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Living and Dying in Brick City
Living and Dying in Brick City
Written by Sampson Davis and Lisa Frazier Page
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781400069941
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Living and Dying in Brick City
An E.R. Doctor Returns Home
Written by Sampson Davis and Lisa Frazier Page


Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2013
Price: $25.00

A riveting personal exploration of the healthcare crisis facing inner-city communities, written by an emergency room physician who grew up in the very neighborhood he is now serving
 
Sampson Davis is best known as one of three friends from inner-city Newark who made a pact in high school to become...

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A Gift of Hope
A Gift of Hope
Written by Danielle Steel
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780345531360
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A Gift of Hope
Helping the Homeless
Written by Danielle Steel


Format: Hardcover, 144 pages
On Sale: October 30, 2012
Price: $20.00

In her powerful memoir His Bright Light, #1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel opened her heart to share the devastating story of the loss of her beloved son. In A Gift of Hope, she shows us how she transformed that pain into a campaign of service that enriched her... Read more >
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Orange Is the New Black
Orange Is the New Black
Written by Piper Kerman
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ISBN: 9780385530262
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Orange Is the New Black
My Year in a Women's Prison
Written by Piper Kerman


Format: eBook
On Sale: April 6, 2010
Price: $11.99

SOON TO BE A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES

BONUS: This edition contains an Orange Is the New Black discussion guide.

With a career, a boyfriend, and a loving family, Piper Kerman barely resembles the reckless young woman who delivered a suitcase of drug money ten years ago. But that past has caught up with...

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Roberts Ridge
Roberts Ridge
Written by Malcolm MacPherson
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ISBN: 9780440335603
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Roberts Ridge

Written by Malcolm MacPherson


Format: eBook, 350 pages
On Sale: August 30, 2005
Price: $7.99

Afghanistan, March 2002. In the early morning darkness on a frigid mountaintop, a U.S. soldier is stranded, alone, surrounded by fanatical al Qaeda fighters. For the man’s fellow Navy SEALs, and for waiting teams of Army Rangers, there was only one rule now: leave no one behind. In this gripping you-are-there... Read more >
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Crazy Salad and Scribble Scribble
Crazy Salad and Scribble Scribble
Written by Nora Ephron
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780345804747
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Some Things About Women and Notes on Media
Written by Nora Ephron


Format: Trade Paperback, 448 pages
On Sale: October 16, 2012
Price: $15.95

Two classic collections of Nora Ephron’s uproarious essays—tackling everything from feminism to the media, from politics to beauty products, with her inimitable charm and distinctive wit—now available in one book for the first time. 
 
This edition brings together some of Ephron’s most famous writing on a generation of women (and men) who... Read more >
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The Death and Life of Great American Cities
The Death and Life of Great American Cities
Written by Jane Jacobs
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780679741954
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The Death and Life of Great American Cities

Written by Jane Jacobs


Format: Trade Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: December 1, 1992
Price: $16.00

A direct and fundamentally optimistic indictment of the short-sightedness and intellectual arrogance that has characterized much of urban planning in this century, The Death and Life of Great American Cities has, since its first publication in 1961, become the standard against which all endeavors in that field are measured. In prose... Read more >
Man and His Symbols
Man and His Symbols
Written by Carl Gustav Jung
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ISBN: 9780307800558
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Man and His Symbols

Written by Carl Gustav Jung


Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: February 1, 2012
Price: $7.99

Illustrated throughout with revealing images, this is the first and only work in which the world-famous Swiss psychologist explains to the layperson his enormously influential theory of symbolism as revealed in dreams.


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Dirt Work
Dirt Work
Written by Christine Byl
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ISBN: 9780807001004
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Dirt Work
An Education in the Woods
Written by Christine Byl


Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: April 16, 2013
Price: $24.95

A lively and lyrical account of one woman’s unlikely apprenticeship on a national-park trail crew and what she discovers about nature, gender, and the value of hard work
 
Christine Byl first encountered the national parks the way most of us do: on vacation. But after she graduated from college, broke and ready...

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MWF Seeking BFF
MWF Seeking BFF
Written by Rachel Bertsche
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ISBN: 9780345524959
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MWF Seeking BFF
My Yearlong Search for a New Best Friend
Written by Rachel Bertsche


Format: eBook, 384 pages
On Sale: December 20, 2011
Price: $11.99

When Rachel Bertsche first moves to Chicago, she’s thrilled to finally share a zip code, let alone an apartment, with her boyfriend. But shortly after getting married, Bertsche realizes that her new life is missing one thing: friends. Sure, she has plenty of BFFs—in New York and San Francisco and Boston... Read more >
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The Road of Lost Innocence
The Road of Lost Innocence
Written by Somaly Mam, Foreword by Nicholas D. Kristof, Introduction by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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ISBN: 9780385526227
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The Road of Lost Innocence
The True Story of a Cambodian Heroine
Written by Somaly Mam
Foreword by Nicholas D. Kristof
Introduction by Ayaan Hirsi Ali


Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: July 28, 2009
Price: $15.00

A riveting and beautiful memoir of tragedy and hope–by a woman named to Time magazine’s list of the 100 most influential people in the world

Born in a village deep in the Cambodian forest, Somaly Mam was sold into sexual slavery by her grandfather when she was twelve years old. For... Read more >
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