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A Wolf at the Table: A Memoir of My Father

A Wolf at the Table: A Memoir of My Father

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Townie: A Memoir

Townie: A Memoir

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My Life in France

My Life in France

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Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever

Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever

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True at First Light: A Fictional Memoir

True at First Light: A Fictional Memoir

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Living to Tell the Tale

Living to Tell the Tale

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The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million

The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million

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All Rivers Run to the Sea: Memoirs

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Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling

Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling

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Jacqueline Kennedy: Historic Conversations on Life with John F. Kennedy

Jacqueline Kennedy: Historic Conversations on Life with John F. Kennedy

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RFK: A Candid Biography of Robert F. Kennedy

RFK: A Candid Biography of Robert F. Kennedy

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Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress

Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress

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Riding the Bus with My Sister: A True Life Journey

Riding the Bus with My Sister: A True Life Journey

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100 Most Important Women of the 20th Century

100 Most Important Women of the 20th Century

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Lucky Man: A Memoir

Lucky Man: A Memoir

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The Presidents Club: Inside the World's Most Exclusive Fraternity

The Presidents Club: Inside the World's Most Exclusive Fraternity

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Personal History

Personal History

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The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea

The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea

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Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace...One School at a Time

Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace...One School at a Time

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Dr. Folkman's War: Angiogenesis and the Struggle to Defeat Cancer

Dr. Folkman's War: Angiogenesis and the Struggle to Defeat Cancer

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Escape

Escape

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Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream

Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream

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The Unforgiving Minute: A Soldier's Education

The Unforgiving Minute: A Soldier's Education

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When Heaven and Earth Changed Places (Tie-In Edition)

When Heaven and Earth Changed Places (Tie-In Edition)

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O. Henry Prize Stories 2008 (Pen/O. Henry Prize Stories)

O. Henry Prize Stories 2008 (Pen/O. Henry Prize Stories)

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Teacher Man: A Memoir

Teacher Man: A Memoir

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The Black Veil: A Memoir with Digressions

The Black Veil: A Memoir with Digressions

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The Rascal King: The Life and Times of James Michael Curley, 1874-1958

The Rascal King: The Life and Times of James Michael Curley, 1874-1958

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Straight Talking: A Novel

Straight Talking: A Novel

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The Burn Journals

The Burn Journals

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Tour of Duty: John Kerry and the Vietnam War

Tour of Duty: John Kerry and the Vietnam War

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America's Queen: A Life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

America's Queen: A Life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

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Home to Stay: One American Family's Chronicle of Miracles and Struggles in Contemporary Israel

Home to Stay: One American Family's Chronicle of Miracles and Struggles in Contemporary Israel

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John F. Kerry: The Complete Biography By The Boston Globe Reporters Who Know Him Best (Publicaffairs Reports)

John F. Kerry: The Complete Biography By The Boston Globe Reporters Who Know Him Best (Publicaffairs Reports)

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The Big Miss: My Years Coaching Tiger Woods

The Big Miss: My Years Coaching Tiger Woods

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