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- "I heard you paint houses" : : Frank "the Irishman" Sheeran and closing the case on Jimmy Hoffa
- "I heard you paint houses" : Frank "the Irishman" Sheeran and closing the case on Jimmy Hoffa
- "Most blessed of the patriarchs" : Thomas Jefferson and the empire of the imagination
- "The Lumber-JACK", an autobiography written by Jack Lageschulte English I Hour III
- #GenerationG : a true story of miracles, hope, and unconditional acceptance
- 'Tis : a memoir
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- 10 inventors who changed the world
- 10 kings & queens who changed the world
- 10 women who changed science, and the world
- 100 women who made history : remarkable women who shaped our world
- 108 stitches : loose threads, ripping yarns, and the darndest characters from my time in the game
- 13 American artists children should know
- 13 hours : : the inside account of what really happened in Benghazi
- 13 hours : the inside account of what really happened in Benghazi
- 13 modern artists children should know
- 14 cows for America
- 1666 : plague, war, and hellfire
- 18 and life on Skid Row
- 18 and life on Skid Row
- 18 and life on Skid Row
- 18 holes with Bing : golf, life, and lessons from Dad
- 18 tiny deaths : : the untold story of Frances Glessner Lee and the invention of modern forensics
- 18 tiny deaths : the untold story of Frances Glessner Lee and the invention of modern forensics
- 180° south
- 20 fun facts about Alexander Hamilton
- 20 soccer superstars
- 24 : : life stories and lessons from the say hey kid
- 24 : life stories and lessons from the Say Hey Kid
- 26 Fairmount Avenue
- 26 marathons : what I learned about faith, identity, running, and life from my marathon career
- 28 days : moments in Black history that changed the world
- 33 days
- 40 years of Queen
- 41 : : a portrait of my father
- 41 : : a portrait of my father
- 41 : a portrait of my father
- 42 is not just a number : : the odyssey of Jackie Robinson, American hero
- 42 is not just a number : : the odyssey of Jackie Robinson, American hero
- 42 is not just a number : the odyssey of Jackie Robinson, American hero
- 438 days : an extraordinary true story of survival at sea
- 44 chapters about 4 men
- 4th and goal every day : Alabama's relentless pursuit of perfection
- 5 giraffes
- 50 American heroes every kid should meet!
- 50 fashion designers you should know
- 50 modern artists you should know
- 50 trailblazers of the 50 states : celebrate the lives of inspiring people who paved the way from every state in America!
- 5000 miles to freedom : Ellen and William Craft's flight from slavery
- 56 : Joe DiMaggio and the last magic number in sports
- 6 below : : miracle on the mountain
- 6 below : : miracle on the mountain
- 700 Sundays
- 700 Sundays
- 740 Park : the story of the world's richest apartment building
- 747 : creating the world's first jumbo jet and other adventures from a life in aviation
- 8 seconds of courage : a soldier's story from immigrant to the Medal of Honor
- 81 days below zero : : the incredible survival story of a World War II pilot in Alaska's frozen wilderness
- 81 days below zero : the incredible survival story of a World War II pilot in Alaska's frozen wilderness
- 82 days on Okinawa : one American's unforgettable firsthand account of the Pacific war's greatest battle
- 82 days on Okinawa : one American's unforgettable firsthand account of the Pacific war's greatest battle
- 83 minutes : the doctor, the damage, and the shocking death of Michael Jackson
- 9 rules of engagement : a military brat's guide to life and success
- 90 Church : inside America's notorious first narcotics squad
- 90 minutes in heaven
- 90 minutes in heaven : : a true story of death & life
- 900 miles from nowhere : voices from the homestead frontier
