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117 Days
117 Days
An Account of Confinement and Interrogation Under the South African 90-Day Detention Law
Ruth First

An unforgettable account of defiance against political terror by one of South Africas pioneering anti-apartheid activists

An invaluable testimonial of the excesses of the apartheid system, 117...

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13 Is the New 18
13 Is the New 18
And Other Things My Children Taught Me—While I Was Having a Nervous Breakdown Being Their Mother
Beth J. Harpaz

"I wonder sometimes if there's something to the old superstition about the number thirteen. Maybe that superstition was originally created by the mothers in some tribe who noticed that in their...

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365 Nights
365 Nights
A Memoir of Intimacy
Charla Muller

When Charla Muller's husband turned 40, she gave him something memorable. Sex. Every day. For an entire year. The Mullers had a solid marriage and two wonderful children, but over the years sex had...

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A. Lincoln
A. Lincoln
A Biography
Ronald C. White, Jr.

Everyone wants to define the man who signed his name "A. Lincoln." In his lifetime and ever since, friend and foe have taken it upon themselves to characterize Lincoln according to their own label...

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The Accidental Billionaires
The Accidental Billionaires
The Founding of Facebook A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal
Ben Mezrich
The high-energy tale of how two socially awkward Ivy Leaguers, trying to increase their chances with the opposite sex, ended up creating Facebook.

Eduardo Saverin and Mark Zuckerberg were...
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After the Fire
After the Fire
A True Story of Friendship and Survival
Robin Gaby Fisher
On January 19, 2000, a fire raged through SetonHall
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Against Medical Advice
Against Medical Advice
One Family's Struggle with an Agonizing Medical Mystery
James Patterson
Cory Friedman woke up one morning when he was five years old with the uncontrollable urge to twitch his neck. From that day forward his life became a hell of irrepressible tics and involuntary...
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Age is Just a Number
Age is Just a Number
Achieve Your Dreams At Any Stage In Your Life
Dara Torres

From legendary Olympic gold medalist Dara Torres comes a motivational, inspirational memoir about staying fit, aging gracefully, and pursuing your dreams.

Dara Torres captured the hearts and...

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The Age of Wonder
The Age of Wonder
How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science
Richard Holmes
A riveting history of the men and women whose discoveries and inventions at the end of the eighteenth century gave birth to the Romantic Age of Science.

When young Joseph Banks stepped onto a...
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All in Good Time
All in Good Time
A Memoir
Jonathan Schwartz
All in Good Time is a luminous memoir about growing up in the shadow of the golden age of songwriting and Sinatra, from the celebrated radio personality and novelist Jonathan...
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