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The Other Mothers: Two Women's Journey to Find the Family That Was Always Theirs

The Other Mothers: Two Women's Journey to Find the Family That Was Always Theirs

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The First Ladies

The First Ladies

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More Than Words

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The Speechwriter: A Brief Education in Politics

The Speechwriter: A Brief Education in Politics

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Simon & Schuster

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Odysseus: A Life

Odysseus: A Life

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Ticking Clock: Behind the Scenes at 60 Minutes

Ticking Clock: Behind the Scenes at 60 Minutes

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My Warrior Son

My Warrior Son

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97,196 Words: Essays

97,196 Words: Essays

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Katy Perry: Rebel Dreamer (Pop Icons)

Katy Perry: Rebel Dreamer (Pop Icons)

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Walking to Vermont: From Times Square into the Green Mountains -- a Homeward Adventure

Walking to Vermont: From Times Square into the Green Mountains -- a Homeward Adventure

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Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys: True Tales of Love, Lust, and Friendship Between Straight Women and Gay Men

Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys: True Tales of Love, Lust, and Friendship Between Straight Women and Gay Men

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Bach (Master Musicians Series)

Bach (Master Musicians Series)

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More Than Words

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80: From Ben Bradlee to Lena Horne to Carl Reiner, Our Most Famous Eighty Year Olds, Reveal Why They Never Felt So Young

80: From Ben Bradlee to Lena Horne to Carl Reiner, Our Most Famous Eighty Year Olds, Reveal Why They Never Felt So Young

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The Rock: Through the Lens: His Life, His Movies, His World

The Rock: Through the Lens: His Life, His Movies, His World

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How I Learned to Snap: A Small-Town Coming-Out and Coming-Of-Age- Story

How I Learned to Snap: A Small-Town Coming-Out and Coming-Of-Age- Story

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Tigerbelle: The Wyomia Tyus Story

Tigerbelle: The Wyomia Tyus Story

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The Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy's Dossier on Hillary Clinton

The Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy's Dossier on Hillary Clinton

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I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer

I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer

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Quiet, Please: Dispatches from a Public Librarian

Quiet, Please: Dispatches from a Public Librarian

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Working on the Edge: Surviving In the World's Most Dangerous Profession: King Crab Fishing on Alaska's High Seas

Working on the Edge: Surviving In the World's Most Dangerous Profession: King Crab Fishing on Alaska's High Seas

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Waiting : The True Confessions of a Waitress

Waiting : The True Confessions of a Waitress

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More Than Words

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Waiting : The True Confessions of a Waitress

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American Emperor: Aaron Burr's Challenge to Jefferson's America

American Emperor: Aaron Burr's Challenge to Jefferson's America

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Pinstripes & Pearls: The Women of the Harvard Law Class of '64 Who Forged an Old Girl Network and Paved the Way for Future Generations (Lisa Drew Books)

Pinstripes & Pearls: The Women of the Harvard Law Class of '64 Who Forged an Old Girl Network and Paved the Way for Future Generations (Lisa Drew Books)

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In Our Time: Memoir of a Revolution

In Our Time: Memoir of a Revolution

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Delta

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My Mother's Music: A Memoir

My Mother's Music: A Memoir

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More Than Words

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The Long Affair: Thomas Jefferson and the French Revolution, 1785-1800

The Long Affair: Thomas Jefferson and the French Revolution, 1785-1800

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An Easy Burden: The Civil Rights Movement and the Transformation of America

An Easy Burden: The Civil Rights Movement and the Transformation of America

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Cinderella and Company: Backstage at the Opera with Cecilia Bartoli

Cinderella and Company: Backstage at the Opera with Cecilia Bartoli

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Alexander McQueen: Blood Beneath the Skin

Alexander McQueen: Blood Beneath the Skin

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Black Pearls: Blues Queens of the 1920s

Black Pearls: Blues Queens of the 1920s

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Tales from the New England Patriots Sideline: A Collection of the Greatest Stories of the Team's First 40 Years (Tales from the Team)

Tales from the New England Patriots Sideline: A Collection of the Greatest Stories of the Team's First 40 Years (Tales from the Team)

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Sports Publishing

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Lewis Carroll: A Biography

Lewis Carroll: A Biography

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More Than Words

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Max Perkins: Editor of Genius

Max Perkins: Editor of Genius

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Saints: Who They Are and How They Help You

Saints: Who They Are and How They Help You

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More Than Words

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Natural Blonde

Natural Blonde

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Father's Day: Across America with an Unusual Dad and His Extraordinary Son

Father's Day: Across America with an Unusual Dad and His Extraordinary Son

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Buddha

Buddha

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