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Living Into the Truth: A Daughter's Journey of Discovery - Paperback

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by Annette Marquis (Author), Wendy Degroat (Editor), Phillip Hilliker (Cover Design by)"Living Into the Truth: A Daughter's Journey of Discovery" is a memoir by Annette Marquis that explores the author's quest to uncover her family's hidden past and, in doing so, discover her own identity. The narrative spans several decades, primarily focusing on the mid-20th century to the present day and is set against the backdrop of changing American social norms and values.The memoir begins with Marquis...

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Report copyright infringementby Cori Winrock (Author)"In the city where I was born there is a collective of women taking apart donated wedding dresses. Seam ripping and taking off lace, uprooting stitches and unstringing beads--one by one by hand in their spare time."A collective of women gathers to painstakingly turn wedding dresses into burial garments for infants. "Like many collectives whose existence and skills might seem unfathomable, most of us won't know about them until there is a ne...

Exploring the White House: Inside America's Most Famous Home - Paperback

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by Kate Andersen Brower (Author)#1 New York Times bestselling author Kate Andersen Brower shares a special inside look into the most famous home in America--and the lives of hardworking staff members and first ladies who've maintained it. Have you ever wondered what exactly goes on inside 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue? Sure, the president of the United States works and resides there, but do you know who helps keep this historic house running?It's no simple task, especially when there are important...

Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return - Paperback

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by Marjane Satrapi (Author)The fascinating continuation of the best-selling Persepolis, "one of the freshest and most original memoirs of our day" (Los Angeles Times). Marjane Satrapi dazzles with her heartrending graphic memoir about growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. In 1984, Marjane flees fundamentalism and the war with Iraq to begin a new life in Vienna. Once there, she faces the trials of adolescence far from her friends and family, and while she soon carves out a place f...

Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman - Paperback

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by Robert K. Massie (Author)NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - An "absorbing" (Los Angeles Times) biography of one of the most remarkable, powerful, and captivating women in Russian history--from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Peter the Great, Nicholas and Alexandra, and The Romanovs "[A] compelling portrait not just of a Russian titan, but also of a flesh-and-blood woman."--Newsweek ONE OF ESQUIRE'S BEST BIOGRAPHIES OF ALL TIME - ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times, The Was...

Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of Seal Team 10 - Hardcover

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by Patrick Robinson (With), Marcus Luttrell (Author)Follow along a Navy SEAL's firsthand account of American heroism during a secret military operation in Afghanistan in this true story of survival and difficult choices. On a clear night in late June 2005, four U.S. Navy SEALs left their base in northern Afghanistan for the mountainous Pakistani border. Their mission was to capture or kill a notorious al Qaeda leader known to be ensconced in a Taliban stronghold surrounded by a small but heav...

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius: Pulitzer Prize Finalist - Paperback

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by Dave Eggers (Author)NATIONAL BESTSELLER - PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST - A "A beautifully ragged, laugh-out-loud funny and utterly unforgettable book" (San Francisco Chronicle) that redefines both family and narrative. - From the bestselling author of The Circle.A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius is the moving memoir of a college senior who, in the space of five weeks, loses both of his parents to cancer and inherits his eight-year-old brother. This exhilarating debut that manages to be ...

Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson III - Paperback

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by Robert A. Caro (Author)Master of the Senate, Book 3 of The Years of Lyndon Johnson, carries Johnson's story through one of its most remarkable periods: his 12 years, from 1949 to 1960, in the United States Senate. At the heart of the book is its unprecedented revelation of how legislative power works in America, how the Senate works, and how Johnson, in his ascent to the presidency, mastered the Senate as no political leader before him had ever done. It was during these years that all Joh...

Not Dead & Not for Sale: The Earthling Papers, a Memoir - Paperback

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by Scott Weiland (Author), David Ritz (With)The instant New York Times bestseller: the lead singer of the Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver delivers an exhilarating memoir of scaling the pinnacle of rock stardom, plunging into the chasm of addiction and incarceration, and then clawing his way back to the top again and again.In the early 1990s, Stone Temple Pilots--not U2, not Nirvana, not Pearl Jam--was the hottest band in the world. STP toppled such megabands as Aerosmith and Guns N' R...

The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times - Hardcover

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by Jane Goodall (Author), Douglas Abrams (Author)**THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**In a world that seems so troubled, how do we hold on to hope? Looking at the headlines--the worsening climate crisis, a global pandemic, loss of biodiversity, political upheaval--it can be hard to feel optimistic. And yet hope has never been more desperately needed. In this urgent book, Jane Goodall, the world's most famous living naturalist, and Douglas Abrams, the internationally bestselling co-author ...

