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Zealot
Zealot
Written by Reza Aslan, Read by Reza Aslan
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
ISBN: 9780804148740
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The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth
Written by Reza Aslan
Read by Reza Aslan


Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: July 16, 2013
Price: $17.50

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

From the internationally bestselling author of No god but God comes a fascinating, provocative, and meticulously researched biography that challenges long-held assumptions about the man we know as Jesus of Nazareth.
 
Two thousand years ago, an itinerant Jewish preacher and miracle worker walked across the Galilee... Read more >
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Man's Search for Meaning

Written by Viktor Frankl
Afterword by William J. Winslade
Foreword by Harold S. Kushner


Format: eBook
On Sale: June 1, 2006
Price: $14.00

Psychiatrist Viktor Frankl's memoir has riveted generations of readers with its descriptions of life in Nazi death camps and its lessons for spiritual survival. Between 1942 and 1945 Frankl labored in four different camps, including Auschwitz, while his parents, brother, and pregnant wife perished. Based on his own experience and the... Read more >
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Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking
Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking
Written by Anya Von Bremzen
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780307886811
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Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking
A Memoir of Food and Longing
Written by Anya Von Bremzen


Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
On Sale: September 17, 2013
Price: $26.00

A James Beard Award-winning writer captures life under the Red socialist banner in this wildly inventive, tragicomic memoir of feasts, famines, and three generations 
 
With startling beauty and sardonic wit, Anya von Bremzen tells an intimate yet epic story of life in that vanished empire known as the USSR—a place where...

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Unbroken
Unbroken
Written by Laura Hillenbrand, Read by Edward Herrmann
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
ISBN: 9780739319703
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Unbroken
A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
Written by Laura Hillenbrand
Read by Edward Herrmann


Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: November 16, 2010
Price: $22.50

On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick of oil, gasoline, and blood.  Then, on the ocean surface, a face appeared.  It was that of a young lieutenant, the plane’s bombardier, who... Read more >
The Diary of a Young Girl
The Diary of a Young Girl
Written by Anne Frank
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307776204
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The Diary of a Young Girl

Written by Anne Frank


Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: September 15, 2010
Price: $5.99

The diary as Anne Frank wrote it. At last, in a  new translation, this definitive edition contains  entries about Anne's burgeoning sexuality and  confrontations with her mother that were cut from  previous editions. Anne Frank's The Diary of a  Young Girl is among the most enduring  documents of the twentieth century. Since its  publication in 1947, it has... Read more >
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The Warmth of Other Suns
The Warmth of Other Suns
Written by Isabel Wilkerson
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780679763888
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The Warmth of Other Suns
The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
Written by Isabel Wilkerson


Format: Trade Paperback, 640 pages
On Sale: October 4, 2011
Price: $16.95

In this epic, beautifully written masterwork, Pulitzer Prize–winning author Isabel Wilkerson chronicles one of the great untold stories of American history: the decades-long migration of black citizens who fled the South for northern and western cities, in search of a better life.

NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER

LYNTON HISTORY PRIZE WINNER
HEARTLAND AWARD... Read more >
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Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey
Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey
Written by The Countess of Carnarvon
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780770435622
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Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey
The Lost Legacy of Highclere Castle
Written by The Countess of Carnarvon


Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: December 27, 2011
Price: $15.99

Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey tells the story behind Highclere Castle, the real-life inspiration and setting for Julian Fellowes's Emmy Award-winning PBS show Downton Abbey, and the life of one of its most famous inhabitants, Lady Almina, the 5th Countess of Carnarvon. Drawing on a rich store of materials...

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Behind the Beautiful Forevers
Behind the Beautiful Forevers
Written by Katherine Boo
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781400067558
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Behind the Beautiful Forevers
Life, death, and hope in a Mumbai undercity
Written by Katherine Boo


Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: February 7, 2012
Price: $27.00

In this brilliant, breathtaking book by Pulitzer Prize winner Katherine Boo, a bewildering age of global change and inequality is made human through the dramatic story of families striving toward a better life in Annawadi, a makeshift settlement in the shadow of luxury hotels near the Mumbai airport. As India starts... Read more >
The Diary of a Young Girl
The Diary of a Young Girl
Written by Anne Frank, Edited by Otto M. Frank and Mirjam Pressler, Translated by Susan Massotty
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ISBN: 9780307807533
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The Diary of a Young Girl
The Definitive Edition
Written by Anne Frank
Edited by Otto M. Frank and Mirjam Pressler
Translated by Susan Massotty


Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: October 5, 2011
Price: $5.99

Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl is among the most enduring documents of the twentieth century. Since its publication in 1947, it has been read by tens of millions of people all over the world. It remains a beloved and deeply admired testament to the indestructible nature of the... Read more >
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A Short History of Nearly Everything
A Short History of Nearly Everything
Written by Bill Bryson
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780767908184
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A Short History of Nearly Everything

Written by Bill Bryson


Format: Trade Paperback, 560 pages
On Sale: September 14, 2004
Price: $16.99

One of the world’s most beloved and bestselling writers takes his ultimate journey—into the most intriguing and intractable questions that science seeks to answer.

In A Walk in the Woods, Bill Bryson trekked the Appalachian Trailwell, most of it. In A Sunburned Country, he confronted some of the most lethal wildlife Australia... Read more >
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