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Browse Inside Hitlerland

Hitlerland

By Andrew Nagorski

An unusual and personal perspective on Hitler's rise to power through the witness of Americans living in Germany in the twenties and thirties.

Browse Inside Carly's Voice

Carly's Voice

By Arthur Fleischmann

At the age of two, Carly Fleischmann was diagnosed with severe autism and an oral motor condition that prevented her from speaking. Doctors predicted that she would never intellectually develop beyond the abilities of a small child. Although she made some progress after years of intensive behavioral and communication therapy, Carly remained largely unreachable. Then,...

Browse Inside Shadow of the Titanic

Shadow of the Titanic

By Andrew Wilson

From an acclaimed biographer, a riveting and revelatory account of what happened to a cross-section of the survivors of the sinking of the Titanic.

Browse Inside Reading My Father

Reading My Father

By Alexandra Styron

Now in paperback, Alexandra Styron's moving, beautifully written, hugely celebrated book about her father.

Guts

By Kristen Johnston

A harrowing and hysterical memoir from Kristen Johnston, two-time Emmy Award winner for the hit TV show 3rd Rock from the Sun.

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Browse Inside Late, Late at Night

Late, Late at Night
By Rick Springfield

In his candid memoir, Rick Springfield shares the story of his life in the music business and his lifelong battle with depression.
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Browse Inside Unbearable Lightness

Unbearable Lightness
By Portia de Rossi

Portia de Rossi shares the truth of her long battle to overcome anorexia and bulimia and the new happiness and health she’s found in recent...
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Browse Inside A Renegade History of the United States

A Renegade History of the United States
By Thaddeus Russell

A study of the real revolutionaries who infused America with the identity it has today.
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Browse Inside Yellow Dirt

Yellow Dirt
By Judy Pasternak

Award-winning reporter Judy Pasternak tells the haunting story of uranium mining on the Navajo desert and its terrible, long-ignored legacy.
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Browse Inside A Beautiful Mind

A Beautiful Mind
By Sylvia Nasar

The bestselling, prize-winning biography of a mathematical genius who suffered from schizophrenia, miraculously recovered, and then won a Nobel Prize.
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Angel in the Whirlwind
By Benson Bobrick

Angel in the Whirlwind is a dramatic narrative of the American Revolution illuminated by fresh insight by noted historian Benson Bobrick.
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