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Sissy: A Coming-of-Gender Story

Sissy: A Coming-of-Gender Story

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G.P. Putnam's Sons

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Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx

Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx

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Burn Book: A Tech Love Story

Burn Book: A Tech Love Story

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More Than Words

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When They Call You a Terrorist

When They Call You a Terrorist

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The Cat Who Went to Paris

The Cat Who Went to Paris

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At My Pace: Ordinary Women Tell Their Extraordinary Stories

At My Pace: Ordinary Women Tell Their Extraordinary Stories

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Victoria & Abdul (Movie Tie-in): The True Story of the Queen's Closest Confidant

Victoria & Abdul (Movie Tie-in): The True Story of the Queen's Closest Confidant

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Twelve Patients: Life and Death at Bellevue Hospital

Twelve Patients: Life and Death at Bellevue Hospital

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The Secret Life of Dorothy Soames: A True Story

The Secret Life of Dorothy Soames: A True Story

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More Than Words

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Game of Crowns: Elizabeth, Camilla, Kate, and the Throne

Game of Crowns: Elizabeth, Camilla, Kate, and the Throne

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In Bed with Gore Vidal

In Bed with Gore Vidal

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Abraham Lincoln: A Life (Penguin Lives)

Abraham Lincoln: A Life (Penguin Lives)

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The Yogi Book: 'I Really Didn't Say Everything I Said'

The Yogi Book: 'I Really Didn't Say Everything I Said'

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A Long Way Home: A Memoir

A Long Way Home: A Memoir

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The Threat: How the FBI Protects America in the Age of Terror and Trump

The Threat: How the FBI Protects America in the Age of Terror and Trump

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Catherine De Medici : A Biography

Catherine De Medici : A Biography

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More Than Words

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For All Who Hunger: Searching for Communion in a Shattered World

For All Who Hunger: Searching for Communion in a Shattered World

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fathermothergod: My Journey Out of Christian Science

fathermothergod: My Journey Out of Christian Science

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Clapton: The Autobiography

Clapton: The Autobiography

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More Than Words

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Who Was Louis Armstrong?

Who Was Louis Armstrong?

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On the Move: A Life

On the Move: A Life

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All I Did Was Ask: Conversations with Writers, Actors, Musicians, and Artists

All I Did Was Ask: Conversations with Writers, Actors, Musicians, and Artists

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Hachette Books

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Carrie Fisher: A Life on the Edge

Carrie Fisher: A Life on the Edge

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The Nurses: A Year of Secrets, Drama, and Miracles with the Heroes of the Hospital

The Nurses: A Year of Secrets, Drama, and Miracles with the Heroes of the Hospital

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The House of Kennedy

The House of Kennedy

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Little, Brown and Company

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Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology

Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology

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Ballantine Books

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The Nine: The True Story of a Band of Women Who Survived the Worst of Nazi Germany

The Nine: The True Story of a Band of Women Who Survived the Worst of Nazi Germany

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No Cheating, No Dying: I Had a Good Marriage. Then I Tried To Make It Better.

No Cheating, No Dying: I Had a Good Marriage. Then I Tried To Make It Better.

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Save Yourself

Save Yourself

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Grand Central Publishing

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Hank Greenberg: Hall-of-Fame Slugger

Hank Greenberg: Hall-of-Fame Slugger

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Jewish Publication Society

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Critical Care: A New Nurse Faces Death, Life, and Everything in Between

Critical Care: A New Nurse Faces Death, Life, and Everything in Between

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Elizabeth & Margaret: The Intimate World of the Windsor Sisters

Elizabeth & Margaret: The Intimate World of the Windsor Sisters

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The Country Nurse Remembers: True Stories of a Troubled Childhood, War, and Becoming a Nurse (The Country Nurse Series, Book Three) (3)

The Country Nurse Remembers: True Stories of a Troubled Childhood, War, and Becoming a Nurse (The Country Nurse Series, Book Three) (3)

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Peace by Chocolate: The Hadhad Family's Remarkable Journey from Syria to Canada

Peace by Chocolate: The Hadhad Family's Remarkable Journey from Syria to Canada

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The New Royals: Queen Elizabeth's Legacy and the Future of the Crown

The New Royals: Queen Elizabeth's Legacy and the Future of the Crown

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More Than Words

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Madam Secretary: A Biography of Madeleine Albright

Madam Secretary: A Biography of Madeleine Albright

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More Than Words

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