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  • SLOW GETTING UP
    SLOW GETTING UP
    JACKSON, NATE
    One man's odyssey into the brutal hive of the National Football LeagueAs an unsigned free agent who rose through the practice squad to the starting lineup of the Denver Broncos, Nate Jackson took the path of thousands of unknowns before him to carve out a professional football career twice as long as the average player. Through his story recounted here--from scouting combines t...
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    Q. 150

  • THE SHORT AND TRAGIC LIFE OF ROBERT PEACE
    THE SHORT AND TRAGIC LIFE OF ROBERT PEACE
    HOBBS, JEFF
    A heartfelt, and riveting biography of the short life of a talented young African-American man who escapes the slums of Newark for Yale University only to succumb to the dangers of the streets--and of one's own nature--when he returns home. When author Jeff Hobbs arrived at Yale University, he became fast friends with the man who would be his college roommate for four years, Ro...
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    Q. 270

  • THE PRINCE OF LOS COCUYOS
    THE PRINCE OF LOS COCUYOS
    BLANCO, RICHARD
    Where am I from? Where do I belong? Who am I? These are the universal questions that have emerged from Richard Blanco's illuminating, story-rich poetry. Now Blanco explores these questions in this vivid account of his coming of age as the child of Cuban immigrants and his effort to contend with his burgeoning artistic and sexual identities. These are the stories of that shy yet...
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    Q. 260

  • ON IMMUNITY
    ON IMMUNITY
    BISS, EULA
    Why do we fear vaccines? A provocative examination by Eula Biss, the author of "Notes from No Man's Land," winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award Upon becoming a new mother, Eula Biss addresses a chronic condition of fear--fear of the government, the medical establishment, and what is in your child's air, food, mattress, medicine, and vaccines. She finds that you cann...
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    Q. 240

  • BILLION DOLLAR PAINTER
    BILLION DOLLAR PAINTER
    KUSKEY, G ERIC
    The unbelievable true story of artist Thomas Kinkade, self-described Painter of Light, and the dramatic rise -- and fall -- of his billion-dollar gallery and licensing business. ...
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    Q. 260

  • ALL OR NOTHING
    ALL OR NOTHING
    SCHENKER, JESSE
    "Remember, it's not just about the food--it has to be an experience."Thirty-one-year-old Jesse Schenker has rocketed to the top of the culinary world. An Iron Chef winner and a James Beard nominee, he was voted Best New Chef by New York magazine, and his acclaimed Recette was named Best New Restaurant by the New York Times. Manhattan magazine has called him "a boy wonder . . . ...
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    Q. 260

  • DREAM WEAVER
    DREAM WEAVER
    WRIGHT, GARY
    Music legend Gary Wright reflects on his professional collaboration, friendship, and spiritual journey with quiet Beatle George Harrison, and releases for the first time a song they wrote together. Best known for his multiplatinum hits Dream Weaver and Love is Alive, Gary Wright came to prominence as a singer and songwriter during the golden age of rock in the 1970s. What is no...
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    Q. 280

  • FAR AND NEAR
    FAR AND NEAR
    PEART, NEIL
    Whether navigating the backroads of Louisiana or Thuringia, exploring the snowy Quebec woods, or performing onstage at Rush concerts, Neil Peart has stories to tell. His first volume in this series, "Far and Away," combined words and images to form an intimate, insightful narrative that won many readers.Now "Far and Near" brings together reflections from another three years of ...
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    Q. 300

  • CARLOS PELLICER
    CARLOS PELLICER
    ALBERTO ENRIQUEZ PEREA
    Poeta de la naturaleza tropical, enamorado de la vida y del amor; poeta de Nuestra América martiana, apasionado de la belleza y sus colores; poeta del mar y del cielo divino, pendiente del Cristo y de Simón Bolívar, Carlos Pellicer (1897-1977) fue no sólo un artista sino un titán de fuerza telúrica. En estas páginas se reúne por primera vez una generosa muestra de su poesía jun...
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    Q. 280

