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Queen Mary

Queen Mary

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Lessons from the Lobster: Eve Marder's Work in Neuroscience (The MIT Press)

Lessons from the Lobster: Eve Marder's Work in Neuroscience (The MIT Press)

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American Fix: Inside the Opioid Addiction Crisis - and How to End It

American Fix: Inside the Opioid Addiction Crisis - and How to End It

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Brothers Forever: The Enduring Bond between a Marine and a Navy SEAL that Transcended Their Ultimate Sacrifice

Brothers Forever: The Enduring Bond between a Marine and a Navy SEAL that Transcended Their Ultimate Sacrifice

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More Than Words

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Philip of Spain

Philip of Spain

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Yale University Press

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Still Alive: A Holocaust Girlhood Remembered (The Helen Rose Scheuer Jewish Women's Series)

Still Alive: A Holocaust Girlhood Remembered (The Helen Rose Scheuer Jewish Women's Series)

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The Feminist Press at CUNY

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Carl Sagan: A Life in the Cosmos

Carl Sagan: A Life in the Cosmos

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Michelle Obama: A Life

Michelle Obama: A Life

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Vintage

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Elizabeth

Elizabeth

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More Than Words

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Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China

Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China

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Anchor

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You Can't Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain

You Can't Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain

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Plume

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Becoming

Becoming

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Random House Large Print

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18 Holes with Bing: Golf, Life, and Lessons from Dad

18 Holes with Bing: Golf, Life, and Lessons from Dad

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Walden: Lessons for the New Millennium

Walden: Lessons for the New Millennium

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Beautiful on the Outside: A Memoir

Beautiful on the Outside: A Memoir

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Grand Central Publishing

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A Night in the Emperor's Garden: A True Story of Hope and Resilience in Afghanistan

A Night in the Emperor's Garden: A True Story of Hope and Resilience in Afghanistan

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Haus Publishing

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Brown: The Last Discovery of America

Brown: The Last Discovery of America

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Penguin Books

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Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist

Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist

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MICHAEL J. FOX

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The Bishop's Daughter: A Memoir

The Bishop's Daughter: A Memoir

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More Than Words

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Travels With Alice

Travels With Alice

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More Than Words

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Blood-Dark Track: A Family History

Blood-Dark Track: A Family History

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Vintage

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Partners in Command: George Marshall and Dwight Eisenhower in War and Peace

Partners in Command: George Marshall and Dwight Eisenhower in War and Peace

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Penguin Books

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Disgrace

Disgrace

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Vintage

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Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog

Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog

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William Morrow & Company

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Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before

Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before

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Picador

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The Civil Wars of Julia Ward Howe: A Biography

The Civil Wars of Julia Ward Howe: A Biography

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Simon & Schuster

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Bossypants

Bossypants

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Reagan Arthur Books

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Hilary and Jackie: The True Story of Two Sisters Who Shared a Passion, a Madness and a Man

Hilary and Jackie: The True Story of Two Sisters Who Shared a Passion, a Madness and a Man

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Ballantine Books

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George, Being George: George Plimpton's Life as Told, Admired, Deplored, and Envied by 200 Friends, Relatives, Lovers, Acquaintances, Rivals--and a Few Unappreciative ...

George, Being George: George Plimpton's Life as Told, Admired, Deplored, and Envied by 200 Friends, Relatives, Lovers, Acquaintances, Rivals--and a Few Unappreciative ...

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More Than Words

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Mozart: A Life

Mozart: A Life

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More Than Words

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Dust Tracks on a Road

Dust Tracks on a Road

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More Than Words

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Give a Girl a Knife: A Memoir

Give a Girl a Knife: A Memoir

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Clarkson Potter

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God-Level Knowledge Darts: Life Lessons from the Bronx

God-Level Knowledge Darts: Life Lessons from the Bronx

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Random House

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Legend: The Incredible Story of Green Beret Sergeant Roy Benavidez's Heroic Mission to Rescue a Special Forces Team Caught Behind Enemy Lines

Legend: The Incredible Story of Green Beret Sergeant Roy Benavidez's Heroic Mission to Rescue a Special Forces Team Caught Behind Enemy Lines

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Broadway Books

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Who We Are: On Being (and Not Being) a Jewish American Writer

Who We Are: On Being (and Not Being) a Jewish American Writer

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More Than Words

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Temperament: How Music Became a Battleground for the Great Minds of Western Civilization

Temperament: How Music Became a Battleground for the Great Minds of Western Civilization

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Vintage

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