- 97,196 words : essays
- 99 : stories of the game
- A Ben of all trades : : the most inventive boyhood of Benjamin Franklin
- A Ben of all trades : the most inventive boyhood of Benjamin Franklin
- A Bookshop in Berlin : : the rediscovered memoir of one woman's harrowing escape from the Nazis
- A Bookshop in Berlin : the rediscovered memoir of one woman's harrowing escape from the Nazis
- A Carlin home companion : : growing up with George
- A Carlin home companion : growing up with George
- A Danish boy in Theresienstadt : reflections of a Holocaust survivor
- A Kim Jong-Il production : the extraordinary true story of a kidnapped filmmaker, his star actress, and a young dictator's rise to power
- A Paris all your own : bestselling women writers on the City of Light
- A ballerina's tale : : the incredible rise of Misty Copeland
- A beautiful choice : how to guide your child through life-threatening illness, succeed and unite with your child
- A beautiful mind
- A beautiful mind
- A beautiful mind : a biography of John Forbes Nash, Jr., winner of the Nobel Prize in economics, 1994
- A beautiful, terrible thing : : a memoir of marriage and betrayal
- A beautiful, terrible thing : a memoir of marriage and betrayal
- A big important art book (now with women) : profiles of unstoppable female artists and projects to help you become one
- A bigger sky : awakening a fierce feminine Buddhism
- A body of work : dancing to the edge and back
- A bowl full of peace : a true story
- A boy and a jaguar
- A boy named Beckoning : : the true story of Dr. Carlos Montezuma, Native American hero
- A boy, a mouse, and a spider : the story of E.B. White
- A brave heart : : the Lizzie Velasquez story
- A brief history of time
- A brief illustrated history of exploration
- A broken tree : how DNA exposed a family's secrets
- A brotherhood betrayed : the man behind the rise and fall of Murder, Inc.
- A cancer in the family : take control of your genetic inheritance
- A castle in wartime : one family, their missing sons, and the fight to defeat the Nazis
- A champion's mind : lessons from a life in tennis
- A chance in the world : an orphan boy, a mysterious past, and how he found a place called home
- A child called "it" : : an abused child's journey from victim to victor
- A child called "it" : one child's courage to survive
- A child's Christmas in Wales
- A child's Christmas in Wales
- A child's introduction to African American history : the experiences, people, and events that shaped our country
- A comedy & a tragedy : a memoir of learning how to read and write
- A common struggle : a personal journey through the past and future of mental illness and addiction
- A computer called Katherine : how Katherine Johnson helped put America on the moon
- A cool and lonely courage : : the untold story of sister spies in Occupied France
- A cool and lonely courage : the untold story of sister spies in Occupied France
- A cup of water under my bed : a memoir
- A curious man : : the strange and brilliant life of Robert "Believe it or not" Ripley
- A curious man : the strange & brilliant life of Robert "Believe it or not" Ripley
- A dance with Fred Astaire
- A dangerous engine : Benjamin Franklin, from scientist to diplomat
- A dangerous woman : American beauty, noted philanthropist, Nazi collaborator : the life of Florence Gould
- A daughter's tale : the memoir of Winston Churchill's youngest child
- A day in Tuscany : more confessions of a Chianti tour guide
- A delayed life : the true story of the Librarian of Auschwitz
- A designer's life : an archive of inspired design and décor
- A different kind of daughter : the girl who hid from the Taliban in plain sight
- A disease in the public mind : : a new understanding of why we fought the Civil War
- A distorted revolution : how Eric's Trip changed music, Moncton, and me
