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Looking for Alaska
The author's chronicle of his year-long trek through Alaska introduces the people and places of the nation's "last frontier."
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Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A worthy heir to Isak Dinesen and Beryl Markham, Alexandra Fuller shares visceral memories of her childhood in Africa, and of her headstrong, unforgettable mother. …
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Born Naked
This autobiography of the nature writer concentrates on the years 1933 through 1937 when his family moved from Ontario to Saskatoon
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Black Like Me
This American classic has been corrected from the original manuscripts and indexed, featuring historic photographs and an extensive biographical afterword.
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The Martian Child
A Novel about a Single Father Adopting a Son Based on a True Story "Oh. One more thing: Dennis thinks he's a Martian . . . ." Soon-to-be parents are …
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Stiff
An oddly compelling, often hilarious forensic exploration of the strange lives of our bodies postmortem.
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Autobiography of a Face
"I spent five years of my life being treated for cancer, but since then I've spent fifteen years being treated for nothing other than looking different from everyone else. It …
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The Cloister Walk
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR “Vivid, compelling... An embrace of moral and spiritual contemplation.” –The New York Times “A remarkable piece …
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Prozac Nation
"A book that became a cultural touchstone." -- The New Yorker Elizabeth Wurtzel writes with her finger in the faint pulse of an overdiagnosed generation whose ruling icons are Kurt …
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A Walk in the Woods
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The classic chronicle of a “terribly misguided and terribly funny” (The Washington Post) hike of the Appalachian Trail, from the author of A Short History …
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The Kid
Dan Savage's nationally syndicated sex advice column, "Savage Love," enrages and excites more than four million people each week. In The Kid, Savage tells a no-holds-barred, high-energy story of an …
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Through the Narrow Gate
A memoir of spiritual discovery.
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Wasted
The author shares her lifelong battle with bulimia and anorexia, chronicling her secret life of bingeing and purging and her obsession with food and body image, substance abuse, and sex.
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The Genesee Diary
During his seven-month stay in a Trappist monastery, Henri Nouwen had a unique opportunity to explore crucial issues of the spiritual life and discover "a quiet stream underneath the fluctuating …
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The Seven Storey Mountain
A celebration of Merton's spiritual autobiography is accompanied by an introduction from the editor and a note from Merton's biographer.