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Walter Isaacson
'This is a riveting book, with as much to say about the transformation of modern life in the information age as about its supernaturally gif... (Description from external book data)
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Ashlee Vance
South African born Elon Musk is the renowned entrepreneur and innovator behind PayPal, SpaceX, Tesla, and SolarCity. Musk wants to save our ... (Description from external book data)
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Dave Pelzer
Tells the story of a child's abuse at the hands of his alcoholic mother (Description from external book data)
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Frank McCourt
The author recounts his childhood in Depression-era Brooklyn as the child of Irish immigrants who decide to return to worse poverty in Irela... (Description from external book data)
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Alison Bechdel
A memoir done in the form of a graphic novel by a cult favorite comic artist offers a darkly funny family portrait that details her relation... (Description from external book data)
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Edward Snowden
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Edward Snowden, the man who risked everything to expose the US government s system of mass surveillance, reveals ... (Description from external book data)
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Phil Knight
In this young readers edition of the international bestseller, Nike founder and board chairman Phil Knight 'offers a rare and revealing look... (Description from external book data)
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Ta-Nehisi Coates
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ¢ NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER ¢ NAMED ONE OF TIME S TEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE ¢ PULITZER PRIZE FI... (Description from external book data)
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Sheryl Sandberg
A landmark manifesto New York Times The ground-breaking, international bestseller “ with over two million copies sold “ that launched a ne... (Description from external book data)
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Dave Pelzer
The author continues the story of his own child abuse, and his experiences being a foster child moving in and out of five different foster h... (Description from external book data)
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Solomon Northup
This unique edition of Solomon Northup's now classic memoir, 12 YEARS A SLAVE, is given here for the reader in its original, unabridged form... (Description from external book data)
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Ron Chernow
The #1 New York Times bestseller. New York Times Book Review 10 Best Books of 2017 Pulitzer Prize winner Ron Chernow returns with a sweeping... (Description from external book data)
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Sheryl Sandberg
#1 New York Times Best Seller Named a Best Book of 2017 by Barnes & Noble and Amazon From Facebook s COO and Wharton s top-rated professor... (Description from external book data)
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Jon Halliday
Jung Chang's Wild Swans was an extraordinary bestseller throughout the world, selling more than 10 million copies and reaching a wider reade... (Description from external book data)
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Amy Liptrot
After a decade of heavy partying and hard drinking in London, Amy Liptrot returns home to Orkney, a remote island off the north of Scotland.... (Description from external book data)
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Amy Liptrot
It s wild writing: sexy, unguarded, raw, and ardent ¦ highly recommended. ”The Millions After a decade of heavy partying and hard drinkin... (Description from external book data)
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Ron Chernow
The author draws on Rockefeller's own papers to provide a biography of the legendary oilman, capitalist, and philanthropist (Description from external book data)
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Jim Loehr
A personal energy training program outlines strategies on how to prevent burnout and improve productivity, discussing such areas as how to w... (Description from external book data)
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Adam Kay
Adam Kay was a junior doctor in the British NHS and kept a secret diary throughout. 97-hour weeks, life-and-death decisions, chronic sleep d... (Automatically generated book description)
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Ta-Nehisi Coates
An exceptional father-son story from the National Book Award “winning author of Between the World and Me about the reality that tests us, th... (Description from external book data)
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Zlatan Ibrahimovic
I AM ZLATAN - the explosive, critically-acclaimed memoir of Zlatan Ibrahimovich, one of the world's most gifted and controversial footballer... (Description from external book data)
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Rob Wilkins
'Always readable, illuminating and honest. It made me miss the real Terry.' - NEIL GAIMAN 'Sometimes joyfully, sometimes painfully, intimate... (Description from external book data)
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Roger Lancelyn Green
A review of Lewis' family background and private, intellectual, and religious life, based primarily on his own personal papers (Description from external book data)
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Ron Chernow
A story of brilliant achievement, dazzling personalities and human frailty set against the dark background of European racism and paranoia. ... (Description from external book data)
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Nick Tosches
A portrait of singer Jerry Lee Lewis details his early life, music, controversial marriage, problems and decline, endurance, and revival in ... (Description from external book data)
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Dave Pelzer
'I don't blame others for my problems. I stand on my own. And one day, you¿ll see, I¿m going to make something of myself.' These words were ... (Description from external book data)
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Jeremy Camp
A leading artist on the contemporary Christian scene, Jeremy Camp has gained a sizable fan following. I Still Believe follows Jeremy's life ... (Description from external book data)
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Christopher Lee
Autobiography of one of Britain's most distinguished actors. (Description from external book data)
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Ayn Rand
The private journals of one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century reveal the progression of Rand's literary and philosoph... (Description from external book data)
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Sebastian Junger
From the author of The Perfect Storm, a gripping book about Sebastian Junger's almost-fatal year with the 2nd battalion of the American Army... (Description from external book data)
