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Stand Up That Mountain: The Battle to Save One Small Community in the Wilderness Along the Appalachian Trail
$20.00 Add to cartIn the tradition of A Civil Action–this true story of a North Carolina outdoorsman who teams up with his Appalachian neighbors to save treasured land from being destroyed will “make you want to head … [more below]
- Author: Leutze, Jay Erskine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: July 30 2013
- ISBN10: 1451682646
- Language: English
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Owner of a Lonely Heart: A Memoir of Motherhood and Absence
$17.99 Add to cartNamed a Best Memoir of 2023 by Oprah Daily – Selected by Time, NPR, and BookPage as a Best Book of 2023
“This book…is what memoir writing in the hands of a caring, curious wunderkind can be.” –Kies- Author: Nguyen, Beth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 07 2024
- ISBN10: 1982196351
- Language: English
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Blood Lines
$18.99 Add to cartIn this “highly entertaining” New York Times bestseller from Nelson DeMille and Alex DeMille, Army CID Special Agents Brodie and Taylor “are the modern warriors the world needs” (BookReporter) and the… [more below]
- Series: Scott Brodie & Maggie Taylor #2
- Author: DeMille, Nelson
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: October 08 2024
- ISBN10: 1668037750
- Language: English
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The Queen of Katwe: One Girl’s Triumphant Path to Becoming a Chess Champion
$16.00 Add to cartNow a major motion picture starring Academy Award winner Lupita Nyong’o and David Oyelowo, directed by Mira Nair. The “astonishing” (The New York Times Book Review) and “inspirational” (Shelf Awarenes… [more below]
- Author: Crothers, Tim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 06 2016
- ISBN10: 1501127187
- Language: English
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Lost Bird of Wounded Knee: Spirit of the Lakota
$23.99 Add to cartThis “powerful and chilling” (Publishers Weekly) account of a young girl taken from her native land in South Dakota after the 1890 massacre of Lakota men, women, and children describes the story of Lo… [more below]
- Author: Flood, Renee Sansom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: May 24 2014
- ISBN10: 1476790752
- Language: English
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The Odyssey of Echo Company: The 1968 Tet Offensive and the Epic Battle to Survive the Vietnam War
$18.99 Add to cartSELECTED BY MILITARY TIMES AS A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR * SELECTED BY THE SOCIETY OF MIDLAND AUTHORS’ AS THE BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR
The New York Times bestselling author of In Harm’s Way and- Author: Stanton, Doug
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: May 08 2018
- ISBN10: 1476761949
- Language: English
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The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change
$19.99 Add to cartThe riveting New York Times bestseller about a young man who built more than 250 schools around the world–and the steps anyone can take to lead a successful and significant life.
Adam Braun began wor- Author: Braun, Adam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 03 2015
- ISBN10: 1476730636
- Language: English
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I’ll Take You There: Mavis Staples, the Staple Singers, and the March Up Freedom’s Highway
$18.00 Add to cart“A biography that will send readers back to the music of Mavis and the Staple Singers with deepened appreciation and a renewed spirit of discovery” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review)–from the acclaimed… [more below]
- Author: Kot, Greg
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: November 04 2014
- ISBN10: 1451647867
- Language: English
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The Death of Cool: From Teenage Rebellion to the Hangover of Adulthood
$17.00 Add to cartA laugh-out-loud chronicle of extreme-but-true stories, featuring drunken fist fights, Satanic punk bands, afternoons on heroin, and multiple threesomes–perfect for readers of Tucker Max and Chuck Kl… [more below]
- Author: McInnes, Gavin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: July 16 2013
- ISBN10: 1451614187
- Language: English
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Message from an Unknown Chinese Mother: Stories of Loss and Love
$18.99 Add to cartNow in paperback one of the most stirring accounts of the lives of Chinese women since Wild Swans “full of heart-rending tales….shocking, simply told…a very powerful polemic” (The New York Times B… [more below]
- Author: Xinran
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: March 06 2012
- ISBN10: 1451610947
- Language: English
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Guardians of the Valley: John Muir and the Friendship That Saved Yosemite
$20.00 Add to cart* “We see through this book the immense power of language…to change the minds of lawmakers and tourists alike.” —The New York Times Book Review * “A poignant portrait of an era when mere words coul… [more below]
- Author: King, Dean
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: March 19 2024
- ISBN10: 1982144475
- Language: English
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Monkeyluv: And Other Essays on Our Lives as Animals
$17.99 Add to cartHow do imperceptibly small differences in the environment change one’s behavior? What is the anatomy of a bad mood? Does stress shrink our brains? What does People magazine’s list of America’s “50 Mos… [more below]
- Author: Sapolsky, Robert M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: October 10 2006
- ISBN10: 0743260163
- Language: English
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Baby Catcher: Chronicles of a Modern Midwife
$18.99 Add to cartAn inspiring collection of birth stories by a charming midwife.Each time she knelt to “catch” another wriggling baby–nearly three thousand times during her remarkable career–California midwife Peggy… [more below]
- Author: Vincent, Peggy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: April 15 2003
- ISBN10: 0743219341
- Language: English
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A Backward Glance: An Autobiography
$21.00 Add to cartEdith Wharton, the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize, vividly reflects on her public and private life in this stunning memoir.
With richness and delicacy, it describes the sophisticated New York s- Author: Wharton, Edith
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 424
- Publish Date: July 15 1998
- ISBN10: 0684847558
- Language: English
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A Cure for Darkness: The Story of Depression and How We Treat It
$19.99 Add to cartA fascinating, “rich, and generous” (Financial Times) look at the treatment of depression by an award-winning science writer that blends popular science, narrative history, and memoir.Is depression a … [more below]
- Author: Riley, Alex
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: March 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1501198785
- Language: English
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The Sentient Machine: The Coming Age of Artificial Intelligence
$18.00 Add to cart“A must-read for anyone looking to understand how artificial intelligence is poised to transform human society and life.” –Paul Scharre, Author of Four Battlegrounds: Power in the Age of Artificial I… [more below]
- Author: Husain, Amir
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: November 06 2018
- ISBN10: 1501144685
- Language: English
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Dorothy Day: The World Will Be Saved by Beauty: An Intimate Portrait of My Grandmother
$18.00 Add to cart“An intimate, revealing and sometimes wrenching family memoir of the journalist and social advocate who is now being considered for canonization” (The New York Times), told with illuminating detail by… [more below]
- Author: Hennessy, Kate
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: November 07 2017
- ISBN10: 1501133977
- Language: English
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The Prisoner in His Palace: Saddam Hussein, His American Guards, and What History Leaves Unsaid
$17.99 Add to cartIn the tradition of In Cold Blood and The Executioner’s Song, this haunting, insightful, and surprisingly intimate portrait of Saddam Hussein provides “a brief, but powerful, meditation on the meaning… [more below]
- Author: Bardenwerper, Will
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 02 2018
- ISBN10: 150111784X
- Language: English
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Zombie Spaceship Wasteland
$17.99 Add to cartNow in paperback, from a “multi-faceted, medium-hopping, culture skewering performer” (SPIN), this is a journey through the world of Patton Oswalt, best known for his roles in film (Big Fan and Ratato… [more below]
- Author: Oswalt, Patton
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: November 08 2011
- ISBN10: 1439149097
- Language: English
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Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story
$17.99 Add to cartBuilding on the national bestselling success of Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs, preeminent pop culture writer Chuck Klosterman unleashes his best book yet–the story of his cross-country tour of sites wh… [more below]
- Author: Klosterman, Chuck
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: June 13 2006
- ISBN10: 0743264460
- Language: English
