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Collection: Biographies & Memoirs

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Why We Suck: A Feel Good Guide to Staying Fat, Loud, Lazy and Stupid

Why We Suck: A Feel Good Guide to Staying Fat, Loud, Lazy and Stupid

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Plume

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Why Not Me?

Why Not Me?

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Crown Pub

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Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard

Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard

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Hachette Books

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You Had Me at Woof: How Dogs Taught Me the Secrets of Happiness

You Had Me at Woof: How Dogs Taught Me the Secrets of Happiness

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Riverhead Books

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About Alice

About Alice

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Bush at War

Bush at War

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Simon & Schuster

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Truman

Truman

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Simon & Schuster

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Blue Blood

Blue Blood

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Riverhead Books

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David Brinkley: A Memoir

David Brinkley: A Memoir

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More Than Words

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Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail (Oprah's Book Club)

Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail (Oprah's Book Club)

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More Than Words

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Wait Till Next Year: A Memoir

Wait Till Next Year: A Memoir

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Simon & Schuster

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Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

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Simon & Schuster

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Name All the Animals: A Memoir

Name All the Animals: A Memoir

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Scribner

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The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir

The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir

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Leadership

Leadership

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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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The Magician's Nephew (Narnia)

The Magician's Nephew (Narnia)

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More Than Words

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Mrs. Kennedy and Me

Mrs. Kennedy and Me

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10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-Help That Actually Works--A True Story

10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-Help That Actually Works--A True Story

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One Day My Soul Just Opened Up: 40 Days and 40 Nights Toward Spiritual Strength and Personal Growth

One Day My Soul Just Opened Up: 40 Days and 40 Nights Toward Spiritual Strength and Personal Growth

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Atria Books

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Wishful Drinking

Wishful Drinking

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Simon & Schuster

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Surprisingly Happy: An Atypical Religious Memoir

Surprisingly Happy: An Atypical Religious Memoir

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White River Press

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The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother

The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother

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More Than Words

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In a Sunburned Country

In a Sunburned Country

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Broadway Books

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All Souls: A Family Story from Southie

All Souls: A Family Story from Southie

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Fear: Trump in the White House

Fear: Trump in the White House

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Simon & Schuster

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Sleepwalk with Me: and Other Painfully True Stories

Sleepwalk with Me: and Other Painfully True Stories

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Simon & Schuster

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A Reporter's Life

A Reporter's Life

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More Than Words

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Flags of Our Fathers

Flags of Our Fathers

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Bantam

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Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

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One World

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Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America

Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America

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Picador

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The Brothers Bulger: How They Terrorized and Corrupted Boston for a Quarter Century

The Brothers Bulger: How They Terrorized and Corrupted Boston for a Quarter Century

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Grand Central Publishing

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Francona: The Red Sox Years

Francona: The Red Sox Years

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More Than Words

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Disloyal: A Memoir: The True Story of the Former Personal Attorney to President Donald J. Trump

Disloyal: A Memoir: The True Story of the Former Personal Attorney to President Donald J. Trump

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I Thought My Father Was God: And Other True Tales from NPR's National Story Project

I Thought My Father Was God: And Other True Tales from NPR's National Story Project

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Picador

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Born to Run

Born to Run

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Simon & Schuster

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