- A doctor in the house : my life with Ben Carson
- A dog called hope : a wounded warrior and the service dog who saved him
- A dog called hope : the Special Forces wounded warrior and the dog who dared to love him
- A dog named Beautiful : a Marine, a dog, and a long road trip home
- A dog named Beautiful : a Marine, a dog, and a long trip home
- A dream about lightning bugs : : a life of music and cheap lessons
- A dream about lightning bugs : a life of music and cheap lessons
- A dream of flight : Alberto Santos-Dumont's race around the Eiffel Tower
- A dream too big : the story of an improbable journey from Compton to Oxford
- A drinking life : : a memoir
- A farewell to arms, legs, & jockstraps : a sportswriter's memoir
- A field guide to awkward silences
- A fifty-year silence : : love, war, and a ruined house in France
- A fighting chance
- A fighting chance
- A fine romance : : a memoir
- A forever family : fostering change one child at a time
- A forgotten hero : Folke Bernadotte, the Swedish humanitarian who rescued 30,000 people from the Nazis
- A free man : [a true story of life and death in Delhi]
- A freewheelin' time : a memoir of Greenwich Village in the sixties
- A friend called Anne : one girl's story of war, peace, and a unique friendship with Anne Frank
- A full life : : reflections at ninety
- A full life : : reflections at ninety
- A full life : reflections at ninety
- A game plan for life : the power of mentoring
- A girl called Genghis Khan : how Maria Toorpakai Wazir pretended to be a boy, defied the Taliban, and became a world famous squash player
- A girl from Yamhill : : a memoir
- A girl from Yamhill : a memoir
- A girl named Rosa : the true story of Rosa Parks
- A girl named Zippy : growing up small in Mooreland, Indiana
- A girl's guide to missiles : growing up in America's secret desert
- A glorious freedom : older women leading extraordinary lives
- A good provider is one who leaves : one family and migration in the 21st century
- A guest at the shooters' banquet : my grandfather's SS past, my Jewish family, a search for the truth
- A guest of the Reich : the story of American heiress Gertrude Legendre's dramatic captivity and escape from Nazi Germany
- A handful of happiness : how a prickly creature softened a prickly heart
- A heart for freedom : the remarkable journey of a young dissident, her daring escape, and her quest to free China's daughters
- A heartbreaking work of staggering genius
- A heartbreaking work of staggering genius
- A hero on Mount St. Helens : the life and legacy of David A. Johnston
- A higher calling : pursuing love, faith, and Mount Everest for a greater purpose
- A higher loyalty : : truth, lies, and leadership
- A higher loyalty : : truth, lies, and leadership
- A higher loyalty : truth, lies, and leadership
- A higher standard : : leadership strategies from America's first female four-star general
- A honeybee heart has five openings : a year of keeping bees
- A house in the sky : a memoir
- A house of my own : : stories of my life
- A house unlocked
- A journey with Christopher Columbus
- A journey with Francisco Vázquez de Coronado
- A journey with Henry Hudson
- A journey with Hernán Cortés
- A journey with Juan Ponce de León
- A journey with Sieur de La Salle
- A kids' guide to America's first ladies
- A kingdom of tender colors : a memoir of comedy, survival, and love
- A kitchen in France : a year of cooking in my farmhouse
- A knock at midnight : : a story of hope, justice, and freedom
- A knock at midnight : a story of hope, justice, and freedom
- A knock at midnight : a story of hope, justice, and freedom
- A lady has the floor : Belva Lockwood speaks out for women's rights
- A life beyond reason : a father's memoir
- A life everlasting : the extraordinary story of one boy's gift to medical science
- A life in movies : stories from 50 years in Hollywood
