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Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Fight Terrorism and Build Nations ... One School at a Time [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by Greg Mortenson
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 The astonishing, uplifting story of a real-life Indiana Jones and his humanitarian campaign to use education to combat terrorism in the Taliban's backyard. Anyone who despairs of the individual's power to change lives has to read the story of Greg Mortenson, a homeless mountaineer who, following a 1993 climb of Pakistan's treacherous K2, was inspired by a chance encounter with impoverished mountain villagers and promised to build them a school. Over the next decade he built fifty-five schools--e... more info>>
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My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by Jill Bolte Taylor, Ph.D.
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A brain scientist's journey from a debilitating stroke to full recovery becomes an inspiring exploration of human consciousness and its possibilities. On the morning of December 10, 1996 Jill Bolte Taylor, a thirty-seven-year-old Harvard-trained brain scientist experienced a massive stroke when a blood vessel exploded in the left side of her brain. A neuroanatomist by profession, she observed her own mind completely deteriorate to the point that she could not walk, talk, read, write, or recall a... more info>>
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Prairie Tale: A Memoir [Secure Mobipocket/eReader (recommended)]
by Melissa Gilbert
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  A fascinating, heartbreaking, and ultimately uplifting tale of self-discovery from the beloved actress who earned a permanent place in the hearts of millions when she was just a child.To fans of the hugely successful television series Little House on the Prairie, Melissa Gilbert grew up in a fantasy world with a larger-than-life father, friends and family she could count on, and plenty of animals to play with. Children across the country dreamed of the Ingalls' idyllic life--and so did Melissa. ... more info>>
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Crazy for the Storm [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by Norman Ollestad
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Dad Said Olestad, we can do i t all.... Why do you make me do this? Because it's beautiful when it all comes together. I don't think it's ever beautiful. One day. Never. We'll see, my father said. Vamanos. From the age of three, Norman Ollestad was thrust into the world of surfing and competitive downhill skiing by the intense, charismatic father he both idolized and resented. While his friends were riding bikes, playing ball, and going to birthday parties, young Norman was whisked away in purs... more info>>
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Mommywood [Secure Mobipocket/eReader (recommended)]
by Tori Spelling
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If you thought Tinseltown was tough...Tori Spelling might have grown up with everything a girl could wish for, but these days she's just another suburban working mom...whose toddler regularly recognizes her in the pages of Us Weekly. Welcome to Mommywood, where the stars are two feet tall and your neighbors know who you are before you move in.Like most parents, Tori wants her children to have the one thing she didn't have as a kid--a normal family. On their hit Oxygen reality show, Tori & Dean: ... more info>>
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Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by Barack Obama
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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 as a man--has been killed in a car accident. This sudden death inspires an emotional odyssey--first to a small town in Kansas, from which he retraces the migration of his mother's family to Hawaii, and then to Keny... more info>>
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Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of Seal Team 10 [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)/Adobe]
by Patrick Robinson, Marcus Luttrell
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Four US Navy SEALS departed one clear night in early July, 2005 for the mountainous Afghanistan-Pakistan border for a reconnaissance mission. Their task was to document the activity of an al Qaeda leader rumored to have a small army in a Taliban stronghold. Five days later, only one of those Navy SEALS made it out alive. This is the story of the only survivor of Operation Redwing, SEAL team leader Marcus Luttrell, and the extraordinary firefight that led to the largest loss of life in American N... more info>>
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Paul Newman: A Life [Secure Mobipocket/eReader (recommended)]
by Shawn Levy
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Paul Newman, the Oscar-winning actor with the legendary blue eyes, achieved superstar status by playing charismatic renegades, broken heroes, and winsome antiheroes in such revered films as The Hustler, Cool Hand Luke, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Verdict, The Color of Money, and Nobody's Fool. But Newman was also an oddity in Hollywood: the rare box-office titan who cared about the craft of acting, the sexy leading man known for the staying power of his marriage, and the humble celeb... more info>>
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Memoirs of a Slave Girl [MultiFormat]
by Harriet Jacobs
