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One Day My Soul Just Opened Up is a program of inspiration and motivation that will help you work through problems and improve your emotional and spiritua...

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. A collection of inspirational messages presents the author's insights into such topics as friendship, grace, spirit,...

A bold and profound meditation on trauma, legacy, oppression and racism in North America from award-winning Haudenosaunee writer Alicia Elliott.In an urgent...

The timeless, magical story of one woman's return to life and love when she thought she had lost it all. Categories: Science & Math Nature & Ecolo...

A Conversation with Kathy Griffin: Q: State your name and profession.KG: My name is Kathy Griffin, and I am a teller of d**k jokes. And a plumber. Q: This ...

Award-winning Journalist Michele Weldon Provides A Potent Antidote To The Harried Single Mom Stereotype In This Beguiling Memoir Of Raising Three Sons Alone...

Christa Couture Has Come To Know Every Corner Of Grief--its Shifting Blurry Edges, Its Traps, Its Pulse Of Love At The Centre And The Bittersweet Truth That...

Using The Multiple Meanings Of Wake To Illustrate The Ways Black Lives Are Determined By Slavery's Afterlives, Christina Sharpe Weaves Personal Experiences ...

At a time when America debates its values and the world braces for religious war, Bruce Feiler, author of the New York Times bestsellers Walking the Bible...

Astunning illustratedjourney through one young woman's year of feelings-from the saturated highs of early summer to the gray isolation of late winter. "Feel...

Killing TimeCategories: Literature & Fiction Genre FictionTime Travel

This myth-busting book finally reveals the true story behind the beloved children's classics.Generations of children have fallen in love with the pioneer s...

With grace and insight, celebrated writer bell hooks untangles the complex personae of women writers. Born and raised in the rural South, hooks learned earl...

An American Journalist Living In Beijing Offers An Odyssey Through Twenty-first-century China As Seen Through The Eyes Of A Handful Of Ordinary People. I: A...

“The rare celebrity-crammed memoir that would be worth reading even without the bold-faced names."—Kirkus Reviews Catherine James’ neglect by her young, b...

"Drag embodies the queer possibility that exists within each of us--the infinite ways in which gender, good taste, and art can be lived." -Sasha Velour Th...

A Painstakingly Researched, Revelatory Portrait Of The Soviet Dictator's Daughter Traces Her Formative Years In The Kremlin, The Losses Of Numerous Loved On...

A Memoir Of A City, An Industry, And A Dynasty In Decline, And The Story Of A Young Artist's Struggle To Find Her Way Out Of The Ruins. Frances Stroh's Earl...

NOW IN PAPERBACK! A legendary television series— as seen by one of its stars Few television celebrities of the 1970s were as widely known and lov...

'You are here for the rest of your life. Do you understand? You are not leaving Iran. You are here until you die.' Betty Mahmoody and her husband, Dr Sayyed...

...one Of The Most Compelling Accounts Of Slavery And One Of The Most Unique Of The One Hundred Or So Slave Narratives - Mostly Written By Men - Published B...

Traditional accounts of the making of the modern world afford a place of primacy to European history. Some credit the fifteenth-century Age of Discovery a...

Margaret Jacobson Was A Sweet-natured Young Girl Who Played The Accordion And Had Dreams Of Becoming A Teacher Until She Had A Psychotic Break In Her Teens,...

An artist’s solitude is a sacred space, one to be kept apart from the chaos of the world. This isolation allows for uninterrupted reflection and the nurtu...

The legendary icon tells his story—a tale of art, passion, commitment, addiction, as intense and hypnotic as the man himself. In a career spanning five d...

The first major anthology by parents with disabilities. How does a father who is blind take his child to the park? How is a mother with dwarfism treated w...

Dust jacket notes: "'The plantation was a battlefield where slaves fought masters for physical and psychological survival. Although unlettered, unarmed, a...

Dedicated To A Reality In Which Every Woman Has At Least Seven Zeros In Her Bank Account, Author And Experienced Entrepreneur Rachel Rodgers Offers This Pul...

WITH SIMPLE SHIFTS OF PERCEPTION, EACH OF US CAN FIND THE SACRED IN EVERY DAY. Like the vibrant yet simple quilts that led her to live within the Amish com...

This Is An Edited Collection That Tackles A Range Of Issues That Affect Autistic Women, Including Chapters On Growing Up, Identity, Diversity, Parenting, In...

'the Chinese Believe That Before You Can Conquer A Beast, You Must First Make It Beautiful.' This Chinese Proverb Has Been The Key To Sarah Wilson Understan...

Now In Paperback, The #1 New York Times Bestselling Chronicle Of The Rise And Fall Of A Legendary American Dynasty, From Cnn Anchor And Journalist Anderson ...

About the Author\Harold R. Johnson (1954–2022) was the author of six works of fiction and six works of nonfiction, including Firewater: How Alcohol is Kil...

In this story of perseverance in the face of adversity, Regina Calcaterra recounts her childhood in foster care and on the streets—and how she and her sa...

Chicken-Fried Women: Friendship, Kinship, and the Women Who Made Us This WayCategories: Parenting & RelationshipsHumor

Thick Skin: Field Notes from a Sister In The Brotherhood, is a deep dive into the secret language and hidden culture of one of the most esoteric heavy const...

Archbishop Desmond Tutu Has Witnessed Some Of The World's Darkest Moments, For Decades Fighting The Racist Government Policy Of Apartheid And Since Then Bei...

Helen Keller, Time Magazine’s woman of the century, reveals her mystical side in this best-selling spiritual autobiography. Writing that her first reading...

Richard Rodriguez.Categories: Politics & Social SciencesSocial Sciences

Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s final book offers an intimate look at her extraordinary life and details her lifelong pursuit for gender equality and a “more perf...

In 1997 Ted Nolan won the Jack Adams Award for best coach in the NHL. But he wouldn’t work in pro hockey again for almost a decade. What happened?\Growing...

Here is a lovingly assembled, essential A-Z companion to Dorothy Dunnett’s brilliant Lymond Chronicles and the first five novels in the House of Niccolò s...

With Anne Lamott's trademark wisdom, humor and honesty, Plan B is a spiritual antidote to anxiety and despair in our increasingly fraught times. This New ...

When Steve Harvey Was Thirty-something, He Was Living In His Car. It Was A Sacrifice He Was Willing To Make To Give It His Best Shot At Becoming A Comedian....

An unforgettable true story, The Midwife is the basis for the hit PBS drama Call the MidwifeAt the age of twenty-two, Jennifer Worth leaves her comfortable...

Four Mothers: An Intimate Journey Through the First Year of Parenthood in Four CountriesCategories: Politics & Social Sciences Politics & Government...

The Facts is the unconventional autobiography of a writer who has reshaped our idea of fiction—a work of compelling candor and inventiveness, instructive...

To escape the tough streets of Southeast Washington, D.C. in the late 1980s, young Rodney Stotts would ride the metro to the Smithsonian National Zoo. There...