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Born to Kvetch: Yiddish Language and Culture in All of Its Moods (P.S.)

by Michael Wex

Published: 2006-08-15

Paperback: 303 pages

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A delightful excursion through the Yiddish language, the culture it defines and serves, and the fine art of complaint Throughout history, Jews around the world have had plenty of reasons to lament. And for a thousand years, they've had the perfect language for it. Rich in color, express...

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Born to Rise: A Story of Children and Teachers Reaching Their Highest Potential

by Deborah Kenny

Published: 2012-06-05

Hardcover: 256 pages

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Deborah Kenny was a young mother of three small children seeking to make sense of her life amid the despair of her husband's untimely death when she decided to devote herself to radically reinventing public education. Born to Rise recounts a journey that led Kenny to risk her life savings ...

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Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen

by Christopher McDougall

Published: 2009-05-05

Hardcover: 304 pages

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Full of incredible characters, amazing athletic achievements, cutting-edge science, and, most of all, pure inspiration, Born to Run is an epic adventure that began with one simple question: Why does my foot hurt? In search of an answer, Christopher McDougall sets off to find a tribe of the...

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Born Under a Lucky Moon: A Novel

by Dana Precious

Published: 2011-02-08

Paperback: 432 pages

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Smart, touching, and utterly engaging, Born Under a Lucky Moon is a polished gem of contemporary women’s fiction—and it boldly announces the arrival of author Dana Precious, who immediately takes her place at the winner’s table beside Rebecca York, Jennifer Weiner, and Rebecca Wells....

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Born Under a Million Shadows

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Born Under a Million Shadows: A Novel

by Andrea Busfield

Published: 2010-02-02

Paperback: 292 pages

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A moving tale of the triumph of the human spirit amidst heartbreaking tragedy, told through the eyes of a charming, impish, and wickedly observant Afghan boyThe Taliban have withdrawn from Kabul's streets, but the long shadows of their regime remain. In his short life, eleven-year-old Fawa...

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Born Under an Assumed Name: The Memoir of a Cold War Spy's Daughter

by Sara Mansfield Taber

Published: 2012-02-28

Hardcover: 396 pages

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From literary journalist Sara Mansfield Taber comes a deep and wondrous memoir of her exotic childhood as the daughter of a covert CIA operative. Born under an Assumed Name portrays the thrilling and confusing life of a girl growing up abroad in a world of secrecy and diplomacy?and the hea...

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Borrowed Time

by CJ Lyons

Published: 2011-05-03

Paperback: 294 pages

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New York Times Bestselling Author CJ Lyons has been praised as a "master of the genre" (Pittsburgh Magazine) for her "breathtakingly fast-paced" (Publishers Weekly) romantic medical thrillers. Pittsburgh Police Officer Kate O'Hern is on the trail of a killer targeting cops. Only proble...

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The Borrower: A Novel

by Rebecca Makkai

Published: 2012-05-29

Paperback: 352 pages

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"Rarely is a first novel as smart and engaging and learned and funny and moving as The Borrower." —Richard Russo, author of Pulitzer Prize–winning Empire FallsLucy Hull, a children’s librarian in Hannibal, Missouri, finds herself both kidnapper and kidnapped when her favorite patron,...

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The Borrowers

by Mary Norton

Published: 2003-04-01

Paperback: 192 pages

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The Borrowers—the Clock family: Homily, Pod, and their fourteen-year-old daughter, Arrietty, to be precise—are tiny people who live underneath the kitchen floor of an old English country manor. All their minuscule home furnishings, from postage stamp paintings to champagne cork chairs,...