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An honest and fearless account of her exploitation as a slave. This is a must-read for anyone interested in American history, Black history, or the subject of sexual exploitation throughout history. Jacobs' story is unflinching and unusual in its candor. (Published: 2004)
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Why We Suck: A Feel Good Guide to Staying Fat, Loud, Lazy and Stupid [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by Denis Leary
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A hilarious blast of scathing irreverence from the award-winning actor and comedian. "A pissed off Leary is the best Leary," says one critic of the writer and comic. In Why We Suck, Dr. Denis Leary uses his common sense, and his biting and hilarious take on the world, to attack the politically correct, the hypocritical, the obese, the thin--basically everyone who takes themselves too seriously. He does so with the extra oomph of a doctorate bestowed upon him by his alma mater Emerson College. "S... more info>>
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sTORI Telling [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by Tori Spelling
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She was television's most famous virgin--and, as Aaron Spelling's daughter, arguably its most famous case of nepotism. Portraying Donna Martin on Beverly Hills, 90210, Tori Spelling became one of the most recognizable young actresses of her generation, with a not-so-private personal life every bit as fascinating as her character's exploits. Yet years later the name Tori Spelling too often closed--and sometimes slammed--the same doors it had opened. sTORI Telling is Tori's chance to finally tell ... more info>>
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The Last Lecture [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by Randy Pausch
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"We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand."--Randy Pausch. When Randy Pausch, a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon University, was asked to give a "last lecture," he didn't have to imagine it as his last, since he had recently been diagnosed with terminal cancer. But the lecture he gave--"Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams"--wasn't about dying. It was about the importance of overcoming obstacles, of enabling the dreams of others, of seizing every moment (... more info>>
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American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by Jon Meacham
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Andrew Jackson, his intimate circle of friends, and his tumultuous times are at the heart of this remarkable book about the man who rose from nothing to create the modern presidency. Beloved and hated, venerated and reviled, Andrew Jackson was an orphan who fought his way to the pinnacle of power, bending the nation to his will in the cause of democracy. Jackson's election in 1828 ushered in a new and lasting era in which the people, not distant elites, were the guiding force in American politic... more info>>
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Artie Lange: Too Fat to Fish [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by Anthony Bozza
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Outrageous, raw, and painfully funny true stories straight from the life of the actor, comedian, and much-loved cast member of The Howard Stern Show--with a foreword by Howard Stern. When Artie Lange joined the permanent cast of The Howard Stern Show in 2001, it was possibly the greatest thing ever to happen in the Stern universe, second only to the show's move to the wild, uncensored frontier of satellite radio. Lange provided what Stern had yet to find all in the same place: a wit quick enough... more info>>
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John Adams [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by David McCullough
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In this powerful, epic biography, David McCullough unfolds the adventurous life-journey of John Adams, the brilliant, fiercely independent, often irascible, always honest Yankee patriot--"the colossus of independence," as Thomas Jefferson called him--who spared nothing in his zeal for the American Revolution; who rose to become the second President of the United States and saved the country from blundering into an unnecessary war; who was learned beyond all but a few and regarded by some as "out... more info>> (Published: 2001)
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The Glass Castle: A Memoir [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by Jeannette Walls
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 The Glass Castle is a remarkable memoir of resilience and redemption, and a revelatory look into a family at once deeply dysfunctional and uniquely vibrant. When sober, Jeannette's brilliant and charismatic father captured his children's imagination, teaching them physics, geology, and how to embrace life fearlessly. But when he drank, he was dishonest and destructive. Her mother was a free spirit who abhorred the idea of domesticity and didn't want the responsibility of raising a family. The Wa... more info>>
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Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by Elizabeth Gilbert
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This beautifully written, heartfelt memoir touched a nerve among both readers and reviewers. Elizabeth Gilbert tells how she made the difficult choice to leave behind all the trappings of modern American success (marriage, house in the country, career) and find, instead, what she truly wanted from life. Setting out for a year to study three different aspects of her nature amid three different cultures, Gilbert explored the art of pleasure in Italy and the art of devotion in India, and then a bal... more info>>
