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Cyndi Lauper: A Memoir

Cyndi Lauper: A Memoir

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Simon & Schuster

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Assembling My Father: A Daughter's Detective Story

Assembling My Father: A Daughter's Detective Story

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White Man, Listen!

White Man, Listen!

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Perennial

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A Golfer's Education

A Golfer's Education

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More Than Words

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The Range Bucket List: The Golf Adventure of a Lifetime

The Range Bucket List: The Golf Adventure of a Lifetime

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Simon & Schuster

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Uphill and Into the Wind

Uphill and Into the Wind

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Acorn Publishing

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Freud and Oedipus (Psychoanalysis & Culture)

Freud and Oedipus (Psychoanalysis & Culture)

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Columbia University Press

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A Desperate Passion: An Autobiography

A Desperate Passion: An Autobiography

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W. W. Norton & Company

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Renegade Champion: The Unlikely Rise of Fitzrada

Renegade Champion: The Unlikely Rise of Fitzrada

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Taylor Trade Publishing

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The Genius of Women: From Overlooked to Changing the World

The Genius of Women: From Overlooked to Changing the World

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Dutton

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M.F.K. Fisher: A Life in Letters: Correspondence 1929-1991

M.F.K. Fisher: A Life in Letters: Correspondence 1929-1991

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Buzz Saw: The Improbable Story of How the Washington Nationals Won the World Series

Buzz Saw: The Improbable Story of How the Washington Nationals Won the World Series

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Through Painted Deserts: Light, God, and Beauty on the Open Road

Through Painted Deserts: Light, God, and Beauty on the Open Road

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Cold Pizza for Breakfast: A Mem-wha?

Cold Pizza for Breakfast: A Mem-wha?

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Tell Me Press, LLC

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Gods of Mischief: My Undercover Vendetta to Take Down the Vagos Outlaw Motorcycle Gang

Gods of Mischief: My Undercover Vendetta to Take Down the Vagos Outlaw Motorcycle Gang

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Benjamin Graham on Value Investing: Lessons from the Dean of Wall Street

Benjamin Graham on Value Investing: Lessons from the Dean of Wall Street

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The Kabbalah Code: A True Adventure

The Kabbalah Code: A True Adventure

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Garlic and Sapphires

Garlic and Sapphires

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More Than Words

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Object Lessons: The Life of the Woman and the Poet in Our Time

Object Lessons: The Life of the Woman and the Poet in Our Time

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Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency

Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency

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Letters of T.S. Eliot, Vol. 1: 1898-1922

Letters of T.S. Eliot, Vol. 1: 1898-1922

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My History: A Memoir of Growing Up

My History: A Memoir of Growing Up

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More Than Words

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Memoir of the Bookie's Son

Memoir of the Bookie's Son

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More Than Words

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Gary Jobson: An American Sailing Story

Gary Jobson: An American Sailing Story

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Nomad Press (VT)

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Old Gods Almost Dead: The 40-Year Odyssey of the Rolling Stones

Old Gods Almost Dead: The 40-Year Odyssey of the Rolling Stones

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The Memoirs of Catherine the Great

The Memoirs of Catherine the Great

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Grand Obsession: A Piano Odyssey

Grand Obsession: A Piano Odyssey

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Invitations to the World: Teaching and Writing for the Young

Invitations to the World: Teaching and Writing for the Young

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More Than Words

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Gullible's Travels: The Adventures of a Bad Taste Tourist

Gullible's Travels: The Adventures of a Bad Taste Tourist

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UNKNO

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A History of the World in 21 Women: A Personal Selection

A History of the World in 21 Women: A Personal Selection

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Oneworld Publications

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Legends: Women Who Have Changed the World Through the Eyes of Great Women Writers

Legends: Women Who Have Changed the World Through the Eyes of Great Women Writers

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New World Library

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Gaining Daylight: Life on Two Islands (The Alaska Literary Series)

Gaining Daylight: Life on Two Islands (The Alaska Literary Series)

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University of Alaska Press

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Katharine and E.B. White: An Affectionate Memoir

Katharine and E.B. White: An Affectionate Memoir

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W. W. Norton & Company

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Remembering Elizabeth Bishop: An Oral Biography

Remembering Elizabeth Bishop: An Oral Biography

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UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS PRESS

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The Women Who Raised Me: A Memoir

The Women Who Raised Me: A Memoir

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Rowell, Victoria

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Grace: The Secret Lives of a Princess. An Intimate Biography of Grace Kelly

Grace: The Secret Lives of a Princess. An Intimate Biography of Grace Kelly

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More Than Words

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