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Corbett Mack: The Life of a Northern Paiute: The Life of a Northern Paiute
Corbett Mack: The Life of a Northern Paiute: The Life of a Northern Paiute
by Michael Hittman
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Corbett Mack (1892–1974), was a Northern Paiute of mixed ancestry, caught between Native American and white worlds. A generation before, his tribe had brought forth the prophet Wovoka, whose Ghost Dance swept the Indian world in the 1890s. Mack... (read more)

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Can't Sleep, Can't Train, Can't Stop: More Misadventures in Triathlon
Can't Sleep, Can't Train, Can't Stop: More Misadventures in Triathlon
by Andy Holgate
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Continuing Andy's inspirational journey from where Can't Swim, Can't Ride, Can't Run left off, a chronicle of his attempt to complete two Ironman triathlons six weeks apart A 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bike ride, and a 26.2-mile run make... (read more)

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Going Native
Going Native
by Tom Harmer
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In a spiritual autobiography shaped by years of living with a band of Salish Indian people after the Vietnam War, Tom Harmer shares his hard-won knowledge of their world and the nature spirits that govern it. Leaving behind college, military service, and... (read more)

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Wild Tales: A Rock and Roll Life
Wild Tales: A Rock and Roll Life
by Graham Nash
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From Graham Nash — the legendary musician and founding member of the iconic bands Crosby, Stills & Nash and The Hollies — comes a candid and riveting autobiography that belongs on the reading list of every classic rock fan. Graham Nash's... (read more)

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Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape
Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape
by Jenna Miscavige Hill
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Jenna Miscavige Hill was raised to obey. As the niece of the Church of Scientology's leader David Miscavige, she grew up at the center of this highly controversial and powerful organization. But at twenty-one Jenna made a daring break from Scientology... (read more)

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What Do You Buy the Children of the Terrorist Who Tried to Kill Your Wife?
What Do You Buy the Children of the Terrorist Who Tried to Kill Your Wife?
by David Harris-gershon
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David Harris-Gershon and his wife, Jamie, moved to Jerusalem full of hope. Then, in the midst of a historic cease-fire between Israel and the Palestinians, a bomb shrieked through Hebrew Universitys cafeteria. Jamie was hurled across the room, her body... (read more)

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Biting Through the Skin: An Indian Kitchen in America's Heartland
Biting Through the Skin: An Indian Kitchen in America's Heartland
by Nina Mukerjee Furstenau
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At once a traveler’s tale, a memoir, and a mouthwatering cookbook, Biting through the Skin offers a first-generation immigrant’s perspective on growing up in America’s heartland. Author Nina Mukerjee Furstenau’s parents brought... (read more)

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William F. Winter and the New Mississippi: A Biography (Willie Morris Books in Memoir and Biography)
William F. Winter and the New Mississippi: A Biography (Willie Morris Books in Memoir and Biography)
by Charles C. Bolton, Aw
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For more than six decades, William F. Winter (b. 1923) has been one of the most recognizable public figures in Mississippi. His political career spanned the 1940s through the early 1980s, from his initial foray into Mississippi politics as James Eastland'... (read more)

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Friendkeeping: A Field Guide to the People You Love, Hate, and Can't Live Without
Friendkeeping: A Field Guide to the People You Love, Hate, and Can't Live Without
by Julie Klam
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From New York Times bestselling memoirist Julie Klam, a funny and affecting look at friendship in an age of isolation. Facebook says you have hundreds of friends. So why can you name only two? Friendship today is more confusing than ever, and yet having... (read more)

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Light and Shade: Conversations with Jimmy Page
Light and Shade: Conversations with Jimmy Page
by Brad Tolinski
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This “oral autobiography” of Jimmy Page, the intensely private mastermind behind Led Zeppelin—one of the most enduring bands in rock history—is the most complete and revelatory portrait of the legendary guitarist ever published. &#... (read more)

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Rihanna: The Unauthorized Biography
Rihanna: The Unauthorized Biography
by Danny White
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Going behind the gossip columns, the true story of a singer who has worked hard, reinventing herself along the way, to become a household name and one of the biggest artists on the planet Rihanna has sold more than 25 million albums and won numerous... (read more)

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The Train in the Night: A Story of Music and Loss
The Train in the Night: A Story of Music and Loss
by Nick Coleman
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For thirty years Nick Coleman immersed himself in music, from rocknroll to “pro rock,” jazz to classical, until one morning as he sat up in bed, his right ear went stone deaf. His left ear—as though to compensate—started to make... (read more)

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Only in Chicago: How the Rod Blagojevich Scandal Engulfed Illinois and Enthralled the Nation
Only in Chicago: How the Rod Blagojevich Scandal Engulfed Illinois and Enthralled the Nation
by Natasha Korecki
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The city of Chicago, the state of Illinois, and the nation at large were captivated by the arrest, trial, and general public embarrassment of Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich. Shortly after Blagojevich's arrest in December 2008, award-winning Chicago... (read more)

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The Rolling Stones: Fifty Years
The Rolling Stones: Fifty Years
by Christopher Sandford
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The definitive story of the most controversial and longest-surviving band in music history In order to accurately chronicle the human drama at the center of the Rolling Stones story, the author of this book has carried out interviews... (read more)

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All Gone: A Memoir of My Mother's Dementia. with Refreshments
All Gone: A Memoir of My Mother's Dementia. with Refreshments
by Alex Witchel
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A daughterand#8217;s longing love letter to aand#160;mother who has slipped beyond reach Just past seventy, Alex Witcheland#8217;s smart, adoring,and#160;ultracapable mother began to exhibit undeniableand#160;signs of dementia. Her smart, adoring... (read more)

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Diary of a Stage Mother's Daughter
Diary of a Stage Mother's Daughter
by Melissa Francis
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The Glass Castle meets The Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother in this dazzlingly honest and provocative family memoir by former child actress and current Fox Business Network anchor Melissa Francis.  When Melissa Francis was eight years old, she won... (read more)

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The Autobiography of Mark Twain: Deluxe Modern Classic
The Autobiography of Mark Twain: Deluxe Modern Classic
by Charles Neider
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"Mark Twain's autobiography is a classic of American letters, to be ranked with the autobiographies of Benjamin Franklin and Henry Adams. . . . It has the marks of greatness in it—style, scope, imagination, laughter, tragedy."&... (read more)

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City Lights/Streets Ahead: A Street Life/Life After City Lights
City Lights/Streets Ahead: A Street Life/Life After City Lights
by Keith Waterhouse
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To coincide with the release of Keith Waterhouse’s previously unpublished autobiography, How to Live to Be 22, the British Library brings together in a single volume two collections of memoirs by Waterhouse, City Lights and Streets Ahead. ... (read more)

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George Wingfield: Owner and Operator of Nevada (Wilbur S. Shepperson Series in History & Humanities)
George Wingfield: Owner and Operator of Nevada (Wilbur S. Shepperson Series in History & Humanities)
by C. Elizabeth Raymond
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Banker, hotel owner, and political powerhouse George Wingfield (1876-1959) was one of the most significant figures in Nevada’s history. He was the prime force behind the start-up of its tourism and gambling industries. Raymond’s biography... (read more)

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Weeds: A Farm Daughter's Lament (American Lives)
Weeds: A Farm Daughter's Lament (American Lives)
by Evelyn I. Funda
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In Thomas Jeffersons day, 90 percent of the population worked on family farms. Today, in a world dominated by agribusiness, less than 1 percent of Americans claim farm-related occupations. What was lost along the way is something that Evelyn I. Funda... (read more)

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