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Thomas Jefferson's Education

Thomas Jefferson's Education

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W. W. Norton & Company

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Small Town, Big Oil: The Untold Story of the Women Who Took on the Richest Man in the World―And Won

Small Town, Big Oil: The Untold Story of the Women Who Took on the Richest Man in the World―And Won

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Diversion Books

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A Life Well Played: My Stories

A Life Well Played: My Stories

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Black Man in a White Coat: A Doctor's Reflections on Race and Medicine

Black Man in a White Coat: A Doctor's Reflections on Race and Medicine

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Wherever I Wind Up: My Quest for Truth, Authenticity and the Perfect Knuckleball

Wherever I Wind Up: My Quest for Truth, Authenticity and the Perfect Knuckleball

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More Than Words

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Open Ice: Reflections and Confessions of a Hockey Lifer

Open Ice: Reflections and Confessions of a Hockey Lifer

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More Than Words

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Sons of Providence: The Brown Brothers, the Slave Trade, and the American Revolution

Sons of Providence: The Brown Brothers, the Slave Trade, and the American Revolution

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Simon & Schuster

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Charlotte Au Chocolat: Memories of a Restaurant Girlhood

Charlotte Au Chocolat: Memories of a Restaurant Girlhood

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More Than Words

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Ice Time: A Tale of Fathers, Sons, and Hometown Heroes

Ice Time: A Tale of Fathers, Sons, and Hometown Heroes

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More Than Words

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The Kid Who Climbed Everest: The Incredible Story of a 23-Year-Old's Summit of Mt. Everest

The Kid Who Climbed Everest: The Incredible Story of a 23-Year-Old's Summit of Mt. Everest

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Lyons Press

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Knitting Yarns: Writers on Knitting

Knitting Yarns: Writers on Knitting

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W. W. Norton & Company

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Plenty Ladylike: A Memoir

Plenty Ladylike: A Memoir

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Simon & Schuster

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Mile Markers: The 26.2 Most Important Reasons Why Women Run

Mile Markers: The 26.2 Most Important Reasons Why Women Run

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Breathe: A Letter to My Sons

Breathe: A Letter to My Sons

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The Man Who Ran Washington: The Life and Times of James A. Baker III

The Man Who Ran Washington: The Life and Times of James A. Baker III

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Ordinary Time: Cycles in Marriage, Faith, and Renewal

Ordinary Time: Cycles in Marriage, Faith, and Renewal

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Where She Came from: A Daughter's Search for Her Mother's History

Where She Came from: A Daughter's Search for Her Mother's History

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Inside the NRA: A Tell-All Account of Corruption, Greed, and Paranoia within the Most Powerful Political Group in America

Inside the NRA: A Tell-All Account of Corruption, Greed, and Paranoia within the Most Powerful Political Group in America

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Twelve

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Rome 1960: The Olympics That Changed the World

Rome 1960: The Olympics That Changed the World

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More Than Words

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Love, Ellen: A Mother/Daughter Journey

Love, Ellen: A Mother/Daughter Journey

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It Books

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Love, Ellen: A Mother/Daughter Journey

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Love, Ellen: A Mother/Daughter Journey

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The True History of the First Mrs. Meredith and Other Lesser Lives

The True History of the First Mrs. Meredith and Other Lesser Lives

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John Dewey and the High Tide of American Liberalism

John Dewey and the High Tide of American Liberalism

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More Than Words

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Landing It: My Life On And Off The Ice

Landing It: My Life On And Off The Ice

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Kensington

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Diego: In English and Spanish

Diego: In English and Spanish

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More Than Words

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A Time to Break Silence: The Essential Works of Martin Luther King, Jr., for Students (King Legacy)

A Time to Break Silence: The Essential Works of Martin Luther King, Jr., for Students (King Legacy)

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Beacon Press

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American Bloomsbury: Louisa May Alcott, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau: Their Lives, Their Loves, Their Work

American Bloomsbury: Louisa May Alcott, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau: Their Lives, Their Loves, Their Work

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American Bloomsbury: Louisa May Alcott, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau: Their Lives, Their Loves, Their Work

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American Bloomsbury: Louisa May Alcott, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau: Their Lives, Their Loves, Their Work

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What Do You Buy the Children of the Terrorist Who Tried to Kill Your Wife?: A Memoir

What Do You Buy the Children of the Terrorist Who Tried to Kill Your Wife?: A Memoir

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Oneworld Publications

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What We Carry: A Memoir

What We Carry: A Memoir

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The Dial Press

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Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela

Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela

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More Than Words

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The Binding Chair: or, A Visit from the Foot Emancipation Society

The Binding Chair: or, A Visit from the Foot Emancipation Society

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Miriam's Kitchen

Miriam's Kitchen

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More Than Words

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A Million Little Pieces

A Million Little Pieces

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More Than Words

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The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam: An Illustrated Memoir

The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam: An Illustrated Memoir

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Riverhead Books

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Storyteller's Daughter

Storyteller's Daughter

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More Than Words

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Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love

Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love

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Anchor

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Before Night Falls: A Memoir

Before Night Falls: A Memoir

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