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No Better Friend: One Man, One Dog, and Their Extraordinary Story of Courage and Survival in WWII

by Robert Weintraub

Published: 2015-05-05

Hardcover: 400 pages

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The extraordinary tale of survival and friendship between a man and a dog in warFlight technician Frank Williams and Judy, a purebred pointer, met in the most unlikely of places: a World War II internment camp in the Pacific. Judy was a fiercely loyal dog, with a keen sense for who was fri...

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Let It Go

by Dame Stephanie Shirley, Richard Askwith

Published: 2012-10-29

Paperback: 340 pages

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Dame Stephanie Shirley is one of Britain's leading philanthropists and has donated most of her life to helping good causes, especially those close to her heart. This fascinating memoir charts Dame Stephanie's life from her time as a child in Germany and arrival in England as an unaccompanied Kindertransport...

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Hissing Cousins: The Untold Story of Eleanor Roosevelt and Alice Roosevelt Longworth

by Marc Peyser, Timothy Dwyer

Published: 2015-03-31

Hardcover: 352 pages

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A lively and provocative double biography of first cousins Eleanor Roosevelt and Alice Roosevelt Longworth, two extraordinary women whose tangled lives provide a sweeping look at the twentieth century. When Theodore Roosevelt became president in 1901, his beautiful and flamboyant daughter ...

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The Precipice: A Novel (Mike Bowditch Mysteries)

by Paul Doiron

Published: 2015-06-16

Hardcover: 336 pages

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In this riveting new novel from Edgar finalist Paul Doiron, Bowditch joins a desperate search for two missing hikers as Maine wildlife officials deal with a frightening rash of coyote attacks. When two female hikers disappear in the Hundred Mile Wilderness-the most remote stret...

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Ally: My Journey Across the American-Israeli Divide

by Michael B. Oren

Published: 2015-06-23

Hardcover: 432 pages

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERMichael B. Oren’s memoir of his time as Israel’s ambassador to the United States—a period of transformative change for America and a time of violent upheaval throughout the Middle East—provides a frank, fascinating look inside the special relationship betwe...

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Lowcountry Boil: The Sam Larkin Trilogy Book 1 (The Sam Larkin Series)

by Carl T. Smith

Published: 2011-12-06

Kindle Edition: 416 pages

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Lowcountry Boil is set in the lowcountry of coastal South Carolina. The novel explores the corruption and moral inequities in a small southern town. Not typical of the conflicts in so many novels of the small town South, Lowcountry Boil is a story of legal and personal conflicts, political...

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Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death, and Brain Surgery

by Henry Marsh

Published: 2015-05-26

Hardcover: 288 pages

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The Instant New York Times best seller!Riveting. ... [Marsh] gives us an extraordinarily intimate, compassionate and sometimes frightening understanding of his vocation. - The New York TimesWinner of the PEN Ackerley PrizeShortlisted for both the Guardian First Book Prize and the Costa Boo...

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A Nun on the Bus: How All of Us Can Create Hope, Change, and Community

by Sister Simone Campbell

Published: 2015-04-07

Paperback: 224 pages

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Driving for faith, family, and fairnessIn the summer of 2012, Sister Simone Campbell and a group of fellow Roman Catholic nuns toured parts of the country to rally support against Congressman Paul Ryan's budget, a plan that cut vital social programs for the hurting poor and the struggling ...

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935 Lies: The Future of Truth and the Decline of America’s Moral Integrity

by Charles Lewis

Published: 2014-06-24

Hardcover: 392 pages

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Facts are and must be the coin of the realm in a democracy, for government “of the people, by the people and for the people,” requires and assumes to some extent an informed citizenry. Unfortunately, for citizens in the United States and throughout the world, distinguishing between fac...

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The Essential Louisiana Cookbook

by Stanley Dry

Published: 2014-08-20

Paperback: 128 pages

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A stunning collection of 50 traditional (and some non-traditional) Louisiana recipes. An absolute must have for your kitchen or a perfect gift for a Louisiana food lover. Louisiana is one of the few places in America having retained its distinct culinary identity. Cajun and Creole mix wit...