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A Field Guide to Getting Lost
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Rebecca Solnit |
Whether she is contemplating the history of walking as a cultural and political experience over the past two hundred years (Wanderlust), or using the life of photographer Eadweard Muybridge as a lens… |
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Moonlight on linoleum
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Terry Helwig |
"Forced by her mother's instability to care for her five siblings, Helwig crafts a moving story of a mother she loved and struggled to understand"-- |
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On the road to Babadag
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Andrzej Stasiuk |
"Andrzej Stasiuk is a restless and indefatigable traveler. His journeys take him from his native Poland to Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Slovenia, Albania, Moldova, and Ukraine. By car, train, bus, fer… |
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Short Changed
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Eldson J. McGhee |
According to the "***Soldiers in Prison***" documentary, "*Until recently one in every five US. prisoners was a Vietnam veteran.*"
*Short Changed: Memoir of an American Combat Veteran* chronicles th… |
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Angel in the Rubble
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Genelle Guzman-McMillan |
The miraculous gift of a second chance. Am I dead? But I was in too much pain to be dead, right? I put my left hand right up to my face, but I couldn't see even a hint of it. As I lay on my right sid… |
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The puppy diaries
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Jill Abramson |
"An instructive and marvelously entertaining chronicle of a puppy's first year, by the managing editor of The New York Times One sparkling summer day, Jill Abramson brought home a nine-week-old golde… |
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Nothing
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Blake Butler |
"In his first full-length work of non-fiction, the daring novelist and critic Blake Butler details his epic struggle with insomnia, and its unexpected consequences on his imagination, his creative pr… |
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Rocking the pink
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Laura Roppé |
"In 2009, just as Laura Roppe; was poised to burst onto the music scene, her doctor called her with news that left her spinning-she had been diagnosed with an extremely aggressive form of breast canc… |
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The happiness of pursuit
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Davis Phinney |
"For two decades, Davis Phinney was one of America's most successful cyclists. He won two stages at the Tour de France and an Olympic medal. But after years of feeling off, he was diagnosed with earl… |
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Oink
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Matt Whyman |
"The memoir of a family of six living in a quiet part of England who, though not farmers, decide to buy two mini-pigs"--
"Memoir about living with pet minipigs"-- |
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Good guys, wise guys, and putting up buildings
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Samuel C. Florman |
"Starting in the Navy Seabees at the end of WWII, Samuel C. Florman made his way as a general contractor in New York City through the period of explosive development, private exuberance and the histo… |
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The forever box
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Kristin Clark Taylor |
"In The Forever Box, Kristin Clark Taylor embarks on a journey into the happiest days of her own youth. Through her refreshing voice as a seven-year-old girl in Detroit, she leads us through four sum… |
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Encore performance
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Vicki Grubic Riordan |
"Billy Elliot meets The Golden Girls in this inspiring true story of a woman who learned that it's never too late to live the life you want. As a young girl, Vicki Riordan found her calling as a tap … |
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The rules of the tunnel
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Ned Zeman |
"A journalist faces his toughest assignment yet: profiling himself. Zeman recounts his struggle with clinical depression in this high- octane, brutally funny memoir about mood disorders, memory, shoc… |
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Drop dead healthy
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Jacobs, A. J. |
"Having sanctified himself in The Year of Living Biblically and sharpened his mind in The Know-It-All, A. J. Jacobs had one feat left in the self-improvement trinity: to become the healthiest man in … |
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Wine to water
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Doc Hendley |
" The captivating story of an ordinary bartender who's changing the world through clean water. Doc Hendley never set out to be a hero. In 2004, Hendley-a small- town bartender- launched a series of … |
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Breaking up with God
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Sarah Sentilles |
"Sarah Sentilles relationship with God was not a casual one. When it began to unravel she was in the ordination process to become an Episcopal priest. She was a youth minister at a church in a suburb… |
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An accidental athlete
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John Bingham |
"John Bingham is a beloved evangelist of running. Known by fans as "The Penguin" for his gentle humor and back-of-the-pack speed, Bingham's memoir An Accidental Athlete explores with wit and poignanc… |
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Cabin
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Lou Ureneck |
The account of a years spent building a small post-and-beam cabin in the hills of western Maine tells a deeper story about brotherly bonds, home and nature. It explores the satisfaction of building a… |
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Lizz free or die
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Lizz Winstead |
"Lizz Winstead, co-creator of The Daily Show and one of today's most hilarious comedians and insightful social critics, pens a brilliant account of how she discovered her comedic voice.In this coll… |
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