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The Essential Bernie Sanders and His Vision for America

The Essential Bernie Sanders and His Vision for America

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Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada's Quest to Change Harlem and America

Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada's Quest to Change Harlem and America

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Mariner Books

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Not Becoming My Mother: and Other Things She Taught Me Along the Way

Not Becoming My Mother: and Other Things She Taught Me Along the Way

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More Than Words

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Monkey Mind: A Memoir of Anxiety

Monkey Mind: A Memoir of Anxiety

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Simon & Schuster

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700 Sundays

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An Album of Memories: Personal Histories from the Greatest Generation

An Album of Memories: Personal Histories from the Greatest Generation

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Random House

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Bobby Kennedy: The Making of a Liberal Icon

Bobby Kennedy: The Making of a Liberal Icon

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Random House Inc

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The Imaginations of Unreasonable Men: Inspiration, Vision, and Purpose in the Quest to End Malaria

The Imaginations of Unreasonable Men: Inspiration, Vision, and Purpose in the Quest to End Malaria

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What We Will Become: A Mother, a Son, and a Journey of Transformation

What We Will Become: A Mother, a Son, and a Journey of Transformation

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What We Will Become: A Mother, a Son, and a Journey of Transformation

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What We Will Become: A Mother, a Son, and a Journey of Transformation

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The Cure: How a Father Raised $100 Million--And Bucked the Medical Establishment--In a Quest to Save His Children

The Cure: How a Father Raised $100 Million--And Bucked the Medical Establishment--In a Quest to Save His Children

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Bush Country: How Dubya Became a Great President While Driving Liberals Insane

Bush Country: How Dubya Became a Great President While Driving Liberals Insane

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No Higher Honor: A Memoir of My Years in Washington

No Higher Honor: A Memoir of My Years in Washington

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The Story of a Lifetime: A Keepsake of Personal Memoirs

The Story of a Lifetime: A Keepsake of Personal Memoirs

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Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World (Random House Reader's Circle)

Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World (Random House Reader's Circle)

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Nice Jewish Girls: Growing Up in America

Nice Jewish Girls: Growing Up in America

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The Lie: A Memoir of Two Marriages, Catfishing & Coming Out

The Lie: A Memoir of Two Marriages, Catfishing & Coming Out

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Little a

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Passionate Minds: Women Rewriting the World

Passionate Minds: Women Rewriting the World

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More Than Words

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Biography: A Brief History

Biography: A Brief History

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Flirting with French: How a Language Charmed Me, Seduced Me, and Nearly Broke My Heart

Flirting with French: How a Language Charmed Me, Seduced Me, and Nearly Broke My Heart

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Algonquin Books

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I Never Had It Made: An Autobiography of Jackie Robinson

I Never Had It Made: An Autobiography of Jackie Robinson

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Ecco Press

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Service: A Navy SEAL at War

Service: A Navy SEAL at War

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Time Present, Time Past: A Memoir

Time Present, Time Past: A Memoir

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More Than Words

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Sister Mother Husband Dog: Etc.

Sister Mother Husband Dog: Etc.

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Packing Inferno: The Unmaking of a Marine

Packing Inferno: The Unmaking of a Marine

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Inside the Mind of Scott Peterson

Inside the Mind of Scott Peterson

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More Than Words

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Nurturing Healing Love: A Mother's Journey of Hope and Forgiveness

Nurturing Healing Love: A Mother's Journey of Hope and Forgiveness

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Hay House Inc.

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James Michael Curley

James Michael Curley

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The Knock at the Door: A Mother's Survival of the Armenian Genocide

The Knock at the Door: A Mother's Survival of the Armenian Genocide

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Click: When We Knew We Were Feminists

Click: When We Knew We Were Feminists

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My Brother Martin: A Sister Remembers Growing Up with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

My Brother Martin: A Sister Remembers Growing Up with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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More Than Words

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Binge

Binge

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Possible Side Effects

Possible Side Effects

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More Than Words

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Driving Mr. Albert: A Trip Across America with Einstein's Brain

Driving Mr. Albert: A Trip Across America with Einstein's Brain

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Dial Press Trade Paperback

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The Magician's Nephew (Narnia)

The Magician's Nephew (Narnia)

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More Than Words

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Dream Me Home Safely: Writers on Growing Up in America

Dream Me Home Safely: Writers on Growing Up in America

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Mariner Books

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Call Me American: A Memoir

Call Me American: A Memoir

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Vintage

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