The Ruin of J. Robert Oppenheimer: And the Birth of the Modern Arms Race - Paperback

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by Priscilla J. McMillan (Author), Martin J. Sherwin (Foreword by)The true story of the government conspiracy to bring down J. Robert Oppenheimer, America's most famous scientist.On April 12, 1954, the nation was astonished to learn that J. Robert Oppenheimer was facing charges of violating national security. Could the director of the Manhattan Project, the visionary who led the effort to build the atom bomb, really be a traitor? In this riveting book, bestselling author Priscilla J. McMillan...

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by Kurt Cobain (Author)The lyrics notebook and personal journals of Kurt Cobain, revealing new insight and meaning to the iconic signer of the band Nirvana. Kurt Cobain filled dozens of notebooks with lyrics, drawings, and writings about his plans for Nirvana and his thoughts about fame, the state of music, and the people who bought and sold him and his music. His journals reveal an artist who loved music, who knew the history of rock, and who was determined to define his place in that histo...

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by Barbara Kerley (Author), Edwin Fotheringham (Illustrator)From the award-winning creators of THOSE REBELS, JOHN & TOM, a joyful portrait of an American icon and an inspiring blueprint for how to live your life."Tis the good reader that makes the good book" - Ralph Waldo EmersonA Parents' Choice Gold Award WinnerAn NCTE Orbis Pictus Honor Book* "Exuberant." -- Publishers Weekly, starred review From the award-winning creators of What to Do About Alice?, comes a joyful portrait of an Ameri...

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Report copyright infringementby Diane Keaton (Author), Anna Quindlen (Contribution by)The trade paperback edition of Diane Keaton's unforgettable memoir includes a new Afterword about the bonds between mother and daughter. NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Janet Maslin, The New York Times - People - Vogue ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR --Financial Times - Chicago Sun-Times The Independent - Bookreporter The Sunday Business Post Mom loved adages, quotes, slogans. There were ...

Gut Instincts: A Journey to Radical Healing, Inner Knowing & Rewriting the Rules - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Jennifer Juniper (Author)"This book has the power to change your life."-Jack Canfield Our stories aren't set in stone. They can be Rewritten. Reclaimed. Reimagined. What if the thing keeping you stuck isn't what you haven't tried-it's what you haven't unpacked? The past that's still running the show. The patterns you keep repeating. Your symptoms aren't random. Your struggles aren't separate. They're all connected-and they're all messengers pointing you back to...

The Name of This Band Is R.E.M.: A Biography

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Report copyright infringementby Peter Ames Carlin (Author)THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE - An electrifying cultural biography of the greatest and last American rock band of the millennium, whose music ignited a generation--and reasserted the power of rock and roll "[Carlin's] unique gift for capturing the sweep and tenor of a cultural moment...is here on brilliant display." --Michael Chabon In the spring of 1980, an unexpected group of musical eccentrics came together to play...

A Brilliant Adaptation: How Dissociative Identity Disorder and the Power of the Therapeutic Bond Saved Me

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Report copyright infringementby Sally Maslansky (Author), Daniel J. Siegel (Foreword by)A searing and profound memoir of one woman's journey through dissociative identity disorder and childhood sexual abuse--and how she found hope, healing, and recovery. Sally Maslansky is living the perfect life: a beautiful home in Malibu, California, a successful Hollywood producer husband who adores her, and a recently adopted son she treasures. But when Sally begins to remember the trauma she endured as ...

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Report copyright infringementby George T. Nagel (Author), Rabbi Pini Dunner (Editor)Paradise Cove: They Escaped the Cuckoo's Nest is a powerful firsthand account of life inside a Southern California residential facility for recovering psychiatric patients-as told by an unlikely observer, George T. Nagel, an 80-year-old graduate student who volunteered there in the 1970s as fieldwork for his master's at California State University, Northridge. With clarity, compassion, and humor, Nagel capture...

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Report copyright infringementby Carl Radke (Author)For fans of raw celebrity memoirs, Bravo Summer House star Carl Radke gives readers a look into his unfiltered journey of recovery, resilience and transformation. Sober Carl Isn't Fun--Or Is He? Carl Radke's path from reality TV's party-loving star to a life centered around recovery has been anything but straightforward. Famous for his role on Summer House, Carl's journey in the spotlight has forced him to confront personal battles under pub...

Reminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War

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Report copyright infringementby Ernesto Che Guevara (Author)Che Guevara's definitive account of the Cuban revolutionary war, in an updated edition. Includes photos and new foreword by Aleida Guevara--Che's eldest daughter who is a physician. There is no better account of the Cuban revolutionary war than this little book by guerilla leader Che Guevara. Assembled from his campaign diary, first published in 1963, later corrected and edited by Che, and published here finally in an authoritative e...

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Report copyright infringementby Anthony Uzarowski (Author)Lauren Bacall (1924-2014), or Betty, as she was known to friends, was one of the last great movie stars of the Golden Age of Hollywood. Her career spanned seven decades and was one of the longest and most distinguished in the history of show business. Yet it wasn't easy. After becoming a star at nineteen with her first film, To Have and Have Not (1944), she joked there was nowhere for her to go but down. She became an icon of film noir...

