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I Can Only Imagine: A Memoirby Bart MillardThe lead singer of a popular, contemporary Christian band, MercyMe, shares how growing up with an abusive father and having his dreams of being a professional athlete destroyed by a sports injury led him to music and healing through faith, in a book that inspired the motion picture set to released in March 2018.
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Beauty in the Broken Places: A Memoir of Love, Faith, and Resilienceby Allison PatakiThe best-selling author of The Accidental Empress describes how, while on a vacation during her pregnancy, her healthy 35-year-old surgical resident husband suffered a rare and life-threatening stroke that placed everything they had worked for in jeopardy, a struggle she navigated by writing daily letters to her husband that helped her make sense of challenges and fall in love with him all over again.
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Don't Stop Believin': The Man, the Band, and the Song That Inspired Generationsby Jonathan CainFrom One of the Greatest Bands in History Comes a Reminder to Never Give Up Hope. In this long-awaited memoir, complete with color photographs, songwriter and keyboardist Jonathan Cain takes us on an odyssey from center stage with Journey when all America was listening to songs like "Don't Stop Believin'," "Faithfully," and "Open Arms," to his hope and faith today. This title is also available as an eBook
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I'm Keith Hernandez: A Memoirby Hernandez, KeithThe legendary first baseman best known for his World Series win with the New York Mets tells all.
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Agatha Christie: A Mysterious Lifeby Laura ThompsonThe award-winning author of The Six offers a portrait of the iconic mystery writer that shares insights into her Edwardian youth, her marriages, her relationship with her daughter and her mysterious 11-day disappearance in 1926.
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The World As It Is: A Memoir Of The Obama White Houseby Ben RhodesFrom one of Barack Obama’s closest aides comes a revelatory behind-the-scenes account of his presidency—and how idealism can confront harsh reality and still survive—in the tradition of Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.’s A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House.
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Eunice: The Kennedy Who Changed the Worldby Eileen McNamaraA Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist examines the life and times of Eunice Kennedy Shriver, covering her Stanford education, her inspirational relationship with her sister Rosemary, her advocacy on behalf of disabled citizens and the solutions she envisioned that helped engineer one of the greatest civil rights movements of the modern world.
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Napoleon IIIby Alan Strauss-schomWritten by an American, this biography of the French Emperor details the impact of his achievements in politics, commerce, social change, infrastructure, education, finance, cultural change and the military that ultimately led to the creation of modern France. This title is also available as an eBook
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Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"by Zora Neale HurstonPresents a never-before-published work from the author of the American classic Their Eyes Were Watching God that illuminates the horror and injustices of slavery as it tells the true story of one of the last known survivors of the Atlantic slave trade—abducted from Africa on the last “Black Cargo” ship to arrive in the United States.
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Paul Simon: The Lifeby Robert HilburnAn intimate, candid portrait of the two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member and first songwriter recipient of the Gershwin Prize, written with rare input by Simon himself, discusses his creative process, his marriages, his decision to leave Simon and Garfunkel, and the challenges and sacrifices of living life at an ultimate level of music artistry.
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The Lambs: My Father, a Farm, and the Gift of a Flock of Sheepby Carole GeorgeIn a moving memoir about the relationship between father, daughter and animals, the author explores life after adopting 13 pet Karakul lambs and how she came to understand more fully the spiritual bond between man and animal, especially when losing the lambs parallels a similar experience with her father.
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Living With Leonardo: Fifty Years Of Sanity And Insanity In The Art World And Beyondby Martin KempAn Oxford University professor and leading art scholar traces his 50-year relationship with the art of Leonardo da Vinci, describing his personal encounters with experts in a range of fields, role in the identification of the stolen Buccleuch Madonna and involvement in two major discoveries; in a cultural memoir published to coincide with the 500th anniversary of da Vinci's death.
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Like Brothersby Mark DuplassThe multitalented writers, directors, producers, and actors (The League, Transparent, Togetherness, and The Mindy Project) share the secrets of their lifelong partnership in this unique personal memoir.
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A Spy Named Orphan: The Enigma of Donald Macleanby Roland PhilippsDrawing on a wealth of previously classified files and unseen family papers, the author meticulously documents the extraordinary story of one of the most treacherous spies of the Cold War era and a key member of the infamous "Cambridge Five" spy ring.
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Richard III: England's Most Controversial Kingby Chris SkidmoreDrawing on new manuscript evidence, an acclaimed historian presents this first full biography of Richard III for 50 years, which reassesses his life and times and examines in intense detail his inner nature and complex relations to unravel the mystery of the last English monarch to die on the battlefield.
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