  • RICARDO GARIBAY
    RICARDO GARIBAY
    JOSEFINA ESTRADA
    Ricardo Garibay fue uno de los escritores más prolíficos y polémicos del siglo XX. Esta antología ofrece una colección de sus textos memorables y entrañables dentro de los géneros de cuento, memoria, crónica, semblanza, diálogos y paraderos literarios.Garibay fue un maestro del lenguaje empleado en todos los niveles de la sociedad mexicana. Con un oído finísimo, nadie como él h...
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  • ATREVETE A SABER
    ATREVETE A SABER
    RITA LEVI-MONTALCINI
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    Q. 190

  • YOUR LIFE ISN´T FOR YOU
    YOUR LIFE ISN´T FOR YOU
    BERRETT-KOEHLER
    In this book, Seth Adam Smith expands on the philosophy behind his extraordinarily popular blog post Marriage Isn t for You which received over 30 million hits and has been translated into over twenty languages and shares how living for others can enrich every aspect of your life, just as it has his. With a mix of humor, candor, and compassion, he reveals how, years before his ...
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    Q. 130

  • BOY ON ICE
    BOY ON ICE
    BRANCH, JOHN
    The much-anticipated debut from the Pulitzer Prize winning New York Times reporter, Boy on Ice is a moving human story and behind-the-scenes account of a life lived in the glare of sporting fame. ...
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    Q. 270

  • THEN CAME LIFE
    THEN CAME LIFE
    LUCAS, GERALYN
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    Q. 270

  • SEPARATED @ BIRTH
    SEPARATED @ BIRTH
    FUTERMAN, SAMANTHA
    Imagine one day opening Facebook and reading a message from a stranger that says, "I think we might be twins...don't freak out..." It all began when design student Anais Bordier viewed a YouTube video and saw her own face staring back. After some research, Anais found that the Los Angeles actress Samantha Futerman was born in a South Korean port city called Busan on November 19...
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    Q. 270

  • FACING THE MUSIC
    FACING THE MUSIC
    KNAPP, JENNIFER
    Jennifer Knapp's meteoric rise in the Christian music industry ended abruptly when she walked away and came out publicly as a lesbian. This is her story--of coming to Christ, of building a career, of admitting who she is, and of how her faith remained strong through it all. At the top of her career in the Christian music industry, Jennifer Knapp quit. A few years later, she pub...
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    Q. 240

  • GREEN VANILLA TEA
    GREEN VANILLA TEA
    WILLIAMS, MARIE
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    Q. 170

  • SAVING SIMON
    SAVING SIMON
    KATZ, JON
    In this heartfelt, thoughtful, and inspiring memoir, "New York Times" bestselling author Jon Katz tells the story of his beloved rescue donkey, Simon, and the wondrous ways that animals make us wiser and kinder people. In the spring of 2011, Jon Katz received a phone call that would challenge every idea he ever had about mercy and compassion. An animal control officer had found...
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    Q. 250

  • RAISING GIRLS IN BOHEMIA
    RAISING GIRLS IN BOHEMIA
    KATROVAS, RICHARD
    A provocative collection of personal and political essays by an American writer, "Raising Girls in Bohemia" chronicles the life of a father raising three perfectly bilingual, culturally bifurcated, Czech-American daughters. While tracing what fatherhood has taught him about the world, Katrovas delves into a range of intricately related yet far-flung subjects including fine dini...
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    Q. 160

  • SEASON OF THE WITCH
    SEASON OF THE WITCH
    BEBERGAL, PETER
    This epic cultural and historical odyssey unearths the full influence of occult traditions on rock and roll--from the Beatles to Black Sabbath--and shows how the marriage between mysticism and music changed our world. From the hoodoo-inspired sounds of Elvis Presley to the Eastern odysseys of George Harrison, from the dark dalliances of Led Zeppelin to the Masonic imagery of to...
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    Q. 280

  • PANDORA'S DNA
    PANDORA'S DNA
    STARK, LIZZIE
    Would you cut out your healthy breasts and ovaries if you thought it might save your life? That's not a theoretical question for journalist Lizzie Stark's relatives, who grapple with the horrific legacy of cancer built into the family DNA, a BRCA mutation that has robbed most of her female relatives of breasts, ovaries, peace of mind, or life itself. In "Pandora's DNA," Stark u...
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    Q. 270

