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Skin Between Us : A Memoir of Race, Beauty, And Belonging
Gebonden — 1e druk — ISBN: 9780393058901
A daughter of an intelligent African-American West Harlem mother and working-class Italian East Harlem father describes the racial divisions that chal…
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Black Virgin Mountain : A Return to Vietnam
Ingenaaid — 1e druk — ISBN: 9781400076895
The author of the National Book Award-winning novel Paco's Story offers a haunting memoir of the Vietnam War and its devastating impact on his family,…
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Meet You in Hell : Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter Partnership That Changed America
Ingenaaid — 1e druk — ISBN: 9781400047680
Provides an insightful study of the relationship between two of the founding fathers of American industry--Andrew Carnegie and Henry Clay Frick--the H…
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Becoming Justice Blackmun : Harry Blackmun's Supreme Court Journey
Ingenaaid — 1e druk — ISBN: 9780805080575
Reveals the inner workings of the U.S. Supreme Court, as seen through the eyes and writings of Justice Harry A. Blackmun, who sat on the court from 19…
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Lucky Child : A Daughter of Cambodia Reunites With the Sister She Left Behind
Ingenaaid — 1e druk — ISBN: 9780060733957
A sequel to the best-selling memoir First They Killed My Father, written by a spokesperson for the Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation, describes h…
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A Hunt for Justice : The True Story of a Woman Undercover Wildlife Agent
Gebonden — 1e druk — ISBN: 9781592288823
Recounts the author's mission as an undercover agent for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to infiltrate an international poaching ring that was kill…
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Vindication : A Life of Mary Wollstonecraft
Ingenaaid — 1e druk — ISBN: 9780060957742
A portrait of the author of The Vindication of the Rights of Women traces her pivotal contributions to the founding of feminism, exploring her relatio…
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Lavoisier in the Year One : The Birth of a New Science in an Age of Revolution
Ingenaaid — 1e druk — ISBN: 9780393328547
An account of the eighteenth century's race to understand the periodic elements traces the work of Enlightenment-era scientist Antoine Lavoisier, whos…
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The Year of Yes : A Memoir
Gebonden — 1e druk — ISBN: 9781401302306
A playwright describes how, discouraged by her terrible luck with romance and dating and searching for love, she decided to eliminate her own personal…
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A Widow's Walk : A Memoir of 9/11
Ingenaaid — 1e druk — ISBN: 9780743298247
A playwright and comedienne whose firefighter husband was killed in the September 11 attacks traces the year after his death, during which she struggl…
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Oliver Cromwell
Ingenaaid — 1e druk — ISBN: 9780415319225
"In this concise and accessible new biography, Martyn Bennett examines the life of Oliver Cromwell - one of the most controversial figures in world hi…
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The Cardinal's Hat : Money, Ambition, and Everyday Life in the Court of a Borgia Prince
Ingenaaid — 1e druk — ISBN: 9781585678037
Traces the second son of Lucretia Borgia's achievement of the coveted position of Archbishop of Milan, in an account that draws on Ippolito d'Este's r…
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Wasted : A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia
Ingenaaid — 1e druk — ISBN: 9780060858797
The author shares her lifelong battle with bulimia and anorexia, chronicling her secret life of bingeing and purging and her obsession with food and b…
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Just Add Hormones : An Insider's Guide to the Transsexual Experience
Ingenaaid — 1e druk — ISBN: 9780807079591
A transsexual takes readers on a fascinating tour of his gender reassignment surgery and its aftermath, beginning with his life as a straight woman, e…
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Mao Zedong : A Political and Intellectual Portrait
Ingenaaid — 1e druk — ISBN: 9780745631073
Revolutionary and ruler, Marxist and nationalist, liberator and despot, Mao Zedong takes a place among the iconic leaders of the twentieth century. In…
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Warriors
Ingenaaid — 1e druk — ISBN: 9780007198856
Subtitled, }Extraordinary Tales From The Battlefield{. An exhilarating and uplifting account of the lives of sixteen 'warriors' from the last three ce…
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The Testosterone Files : My Hormonal and Social Transformation from Female to Male
Ingenaaid — 1e druk — ISBN: 9781580051736
Prologue: The Joker's Wild 1(7) Introduction 8(4) PART ONE BEGINNING Raw Power 12(14) PART TWO BEFORE TESTOSTERONE Get More…
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What Lincoln Believed : The Values and Convictions of America's Greatest President
Ingenaaid — 1e druk — ISBN: 9781400030736
Challenges perceptions about the character of Abraham Lincoln to discuss the president's beliefs and place his ideals and decisions within a historica…
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The Gift of Valor : A War Story
Ingenaaid — 1e druk — ISBN: 9780767920384
A gripping chronicle of the war in Iraq describes how one young Marine, Corporal Jason Dunham, sacrificed his own life to save those of his companions…
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House : A Memoir
Ingenaaid — 1e druk — ISBN: 9780143036647
The author of Walk on Water documents the history of his home, describing its first owners at the turn of the twentieth century, his own family's acqu…
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Without a Net : Middle Class And Homeless (With Kids) in America
Ingenaaid — 1e druk — ISBN: 9780143036784
A Pushcart Prize-winning writer for Brain, Child magazine and other prestigious periodicals describes how at the age of twenty-four, newly divorced an…
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Finding Manana : A Memoir of a Cuban Exodus
Ingenaaid — 1e druk — ISBN: 9780143036609
A New York Times reporter recounts her childhood in Cuba before the events of the Mariel boatlift rendered her a teenage refugee in Miami, describing …
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My Vision : Conversations and Frank Exchanges of Views with Edmond Jouve
Gebonden — 1e druk — ISBN: 9781844541294
Intelligent and gripping account of how Gadaffi's announcement that Libya would give up its nuclear weapons has brought about a new dawn in Arab-Weste…
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The Treehouse : Eccentric Wisdom from My Father on How to Live, Love, and See
Ingenaaid — 1e druk — ISBN: 9780743249782
The feminist author of Misconceptions and The Beauty Myth shares life lessons taught by her father, poet Leonard Wolf, in a personal portrait that tra…
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