a shitload scarier." Fans of the #1 bestseller Sh*t My Dad Says will... (read more) Your price: $16.99 New - Hardcover
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To the Last Breath: A Memoir of Going to Extremes by Francis Slakey Publisher Comments A journey to the most extreme points on Earth and deep inside the human spirit Before Georgetown physics professor Francis Slakey set out to climb the highest mountain on every continent and surf every ocean, he had shut himself... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $17.50 Used - Hardcover
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Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake by Anna Quindlen Publisher Comments In this irresistible memoir, the New York Times bestselling author and winner of the Pulitzer Prize Anna Quindlen writes about looking back and ahead—and celebrating it all—as she considers marriage, girlfriends, our mothers, faith, loss, all... (read more) Your price: $26.00 New - Hardcover
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My Cross to Bear by Gregg Allman Publisher Comments As one of the greatest rock icons of all time, Gregg Allman has lived it all and then some. For almost fifty years, he's been creating some of the most recognizable songs in American rock, but never before has he paused to reflect on the long road he's... (read more) List Price $27.99 Your price: $19.59 Sale - Hardcover
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Driving Mr. Yogi: Yogi Berra, Ron Guidry, and Baseball's Greatest Gift by Harvey Araton Publisher Comments “How would you like to hang out with Yogi Berra and Ron Guidry during spring training? Funny and sweet, Driving Mr. Yogi transports you there.” — Jim Bouton, author of Ball Four It happens every spring. Yankees pitching great Ron... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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A Natural Woman: A Memoir by Carole King Publisher Comments A memoir by the iconic singer-songwriter chronicling her story from her beginnings in Brooklyn through her remarkable success as one of the world's most acclaimed musical talents, to her present day as a leading performer and activist. From her marriage... (read more) List Price $27.99 Your price: $19.50 Used - Hardcover
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Over Time: My Life as a Sportswriter by Frank Deford Publisher Comments Over Time: My Life as a Sportswriter is as unconventional and wide-ranging as Frank Deford's remarkable career, in which he has chronicled the heroes and the characters of just about every sport in nearly every medium. Deford joined Sports Illustrated in... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Art of Intelligence: Lessons from a Life in the CIA's Clandestine Service by Henry A. Crumpton Publisher Comments A legendary CIA spy and counterterrorism expert tells the spellbinding story of his high-risk, action-packed career while illustrating the growing importance of America's intelligence officers and their secret missions For a crucial period, Henry... (read more) Your price: $27.95 New - Hardcover
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It Worked for Me: In Life and Leadership by Colin Powell Publisher Comments It Worked for Me is filled with vivid experiences and lessons learned that have shaped the legendary public service career of the four-star general and former Secretary of State Colin Powell. At its heart are Powell's "Thirteen Rules"—notes he... (read more) Your price: $27.99 New - Hardcover
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The Paper Garden: An Artist Begins Her Life's Work at 72 by Molly Peacock Publisher Comments In 1772, upon the death of her second husband, Mary Delany arose from her grief, picked up a pair of scissors, and, at the age of seventy-two, created a new art form: mixed-media collage. Over the next decade, Mrs. Delany produced an astonishing 985... (read more) Your price: $20.00 New - Trade Paper
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Preemie: Lessons in Love, Life, and Motherhood by Kasey Mathews Publisher Comments In her early thirties, Kasey Mathews had it all: a loving husband, a beautiful two-year-old son, and a second baby on the way. But what seemed a perfect life was shattered when she went into labor four months early, delivering her one-pound, eleven-ounce... (read more) Your price: $16.95 New - Trade Paper
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Dreaming in French: The Paris Years of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, Susan Sontag, and Angela Davis by Alice Yaeger Kaplan Publisher Comments A year in Paris . . . since World War II, countless American students have been lured by that vision—and been transformed by their sojourn in the City of Light. Dreaming in French tells three stories of that experience, and how it changed the... (read more) Your price: $26.00 New - Hardcover
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Man of War: My Adventures in the World of Historical Reenactment by Charlie Schroeder Publisher Comments Confederates in the Attic meets The Year of Living Biblically in a funny and original memoir In Arkansas, there is a full-scale Roman fort with catapults and ramparts. In Colorado, nearly a hundred men don Nazi uniforms to fight the battle of Stalingrad.... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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