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The Glass Castle: A Memoir
The Glass Castle: A Memoir
by Jeannette Walls
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Jeannette Walls grew up with parents whose ideals and stubborn nonconformity were both their curse and their salvation. Rex and Rose Mary Walls had four children. In the beginning, they lived like nomads, moving among Southwest desert towns, camping in... (read more)

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Mountains beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World
Mountains beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World
by Tracy Kidder
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Beautifully told, and entirely inspiring, Mountains Beyond Mountains is an exceptional look at the heroic life of Dr. Paul Farmer. Providing health care for hundreds of thousands in a remote, impoverished region of Haiti, Farmer's incomparable dedication... (read more)

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Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child
Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child
by Bob Spitz
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It's rare for someone to emerge in America who can change our attitudes, our beliefs, and our very culture. It's even rarer when that someone is a middle-aged, six-foot three-inch woman whose first exposure to an unsuspecting public is cooking an omelet... (read more)

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The Egg and I
The Egg and I
by Betty MacDonald
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The author relates the joys and frustrations of life on a poultry farm in the mountains of Washington.... (read more)

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John Adams
John Adams
by David McCullough
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David McCullough is our most dependable presidential biographer. Each of his efforts has been a resounding success, combining popular appeal with literary accolades. Mornings on Horseback, about Teddy Roosevelt, won the National Book Award, his... (read more)

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Wesley the Owl: The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl
Wesley the Owl: The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl
by Stacey Obrien
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This New York Times bestselling "sweet, quirky memoir" (USA TODAY) tells the "heartwarming story" (Publishers Weekly) of a biologist and the owl she rescued and raised. A book of unforgettable emotional resonance, Wesley the Owl took the book world by... (read more)

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Merle's Door: Lessons from a Freethinking Dog
Merle's Door: Lessons from a Freethinking Dog
by Ted Kerasote
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Because I love dogs, Merle's Door was my favorite book this year. Merle lives with his owner, Ted, in the Grand Tetons. (He "found" Ted on one of Ted's many hunting explorations.) This book is a beautiful record of the relationship of a true wilderness... (read more)

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An Extravagant Hunger: The Passionate Years of M.F.K. Fisher
An Extravagant Hunger: The Passionate Years of M.F.K. Fisher
by Anne Zimmerman
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In An Extravagant Hunger, time slows and is relished, and the turning points and casual strolls of M.F.K. Fishers life are unwrapped and savored. From the Berengaria that washed her across the sea to France in 1929, to Le Paquis, the Swiss estate that... (read more)

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Theodore Rex
Theodore Rex
by Edmund Morris
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Theodore Rex is the story—never fully told before—of Theodore Roosevelts two world-changing terms as President of the United States. A hundred years before the catastrophe of September 11, 2001, “TR” succeeded to power in... (read more)

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Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
by Barack Obama
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The Best of Friends: Martha and Me
The Best of Friends: Martha and Me
by Mariana Pasternak
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Set in a world of luxury and power, this is the story of two remarkable women and a friendship that changed both their lives forever. For more than two decades, Mariana Pasternak and Martha Stewart were nearly inseparable. They first met over a garden... (read more)

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Alice Waters & Chez Panisse: The Romantic, Impractical, Often Eccentric, Ultimately Brilliant Making of a Food Revolution
Alice Waters & Chez Panisse: The Romantic, Impractical, Often Eccentric, Ultimately Brilliant Making of a Food Revolution
by Thomas Mcnamee
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The first authorized biography of "the mother of American cooking" (The New York Times) This adventurous book charts the origins of the local "market cooking" culture that we all savor today. When Francophile Alice Waters opened Chez Panisse in Berkeley... (read more)

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The Marquess of Queensberry: Wilde's Nemesis
The Marquess of Queensberry: Wilde's Nemesis
by Linda Stratmann
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The Marquess of Queensberry is as famous for his role in the downfall of one of our greatest literary geniuses as he was for helping establish the rules for modern-day boxing. The trial and two-year imprisonment of Oscar Wilde, lover of Queensberrys son,... (read more)

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Conversations with William F. Buckley JR. (Literary Conversations)
Conversations with William F. Buckley JR. (Literary Conversations)
by William F Iii Meehan
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Conversations with the conservative founder of the National Review, host of television's The Firing Line, and author of fifty-seven books of fiction and... (read more)

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Unhooked: The Rehab of a London Call Girl
Unhooked: The Rehab of a London Call Girl
by Clare Gee
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A frank, semi-fictionalized account of an alcoholic, cocaine-addicted hooker's experiences in a residential drug rehabilitation facility Addicted to coke and booze and reliant on selling her body for cash, Katie, the heroine of Hooked, can no longer cope... (read more)

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Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail (Oprah's Book Club)
Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail (Oprah's Book Club)
by Malika Oufkir
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The adopted daughter of the king of Morocco, whose father was arrested and executed for a 1972 attempt to assassinate the king, tells the story of how she, her mother, and her five siblings endured years of imprisonment in a desert penal colony. This... (read more)

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Samuel Adams: The Life of an American Revolutionary
Samuel Adams: The Life of an American Revolutionary
by John K Alexander
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This full-life biography includes analysis of Adams's education, political philosophy, religious attitudes, social values, and family relationships. While his extraordinary role in achieving American independence is closely analyzed, the post... (read more)

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Lit: A Memoir (P.S.)
Lit: A Memoir (P.S.)
by Mary Karr
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The best way I can describe this work is to say that it's absolutely delicious. More than a mere memoir, this fascinating jewel contains universal truths, with delicate and elegant phrasing, and, despite the subject matter, there's no sense of frivolous... (read more)

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Living Through the Racket: How I Survived Leukemia.and Rediscovered My Self
Living Through the Racket: How I Survived Leukemia.and Rediscovered My Self
by Corina Morariu
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She was 23 and at the height of her professional tennis career—a top-30 singles player, the #1 ranked doubles player in the world in 2000, and the winner of Grand Slam titles at both Wimbledon in 1999 with Lindsay Davenport, and the Australian Open... (read more)

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The Man Who Changed the Way We Eat: Craig Claiborne and the American Food Renaissance
The Man Who Changed the Way We Eat: Craig Claiborne and the American Food Renaissance
by Thomas Mcnamee
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In the 1950s, America was a land of overdone roast beef and canned green beans--a gastronomic wasteland. Most restaurants relied on frozen, second-rate ingredients and served bogus "Continental" cuisine. Authentic French, Italian, and Chinese foods were... (read more)

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