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Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder

Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder

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Writing Women's Lives: An Anthology of Autobiographical Narratives by Twentieth-Century American Women Writers

Writing Women's Lives: An Anthology of Autobiographical Narratives by Twentieth-Century American Women Writers

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War of Two: Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and the Duel that Stunned the Nation

War of Two: Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and the Duel that Stunned the Nation

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Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War

Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War

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Knots in My Yo-Yo String

Knots in My Yo-Yo String

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Hard Choices

Hard Choices

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Second Sight

Second Sight

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Rage

Rage

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg: In Her Own Words (In Their Own Words series)

Ruth Bader Ginsburg: In Her Own Words (In Their Own Words series)

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Black Ice

Black Ice

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This Just In: What I Couldn't Tell You on TV

This Just In: What I Couldn't Tell You on TV

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Principal Products of Portugal (Prose Pieces)

Principal Products of Portugal (Prose Pieces)

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Bringing Up Bébé: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting (now with Bébé Day by Day: 100 Keys to French Parenting)

Bringing Up Bébé: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting (now with Bébé Day by Day: 100 Keys to French Parenting)

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Lanterns: A Memoir of Mentors

Lanterns: A Memoir of Mentors

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Everybody's Got Something

Everybody's Got Something

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Chocolate for a Woman's Soul: 77 Stories to Feed Your Spirit and Warm Your Heart

Chocolate for a Woman's Soul: 77 Stories to Feed Your Spirit and Warm Your Heart

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Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West

Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West

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A Fighting Chance

A Fighting Chance

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The TB12 Method: How to Achieve a Lifetime of Sustained Peak Performance

The TB12 Method: How to Achieve a Lifetime of Sustained Peak Performance

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My Life as Eva: The Struggle is Real

My Life as Eva: The Struggle is Real

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Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead

Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead

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Evening

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The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change

The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change

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This Was Not Our War : Bosnian Women Reclaiming the Peace

This Was Not Our War : Bosnian Women Reclaiming the Peace

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Invisible Eden: A Story of Love and Murder on Cape Cod

Invisible Eden: A Story of Love and Murder on Cape Cod

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The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography (Oprah's Book Club)

The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography (Oprah's Book Club)

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The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir

The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir

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Lincoln

Lincoln

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Rad Women Worldwide: Artists and Athletes, Pirates and Punks, and Other Revolutionaries Who Shaped History

Rad Women Worldwide: Artists and Athletes, Pirates and Punks, and Other Revolutionaries Who Shaped History

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Moving the Chains: Tom Brady and the Pursuit of Everything

Moving the Chains: Tom Brady and the Pursuit of Everything

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The Prince of los Cocuyos: A Miami Childhood

The Prince of los Cocuyos: A Miami Childhood

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The Middle Place

The Middle Place

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Drinking: A Love Story

Drinking: A Love Story

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Barbara Bush: A Memoir

Barbara Bush: A Memoir

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Tuxedo Park : A Wall Street Tycoon and the Secret Palace of Science That Changed the Course of World War II

Tuxedo Park : A Wall Street Tycoon and the Secret Palace of Science That Changed the Course of World War II

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Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (Oprah's Book Club 2.0)

Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (Oprah's Book Club 2.0)

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