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Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (Vintage) by Cheryl Strayed Staff Pick I know this title is everywhere right now. I was very fortunate to get an advanced copy, and I immediately fell in love. Why? Well, like many, my favorite books are those that seem to have been written just for me. I deeply understood the raw ache of... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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I Dreamed I Was a Very Clean Tramp: An Autobiography by Richard Hell Publisher Comments The sharp, lyrical, and no-holds-barred autobiography of the iconoclastic writer and musician Richard Hell, charting the childhood, coming of age, and misadventures of an artist in an indelible era of rock and roll... From an early age, Richard Hell... (read more) Your price: $25.99 New - Hardcover
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Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson Publisher Comments Includes a new chapter! When Jenny Lawson was little, all she ever wanted was to fit in. That dream was cut short by her fantastically unbalanced father and a morbidly eccentric childhood. It did, however, open up an opportunity for Lawson to find the... (read more) Your price: $16.00 New - Trade Paper
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The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II by Denise Kiernan Publisher Comments The incredible story of the young women of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, who unwittingly played a crucial role in one of the most significant moments in U.S. history. The Tennessee town of Oak Ridge was created from scratch in 1942. One of the Manhattan Project... (read more) Your price: $27.00 New - Hardcover
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How to Be a Friend to a Friend Who's Sick by Letty Cottin Pogrebin Publisher Comments Everyone knows someone who's sick or suffering. Yet when a friend or relative is under duress many of us feel uncertain about how to cope. Throughout her recent bout with breast cancer, Letty Cottin Pogrebin became fascinated by her friends and family's... (read more) Your price: $24.99 New - Hardcover
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Waiting to Be Heard: A Memoir by Amanda Knox Publisher Comments Amanda Knox spent four years in a foreign prison for a crime she did not commit. In the fall of 2007, the 20-year-old college coed left Seattle to study abroad in Italy, but her life was shattered when her roommate was murdered in their apartment... (read more) Your price: $28.99 New - Hardcover
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Crapalachia: A Biography of Place by Scott McClanahan Publisher Comments Crapalachia is a portrait of Scott McClanahan's formative years, coming of age in rural West Virginia, during a stretch of time where he was deeply influenced by his Grandma Ruby and Uncle Nathan, who suffered from cerebral palsy. Peopled by colorful... (read more) Your price: $16.00 New - Trade Paper
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Everything Is Perfect When You're a Liar by Kelly Oxford Publisher Comments Kelly Oxford is . . . A wunderkind producer of pirated stage productions for six-year-olds Not the queen of the world An underage schnitzel-house dishwasher The kid who stood up to a bully and almost passed out from the resulting adrenaline rush A born... (read more) List Price $25.99 Your price: $16.95 Used - Hardcover
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Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeanette Winterson Synopsis "Magnificent . . . A tour de force of literature and love."Vogue "Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? is raucous. It hums with a dark refulgence from its first pages. . . . Singular and electric . . . [Winterson's] life with her adoptive parents... (read more) Your price: $15.00 New - Trade Paper
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Dropped Names: Famous Men and Women as I Knew Them by Frank Langella Publisher Comments Captured forever in a unique memoir, Broadway and film star Frank Langella's myriad encounters with some of the past century's most famous human beings are profoundly affecting, funny, wicked, sometimes shocking, and utterly irresistible. With sharp wit... (read more) Your price: $14.99 New - Trade Paper
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American Jews & America's Game: Voices of a Growing Legacy in Baseball by Larry Ruttman Publisher Comments Most fans dont know how far the Jewish presence in baseball extends beyond a few famous players such as Greenberg, Rosen, Koufax, Holtzman, Green, Ausmus, Youkilis, Braun, and Kinsler. In fact, that presence extends to the baseball commissioner Bud Selig,... (read more) Your price: $34.95 New - Hardcover
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The Still Point of the Turning World by Emily Rapp Publisher Comments Like all mothers, Emily Rapp had ambitious plans for her first and only child, Ronan. He would be smart, loyal, physically fearless, and level-headed, but fun. He would be good at crossword puzzles like his father. He would be an avid skier like... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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Call the Midwife #03: Call the Midwife, Volume 3: Farewell to the East End by Jennifer Worth Publisher Comments The last book in the trilogy begun by Jennifer Worth's New York Times bestseller and the basis for the PBS series Call the Midwife When twenty-two-year-old Jennifer Worth, from a comfortable middle-class upbringing, went to work as a midwife in the... (read more) Your price: $15.99 New - Trade Paper
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Unflinching Courage: Pioneering Women Who Shaped Texas by Kay Bailey Hutchison Publisher Comments From New York Times bestselling author and groundbreaking politician Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison comes a history of the extraordinary women who shaped the state of Texas. The only woman ever to represent Texas in the United States Senate, Kay Bailey... (read more) Your price: $27.99 New - Hardcover
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One Day in December: Celia Sanchez and the Cuban Revolution by Nancy Stout Publisher Comments Celia Sánchez is the missing actor of the Cuban Revolution. Although not as well known in the English-speaking world as Fidel Castro and Che Guevara, Sánchez played a pivotal role in launching the revolution and administering the... (read more) Your price: $28.95 New - Hardcover
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Wedlocked: A Memoir by Jay Ponteri Publisher Comments Married writer Jay Ponteri finds himself infatuated with a woman other than his wife and writes a manuscript to explore his feelings. Discovery of this manuscript understandably strains his marriage. Wedlocked offers readers an intimate, idiosyncratic... (read more) Your price: $16.95 New - Trade Paper
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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 Revelatory and groundbreaking, The Art of Intelligence will change the way people view the CIA, American intelligence, and... (read more) Your price: $17.00 New - Trade Paper
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Instant Mom by Nia Vardalos Publisher Comments Some families are created in different ways but are still, in every way, a family. Writer and star of My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Nia Vardalos firmly believed she was supposed to be a mom, but Mother Nature and modern medicine had put her in a headlock. So... (read more) List Price $26.99 Your price: $22.00 Used - Hardcover
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Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child by Bob Spitz Publisher Comments A Time, Washington Post, and NPR Best Book of the Year The stunning story of how Julia Child transformed herself into the cult figure who touched off a food revolution that has gripped the country for more than fifty years. Spanning Pasadena to Paris... (read more) Your price: $16.00 New - Trade Paper
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American Reader #20: The Winged Seed: A Remembrance by Li-young Lee Publisher Comments "It has true spiritual importance for contemporary American literature."Edward Hirsch Upon its initial publication, acclaimed poet Li-Young Lee's memoir The Winged Seed: A Remembrance (1995), received an American Book Award from the Before... (read more) Your price: $16.00 New - Trade Paper
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