My Brain Makes Me Proud: My Journey Through Schizoaffective Disorder and Anxiety

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Report copyright infringementby Theresa San Luis Teller (Author)Overcoming Schizoaffective Disorder: Theresa's Triumph Through Academics, Faith, Music, & Resilience Despite Mental Health Challenges. Theresa's journey is an inspiring testament to resilience in the face of formidable adversity. Despite being diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder during her sophomore year at the University of Notre Dame, she maintained her academic excellence, even salvaging a perfect 4.0 GPA during her ma...

Stillness and Survival: A Life Between Trauma, Glitter, and the Echo of My Own Voice

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Report copyright infringementby Jacob Anthony Rose (Author)I was a quiet boy with loud dreams. But dreams don't grow well in a house full of fear.As a gay child in a home where silence meant survival, I learned to vanish. For years, I kept my voice hidden - not just from the world, but from myself.Then came music. Drag. Glitter. Applause.And, for a time, freedom. Onstage, I could be someone bigger than the pain. For twenty years, I sang and performed my way into pieces of joy I never thought ...

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Report copyright infringementby Kobe L. Martin (Author)Against all odds, a young woman rises from the struggles of teenage motherhood and loss, transforming her life through education and resilience. Her journey inspires others to fight for a brighter future, proving that determination can break the cycle of hardship.In A Brambleton Girl's Tale, Kobe Martin's life unfolds in the gritty streets of Brambleton, where survival is a daily battle. Faced with teenage pregnancy, heartbreak, and the p...

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Report copyright infringementby Brad Bigelow (Author)Featured writer for the Washington Post at twenty. Author of a hit novel at twenty-one. Coaxed Greta Garbo out of seclusion for a Hollywood party. Ghostwrote the memoirs of New York's most famous madam, Polly Adler. It's no wonder Virginia Faulkner was spoken of as the next Dorothy Parker. But Faulkner also struggled with alcoholism and depression, lost respect for her own work as a writer, and at age forty-two returned to her hometown of ...

The Work of Our Hands: A Cree Meditation on the Real World

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Report copyright infringementby Adrian Sutherland (Author)In a world yearning for meaning, the path to spiritual renewal may lie through the discipline and freedom that only hard work can show us. Life is hard in Attawapiskat. Outsiders see the poverty and despair, the sagging, mold-filled houses with generations packed into each one. The substance abuse and the suicides. The decaying water system, that has come to symbolize the everyday injustice faced by First Nations communities. So why do...

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Report copyright infringementby Ina Lackey (Author)In "Memoir of a White Sheep: Surviving Trauma, Depression & Anxiety," Ina shares an inspiring story about her journey as a biracial woman that started with a turbulent and horrific childhood. She offers her raw, deeply personal account of resilience, faith, and redemption. Born into a world divided by race, mental illness, and pain, Ina's life began in Lawton, Oklahoma, where she endured a traumatic childhood marked by abuse, family dysfu...

Politics of the Heart: Nonviolence in an Age of Atrocity - Psychedelic Activism to End War

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Report copyright infringementby Alan E. Clements (Author)POLITICS OF THE HEARTNonviolence in an Age of Atrocity - Psychedelic Activism to End WarWhat happens when theatre collides with revolution-when poetry ignites politics and conscience refuses silence? Politics of the Heart is a manifesto disguised as performance-part memoir, part spoken-word theatre, part psychedelic sermon on love and defiance in an age of annihilation. It asks the most intimate of political questions: What does it mean...

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Victorious: A Journey Of Hope And Perseverance

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Report copyright infringementby Lisa Cooksey Cannon (Author)A Veteran of the United States Army, advocate for women, believer and incomplete quadriplegic, Lisa Cooksey-Cannon is a faithful warrior. The incomplete is from not completely severing her spinal cord in 2024. She stands, a walking miracle after having spent several months in a wheelchair completely paralyzed from the neck down. Get the encouragement, strength and healing you deserve to be Victorious in your own life through A Journe...

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Report copyright infringementby Lina Clavijo (Author)Lina's story is proof that the human spirit can rally from anything.From surviving cartel-era violence to rebuilding herself through heartbreak, loss, and raw self-honesty, Christmas Cactus shows what real resilience looks like. Her writing has muscle, memory, and meaning. You don't just read these chapters-you feel them. --Greg Morley, cultural competence expert, author of Bond and RallyIn this fierce, funny, and breathtakingly honest memo...

Never Walk Again: My Testimony from Wheelchair to Worship

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Report copyright infringementby Gary Good (Author)How deep is your faith? How strong is your determination? How resolute is your will?In 2000, Gary Good's faith, determination, and will were tested to the max when two of his vertebrae were shattered in a horrific crash with an 18-wheeler-along with his hope, dreams, and life as he knew it. "You'll never walk again," doctors told Gary over and over. Against all odds, drawing on perseverance and inner strength, with the love of his family and f...