- A life in parts
- A life in parts
- A life in secrets : Vera Atkins and the missing agents of WWII
- A life made by hand : the story of Ruth Asawa
- A life of Barbara Stanwyck, Volume 1, Steel-true, 1907-1940
- A life of lies and spies : tales of a CIA covert ops polygraph interrogator
- A life of my own
- A life well played : my stories
- A life well played : my stories
- A light in the darkness : : Janusz Korczak, his orphans, and the Holocaust
- A likkle Miss Lou : how Jamaican poet Louise Bennett Coverley found her voice
- A lion called Christian
- A little me
- A little piece of light : a memoir of hope, prison, and a life unbound
- A little thing called life : : on loving Elvis Presley, Bruce Jenner, and songs in between
- A little thing called life : on loving Elvis Presley, Bruce Jenner, and songs in between
- A loaded gun : Emily Dickinson for the 21st century
- A long stone's throw
- A long time ago in a cutting room far, far away.... : my fifty years editing Hollywood hits-- Star Wars, Carrie, Ferris Bueller's day off, Mission: impossible, and more
- A long way gone : memoirs of a boy soldier
- A long way home : : a memoir
- A long way home : a memoir
- A lotus grows in the mud
- A lowcountry heart : : reflections on a writing life
- A lowcountry heart : reflections on a writing life
- A lucky child : a memoir of surviving Auschwitz as a young boy
- A lucky life interrupted : : a memoir of hope
- A lucky life interrupted : : a memoir of hope
- A lucky life interrupted : : a memoir of hope
- A lucky life interrupted : a memoir of hope
- A man for all markets : : from Las Vegas to Wall Street, how I beat the dealer and the market
- A man for all markets : from Las Vegas to Wall Street, how I beat the dealer and the market
- A man named Dave : : a story of triumph and forgiveness
- A man named Dave : a story of triumph and forgiveness
- A man named Pearl
- A man without a country
- A man's world : portraits
- A marvelous life : the amazing story of Stan Lee
- A marvelous life : the amazing story of Stan Lee
- A mighty long way : : my journey to justice at Little Rock Central High School
- A million fragile bones : a memoir
- A million little pieces
- A mind at play : how Claude Shannon invented the information age
- A mind unraveled : a memoir
- A month in Siena
- A most beautiful thing : : the true story of the first all-black high school rowing team
- A most beautiful thing : the true story of the first all-black high school rowing team
- A mother's reckoning : : living in the aftermath of tragedy
- A mother's reckoning : living in the aftermath of tragedy
- A mountain of crumbs : a memoir
- A moveable feast
- A moveable feast : the restored edition
- A nation rising : [untold tales of flawed founders, fallen heroes, and forgotten fighters from America's hidden history]
- A natural woman : a memoir
- A new America : how music reshaped the culture and future of a nation and redefined my life
- A new model : what confidence, beauty, and power really look like
- A parrot in the painting : the story of Frida Kahlo and Bonita
- A passion for leadership : : lessons on change and reform from fifty years of public service
- A passion for leadership : : lessons on change and reform from fifty years of public service
- A patriot's calling : my life as an F-16 fighter pilot
- A people's history of American empire : a graphic adaptation
- A perfect 10 : the truth about things I'm not and never will be
- A perfect union of contrary things
- A picture book of Alexander Hamilton
- A picture book of Daniel Boone
- A picture book of Dwight David Eisenhower
- A picture book of Harriet Beecher Stowe
- A picture book of Harry Houdini
- A picture book of John and Abigail Adams
- A picture book of Lewis and Clark
- A picture book of Louis Braille
- A picture book of Martin Luther King, Jr.