  • HERBIE HANCOCK
    HERBIE HANCOCK
    HERBIE HANCOCK
    The long-awaited memoir by one of the most influential and beloved musicians of our time In "Herbie Hancock" the legendary jazz musician and composer reflects on a life and a thriving career that has spanned seven decades. A true innovator, Hancock has had an enormous influence on both acoustic and electric jazz, R&B and hip-hop, with his ongoing exploration of different musica...
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    Q. 300

  • AMERICAN SNIPER (MTI)
    AMERICAN SNIPER (MTI)
    KYLE, CHRIS / SCOTT MCEWEN / JIM DEFELICE
    Former U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle tells the story of his legendary career, from 1999-2009, during which time he recorded the most confirmed sniper kills (officially a record 155, though the real number is even much higher) in the history of the United States military, any branch, from 1776 to present. Nicknamed “The Legend” by his fellow SEALS, Kyle’s service in Iraq and Afghani...
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    Q. 105

  • JERRY LEE LEWIS
    JERRY LEE LEWIS
    BRAGG, RICK
    For nearly sixty years, Jerry Lee Lewis has been a monumental figure in American life. The wildest and most dangerous of the early rock and rollers, he electrified the world with hit records such as "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On," "Great Balls of Fire," and "Breathless." His music was raucous, exuberant, slyly sexual; his wailing vocals were grounded by the locomotive force of ...
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    Q. 280

  • WALKING THE WOODS AND THE WATER
    WALKING THE WOODS AND THE WATER
    HUNT, NICK
    "Nick Hunt has written a glorious book, rich with insight and wit, about walking his way both across and into contemporary Europe. . . . So many memorable encounters with people and places! A book about gifts, modernity, endurance and landscape, it represents a fine addition to the literature of the leg."--Robert Macfarlane, award-winning travel writer, author of "The Wild Plac...
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    Q. 180

  • BEIJING BASTARD
    BEIJING BASTARD
    WANG, VAL
    A humorous and moving coming-of-age story that brings a unique, not-quite-outsider's perspective to China's shift from ancient empire to modern superpower Raised in a strict Chinese-American household in the suburbs, Val Wang dutifully got good grades, took piano lessons, and performed in a Chinese dance troupe--until she shaved her head and became a leftist, the stuff of many ...
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    Q. 270

  • AFTER THE WIND
    AFTER THE WIND
    KASISCHKE, LOU
    Near the top of Mount Everest, on 10 May 1996, eight climbers died. It was the worst tragedy in the mountain's history. Lou Kasischke was there. Now he tells the harrowing story of what went wrong, as it has never been told before including why the climbers were desperately late and out of time. His personal story, captured in the title AFTER THE WIND, tells about the intense m...
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    Q. 250

  • GOD'LL CUT YOU DOWN
    GOD'LL CUT YOU DOWN
    SAFRAN, JOHN
    An unlikely journalist, a murder case in Mississippi, and a fascinating literary true crime story in the style of Jon Ronson. A notorious white supremacist named Richard Barrett was brutally murdered in Mississippi in 2010 by a young black man named Vincent McGee. At first the murder seemed a twist on old Deep South race crimes. But then new revelations and complications came t...
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    Q. 280

  • THE PERFECT KILL
    THE PERFECT KILL
    ROBERT BAER
    What is the definition of assassination? Robert B. Baer's boss at the CIA once told him, "It's a bullet with a man's name on it." Sometimes assassination is the senseless act of a psychotic, a bloodletting without social value. Other times, it can be the sanest and most humane way to change the course of conflict--one bullet, one death, case closed. Assassination has been drama...
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    Q. 280

  • COMING ASHORE
    COMING ASHORE
    GILDINER, CATHERINE
    Picking up her story in the late '60s at age 21, Cathy Gildiner whisks the reader through five years and three countries, beginning when she is a poetry student at Oxford. Her education extended beyond the classroom to London's swinging Carnaby Street, the mountains of Wales, and a posh country estate. After Oxford, Cathy returns to Cleveland, Ohio, which was still reeling from...
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    Q. 250