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Public Radio: Behind the Voices

Public Radio: Behind the Voices

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Selling Without Selling Out: How to Sell Your Business Without Selling Your Soul

Selling Without Selling Out: How to Sell Your Business Without Selling Your Soul

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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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Home/Land: A Memoir of Departure and Return

Home/Land: A Memoir of Departure and Return

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I'll Show Myself Out: Essays on Midlife and Motherhood

I'll Show Myself Out: Essays on Midlife and Motherhood

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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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Mean Baby: A Memoir of Growing Up

Mean Baby: A Memoir of Growing Up

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In Sickness: A Memoir

In Sickness: A Memoir

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Bully Market: My Story of Money and Misogyny at Goldman Sachs

Bully Market: My Story of Money and Misogyny at Goldman Sachs

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Manifesto: On Never Giving Up

Manifesto: On Never Giving Up

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Mothers of Sparta: A Memoir in Pieces

Mothers of Sparta: A Memoir in Pieces

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When I Died: Rx for Traumatic Brain Injury

When I Died: Rx for Traumatic Brain Injury

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The Flag, the Cross, and the Station Wagon: A Graying American Looks Back at His Suburban Boyhood and Wonders What the Hell Happened

The Flag, the Cross, and the Station Wagon: A Graying American Looks Back at His Suburban Boyhood and Wonders What the Hell Happened

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The Flag, the Cross, and the Station Wagon: A Graying American Looks Back at His Suburban Boyhood and Wonders What the Hell Happened

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In the Shadow of the Mountain: A Memoir of Courage

In the Shadow of the Mountain: A Memoir of Courage

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Smile: The Story of a Face

Smile: The Story of a Face

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Smile: The Story of a Face

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Uncanny Valley

Uncanny Valley

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Left on Tenth: A Second Chance at Life: A Memoir

Left on Tenth: A Second Chance at Life: A Memoir

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Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York

Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York

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So Help Me Golf: Why We Love the Game

So Help Me Golf: Why We Love the Game

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Portrait of a Turkish family

Portrait of a Turkish family

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Single State of Mind

Single State of Mind

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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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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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Omega Farm: A Memoir

Omega Farm: A Memoir

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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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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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Necessary Trouble: Growing Up at Midcentury

Necessary Trouble: Growing Up at Midcentury

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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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No Ordinary Assignment: A Memoir

No Ordinary Assignment: A Memoir

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Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr.

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Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon

Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon

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Collision of Power: Trump, Bezos, and THE WASHINGTON POST

Collision of Power: Trump, Bezos, and THE WASHINGTON POST

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The Bag Lady Papers: The Priceless Experience of Losing It All

The Bag Lady Papers: The Priceless Experience of Losing It All

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How to Completely Lose Your Mind: A Graphic Novel Memoir of One Indie Band's Attempt to Break a World Record

How to Completely Lose Your Mind: A Graphic Novel Memoir of One Indie Band's Attempt to Break a World Record

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