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Dublin Girl: Growing up in the 1930s

Dublin Girl: Growing up in the 1930s

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Letters of Leonard Woolf

Letters of Leonard Woolf

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More Than Words

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My Life on the Line: How the NFL Damn Near Killed Me and Ended Up Saving My Life

My Life on the Line: How the NFL Damn Near Killed Me and Ended Up Saving My Life

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I Will Not Fear: My Story of a Lifetime of Building Faith under Fire

I Will Not Fear: My Story of a Lifetime of Building Faith under Fire

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Places Left Unfinished at the Time of Creation

Places Left Unfinished at the Time of Creation

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Every Little Thing Gonna Be Alright: The Bob Marley Reader

Every Little Thing Gonna Be Alright: The Bob Marley Reader

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The Contender: The Story of Marlon Brando

The Contender: The Story of Marlon Brando

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Common Nonsense

Common Nonsense

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Blaze of Light: The Inspiring True Story of Green Beret Medic Gary Beikirch, Medal of Honor Recipient

Blaze of Light: The Inspiring True Story of Green Beret Medic Gary Beikirch, Medal of Honor Recipient

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Songs from a Lead-Lined Room: Notes-High and Low-From My Journey Through Breast Cancer and Radiation

Songs from a Lead-Lined Room: Notes-High and Low-From My Journey Through Breast Cancer and Radiation

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Higher Gossip: Essays and Criticism

Higher Gossip: Essays and Criticism

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God, Trump, and the 2020 Election: Why He Must Win and What's at Stake for Christians if He Loses

God, Trump, and the 2020 Election: Why He Must Win and What's at Stake for Christians if He Loses

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Frontline

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Driving Under the Affluence

Driving Under the Affluence

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More Than Words

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The Pena Files: One Man's War Against Federal Corruption and the Abuse of Power

The Pena Files: One Man's War Against Federal Corruption and the Abuse of Power

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Augustine: A New Biography

Augustine: A New Biography

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Ecco Press

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Uppity Women of Ancient Times

Uppity Women of Ancient Times

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More Than Words

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Lost in the Funhouse: The Life and Mind of Andy Kaufman

Lost in the Funhouse: The Life and Mind of Andy Kaufman

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More Than Words

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Love and Other Infectious Diseases: A Memoir

Love and Other Infectious Diseases: A Memoir

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More Than Words

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The Noise of Infinite Longing: A Memoir of a Family--and an Island

The Noise of Infinite Longing: A Memoir of a Family--and an Island

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More Than Words

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Midnights with the Mystic: A Little Guide to Freedom and Bliss

Midnights with the Mystic: A Little Guide to Freedom and Bliss

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Hampton Roads Publishing

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Emergency Doctor

Emergency Doctor

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Harper Perennial

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Animal Magnetism: My Life with Creatures Great and Small

Animal Magnetism: My Life with Creatures Great and Small

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Ballantine Books

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Am I a Jew?: My Journey Among the Believers and Pretenders, the Lapsed and the Lost, in Searc h of Faith (Not Necessarily My Own), My Roots, and Who Knows, Even Myself

Am I a Jew?: My Journey Among the Believers and Pretenders, the Lapsed and the Lost, in Searc h of Faith (Not Necessarily My Own), My Roots, and Who Knows, Even Myself

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Plume

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Bandit: A Daughter's Memoir

Bandit: A Daughter's Memoir

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The Last Goodnight: A World War II Story of Espionage, Adventure, and Betrayal

The Last Goodnight: A World War II Story of Espionage, Adventure, and Betrayal

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Harper Perennial

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Do You Hear What I Hear? Religious Calling, the Priesthood, and My Father

Do You Hear What I Hear? Religious Calling, the Priesthood, and My Father

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Dropped Threads: What We Aren't Told

Dropped Threads: What We Aren't Told

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More Than Words

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Dancing Man: A Broadway Choreographer's Journey

Dancing Man: A Broadway Choreographer's Journey

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University Press of Mississippi

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Dry

Dry

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More Than Words

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The Magic Flute: English National Opera Guide 3 (English National Opera Guides) (English and German Edition)

The Magic Flute: English National Opera Guide 3 (English National Opera Guides) (English and German Edition)

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Calder Publications Ltd

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The Most Evil Men and Women in History

The Most Evil Men and Women in History

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More Than Words

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I'm the One That I Want

I'm the One That I Want

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Ballantine Books

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You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times

You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times

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More Than Words

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One Nation: What We Can All Do to Save America's Future

One Nation: What We Can All Do to Save America's Future

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Sentinel

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Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen: The Emotional Lives of Black Women

Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen: The Emotional Lives of Black Women

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Amistad Press

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The Undiscovered Paul Robeson: An Artist's Journey, 1898-1939

The Undiscovered Paul Robeson: An Artist's Journey, 1898-1939

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Wiley

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