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The View from a Monastery

The View from a Monastery

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The Bright Hour: A Memoir of Living and Dying

The Bright Hour: A Memoir of Living and Dying

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Simon & Schuster

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The Children of Henry VIII

The Children of Henry VIII

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Men in Green

Men in Green

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High Stakes, No Prisoners : A Winner's Tale of Greed and Glory in the Internet Wars

High Stakes, No Prisoners : A Winner's Tale of Greed and Glory in the Internet Wars

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The Queen of Katwe: A Story of Life, Chess, and One Extraordinary Girl's Dream of Becoming a Grandmaster

The Queen of Katwe: A Story of Life, Chess, and One Extraordinary Girl's Dream of Becoming a Grandmaster

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As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as A Girl

As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as A Girl

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Four Men Shaking: Searching for Sanity with Samuel Beckett, Norman Mailer, and My Perfect Zen Teacher

Four Men Shaking: Searching for Sanity with Samuel Beckett, Norman Mailer, and My Perfect Zen Teacher

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Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube: Chasing Fear and Finding Home in the Great White North

Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube: Chasing Fear and Finding Home in the Great White North

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Ecco Press

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The Upstairs Room (Trophy Newbery)

The Upstairs Room (Trophy Newbery)

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The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin

The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin

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We're Going to Need More Wine: Stories That Are Funny, Complicated, and True

We're Going to Need More Wine: Stories That Are Funny, Complicated, and True

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Believe Me: My Battle with the Invisible Disability of Lyme Disease

Believe Me: My Battle with the Invisible Disability of Lyme Disease

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Lean In for Graduates

Lean In for Graduates

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Knopf

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About Alice

About Alice

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Notes from the Hyena's Belly: An Ethiopian Boyhood

Notes from the Hyena's Belly: An Ethiopian Boyhood

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Comfort Me with Apples: More Adventures at the Table

Comfort Me with Apples: More Adventures at the Table

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A Strong West Wind: A Memoir

A Strong West Wind: A Memoir

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The Brown Agenda: My Mission to Clean Up the World's Most Life-Threatening Pollution

The Brown Agenda: My Mission to Clean Up the World's Most Life-Threatening Pollution

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Angela's Ashes: A Memoir

Angela's Ashes: A Memoir

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More Than Words

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All Deliberate Speed: Reflections on the First Half-Century of Brown V. Board of Education

All Deliberate Speed: Reflections on the First Half-Century of Brown V. Board of Education

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Seaworthy: A Swordboat Captain Returns to the Sea

Seaworthy: A Swordboat Captain Returns to the Sea

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Let Me Call You Sweetheart

Let Me Call You Sweetheart

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Rob Delaney: Mother. Wife. Sister. Human. Warrior. Falcon. Yardstick. Turban. Cabbage.

Rob Delaney: Mother. Wife. Sister. Human. Warrior. Falcon. Yardstick. Turban. Cabbage.

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The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World

The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World

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Final Rounds: A Father, a Son, the Golf Journey of a Lifetime

Final Rounds: A Father, a Son, the Golf Journey of a Lifetime

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Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets & Advice for Living Your Best Life

Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets & Advice for Living Your Best Life

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Random House Trade Paperbacks

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Nine Women: Portraits from the American Radical Tradition

Nine Women: Portraits from the American Radical Tradition

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University of California Press

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A Voice from Old New York: A Memoir of My Youth

A Voice from Old New York: A Memoir of My Youth

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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Schindler's Legacy: True Stories of the List Survivors

Schindler's Legacy: True Stories of the List Survivors

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Romo: My Life on the Edge: Living Dreams and Slaying Dragons

Romo: My Life on the Edge: Living Dreams and Slaying Dragons

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Can't Help Myself: Lessons & Confessions from a Modern Advice Columnist

Can't Help Myself: Lessons & Confessions from a Modern Advice Columnist

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The Pressured Child: Freeing Our Kids from Performance Overdrive and Helping Them Find Success in School and Life

The Pressured Child: Freeing Our Kids from Performance Overdrive and Helping Them Find Success in School and Life

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Ballantine Books

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Bush at War

Bush at War

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Simon & Schuster

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Everything Beautiful in Its Time: Seasons of Love and Loss

Everything Beautiful in Its Time: Seasons of Love and Loss

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William Morrow & Company

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Start Something That Matters

Start Something That Matters

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Random House

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