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A Little Bit Wicked: Life, Love, and Faith in Stages

A Little Bit Wicked: Life, Love, and Faith in Stages

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Girl Decoded: A Scientist's Quest to Reclaim Our Humanity by Bringing Emotional Intelligence to Technology

Girl Decoded: A Scientist's Quest to Reclaim Our Humanity by Bringing Emotional Intelligence to Technology

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Eyes in Gaza

Eyes in Gaza

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You're Leaving When?: Adventures in Downward Mobility

You're Leaving When?: Adventures in Downward Mobility

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Do You Feel Like I Do?: A Memoir

Do You Feel Like I Do?: A Memoir

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Sunday Nights at Seven: The Jack Benny Story

Sunday Nights at Seven: The Jack Benny Story

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Playing with Myself

Playing with Myself

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A Sacred Oath: Memoirs of a Secretary of Defense During Extraordinary Times

A Sacred Oath: Memoirs of a Secretary of Defense During Extraordinary Times

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How Do I Un-Remember This?: Unfortunately True Stories

How Do I Un-Remember This?: Unfortunately True Stories

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A Shared Home Place

A Shared Home Place

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Graceland: Going Home with Elvis

Graceland: Going Home with Elvis

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My First Thirty Years: A Banned Memoir (Feminist Nonfiction Gift for Women)

My First Thirty Years: A Banned Memoir (Feminist Nonfiction Gift for Women)

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Just Show Up: The Dance of Walking through Suffering Together

Just Show Up: The Dance of Walking through Suffering Together

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Eating Rome: Living the Good Life in the Eternal City

Eating Rome: Living the Good Life in the Eternal City

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Crossing the Line: A Fearless Team of Brothers and the Sport That Changed Their Lives Forever

Crossing the Line: A Fearless Team of Brothers and the Sport That Changed Their Lives Forever

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Crossing the Line: A Fearless Team of Brothers and the Sport That Changed Their Lives Forever

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The Marlboroughs : John and Sarah Churchill 1650-1744

The Marlboroughs : John and Sarah Churchill 1650-1744

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Coach K: The Rise and Reign of Mike Krzyzewski

Coach K: The Rise and Reign of Mike Krzyzewski

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Rasputin: The Saint Who Sinned

Rasputin: The Saint Who Sinned

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To Be Loved: The Music, the Magic, the Memories of Motown : An Autobiography

To Be Loved: The Music, the Magic, the Memories of Motown : An Autobiography

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Feeding the Soul (Because It's My Business): Finding Our Way to Joy, Love, and Freedom

Feeding the Soul (Because It's My Business): Finding Our Way to Joy, Love, and Freedom

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Bad City: Peril and Power in the City of Angels

Bad City: Peril and Power in the City of Angels

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If I Can Cook/You Know God Can: African American Food Memories, Meditations, and Recipes (Celebrating Black Women Writers)

If I Can Cook/You Know God Can: African American Food Memories, Meditations, and Recipes (Celebrating Black Women Writers)

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You Got Anything Stronger?: Stories

You Got Anything Stronger?: Stories

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Boy Wonder: Tales from the Sidelines of an Irish Childhood

Boy Wonder: Tales from the Sidelines of an Irish Childhood

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The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America

The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America

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I Had Brain Surgery, What's Your Excuse: (A Illustrated Memoir)

I Had Brain Surgery, What's Your Excuse: (A Illustrated Memoir)

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Paris Blue: A Memoir of First Love

Paris Blue: A Memoir of First Love

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Is There Still Sex in the City?

Is There Still Sex in the City?

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Apple, Tree: Writers on Their Parents

Apple, Tree: Writers on Their Parents

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I Came All This Way to Meet You: Writing Myself Home

I Came All This Way to Meet You: Writing Myself Home

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I Came All This Way to Meet You: Writing Myself Home

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LIFE AND TIMES OF THE THUNDERBOLT KID_ THE

LIFE AND TIMES OF THE THUNDERBOLT KID_ THE

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An Uncommon Woman - The Empress Frederick: Daughter of Queen Victoria, Wife of the Crown Prince of Prussia, Mother of Kaiser Wilhelm

An Uncommon Woman - The Empress Frederick: Daughter of Queen Victoria, Wife of the Crown Prince of Prussia, Mother of Kaiser Wilhelm

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Dirtbag, Massachusetts: A Confessional

Dirtbag, Massachusetts: A Confessional

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Dirtbag, Massachusetts: A Confessional

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A Different Way to Win: Dan Rooney's Story from the Super Bowl to the Rooney Rule

A Different Way to Win: Dan Rooney's Story from the Super Bowl to the Rooney Rule

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More Than Words

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James Patterson by James Patterson: The Stories of My Life

James Patterson by James Patterson: The Stories of My Life

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Mean Baby: A Memoir of Growing Up

Mean Baby: A Memoir of Growing Up

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Mean Baby: A Memoir of Growing Up

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Mean Baby: A Memoir of Growing Up

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