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Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts.

by Brené Brown

Published: 2018-10-09

Hardcover: 320 pages

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In her #1 New York Times bestsellers, Brené Brown has taught us what it means to dare greatly, rise strong, and brave the wilderness. Now, based on new research conducted with leaders, change makers, and culture shifters, she’s showing us how to put those ideas into practice so we can s...

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Why Liberalism Failed (Politics and Culture)

by Patrick J. Deneen

Published: 2018-01-09

Hardcover: 248 pages

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"One of the most important political books of 2018."—Rod Dreher, American Conservative Of the three dominant ideologies of the twentieth century—fascism, communism, and liberalism—only the last remains. This has created a peculiar situation in which liberalism’s proponents tend to ...

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How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization

by Franklin Foer

Published: 2010-05-11

Paperback: 288 pages

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“An eccentric, fascinating exposé of a world most of us know nothing about.” —The New York Times Book Review "An insightful, entertaining, brainiac sports road trip." —The Wall Street Journal "Foer’s skills as a narrator are enviable. His characterizations… are comparable to t...

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Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom

by David W. Blight

Published: 2018-10-16

Hardcover: 912 pages

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**Winner of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize in History***Winner of the Bancroft, Parkman, Los Angeles Times (biography), Lincoln, Plutarch, and Christopher Awards*Named one of the Best Books of 2018 by The New York Times Book Review, The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, The Chicago Tribune...

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The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America

by Douglas Brinkley

Published: 2010-05-04

Paperback: 960 pages

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From New York Times bestselling historian Douglas Brinkley comes a sweeping historical narrative and eye-opening look at the pioneering environmental policies of President Theodore Roosevelt, avid bird-watcher, naturalist, and the founding father of America’s conservation movement.In thi...

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Bedside Manners: A Novel

by Heather Frimmer

Published: 2018-10-16

Paperback: 320 pages

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As Joyce Novak’s daughter, Marnie, completes medical school and looks ahead to a surgical internship, her wedding, and a future filled with promise, a breast cancer diagnosis throws Joyce’s own future into doubt. Always the caregiver, Joyce feels uncomfortable in the patient role, espe...

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News of the World: A Novel

by Paulette Jiles

Published: 2016-10-04

Kindle Edition: 229 pages

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National Book Award Finalist—FictionIn the aftermath of the Civil War, an aging itinerant news reader agrees to transport a young captive of the Kiowa back to her people in this exquisitely rendered, morally complex, multilayered novel of historical fiction from the author of Enemy Women...

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The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers

by Ben Horowitz

Published: 2014-03-04

Hardcover: 304 pages

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Ben Horowitz, cofounder of Andreessen Horowitz and one of Silicon Valley's most respected and experienced entrepreneurs, offers essential advice on building and running a startup—practical wisdom for managing the toughest problems business school doesn’t cover, based on his popular ben...

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Power Forward: My Presidential Education

by Reggie Love

Published: 2015-02-03

Hardcover: 224 pages

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Reggie Love is a unique witness to history, whose introduction to Washington was working in Junior Senator Barack Obama’s mailroom. As “body man” to Obama during his first presidential campaign, Love’s job was to stay one step behind the candidate, but think and act three steps ahe...

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Tales from the Back Row: An Outsider's View from Inside the Fashion Industry

by Amy Odell

Published: 2016-09-20

Paperback: 240 pages

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A keenly observed collection of personal essays about what it’s like to be a young woman working in the fashion industry, Amy Odell’s Tales from the Back Row offers “a backstage pass to the intimidating, backbiting industry” (US Weekly).In the “funny, insightful” (Harper’s Ba...