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Magnificent Desolation: The Long Journey Home from the Moon [Secure Mobipocket/eReader (recommended)]
by Ken Abraham
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Forty years ago, Buzz Aldrin became the second human, minutes after Neil Armstrong, to set foot on a celestial body other than the Earth. The event remains one of mankind's greatest achievements and was witnessed by the largest worldwide television audience in history. In the years since, millions more have had their Earth-centric perspective unalterably changed by the iconic photograph of Aldrin standing on the surface of the moon, the blackness of space behind him and his fellow explorer and t... more info>>
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The Girls from Ames [Secure Mobipocket/eReader (recommended)]
by Jeffrey Zaslow
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As children, they formed a special bond, growing up inthe small town of Ames, Iowa. As young women, theymoved to eight different states, yet they managed to maintainan extraordinary friendship that would carry them throughcollege and careers, marriage and motherhood, dating anddivorce, the death of a child, and the mysterious death of theeleventh member of their group. Capturing their remarkablestory, The Girls from Ames is a testament to the enduring,deep bonds of women as they experience life'... more info>>
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The Reagan Diaries [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)/Adobe]
by Ronald Reagan
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During his two terms as the fortieth president of the United States, Ronald Reagan kept a daily diary in which he recorded, by hand, his innermost thoughts and observations on the extraordinary, the historic, and the routine day-to-day occurrences of his presidency. Now, nearly two decades after he left office, this remarkable record--the only daily presidential diary in American history--is available for the first time. Brought together in one volume and edited by historian Douglas Brinkley, Th... more info>>
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Be Careful Who You Love: Inside the Michael Jackson Case [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by Diane Dimond
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The explosive definitive account of the Michael Jackson saga, chronicling the King of Pop's battles against child molestation charges from 1993 to 2005. From award-winning journalist Diane Dimond, Be Careful Who You Love will take you behind the scenes and into the courtroom of one of the most controversial cases of the decade, while giving readers a dramatic glimpse of one reporter's vigilance and unending quest to uncover the truth.
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Wishful Drinking [Secure Mobipocket/eReader (recommended)]
by Carrie Fisher
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Finally, after four hit novels, Carrie Fisher comes clean (well, sort of) with the crazy truth that is her life in her first-ever memoir. In Wishful Drinking, adapted from her one-woman stage show, Fisher reveals what it was really like to grow up a product of "Hollywood in-breeding," come of age on the set of a little movie called Star Wars, and become a cultural icon and bestselling action figure at the age of nineteen. Intimate, hilarious, and sobering, Wishful Drinking is Fisher, looking at ... more info>>
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Dancing to the Precipice [Secure Mobipocket/eReader (recommended)]
by Caroline Moorehead
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  Her canvases were the court of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette; the Great Terror; America at the time of Washington and Jefferson; Paris under the Directoire and then under Napoleon; Regency London; the battle of Waterloo; and, for the last years of her life, the Italian ducal courts. Like Saint-Simon at Versailles, Samuel Pepys during the Great Fire of London, or the Goncourt brothers in nineteenth-century France, Lucie Dillona daughter of French and British nobility known in France by her marri... more info>>
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Mao Zedong [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by Jonathan Spence
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An intimate history of one of the most formidable and elusive rulers in modern history From humble origins in the provinces, Mao Zedong rose to absolute power, unifying with an iron fist a vast country torn apart by years of weak leadership, colonialism, and war. This sharply drawn and insightful account brings to life this modern-day emperor and the tumultuous era that he did so much to shape.
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Jane Austen [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by Carol Shields
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With the same sensitivity and artfulness that are the trademarks of her award-winning novels, Carol Shields explores the life of a writer whose own novels have engaged and delighted readers for the past two hundred years. In Jane Austen, Shields follows this superb and beloved novelist from her early family life in Steventown to her later years in Bath, her broken engagement, and her intense relationship with her sister Cassandra. She reveals both the very private woman and the acclaimed author ... more info>>
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