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Toast: The Story of a Boy's Hunger

Nigel Slater

‘My mother is scraping a piece of burned toast out of the kitchen window, a crease of annoyance across her forehead. This is not an occasional occurrence. My mother burns the toast as surely as the sun rises each morning.’‘Toast...

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Published: Sep 2011

Almost Interesting

David Spade

A hilarious and biting memoir from the actor, comedian and Saturday Night Live alumni David Spade.David Spade is best known for his harsh "Hollywood" Minute Sketches on SNL, his starring roles in movies like Joe Dirt an...

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Published: Apr 2016

A Gift of Hope: Helping the Homeless

Danielle Steel

In her powerful memoir His Bright Light, #1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel opened her heart to share the devastating story of the loss of her beloved son. In A Gift of Hope, she shows us how she transformed that pain...

Unabridged CD
Published: Oct 2013

Jackie, Ethel, Joan: Women of Camelot...

J. Randy Taraborrelli

Over the years there have been many books published about the Kennedy family, individually and collectively. But only this book provides a powerful and detailed look at the complex relationships shared between the three women who were...

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Published: Apr 2012

Toni Tennille: A Memoir

Toni Tennille

Since bursting onto the scene in the mid '70s, the pop duo Captain and Tennille have long defined the sparkling, optimistic idea of everlasting love, both in their music and through their image as a happy and, seemingly, unbreakable c...

Unabridged MP3-CD
Published: Jul 2016

Ike's Bluff: President Eisenhower's S...

Evan Thomas

Upon assuming the presidency in 1953, Dwight Eisenhower came to be seen by many as a doddering lightweight. Yet behind the bland smile and apparent simplemindedness was a brilliant, intellectual tactician. As Evan Thomas reveals in hi...

Unabridged CD
Published: Sep 2012

The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo

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From award-winning comedian, writer, producer, and actress Amy Schumer comes The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo, a thoughtful, honest, and hysterical collection of (very) personal essays.Never one to shy away from the uproarious, cha...

Unabridged CD
Published: Aug 2016

Don't Sing at the Table: Life Lessons...

Adriana Trigiani

"No one ever reads just one of Trigiani's wonderfully quirky tales. Once you pick up the first, you are hooked." —BookPageNew York Times bestselling author Adriana Trigiani shares a treasure trove of insight and guidance f...

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Published: Oct 2011

Winners are Driven: A Champion's Guid...

Bobby Unser

Throughout his life, three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Bobby Unser has approached his racing career and personal life the same way - with a relentless drive to succeed. Talk to him today and he'll tell you, "I never really retir...

Unabridged MP3-CD
Published: Jun 2004

Niccolo's Smile: A Biography of Machi...

Maurizio Viroli

A vivid portrayal of the great Italian philosopher - now in paperbackIn Niccolò's Smile, Maurizio Viroli brings to life the fascinating writer who was the founder of modern political thought. Niccolò Machiavelli's works on the theor...

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Published: Jan 2002

A Fighting Chance

Elizabeth Warren

In A Fighting Chance,an unlikely political star tells the inspiring story of the two-decade journey that taught her how Washington really works—and really doesn't  As a child in small-town Oklahoma, Elizabeth Warren yearned to go t...

Unabridged CD
Published: May 2014

Waitress: a memoir

Angel Woolery

Thirty years of hefting trays full of food, warming the muffins of strangers and dealing with cranky customers has brought this waitress to the edge. From ice machine shenanigans to children running amok, you'll experience the restaur...

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Published: Apr 2015

Sergeant York: His Own Life Story and...

Alvin York

October 8th, 1918―amid the last of the Allies attempts to the Germans, Sergeant Alvin York of Tennessee, found himself and his platoon of only seventeen men trapped in the thick of heavy machine gun fire. Rather than retreating or c...

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Published: Oct 2018

The Giant Killer: American hero, merc...

David A. Yuzuk

Richard J. Flaherty's been called spook, assassin, dope smuggler, dwarf... but who was he really? At 4' 9" and 97 pounds, Richard J. Flaherty was the most unconventional man to ever serve in the U.S. military and needed a Congre...

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Published: May 2020

When Everybody Wore a Hat (Joanna Cot...

