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Music for Chameleons

by Truman Capote

Published: 1994-03-29

Paperback: 272 pages

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In these gems of reportage Truman Capote takes true stories and real people and renders them with the stylistic brio we expect from great fiction. Here we encounter an exquisitely preserved Creole aristocrat sipping absinthe in her Martinique salon; an enigmatic killer who sends his victim...

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Choose Wonder Over Worry: Move Beyond Fear and Doubt to Unlock Your Full Potential

by Amber Rae

Published: 2018-05-15

Hardcover: 256 pages

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From the powerhouse Mind Body Green calls "the Brené Brown of Wonder" comes a book that will shift the way we relate to ourselves and our emotions, and help us reach our full potential."Amber Rae is the Elizabeth Gilbert of her generation." ?Stacy London, New York Times bestselling author...

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Seasons of Her Life: A Novel

by Fern Michaels

Published: 1994-12-31

Mass Market Paperback: 568 pages

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Bestselling author Fern Michaels touches the hearts of her readers by exploring the breadth of one woman’s deepest experiences as the Seasons of Her Life unfold.   Ruby is determined to have a better life when she leaves her bitter childhood behind for post–World War II Washington, D...

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Harry Truman's Excellent Adventure

by Matthew Algeo

Published: 2011-04-01

Paperback: 288 pages

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On June 19, 1953, Harry Truman got up early, packed the trunk of his Chrysler New Yorker, and did something no other former president has done before or since: he hit the road. No Secret Service protection. No traveling press. Just Harry and his childhood sweetheart Bess, off to visit old ...

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The Secret in the Cliffs

by Kristin Tucker

Published: 2018-09-06

Paperback: 262 pages

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THIS COULD CHANGE EVERYTHING! Kyle is a twelve-year-old boy who spends many Saturdays with his father at the beach. During their visits, Kyle tries to convince his father to explore a cliff that lines the shore, but to no avail. When his father is forced to work extra hours on the weekend,...

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Measure What Matters: How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs

by John Doerr

Published: 2018-04-24

Hardcover: 320 pages

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#1 New York Times BestsellerLegendary venture capitalist John Doerr reveals how the goal-setting system of Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) has helped tech giants from Intel to Google achieve explosive growth—and how it can help any organization thrive. In the fall of 1999, John Doerr...

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River of Lost Souls: The Science, Politics, and Greed Behind the Gold King Mine Disaster

by Jonathan P. Thompson

Published: 2018-03-06

Paperback: 312 pages

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??"Part elegy (the Animas River watershed is still compromised by the spill), part ode (Thompson grew up playing in the Animas while staying at his grandparents’ farm in the fertile valley), and part investigative journalism (he examines unsparingly how extractive industries past and pre...

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Fox 8: A Story (Kindle Single)

by George Saunders

Published: 2013-04-09

Kindle Edition: 52 pages

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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Lincoln in the Bardo, a darkly comic short story about the unintended consequences unleashed by our quest to tame the natural world—featuring gorgeous black-and-white illustrations by Chelsea Cardinal. Fox 8 has always been known as the da...

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UNABOMBER: How the FBI Broke Its Own Rules to Capture the Terrorist Ted Kaczynski

by Jim Freeman, Terry Turchie, Max Noel

Published: 2014-06-17

Hardcover: 364 pages

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The story of the way the FBI was forced to change its methods of operation, from the traditional, media-shy Bureau of J.Edgar Hoover, to the technologically savvy and media friendly organization, necessary to capture Theodore Kaczynski, the notorious Unabomber.This book provides a fascinating look into...

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A Simple Story (Toby Press S. Y. Agnon Library)

by S.Y. Agnon

Published: 2014-03-02

Paperback: 260 pages

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Szybusz, a small town in Jewish Galicia, is the scene of a bitter-sweet romance at the beginning of the twentieth century. Few of Agnon's stories are told as effortlessly as A Simple Story, yet this engaging tale reveals the profound psychological and social insights of the Nobel Laureate's finest fiction....