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Collection: Biographies & Memoirs

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Henry Adams: The Historian as Political Theorist

Henry Adams: The Historian as Political Theorist

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University Press of Kansas

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A Voice Called. Stories of Jewish Heroism

A Voice Called. Stories of Jewish Heroism

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Gefen Books

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Memory Slips: A Memoir of Music and Healing

Memory Slips: A Memoir of Music and Healing

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More Than Words

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A Farther Shore: Ireland's Long Road to Peace

A Farther Shore: Ireland's Long Road to Peace

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Random House Trade Paperbacks

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Ambition and Desire: The Dangerous Life of Josephine Bonaparte

Ambition and Desire: The Dangerous Life of Josephine Bonaparte

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More Than Words

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Mad for Miley: An Unauthorized Biography

Mad for Miley: An Unauthorized Biography

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More Than Words

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The Gospel of Father Joe: Revolutions and Revelations in the Slums of Bangkok

The Gospel of Father Joe: Revolutions and Revelations in the Slums of Bangkok

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More Than Words

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The Second Chance Club: Hardship and Hope After Prison

The Second Chance Club: Hardship and Hope After Prison

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Simon & Schuster

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Through the Flower: My Struggle as a Woman Artist

Through the Flower: My Struggle as a Woman Artist

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More Than Words

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Roughing It

Roughing It

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SKYHORSE

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Sleepless Nights and Kisses for Breakfast: Reflections on Fatherhood

Sleepless Nights and Kisses for Breakfast: Reflections on Fatherhood

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Golden Boy: Memories of a Hong Kong Childhood

Golden Boy: Memories of a Hong Kong Childhood

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The Rules of the Tunnel: A Brief Period of Madness

The Rules of the Tunnel: A Brief Period of Madness

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More Than Words

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Josh Gibson: The Power and the Darkness

Josh Gibson: The Power and the Darkness

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University of Illinois Press

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A Florence Diary

A Florence Diary

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House of Anansi Press

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A Heart for Freedom: The Remarkable Journey of a Young Dissident, Her Daring Escape, and Her Quest to Free China's Daughters

A Heart for Freedom: The Remarkable Journey of a Young Dissident, Her Daring Escape, and Her Quest to Free China's Daughters

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Tyndale House Publishers

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Riding with the Ghost: A Memoir

Riding with the Ghost: A Memoir

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Random House

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Willa Cather: A Life Saved Up

Willa Cather: A Life Saved Up

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All American: Two Young Men, the 2001 Army-Navy Game and the War They Fought in Iraq

All American: Two Young Men, the 2001 Army-Navy Game and the War They Fought in Iraq

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William Morrow & Company

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Wide Awake and Dreaming: A Memoir of Narcolepsy

Wide Awake and Dreaming: A Memoir of Narcolepsy

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Mill Pond Swan Publishing

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Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush

Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush

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More Than Words

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The Contender: Andrew Cuomo, a Biography

The Contender: Andrew Cuomo, a Biography

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Twelve

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Touch the Top of the World: A Blind Man's Journey to Climb Farther than the Eye Can See: My Story

Touch the Top of the World: A Blind Man's Journey to Climb Farther than the Eye Can See: My Story

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Plume

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Churchill and America

Churchill and America

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More Than Words

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Surfacing: From the Depths of Self-Doubt to Winning Big and Living Fearlessly

Surfacing: From the Depths of Self-Doubt to Winning Big and Living Fearlessly

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VeloPress

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Hourglass: Time, Memory, Marriage

Hourglass: Time, Memory, Marriage

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Anchor

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Recovered Land

Recovered Land

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University of Massachusetts Press

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The Diana Chronicles

The Diana Chronicles

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More Than Words

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But Enough About Me: A Memoir

But Enough About Me: A Memoir

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Jon Winokur Burt Reynolds

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The Unheard: A Memoir of Deafness and Africa

The Unheard: A Memoir of Deafness and Africa

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St. Martins Press-3PL

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Soldiers of God: With Islamic Warriors in Afghanistan and Pakistan

Soldiers of God: With Islamic Warriors in Afghanistan and Pakistan

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Vintage

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The Soul of a Doctor: Harvard Medical Students Face Life and Death

The Soul of a Doctor: Harvard Medical Students Face Life and Death

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Algonquin Books

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Life's Work: A Moral Argument for Choice

Life's Work: A Moral Argument for Choice

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37 INK

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Mandala

Mandala

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Edison Inventing the Century

Edison Inventing the Century

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One of Us: The Story of a Massacre in Norway -- and Its Aftermath

One of Us: The Story of a Massacre in Norway -- and Its Aftermath

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Farrar, Straus and Giroux

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