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Lucy's Eyes and Margaret's Dragon: The Lives of the Virgin Saints

Lucy's Eyes and Margaret's Dragon: The Lives of the Virgin Saints

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Memoirs of a Mask Maker

Memoirs of a Mask Maker

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More Than Words

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Joe Simon: My Life in Comics

Joe Simon: My Life in Comics

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Almost French: Love and a New Life In Paris

Almost French: Love and a New Life In Paris

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My American Dream: A Life of Love, Family, and Food

My American Dream: A Life of Love, Family, and Food

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Chutzpah

Chutzpah

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My Greatest Save: The Brave, Barrier-Breaking Journey of a World Champion Goalkeeper

My Greatest Save: The Brave, Barrier-Breaking Journey of a World Champion Goalkeeper

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My Greatest Save: The Brave, Barrier-Breaking Journey of a World Champion Goalkeeper

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The Wind at My Back: Resilience, Grace, and Other Gifts from My Mentor, Raven Wilkinson

The Wind at My Back: Resilience, Grace, and Other Gifts from My Mentor, Raven Wilkinson

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The Wind at My Back: Resilience, Grace, and Other Gifts from My Mentor, Raven Wilkinson

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Never Give an Inch: Fighting for the America I Love

Never Give an Inch: Fighting for the America I Love

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Anthologie de L'Humour Noir (French Edition)

Anthologie de L'Humour Noir (French Edition)

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The Absent Moon: A Memoir of a Short Childhood and a Long Depression

The Absent Moon: A Memoir of a Short Childhood and a Long Depression

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Musical Heritage: Memoirs of a Steinway Descendant

Musical Heritage: Memoirs of a Steinway Descendant

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No Surrender: A World War II Memoir

No Surrender: A World War II Memoir

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Captured by History: One Man's Vision of Our Tumultuous Century

Captured by History: One Man's Vision of Our Tumultuous Century

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First Friends: The Powerful, Unsung (And Unelected) People Who Shaped Our Presidents

First Friends: The Powerful, Unsung (And Unelected) People Who Shaped Our Presidents

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The T Guide: Our Trans Experiences and a Celebration of Gender Expression―Man, Woman, Nonbinary, and Beyond

The T Guide: Our Trans Experiences and a Celebration of Gender Expression―Man, Woman, Nonbinary, and Beyond

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To Name the Bigger Lie: A Memoir in Two Stories

To Name the Bigger Lie: A Memoir in Two Stories

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More Than Words

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The Art and Politics of Science

The Art and Politics of Science

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Corporal Boskin's Cold Cold War: A Comical Journey

Corporal Boskin's Cold Cold War: A Comical Journey

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Syracuse University Press

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We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story

We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story

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Silk Roads: The Asian Adventures of Clara and Andre Malraux

Silk Roads: The Asian Adventures of Clara and Andre Malraux

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Beyond Possible: One Man, Fourteen Peaks, and the Mountaineering Achievement of a Lifetime

Beyond Possible: One Man, Fourteen Peaks, and the Mountaineering Achievement of a Lifetime

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MOTHERCARE: On Obligation, Love, Death, and Ambivalence

MOTHERCARE: On Obligation, Love, Death, and Ambivalence

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Scenes from My Life: A Memoir

Scenes from My Life: A Memoir

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Kiligry

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Brat: An '80s Story

Brat: An '80s Story

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More Than Words

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Putin

Putin

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More Than Words

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Omega Farm: A Memoir

Omega Farm: A Memoir

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More Than Words

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Savor: A Chef's Hunger for More

Savor: A Chef's Hunger for More

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The Grimkes: The Legacy of Slavery in an American Family

The Grimkes: The Legacy of Slavery in an American Family

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More Than Words

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Con luz propia / The Light We Carry (Spanish Edition)

Con luz propia / The Light We Carry (Spanish Edition)

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More Than Words

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Perfect, Once Removed: When Baseball Was All the World to Me

Perfect, Once Removed: When Baseball Was All the World to Me

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Walker & Co

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The Urgent Life: My Story of Love, Loss, and Survival

The Urgent Life: My Story of Love, Loss, and Survival

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Viking

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Best of Covered Wagon Women

Best of Covered Wagon Women

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University of Oklahoma Press

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The Best Strangers in the World: Stories from a Life Spent Listening

The Best Strangers in the World: Stories from a Life Spent Listening

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More Than Words

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Picasso the Foreigner: An Artist in France, 1900-1973

Picasso the Foreigner: An Artist in France, 1900-1973

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More Than Words

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The Kneeling Man: My Father's Life as a Black Spy Who Witnessed the Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

The Kneeling Man: My Father's Life as a Black Spy Who Witnessed the Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

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