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Collection: Biographies & Memoirs

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The Teeth May Smile but the Heart Does Not Forget: Murder and Memory in Uganda

The Teeth May Smile but the Heart Does Not Forget: Murder and Memory in Uganda

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Somebody Somewhere:: Breaking Free from the World of Autism

Somebody Somewhere:: Breaking Free from the World of Autism

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Tell Me More: Stories About the 12 Hardest Things I'm Learning to Say

Tell Me More: Stories About the 12 Hardest Things I'm Learning to Say

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When I Was a Young Man: A Memoir by Bob Kerrey

When I Was a Young Man: A Memoir by Bob Kerrey

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Own the Arena: Getting Ahead, Making a Difference, and Succeeding as the Only One

Own the Arena: Getting Ahead, Making a Difference, and Succeeding as the Only One

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A Parkinson's Primer (An Indispensible Guide to Parkinson's Disease for Patients and Their Families)

A Parkinson's Primer (An Indispensible Guide to Parkinson's Disease for Patients and Their Families)

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Sensational: The Hidden History of America's “Girl Stunt Reporters”

Sensational: The Hidden History of America's “Girl Stunt Reporters”

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Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing: Essays

Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing: Essays

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Cook, Eat, Repeat: Ingredients, Recipes, and Stories

Cook, Eat, Repeat: Ingredients, Recipes, and Stories

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Sure, I'll Be Your Black Friend: Notes from the Other Side of the Fist Bump

Sure, I'll Be Your Black Friend: Notes from the Other Side of the Fist Bump

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Finish Strong: A Father's Code and a Son's Path

Finish Strong: A Father's Code and a Son's Path

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The First Ten Years: Two Sides of the Same Love Story

The First Ten Years: Two Sides of the Same Love Story

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Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir

Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir

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Suits Me: The Double Life of Billy Tipton

Suits Me: The Double Life of Billy Tipton

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The Breaks: An Essay

The Breaks: An Essay

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Know Your Price: Valuing Black Lives and Property in America’s Black Cities

Know Your Price: Valuing Black Lives and Property in America’s Black Cities

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The First Billion Is the Hardest: Reflections on a Life of Comebacks and America's Energy Future

The First Billion Is the Hardest: Reflections on a Life of Comebacks and America's Energy Future

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Falling Through Space: The Journals of Ellen Gilchrist

Falling Through Space: The Journals of Ellen Gilchrist

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Moe Berg: The Spy Behind Home Plate (JPS Young Biography Series)

Moe Berg: The Spy Behind Home Plate (JPS Young Biography Series)

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Jewish Publication Society

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. . . If You Lived at the Time of Martin Luther King

. . . If You Lived at the Time of Martin Luther King

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Kids' Letters to President Obama

Kids' Letters to President Obama

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Peril

Peril

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Both/And: A Life in Many Worlds

Both/And: A Life in Many Worlds

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Disturbing the Peace: The Story of Father Roy Bourgeois and the Movement to Close the School of Americas

Disturbing the Peace: The Story of Father Roy Bourgeois and the Movement to Close the School of Americas

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Orbis Books

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Setting the Table: The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business

Setting the Table: The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business

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My Broken Language: A Memoir

My Broken Language: A Memoir

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One World

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Giving: Purpose Is the New Currency

Giving: Purpose Is the New Currency

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Them: A Memoir of Parents

Them: A Memoir of Parents

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More Than Words

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Gamaliel Painter: Biography of a Town Father

Gamaliel Painter: Biography of a Town Father

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Hey Mom: Stories for My Mother, But You Can Read Them Too

Hey Mom: Stories for My Mother, But You Can Read Them Too

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Atria Books

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Burr, Hamilton, and Jefferson: A Study in Character

Burr, Hamilton, and Jefferson: A Study in Character

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The Decline and Fall of the House of Windsor

The Decline and Fall of the House of Windsor

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All About Me!: My Remarkable Life in Show Business

All About Me!: My Remarkable Life in Show Business

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Seinfeldia: How a Show About Nothing Changed Everything

Seinfeldia: How a Show About Nothing Changed Everything

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Isara: A Voyage Around 'Essay'

Isara: A Voyage Around 'Essay'

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Stormy Weather: The Life of Lena Horne

Stormy Weather: The Life of Lena Horne

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