November 2017 list by Donalee Jacobs
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Almost Gone: Twenty Days and One Chance to Save Our Daughter
by John Earl Baldwin
Documents the story of a Christian teen who was seduced by a Kosovo Muslim posing as her online random-match boyfriend as part of a plot to radicalize her, detailing how her deacon father worked with the FBI to prevent her from running away and becoming a trafficking victim.
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American Radical: Inside the World of an Undercover Muslim FBI Agent
by Tamer Elnoury
A personal account by a Muslim-American FBI agent describes his experiences infiltrating and fighting North American terror cells, tracing his high-risk, undercover efforts to document and build cases against terrorist groups while bringing them down from the inside.
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An American Family: A Memoir of Hope and Sacrifice
by Khizr Khan
The Pakistani immigrant turned U.S. citizen, Gold Star parent and popular DNC speaker documents the story of his family's pursuit of the American dream, urging readers to respond to today's tumultuous challenges by stepping forward and advocating on behalf of what they find most important.
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Barking to the Choir: The Power of Radical Kinship
by Greg Boyle
The best-selling author of Tattoos on the Heart traces his experiences of working with gangs in Los Angeles for three decades, sharing what his efforts have taught him about faith, compassion and the enduring power of radical kinship.
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Blessed in the Darkness: How All Things are Working for Your Good
by Joel Osteen
The Lakewood Church senior pastor, influential Christian radio host and best-selling author of Think Better, Live Better reveals how God uses life hardships to promote personal growth, explaining the importance of staying in faith and maintaining a positive attitude in the face of challenges that do not always make sense.
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Bobby Kennedy: A Raging Spirit
by Christopher Matthews
A revelatory new portrait of Robert F. Kennedy by the anchor of MSNBC's Hardball depicts him as a perpetual family underdog, sharing insights into his decision to join the military as a common sailor, his ability to connect with voters from all walks of life and his assassination during his 1968 campaign.
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Capital Gaines: Smart Things I Learned Doing Stupid Stuff
by Chip Gaines
Gaines is a TV star, renovation expert, author, and husband and father of 4 in Waco, Texas. He's also a serial entrepreneur always ready for the next challenge, even if it didn't quite work out as planned. His mentors taught him to never give up and his family showed him what it meant to always have a positive attitude despite your circumstances. And the most important thing was to take that first step.
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Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II
by Liza Mundy
Documents the pivotal contributions of more than 10,000 American women who served as code breakers during World War II, detailing how their efforts shortened the war, saved countless lives and enabled their subsequent careers, in an account that also reveals the strict practice of secrecy that nearly erased their efforts from history.
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Craig & Fred: A Marine, a Stray Dog and How They Rescued Each Other
by Craig Grossi
A Marine Corps veteran and Purple Heart recipient shares the inspirational story of his friendship with a stray dog he met on an Afghan battlefield and how, against military regulations, he worked to bring the dog home, where the pair battled PTSD and began touring America to work with veteran programs.
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Dare Not Linger: The Presidential Years
by Nelson Mandela
A sequel to the best-selling Long Walk to Freedom completes the Nobel Prize Laureate's unfinished memoirs and is complemented by notes and speeches written by Mandela during his historic presidency.
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God: A Human History
by Reza Aslan
The best-selling author of Zealot and host of Believer explores how different ideas about religion have united, divided and propelled humanity forward for millennia.
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God, Faith, and Reason
by Michael Savage
The host of The Savage Nation streaming radio program describes his absolute beliefs about the greatness of God and the significance of faith in America and in everyday people, arguing that the nation was founded on faith and that dwindling numbers of believers are having negative political consequences.
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Growing Up Fisher: Musings, Memories, and Misadventures
by Joely Fisher
A behind-the-scenes memoir by the half sister of the late Carrie Fisher describes their upbringing in their Hollywood family, the author's personal struggles with identity, her two-decade marriage, her experiences as a mother to five children and how she became motivated to pursue a creative life in the wake of Carrie's death.
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Higher is Waiting: Passages of Inspiration
by Tyler Perry
The cinematic innovator behind Tyler Perry Studios traces his youth in New Orleans through his successful career in an uplifting account of his spiritual awakening that explains how his faith has enriched his life and sustained him in hard times.
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It's All Relative: Adventures Up and Down the World's Family Tree
by A. J. Jacobs
The best-selling author of The Year of Living Biblically traces his three-year investigation into what constitutes family, describing how after receiving an e-mail from a stranger who claimed to be a distant cousin, he embarked on an effort to build the biggest family tree in history.
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The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity, and My Fight Against the Islamic State
by Nadia Murad
A human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize nominee traces the harrowing and ultimately inspiring story of her captivity by the Islamic State, describing how militants massacred the people of her Iraqi farming village, killing most of her family members and forcing her into prostitution before she escaped and became an advocate for human rights.
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Unqualified
by Anna Faris
The popular actress and host of the hit podcast Anna Faris Is Unqualified shares laugh-out-loud stories about her misadventures with romance to offer offbeat counsel on navigating the bizarre, chaotic and ultimately worthwhile challenges of finding love.
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