- A picture book of Paul Revere
- A picture book of Samuel Adams
- A picture book of Thomas Alva Edison
- A picture book of Thomas Jefferson
- A poem for Peter : the story of Ezra Jack Keats and the creation of The snowy day
- A pope and a president : John Paul II, Ronald Reagan, and the extraordinary untold story of the 20th century
- A portrait in poems : the storied life of Gertrude Stein & Alice B. Toklas
- A portrait of Bowie : a tribute to Bowie by his artistic collaborators & contemporaries
- A prairie girl's faith : the spiritual legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder
- A raccoon at the White House
- A rare breed of love : the true story of Baby and the mission she inspired to help dogs everywhere
- A really good day : how microdosing made a mega difference in my mood, my marriage, and my life
- A reporter's life
- A republic, if you can keep it
- A republic, if you can keep it
- A ride to remember : : a civil rights story
- A river in darkness : one man's escape from North Korea
- A rumor of war
- A sea otter to the rescue
- A season in the sun : the rise of Mickey Mantle
- A secret gift : : [how one man's kindness--and a trove of letters--revealed the hidden history of the Great Depression]
- A secret sisterhood : the literary friendships of Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë, George Eliot, & Virginia Woolf
- A self-made man : the political life of Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1849
- A sense of the world : how a blind man became history's greatest traveler
- A serial killer's daughter : : my story of faith, love, and overcoming
- A serial killer's daughter : : my story of faith, love, and overcoming
- A serial killer's daughter : my story of faith, love, and overcoming
- A series of catastrophes & miracles : a true story of love, science, and cancer
- A signer for independence : John Hancock
- A silenced voice : the life of journalist Kim Wall
- A sin by any other name : reckoning with racism and the heritage of the South
- A singularly unfeminine profession : one woman's journey in physics
- A slave in the White House : Paul Jennings and the Madisons
- A sliver of light : : three Americans imprisoned in Iran
- A small place
- A small town love story : : Colonial Beach, Virginia
- A small town love story : Colonial Beach, Virginia
- A song for China : how my father wrote Yellow River cantata
- A song for the river
- A song for you : my life with Whitney Houston
- A splash of red
- A splash of red : the life and art of Horace Pippin
- A spy among friends : : Kim Philby and the great betrayal
- A spy among friends : Kim Philby and the great betrayal
- A spy called James : : the true story of James Lafayette, Revolutionary War double agent
- A spy called James : the true story of James Lafayette, Revolutionary War double agent
- A spy in Canaan : how the FBI used a famous photographer to infiltrate the civil rights movement
- A spy's journey : a CIA memoir
- A star is born : Judy Garland and the film that got away
- A state at any cost : the life of David Ben-Gurion
- A state of mind
- A stitch of time : the year a brain injury changed my language and life
- A stolen life : a memoir
- A stolen life : a memoir
- A stranger among saints : Stephen Hopkins, the man who survived Jamestown and saved Plymouth
- A street cat named Bob
- A street cat named Bob : and how he saved my life
- A tale of love and darkness
- A tale of love and darkness
- A tale of two soldiers : the unexpected friendship between a WWII American Jewish sniper and a German military pilot
- A terrible splendor : : three extraordinary men, a world poised for war, and the greatest tennis match ever played
- A thousand days of magic : dressing Jacqueline Kennedy for the White House
- A thousand glass flowers : Marietta Barovier and the invention of the rosetta bead
- A thousand hills to Heaven : : love, hope, and a restaurant in Rwanda
- A thousand miles to freedom : : my escape from North Korea
- A thousand miles to freedom : my escape from North Korea
- A thousand naked strangers : : a paramedic's wild ride to the edge and back
- A thousand naked strangers : a paramedics' wild ride to the edge and back
- A thousand sisters : : the heroic airwomen of the Soviet Union in World War II
- A tiger among us : a story of valor in Vietnam's A Shau Valley
- A time for action : : empowering the faithful to reclaim America
- A time for truth : : reigniting the promise of America
- A time for truth : : reigniting the promise of America
- A time for truth : reigniting the promise of America
- A time to act : John F. Kennedy's big speech
- A time to betray : : the astonishing double life of a CIA agent inside the Revolutionary Guards of Iran
- A to Z great modern artists
- A torch kept lit : : great lives of the twentieth century
- A torch kept lit : great lives of the twentieth century
