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Follow the Dragons: Discovering the Love of Ultrarunning and Myself

Follow the Dragons: Discovering the Love of Ultrarunning and Myself

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The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories

The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories

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Holy Cow! An Indian Adventure

Holy Cow! An Indian Adventure

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Live Original: How the Duck Commander Teen Keeps It Real and Stays True to Her Values

Live Original: How the Duck Commander Teen Keeps It Real and Stays True to Her Values

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Signs of Life: A Memoir

Signs of Life: A Memoir

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Eight World Cups: My Journey through the Beauty and Dark Side of Soccer

Eight World Cups: My Journey through the Beauty and Dark Side of Soccer

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Shocked: My Mother, Schiaparelli, and Me

Shocked: My Mother, Schiaparelli, and Me

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More Than Words

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Honor Lost: Love and death in modern-day Jordan

Honor Lost: Love and death in modern-day Jordan

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Murder in the High Himalaya: Loyalty, Tragedy, and Escape from Tibet

Murder in the High Himalaya: Loyalty, Tragedy, and Escape from Tibet

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The Wordy Shipmates

The Wordy Shipmates

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The Lost Painting: The Quest for a Caravaggio Masterpiece

The Lost Painting: The Quest for a Caravaggio Masterpiece

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Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs

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Into the Abyss: An Extraordinary True Story

Into the Abyss: An Extraordinary True Story

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My Two Italies: A Personal and Cultural History

My Two Italies: A Personal and Cultural History

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In My Place

In My Place

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Esquire What I've Learned: The Meaning of Life According to 65 Artists, Athletes, Leaders & Legends

Esquire What I've Learned: The Meaning of Life According to 65 Artists, Athletes, Leaders & Legends

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Running Money: Hedge Fund Honchos, Monster Markets and My Hunt for the Big Score

Running Money: Hedge Fund Honchos, Monster Markets and My Hunt for the Big Score

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Private Parts

Private Parts

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The Man Who Ate Too Much: The Life of James Beard

The Man Who Ate Too Much: The Life of James Beard

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Talking to Angels: A Life Spent in High Latitudes

Talking to Angels: A Life Spent in High Latitudes

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Security Mom: My Life Protecting the Home and Homeland

Security Mom: My Life Protecting the Home and Homeland

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Vanishing Twins: A Marriage

Vanishing Twins: A Marriage

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An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963

An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963

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Fifty-seven Fridays: Losing Our Daughter, Finding Our Way

Fifty-seven Fridays: Losing Our Daughter, Finding Our Way

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Bossypants

Bossypants

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True Notebooks: A Writer's Year at Juvenile Hall

True Notebooks: A Writer's Year at Juvenile Hall

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Vintage

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The Road to Camelot: Inside JFK's Five-Year Campaign

The Road to Camelot: Inside JFK's Five-Year Campaign

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Simon & Schuster

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Giants: The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln

Giants: The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln

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More Than Words

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Wallis in Love: The Untold Life of the Duchess of Windsor, the Woman Who Changed the Monarchy

Wallis in Love: The Untold Life of the Duchess of Windsor, the Woman Who Changed the Monarchy

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Grand Central Publishing

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Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea

Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea

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More Than Words

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A Long Way Home: A Memoir

A Long Way Home: A Memoir

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The Threat: How the FBI Protects America in the Age of Terror and Trump

The Threat: How the FBI Protects America in the Age of Terror and Trump

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St. Martin's Press

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Clapton: The Autobiography

Clapton: The Autobiography

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More Than Words

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Let's Take the Long Way Home: A Memoir of Friendship

Let's Take the Long Way Home: A Memoir of Friendship

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Seeds of Destruction: Joe Kennedy and His Sons

Seeds of Destruction: Joe Kennedy and His Sons

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More Than Words

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Brando: Songs My Mother Taught Me

Brando: Songs My Mother Taught Me

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More Than Words

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