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Stories of a Small Town Farm BoyStories of a Small Town Farm Boy takes author Eric Duling's 1960s childhood on a big-family farm and brings it to life starting with the story of an anxious child trying to acclimate into the first grade when all he's ever known has been...
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Stacey Abrams"Follow the life of Stacey Abrams, from her childhood spent growing up in Gulfport, Mississippi, to her work with civic engagement and mass voter registrations in Georgia, to her groundbreaking work as the first woman to lead in the Georgia General Assembly and first...
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George W. Bush: Texas Governor and U.S. PresidentGeorge W. Bush grew up in a prominent political family in Texas. After serving as Texas governor, Bush followed his father's footsteps in becoming President of the United States. Through engaging facts, vibrant images, and supportive text, this biography allows readers to discover the...
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12 Immigrants Who Made American Technology GreatIntroduces readers to inspiring immigrants whose technology contributions made our country great. From Germany's Ralph Baer, inventor of the first video game, to South Africa's Elon Musk, founder of aerospace manufacturer SpaceX and auto company Tesla, to Austria's Maria Telkes, best known for her...
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Carolina Herrera: 35 Years of FashionPerennial favorites on red carpets around the world, Herrera's gowns are favored by First Ladies (from Jackie Kennedy to Michelle Obama), celebrities (Renee Zellweger, Tina Fey, Penelope Cruz), international royalty, and her own faithful clientele for their refinement, timelessness, glamour, and romance. This first...
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Stacey Abrams"Follow the life of Stacey Abrams, from her childhood spent growing up in Gulfport, Mississippi, to her work with civic engagement and mass voter registrations in Georgia, to her groundbreaking work as the first woman to lead in the Georgia General Assembly and first...
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Honor Girl: A Graphic Memoir"Thrash has so carefully and skillfully captured a universal moment. . . . A luminescent memoir not to be missed."-- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) All-girl camp. First love. First heartbreak. At once romantic and devastating, brutally honest and full of humor, this graphic-novel memoir...
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Live It: EmpathyWhat does it mean to "step into someone else's shoes?" It means you have empathy-you're good at understanding how other people feel. But how does a person learn empathy? And why is it so important? Come explore what empathy is all about with some...
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Infinitely MoreAbandoned by his mother in a St. Petersburg dumpster when he was only three days old, Alex Krutov should not have survived. But God had something else in mind. Raised in the harsh Russian orphanage system, Alex's life was one of hopelessness and despair...
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Divine Nobodies: Shedding Religion to Find God (and the Unlikely People Who Help You)What does a Hip-Hop artist, Waffle House waitress, tire salesman, and disabled girl have to do with discovering spiritual truth? What if embracing authentic Christianity is a journey of unlearning? Welcome to Jim Palmer's world!Don Miller meets Anne Lamott meets Brian McLaren in this...
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Promise of Better Days: A Farm Boy's Odyssey Through North Carolina's "Tobacco Way of Life"A child of the protracted Great Depression, Cornell Cox chronicles the hardships of cotton and flue-cured tobacco farming during the 20th Century. Meanwhile many Eastern North Carolina families were increasingly forced to become sharecroppers living on pitiful margins. In the face of dismal poverty,...
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Susannah Spurgeon: Lessons for a Life of Joyful Eagerness in ChristHave you heard of Spurgeon? Preacher, evangelist and stalwart patriarch of the Modern Western Church today. If the cliché 'behind every great man is a strong woman', is true, then Susannah Spurgeon remains one of the matriarchs of the same tradition. Spurgeon was the...
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Daughters of the Sun: Empresses, Queens and Begums of the Mughal EmpireIn 1526, when the nomadic Timurid warrior-scholar Babur rode into Hindustan, his wives, sisters, daughters, aunts and distant female relatives travelled with him. These women would help establish a dynasty and empire that would rule India for the next 200 years and become a...
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Bob Crane: The Definitive BiographyThe Estate of Bob Crane and I both worked closely with Carol and Linda, and immeasurably appreciate all of the hard work and dedication they put into this book. The only truthful and accurate account of my dad's life. -Scott CraneSince his untimely death...
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Reggie: You Can't Change Your Past, But You Can Change Your FutureI don't have to see your home to know your shame . . . I have my own.But someone loved me just the way I am, and someone loves you just the way you are.Meet Reggie Dabbs.Born as the result of a heart-wrenching decision...
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The Mind and the Moon: My Brother's Story, the Science of Our Brains, and the Search for Our Psyches"A profound and powerful work of essential reporting." --The New York Times Book ReviewAn important--and intimate--interrogation of how we treat mental illness and how we understand ourselvesIn the early 1960s, JFK declared that science would take us to the moon. He also declared that...
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Sam Houston: A Study In LeadershipSam Houston is a Texas icon. General Houston signed the Texas Declaration of Independence on his 43rd birthday, and six weeks later he led the Texas Army to a spectacular victory at San Jacinto. "Old Sam Jacinto" twice was elected president of the Republic...
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Resisting the Bonhoeffer Brand: A Life ReconsideredCharles Marsh responds to criticisms of his book Strange Glory: A Life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer by exploring the largely unexamined relationship between theology and biography. In Resisting the Bonhoeffer Brand, he argues that Bonhoeffer scholarship desperately needs the revitalizing energies of the theologian's life...
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Black History Leaders: Volume 2: Nelson Mandela, Michelle Obama, Kamala Harris and Tyler PerryThe impact of the leadership demonstrated by Kamala Harris, Tyler Perry, Nelson Mandela, and Michelle Obama cannot be overstated. As the first woman to hold the office of Vice President of the United States, Kamala Devi Harris, lawyer, prosecutor, and former attorney general, has...
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Kill the Gringo: The Life of Jack Vaughn--American Diplomat, Director of the Peace Corps, Us Ambassador to Colombia and Panama, and ConFinalist for the Foreword INDIES Award for Best Autobiography or MemoirRecipient of the University of Michigan Outstanding Achievement Award in 1966Recipient of the Distinguished Fiji Award 2016 from Phi Gamma DeltaMember of the Order of the QuetzalWinner of the 2002 Ecotrust AwardHonorary Doctor of...
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