William Steig

This is the story of when I was a boy, almost 100 years ago, when fire engines were pulled by horses, boys did not play with girls, kids went to libraries for books, there was no TV, you could see a movie for a nickel, and everybody w...

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Published: May 2005

The Best of Doreen Virtue 4-CD

Doreen Virtue

This 4-CD set includes: Manifesting with the Angels, Past-Life Regression with the Angels, Karma Releasing, and Healing with the Angels Manifesting with the Angels: Doreen guides you through a powerful manifestation session called...

Unabridged CD
Published: Aug 2006

Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir

Kao Kalia Yang

In search of a place to call home, thousands of Hmong families made the journey from the war-torn jungles of Laos to the overcrowded refugee camps of Thailand and onward to America. But lacking a written language of their own, the Hmo...

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Published: Apr 2008

Letters of a Woman Homesteader

Elinore Pruitt Stewart

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Unabridged CD
Published: Mar 2004

The Girl in the Green Sweater: A Life...

Krystyna Chiger

In 1943, with Lvov's 150,000 Jews having been exiled, killed, or forced into ghettos and facing extermination, a group of Polish Jews daringly sought refuge in the city's sewer system. The last surviving member this group, Krystyna Ch...

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Published: Sep 2009

What's So Funny?: My Hilarious Life

Tim Conway

Six-time Emmy Award-winning funny man Tim Conway, best known for his roles on The Carol Burnett Show, offers a straight-shooting and hilarious memoir about his life on stage and off as an actor and comedian.In the annals of TV history...

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Published: May 2014

The Pact

Samson Davis

In this memoir of success, three men tell how, by hanging together, they got themselves out of Newark, into a program for minority youth, and through medical school. They supported each other and eventually realized their dreams of ca...

Unabridged CD
Published: Mar 2002

Tales of a Female Nomad: Living at La...

Rita Golden Gelman

"I move throughout the world without a plan, guided by instinct, connecting through trust, and constantly watching for serendipitous opportunities." —From the PrefaceTales of a Female Nomad is the story of Rita Golden Gelm...

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Published: May 2002

Code Talker: The First and Only Memoi...

Chester Nez

In the 1920s, growing up on the Checkerboard Area of the Navajo Reservation wasn't easy. There was no electricity or indoor plumbing. The New Mexico summers were hot and the winters harsh. But the beautiful mesas provided bountiful la...

Unabridged CD
Published: Dec 2011

Growing Up bin Laden: Osama's Wife an...

Jean Sasson

A true story that few ever believed would come to light, GROWING UP BIN LADEN uncovers startling revelations and hidden secrets carefully guarded by the most wanted terrorist of our lifetime, Osama bin Laden. "I was not always th...

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Published: Dec 2010

Driving with Dead People

Monica Holloway

Small wonder that, at nine years old, Monica Holloway develops a fascination with the local funeral home. With a father who drives his Ford pickup with a Kodak movie camera sitting shotgun just in case he sees an accident, and whose h...

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Published: Mar 2008

Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account...

Marcus Luttrell

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 i...

Abridged CD
Published: Nov 2013

Never Die Easy: The Autobiography of ...

Walter Payton

This sports autobiography chronicles the life on and off the field of Walter Payton the NFL leading rusher who died in 1999 from liver cancer. Payton's athletic success was matched by the kindness of his heart; he used his fame in po...

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Published: Sep 2001

The Heart of a Woman

Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou has fascinated, moved, and inspired  countless readers with the first three volumes of  her autobiography, one of the most remarkable  personal narratives of our age. Now, in her fourth  volume, The Heart of a Wom...

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Published: Apr 2009

The Last Coach: A Life of Paul 'Bear'...

Allen Barra

The explosive biography of the greatest college football coach in history.When Paul William 'Bear' Bryant died on January 26, 1983, it was the lead story on the all three networks' evening news. New York City newspapers reported his d...

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Published: Sep 2006

A Long Way Home

Saroo Brierley

As a little boy in India, Saroo Brierley got lost on a train. Twenty-five years later, from Australia, he found his way back. This is what happened in between.Born in a poor village in India, Saroo lived hand-to-mouth in a one room hu...

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Published: Jun 2015
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