March 2017 list by Donalee Jacobs
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Between Heaven and the Real World: My Story
by Steven Curtis Chapman
Christian music legend Steven Curtis Chapman shares an intimate account of his person life, his family relationships and the stories behind some of the most beloved songs of his iconic career.
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Gizelle's Bucket List: My Life with a Very Large Dog
by Lauren Fern Watt
A lightbeat, epic account of how the 20-something author brought her giant English Mastiff to her first tiny New York apartment after college, while navigating boyfriends, first jobs, her mother's illness and a bucket list that involves her dog's participation.
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Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
by Yuval N Harari
The New York Times best-selling author of Sapiens examines the civilized world's phenomenal achievements in the areas of famine, disease and war while making provocative predictions about the evolutionary goals of the 21st century.
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How America Lost its Secrets: Edward Snowden, The Man and the Theft
by Edward Jay Epst
Shares key details and analyzes the debates surrounding the controversial activities of whistleblower Edward Snowden, challenging popular conceptions of his heroism while revealing the growing vulnerabilities of the American national security systems.
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Lies We Believe about God
by William P Young
The best-selling author of The Shack presents a conversational exploration of 33 common misunderstandings about ideas that people have and share about God, drawing on personal anecdotes that refute critical perspectives about his character, "Papa."
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Miracle Mindset: A Mother, Her Son, and Life's Hardest Lessons
by JJ Virgin
The celebrity health expert and New York Times best-selling author of The Virgin Diet describes the mindsets that helped her family in the wake of a devastating hit-and-run accident that nearly ended her son's life, sharing advice on how to transform negative beliefs and habits to become positive and empowered.
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The Rules do not Apply
by Ariel Levy
An award-winning New Yorker staff writer and author of Female Chauvinist Pigs shares a profound, hopeful memoir of her own experiences with devastating loss to council fellow survivors about the healing aspects of accepting difficult life challenges that are beyond our control.
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The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the North Pond Hermit
by Michael Finkel
Documents the true story of a man who endured a hardscrabble, isolated existence in a tent in the Maine woods, never speaking with others and surviving by stealing supplies from nearby cabins, for 27 years, in a portrait that illuminates the survival means he developed and the reasons behind his solitary life.
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We: A Manifesto for Women Everywhere: 9 Principles to Live By
by Gillian Anderson
An award-winning actress, producer and activist combines forces with a broadcast journalist to inspire women to use practical, psychological and spiritual tools to create a more fulfilling way of life and to attain happiness and freedom from the have-it-all superwoman culture.
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