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Acedia & Me: A Marriage, Monks, and a Writer's Life
by Kathleen Norris  Publisher Comments Kathleen Norris's masterpiece: a personal and moving memoir that resurrects the ancient term acedia, or soul-weariness, and brilliantly explores its relevancy to the modern individual and culture. Kathleen Norris had written several much loved books,...
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Waiter Rant: Thanks for the Tip -- Confessions of a Cynical Waiter
by The Waiter 
Powells.com Staff Pick Waiter Rant is a delightful look at restaurant life from the other side of the tablecloth. The Waiter will enlighten and instruct you while sometimes grossing you out. Comparisons to Kitchen Confidential can’t be avoided, and Waiter Rant is a welcome...
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The Night of the Gun: A Reporter Investigates the Darkest Story of His Life. His Own.
by David Carr
Powells.com Staff Pick After years of sobriety, each of David Carr's daughters wrote a personal essay at college, and the stories they told about their lives didn't jibe with his memory. How much did he remember? How much did he ever know? Carr decided to report his past. The...
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The Obama Nation
by Jerome R. Corsi Publisher Comments In this thoroughly researched and documented book, the #1 New York Times bestselling co-author of Unfit for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry explains why the extreme leftism of an Obama presidency would leave the United States...
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The House at Sugar Beach: In Search of a Lost African Childhood
by Helene Cooper Publisher Comments Helene Cooper is "Congo," a descendant of two Liberian dynasties -- traced back to the first ship of freemen that set sail from New York in 1820 to found Monrovia. Helene grew up at Sugar Beach, a twenty-two-room mansion by the sea. Her childhood was...
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The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life
by Alice Schroeder Publisher Comments Here is THE book recounting the life and times of one of the most respected men in the world, Warren Buffett. The legendary Omaha investor has never written a memoir, but now he has allowed one writer, Alice Schroeder, unprecedented access to explore...
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Boone: A Biography
by Robert Morgan Publisher Comments The story of Daniel Boone is the story of Americaand#8212;its ideals, its promise, its romance, and its destiny. Bestselling, critically acclaimed author Robert Morgan reveals the complex character of a frontiersman whose heroic life was far stranger and...
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In His Sights: A True Story of Love and Obsession
by Kate Brennan Publisher Comments What if the man you'd loved for years vows, when you leave him, to destroy you? What if he transforms into a ruthless tormentor, stealing your freedom, undermining your sanity, and threatening your safety? This is not a fictional scenario. It is Kate...
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21 Nights
by Prince Publisher Comments 21 Nights--a first book by Prince and celebrated photographer Randee St. Nicholas is a stunning multimedia volume offering a rare glimpse into the life, lyrics and mystique of one of the most notable and prolific musicians of our time. This beautifully...
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Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life
by Steve Martin
Powells.com Staff Pick At times uproarious, often sentimental, and always laced with the wit and charm we've come to expect from Steve Martin, this is a warm and enjoyable portrait of his life in stand-up from childhood to his last show in 1981. Recommended by Ann, Powells....
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The Man Who Made Vermeers: Unvarnishing the Legend of Master Forger Han Van Meegeren
by Jonathan Lopez Publisher Comments It's a story that made Dutch painter Han van Meegeren famous worldwide when it broke at the end of World War II: A lifetime of disappointment drove him to forge Vermeers, one of which he sold to Hermann Goering, making a mockery of the Nazis...
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We Bought a Zoo: The Amazing True Story of a Young Family, a Broken Down Zoo, and the 200 Wild Animals That Changed Their Lives Forever
by Benjamin Mee Synopsis In the tradition of "Marley & Me" comes an unforgettable memoir about the mysteries of the animal kingdom, the power of family, and the triumph of hope over tragedy. 8-page photo insert....
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Racing Odysseus: A College President Becomes a Freshman Again
by Roger H. Martin Publisher Comments The idea of reliving youth is a common fantasy, but who among us is actually courageous enough to try it? After surviving a deadly cancer against tremendous odds, college president Roger H. Martin did just that — he enrolled at St. John's College...
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When I Grow Up
by Juliana Hatfield Publisher Comments As a young girl what she wants to be when she grows up, and there's a good chance she'll say rock star. Ask a rock star what she wants to be when she grows up, and it gets a bit more complicated. In the early 1990s, Juliana Hatfield was arguably the most...
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Unpacking the Boxes: A Memoir of a Life in Poetry
by Donald Hall Publisher Comments Donald Hall's remarkable life in poetry -- a career capped by his appointment as U.S. poet laureate in 2006 -- comes alive in this richly detailed, self-revealing memoir. Hall's invaluable record of the making of a poet begins with his childhood in...
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Eat Me: The Food and Philosophy of Kenny Shopsin
by Kenny Shopsin and Carolynn Carreno Publisher Comments "Pancakes are a luxury, like smoking marijuana or having sex. That's why I came up with the names Ho Cakes and Slutty Cakes. These are extra decadent, but in a way, every pancake is a Ho Cake." Thus speaks Kenny Shopsin, legendary (and legendarily...
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Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History (Vintage)
by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich Publisher Comments A bravura performance. . . . Ulrich is brilliant here. . . . Few have done as much to so profoundly enrich and enlarge our vision of the past. --The Boston Globe The book is a pleasure to read. . . . Ulrich's style is plain and direct. --The Washington...
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An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination: A Memoir
by Elizabeth Mccracken Synopsis This is the happiest story in the world with the saddest ending, writes Elizabeth McCracken in her powerful, inspiring memoir. A prize-winning, successful novelist in her 30s, McCracken was happy to be an itinerant writer and self-proclaimed spinster...
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Everyone's Crazy Except You and Me... and I'm Not So Sure about You: America's Favorite Contrarian Cuts Loose
by Lionel Synopsis The first book from Air America Radio and syndicated-radio talk host Lionel cements his reputation as an irreverent, ribald, take-no-prisoners analyst of culture, politics, and the world at large....
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Cavalryman of the Lost Cause: A Biography of J. E. B. Stuart
by Jeffry D. Wert Publisher Comments Cavalryman of the Lost Cause is the first major biography in decades of the famous Confederate general J. E. B. Stuart. Based on research in manuscript collections, personal memoirs and reminiscences, and regimental histories, this comprehensive volume...
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