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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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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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This Isn't Going to End Well: The True Story of a Man I Thought I Knew

This Isn't Going to End Well: The True Story of a Man I Thought I Knew

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In Our Shoes: On Being a Young Black Woman in Not-So 'Post-Racial' America

In Our Shoes: On Being a Young Black Woman in Not-So 'Post-Racial' America

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The Mosquito Bowl: A Game of Life and Death in World War II

The Mosquito Bowl: A Game of Life and Death in World War II

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Token Black Girl: A Memoir

Token Black Girl: A Memoir

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Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune

Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune

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Farm Girl: A Memoir

Farm Girl: A Memoir

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Live Learn Love Well: Lessons from a Life of Progress Not Perfection

Live Learn Love Well: Lessons from a Life of Progress Not Perfection

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Salt in My Soul: An Unfinished Life

Salt in My Soul: An Unfinished Life

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All In: An Autobiography

All In: An Autobiography

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Washed Ashore: Family, Fatherhood, and Finding Home on Martha's Vineyard

Washed Ashore: Family, Fatherhood, and Finding Home on Martha's Vineyard

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Anything That Moves: Renegade Chefs, Fearless Eaters, and the Making of a New American Food Culture

Anything That Moves: Renegade Chefs, Fearless Eaters, and the Making of a New American Food Culture

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

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

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So Help Me Golf

So Help Me Golf

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Love Across Borders: Passports, Papers, and Romance in a Divided World

Love Across Borders: Passports, Papers, and Romance in a Divided World

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War Diary

War Diary

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Completely Mad: Tom McClean, John Fairfax, and the Epic Race to Row Solo Across the Atlantic

Completely Mad: Tom McClean, John Fairfax, and the Epic Race to Row Solo Across the Atlantic

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Brown Boy: A Memoir

Brown Boy: A Memoir

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Bomb Shelter: Love, Time, and Other Explosives

Bomb Shelter: Love, Time, and Other Explosives

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What You Don't Know Will Make a Whole New World: A Memoir

What You Don't Know Will Make a Whole New World: A Memoir

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Necessary Trouble: Growing Up at Midcentury

Necessary Trouble: Growing Up at Midcentury

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Necessary Trouble: Growing Up at Midcentury

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The Bathysphere Book: Effects of the Luminous Ocean Depths

The Bathysphere Book: Effects of the Luminous Ocean Depths

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The Soldier's Truth: Ernie Pyle and the Story of World War II

The Soldier's Truth: Ernie Pyle and the Story of World War II

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Unbroken Bonds of Battle: A Modern Warriors Book of Heroism, Patriotism, and Friendship

Unbroken Bonds of Battle: A Modern Warriors Book of Heroism, Patriotism, and Friendship

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Unbroken Bonds of Battle: A Modern Warriors Book of Heroism, Patriotism, and Friendship

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Playing with Myself

Playing with Myself

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XOXO, Cody: An Opinionated Homosexual's Guide to Self-Love, Relationships, and Tactful Pettiness

XOXO, Cody: An Opinionated Homosexual's Guide to Self-Love, Relationships, and Tactful Pettiness

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Portrait of Picasso as a Young Man: An Interpretive Biography

Portrait of Picasso as a Young Man: An Interpretive Biography

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Never Far from Home: My Journey from Brooklyn to Hip Hop, Microsoft, and the Law

Never Far from Home: My Journey from Brooklyn to Hip Hop, Microsoft, and the Law

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Never Far from Home: My Journey from Brooklyn to Hip Hop, Microsoft, and the Law

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No Ordinary Assignment: A Memoir

No Ordinary Assignment: A Memoir

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Failure Is Not NOT an Option: How the Chubby Gay Son of a Jesus-Obsessed Lesbian Found Love, Family, and Podcast Success . . . and a Bunch of Other Stuff

Failure Is Not NOT an Option: How the Chubby Gay Son of a Jesus-Obsessed Lesbian Found Love, Family, and Podcast Success . . . and a Bunch of Other Stuff

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How to Live: A Search for Wisdom from Old People (While They Are Still on This Earth)

How to Live: A Search for Wisdom from Old People (While They Are Still on This Earth)

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Queen of the Court: The Many Lives of Tennis Legend Alice Marble

Queen of the Court: The Many Lives of Tennis Legend Alice Marble

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Daughter of the River: An Autobiography

Daughter of the River: An Autobiography

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France on Trial: The Case of Marshal Pétain

France on Trial: The Case of Marshal Pétain

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Andy Warhol (Penguin Lives)

Andy Warhol (Penguin Lives)

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