- A train in winter : : a story of resistance, friendship and survival
- A train in winter : an extraordinary story of women, friendship, and resistance in occupied France
- A tribute to Heath Ledger(1979-2008) : : an unauthorized story
- A truck full of money : : one man's quest to recover from great success
- A truck full of money : one man's quest to recover from great success
- A true story of the great escape : a young Australian POW in the most audacious breakout of WWII
- A twist of Lemmon : a tribute to my father
- A very English scandal : sex, lies and a murder plot in the houses of Parliament
- A very expensive poison : the assassination of Alexander Litvinenko and Putin's war with the West
- A very punchable face
- A very punchable face
- A very punchable face
- A victor, not a butcher : Ulysses S. Grant's overlooked military genius
- A voice named Aretha
- A walk across America
- A walk on the beach : tales of wisdom from an unconventional woman
- A walk through Paris
- A warrior's faith : : Navy SEAL Ryan Job, a life-changing firefight, and the belief that transformed his life
- A well-read woman : the life, loves, and legacy of Ruth Rappaport
- A widow's story : : a memoir
- A widow's story : a memoir
- A wild and precious life : a memoir
- A will for the woods
- A wizard from the start : the incredible boyhood & amazing inventions of Thomas Edison
- A wolf called Romeo
- A woman in Arabia : the writings of the Queen of the Desert
- A woman like her : the story behind the honor killing of a social media star
- A woman makes a plan : advice for a lifetime of adventure, beauty, and success
- A woman of no importance : : the untold story of the American spy who helped win World War II
- A woman of no importance : : the untold story of the American spy who helped win World War II
- A woman of no importance : the untold story of the American spy who helped win World War II
- A woman of no importance : the untold story of the American spy who helped win World War II
- A woman on the edge of time : a son investigates his trailblazing mother's young suicide
- A woman's place is at the top : a biography of Annie Smith Peck, queen of the climbers
- A world erased : a grandson's search for his family's Holocaust secrets
- A world on edge : the end of the Great War and the dawn of a new age
- A writer's life
- A year and six seconds : a love story
- A year in space ; : and, Beyond a year in space
- A year in the life of William Shakespeare, 1599
- A year in the life of a duchess : Catherine, HRH The Duchess of Cambridge
- A year in the woods : excerpts from Walden
- A year in the world : [journey of a passionate traveler]
- A year in the world : journeys of a passionate traveller
- A year without a name
- ADHD & me : what I learned from lighting fires at the dinner table
- Aaron Rodgers
- Aaron Rodgers
- Aaron and Alexander : [the most famous duel in American history]
- Abandon me : memoirs
- Abandoned in hell : the fight for Vietnam's Fire Base Kate
- Abe : Abraham Lincoln in his times
- Abe Lincoln : the boy who loved books
- Abe Lincoln loved animals
- Abe Lincoln remembers
- Abe Lincoln's hat
- Abe's honest words : the life of Abraham Lincoln
- Abigail Adams
- About women : : conversations between a writer and a painter
- About women : conversations between a writer and a painter
- Above suspicion
- Above the line : my Wild oats adventure
- Abraham
- Abraham Lincoln
- Abraham Lincoln
- Abraham Lincoln
- Abraham Lincoln
- Abraham Lincoln
- Abraham Lincoln
- Abraham Lincoln
- Abraham Lincoln
- Abraham Lincoln
- Abraham Lincoln
- Abraham Lincoln
- Abraham Lincoln
- Abraham Lincoln : 16th U.S. president
- Abraham Lincoln : : a new birth of freedom
- Abraham Lincoln : a life of honesty
- Abraham Lincoln : a life of respect
- Abraham Lincoln : abogado, líder, leyenda
- Abraham Lincoln : the 16th president
- Abraham Lincoln : the prairie years and the war years
- Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass : : the story behind an American friendship
- Abraham Lincoln for kids : his life and times with 21 activities
- Abraham Lincoln's dueling words
- Abraham Lincoln's extraordinary era : the man and his times
- Abused : surviving sexual assault and a toxic gymnastics culture
- Access all areas : stories from a hard rock life
- Accidental presidents : eight men who changed America
- Accidental saints : : finding God in all the wrong people
- Accidental saints : : finding God in all the wrong people
- Accidental saints : finding God in all the wrong people
- Acid for the children : a memoir
- Across America and back : retracing my great grandparents' remarkable journey
- Across that bridge : : a vision for change and the future of America
- Across that bridge : : a vision for change and the future of America
- Act one : : an autobiography
- Activist : a story of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas shooting