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Vanishing Twins: A Marriage

Vanishing Twins: A Marriage

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The Book of Joan: Tales of Mirth, Mischief, and Manipulation

The Book of Joan: Tales of Mirth, Mischief, and Manipulation

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Three Rivers Press

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Betrayed!

Betrayed!

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More Than Words

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Mr Nice: An Autobiography

Mr Nice: An Autobiography

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More Than Words

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BALLS: It Takes Some to Get Some

BALLS: It Takes Some to Get Some

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Edwards Chris

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Straight Up and Dirty: A Memoir

Straight Up and Dirty: A Memoir

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Invested: Changing Forever the Way Americans Invest

Invested: Changing Forever the Way Americans Invest

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Perfect Spy: The Incredible Double Life of Pham Xuan An, Time Magazine Reporter and Vietnamese Communist Agent

Perfect Spy: The Incredible Double Life of Pham Xuan An, Time Magazine Reporter and Vietnamese Communist Agent

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Not for the Faint of Heart: Lessons in Courage, Power, and Persistence

Not for the Faint of Heart: Lessons in Courage, Power, and Persistence

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The Grand Affair: John Singer Sargent in His World

The Grand Affair: John Singer Sargent in His World

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More Than Words

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Fifty-seven Fridays: Losing Our Daughter, Finding Our Way

Fifty-seven Fridays: Losing Our Daughter, Finding Our Way

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More Than Words

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The Cruel Way: Switzerland to Afghanistan in a Ford, 1939

The Cruel Way: Switzerland to Afghanistan in a Ford, 1939

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University of Chicago Press

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Death Be Not Proud (Perennial Classics)

Death Be Not Proud (Perennial Classics)

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The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity, and My Fight Against the Islamic State

The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity, and My Fight Against the Islamic State

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Champlain's Dream

Champlain's Dream

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Simon & Schuster

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Ben Behind His Voices: One Family's Journey from the Chaos of Schizophrenia to Hope

Ben Behind His Voices: One Family's Journey from the Chaos of Schizophrenia to Hope

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Iron and Silk

Iron and Silk

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Bossypants

Bossypants

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Pioneer Women: The Lives of Women on the Frontier

Pioneer Women: The Lives of Women on the Frontier

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University of Oklahoma Press

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True Notebooks: A Writer's Year at Juvenile Hall

True Notebooks: A Writer's Year at Juvenile Hall

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Vintage

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Autobiography of a Recovering Skinhead: The Frank Meeink Story as Told to Jody M. Roy, Ph.D.

Autobiography of a Recovering Skinhead: The Frank Meeink Story as Told to Jody M. Roy, Ph.D.

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The Sins of the Father: Joseph P. Kennedy and the Dynasty he Founded

The Sins of the Father: Joseph P. Kennedy and the Dynasty he Founded

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The Verge: Reformation, Renaissance, and Forty Years that Shook the World

The Verge: Reformation, Renaissance, and Forty Years that Shook the World

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Twelve

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Point to Point Navigation: A Memoir

Point to Point Navigation: A Memoir

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More Than Words

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The Road to Camelot: Inside JFK's Five-Year Campaign

The Road to Camelot: Inside JFK's Five-Year Campaign

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Simon & Schuster

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Cheaper by the Dozen

Cheaper by the Dozen

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HarperTorch

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Undying Glory: The Story of the Massachusetts 54th Regiment (Scholastic Biography)

Undying Glory: The Story of the Massachusetts 54th Regiment (Scholastic Biography)

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More Than Words

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Giants: The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln

Giants: The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln

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More Than Words

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Gaining: The Truth About Life After Eating Disorders

Gaining: The Truth About Life After Eating Disorders

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Grand Central Publishing

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Brutal: The Untold Story of My Life Inside Whitey Bulger's Irish Mob

Brutal: The Untold Story of My Life Inside Whitey Bulger's Irish Mob

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More Than Words

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We Took to the Woods

We Took to the Woods

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Wallis in Love: The Untold Life of the Duchess of Windsor, the Woman Who Changed the Monarchy

Wallis in Love: The Untold Life of the Duchess of Windsor, the Woman Who Changed the Monarchy

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The Spy in Moscow Station: A Counterspy's Hunt for a Deadly Cold War Threat

The Spy in Moscow Station: A Counterspy's Hunt for a Deadly Cold War Threat

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Thomas Dunne Books

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The Devil's Teeth: A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America's Great White Sharks

The Devil's Teeth: A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America's Great White Sharks

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Holt Paperbacks

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The Rebellious CEO: 12 Leaders Who Did It Right

The Rebellious CEO: 12 Leaders Who Did It Right

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More Than Words

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Morrie: In His Own Words

Morrie: In His Own Words

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More Than Words

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