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Dreams from My Father
Dreams from My Father
Written by Barack Obama
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781400082773
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Dreams from My Father
A Story of Race and Inheritance
Written by Barack Obama


Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: August 10, 2004
Price: $14.95

In this lyrical, unsentimental, and compelling memoir, the son of a black African father and a white American mother searches for a workable meaning to his life as a black American. It begins in New York, where Barack Obama learns that his father—a figure he knows more as a myth than... Read more >
Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga
Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga
Written by Hunter S. Thompson
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780345410085
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Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga

Written by Hunter S. Thompson


Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: September 29, 1996
Price: $15.00

"California, Labor Day weekend . . . early, with ocean fog still in the streets, outlaw motorcyclists wearing chains, shades and greasy Levis roll out from damp garages, all-night diners and cast-off one-night pads in Frisco, Hollywood, Berdoo and East Oakland, heading for the Monterey peninsula, north of Big Sur. ... Read more >
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Kindred
Kindred
Written by Octavia Butler
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780807083697
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Kindred

Written by Octavia Butler


Format: Trade Paperback, 264 pages
On Sale: February 1, 2004
Price: $15.00

Dana, a modern black woman, is celebrating her twenty-sixth birthday with her new husband when she is snatched abruptly from her home in California and transported to the antebellum South. Rufus, the white son of a plantation owner, is drowning, and Dana has been summoned to save him. Dana is drawn... Read more >
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Start Something That Matters
Start Something That Matters
Written by Blake Mycoskie
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780812981445
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Start Something That Matters

Written by Blake Mycoskie


Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: May 15, 2012
Price: $14.00

The incredible story of the man behind TOMS Shoes and One for One, the revolutionary business model that marries fun, profit, and social good
 
“A creative and open-hearted business model for our times.”—The Wall Street Journal
 
Why this book is for you:
 
• You’re ready to make...

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Saturday Night Widows
Saturday Night Widows
Written by Becky Aikman
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307590459
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Saturday Night Widows
The Adventures of Six Friends Remaking Their Lives
Written by Becky Aikman


Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: January 22, 2013
Price: $12.99

Six marriages, six heartbreaks, one shared beginning.

   In her forties – a widow, too young, too modern to accept the role – Becky Aikman struggled to make sense of her place in an altered world.  In this transcendent and infectiously wise memoir, she explores surprising new discoveries about how people experience grief... Read more >
Born on a Mountaintop
Born on a Mountaintop
Written by Bob Thompson
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780307720894
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Born on a Mountaintop
On the Road with Davy Crockett and the Ghosts of the Wild Frontier
Written by Bob Thompson


Format: Hardcover, 384 pages
On Sale: March 5, 2013
Price: $27.00

Combining the stories of the real hero and his Disney-enhanced afterlife, Born on a Mountaintop delves deep into our love for an American icon.
 
Pioneer. Congressman. Martyr of the Alamo. King of the Wild Frontier. As with all great legends, Davy Crockett's has been retold many times.  Over the years, he... Read more >
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Ogilvy on Advertising
Ogilvy on Advertising
Written by David Ogilvy
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780394729039
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Ogilvy on Advertising

Written by David Ogilvy


Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: March 12, 1985
Price: $27.50

A candid and indispensable primer on all aspects of advertising from the man Time has called "the most sought after wizard in the business". 223 photos. Read more >
Toms River
Toms River
Written by Dan Fagin
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780553806533
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Toms River
A Story of Science and Salvation
Written by Dan Fagin


Format: Hardcover, 560 pages
On Sale: March 19, 2013
Price: $28.00

“A thrilling journey through the twists and turns of cancer epidemiology, Toms River is essential reading for our times. Dan Fagin handles topics of great complexity with the dexterity of a scholar, the honesty of a journalist, and the dramatic skill of a novelist.”—Siddhartha Mukherjee, M.D., author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning The Emperor of... Read more >
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Coming Apart
Coming Apart
Written by Charles Murray
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780307453433
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Coming Apart
The State of White America, 1960-2010
Written by Charles Murray


Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: January 29, 2013
Price: $16.00

From the bestselling author of Losing Ground and The Bell Curve, this startling long-lens view shows how America is coming apart at the seams that historically have joined our classes.


In Coming Apart, Charles Murray explores the formation of American classes that are different in kind from anything we have ever... Read more >
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There Are No Children Here
There Are No Children Here
Written by Alex Kotlowitz
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780385265560
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There Are No Children Here
The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in The Other America
Written by Alex Kotlowitz


Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: January 5, 1992
Price: $16.00

This is the moving and powerful account of two  remarkable boys struggling to survive in Chicago's  Henry Horner Homes, a public housing complex  disfigured by crime and neglect. Read more >
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