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The Glass Castle: A Memoir
by Jeannette Walls
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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
by Bob Spitz
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The Egg and I
by Betty MacDonald
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John Adams
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Wesley the Owl: The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl
by Stacey Obrien
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Merle's Door: Lessons from a Freethinking Dog
by Ted Kerasote
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An Extravagant Hunger: The Passionate Years of M.F.K. Fisher
by Anne Zimmerman
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Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
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Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail (Oprah's Book Club)
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Samuel Adams: The Life of an American Revolutionary
by John K Alexander
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Living Through the Racket: How I Survived Leukemia.and Rediscovered My Self
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The Man Who Changed the Way We Eat: Craig Claiborne and the American Food Renaissance
by Thomas Mcnamee
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