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Kosher Chinese
Living, Teaching, and Eating with China's Other Billion

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An irreverent tale of an American Jew serving in the Peace Corps in rural China, which reveals the absurdities, joys, and pathos of a traditional society in...
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W.E.B. Du Bois
A Biography

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The two-time Pulitzer Prize–winning biography of W. E. B. Du Bois from renowned scholar David Levering Lewis, now in one condensed and updated volume William...
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House of Wits
An Intimate Portrait of the James Family

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“A sweeping biography . . . [Fisher] gives fair and sympathetic time to everyone, and provides a lively and detailed social history of the period.” —The New...
  
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The Man Who Ate the World
In Search of the Perfect Dinner

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“A hilarious and insightful journey into the world of restaurant meals.”—Mario Batali "Nobody goes to restaurants for nutritional reasons. They go for the...
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Means of Escape
A War Correspondent's Memoir of Life and Death in Afghanistan, the Middle East, and Vietnam

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“A riveting memoir of years of living dangerously.”—Kirkus Reviews For the countless readers who have admired Philip Caputo’s classic memoir of Vietnam, A...
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Are You Somebody?
The Accidental Memoir of a Dublin Woman

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"You don’t want the book to end; it glows with compassion and you want more, more because you know this is a fine wine of a life, richer as it ages."—Frank...
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Dark Victory
The Life of Bette Davis

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The legendary Hollywood star blazes a fiery trail in this enthralling portrait of a brilliant actress and the movies her talent elevated to greatness In...
  
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Shakespeare Unbound
Decoding a Hidden Life

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At last—a key that unlocks the secrets of Shakespeare’s life Intimacies with Southampton and Marlowe, entanglements in London with the elusive dark lady,...
  
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First Class Citizenship
The Civil Rights Letters of Jackie Robinson

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“Brings together not only an extraordinary set of documents by and about the postbaseball Robinson but, through these letters, an extraordinary account of the...
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Churchill and the Jews
A Lifelong Friendship

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An insightful history of Churchill’s lifelong commitment—both public and private—to the Jews and Zionism, and of his outspoken opposition to...
  

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Catch a Fire
The Life of Bob Marley

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The classic biography of reggae legend Bob Marley, updated and revised for the twenty-fifth anniversary of his death Bob Marley left an indelible mark on...
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Churchill
A Life

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Distilled from years of meticulous research and documentation, filled with material unavailable when the earliest books of the official biography's eight...
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Mockingbird
A Portrait of Harper Lee

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"A fine, well-rounded portrait of Harper Lee. Mockingbird is good reading."—Star-Tribune (Minneapolis) To Kill a Mockingbird—the twentieth century's most...
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The Short Bus
A Journey Beyond Normal

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“What makes this journey so inspiring is Mooney’s transcendent humor; the self he has become does not turn away from old pain but can laugh at it, make fun of...
  
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Daniel Boone
The Life and Legend of an American Pioneer

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Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History for 1993 In the first and most reliable biography of Daniel Boone in more than fifty years,...
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Chanel
A Woman of her Own

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Alex Madsen brings to life Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, the queen of fashion who revolutionized women's styles forever.
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The Last Men Out
Life on the Edge at Rescue 2 Firehouse

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"An insightful, dramatic and emotional tale that deserves a place alongside Dennis Smith's classic firefighting memoir, Report from Engine Co. 82." -Terry...
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John Marshall
Definer of a Nation

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A New York Times Notable Book of 1996 It was in tolling the death of Chief Justice John Marshall in 1835 that the Liberty Bell cracked, never to ring again....
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On the Wild Edge
In Search of a Natural Life

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“Opinionated and iconoclastic, Petersen writes with humor and a well-honed craft that will delight fans of Edward Abbey.” —Library Journal (starred review) ...
  
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A Great Improvisation
Franklin, France, and the Birth of America

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In this dazzling work of history, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author follows Benjamin Franklin to France for the crowning achievement of his career In December...
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The Meadow

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An American Library Association Notable Book In discrete disclosures joined with the intricacy of a spider's web, James Galvin depicts the hundred-year...
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Paul McCartney
Many Years From Now

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During the past year Paul McCartney has been in the public's eye more than at any time since the peak of Beatlemania over thirty years ago. His fans have been...
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Bone Black
Memories of Girlhood

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Stitching together girlhood memories with the finest threads of innocence, feminist intellectual bell hooks presents a powerfully intimate account of growing...
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Washington's General
Nathanael Greene and the Triumph of the American Revolution

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“Washington said if he went down in battle, Greene was his choice to succeed him. Read this book and you will understand why.” —Joseph J. Ellis, author of His...