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Born Bright: A Young Girl's Journey from Nothing to Something in America

by C. Nicole Mason

Published: 2016-08-16

Hardcover: 256 pages

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*Green River College's 2018-2019 One Book Selection*Standing on the stage, I felt exposed and like an intruder. In these professional settings, my personal experiences with hunger, poverty, and episodic homelessness, often go undetected. I had worked hard to learn the rules and disguise my...

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Summary of Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover

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Published: 2019-03-04

Paperback: 29 pages

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DISCLAIMER: This is an UNOFFICIAL summary and not the original book.It designed to record all the key points of the original book.It helps you get an overview before or after reading the original book.If you haven't owned the original book, you can buy it here:https://www.amazon.com/dp/039...

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The Birds of Pandemonium

by Michele Raffin

Published: 2014-10-07

Hardcover: 240 pages

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“A remarkable book. Reading about the birds of Pandemonium will make you laugh and cry; it will make you see more clearly the need to take care of our planet; and it will confirm that one person with a passion can make a difference.” —Jeff Corwin, nature conservationist and host of...

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When Madness Comes Home: Help and Hope for Families of the Mentally Ill

by Victoria Secunda

Published: 1998-08-12

Paperback: 384 pages

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The acclaimed author of "When You and Your Mother Can't Be Friends" knows mental illness firsthand. Her painful, personal experience has served as the genesis for this book, a groundbreaking exploration of the effects which mental illness wreaks on the family.

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The Best Bar Trivia Book Ever: All You Need for Pub Quiz Domination

by Michael O'Neill

Published: 2014-09-30

Paperback: 256 pages

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The ultimate guide to becoming a bar trivia champion!Which NBA coach coined and trademarked the term "threepeat"? Which animal has four knees? Which famous candy bar is named for a U.S. president's daughter?Brimming with answers to popular questions like these, The Best Bar Trivia Book Eve...

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Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars: A Dangerous Trans Girl's Confabulous Memoir

by Kai Cheng Thom

Published: 2016-11-15

Paperback: 200 pages

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Fiction. LGBTQIA Studies. Asian and Asian American Studies. Young Adult. FIERCE FEMMES AND NOTORIOUS LIARS: A DANGEROUS TRANS GIRL'S CONFABULOUS MEMOIR is the highly sensational, ultra-exciting, sort-of true coming-of-age story of a young Asian trans girl, pathological liar, and kung-fu expert who runs...

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Brutal Youth: A Novel

by Anthony Breznican

Published: 2015-06-02

Paperback: 432 pages

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FRESHMAN PETER DAVIDEK only wants to stay out of trouble. His combative best friend Noah Stein only wants to fight back. And their shared crush with the awful home life, Lorelei Paskal, is desperate to make friends -- no matter how many enemies she creates along the way. These three find t...

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* * * * Informative,
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The Strongman and The Mermaid (The Donora Story Collection)

by Kathleen Shoop

Published: 2019-02-10

Paperback: 573 pages

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2019 Donora, Pennsylvania Ninety-one-year-old Patryk Rusek hides in his attic, hoping the searchers think he’s escaped. When Lucy finally bursts in, she discovers her beloved grandfather clutching a fat, hand-drawn, antique book. In it is the story of Donora, the town that shaped America, its people...

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Edinburgh

by Alexander Chee

Published: 2016-11-01

Paperback: 240 pages

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A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year Winner of the James Michener/Copernicus Society Fellowship Prize Lambda Literary Foundation Editor’s Choice Award   “[Chee] says volumes with just a few incendiary words.” —New York Times   “Arresting . . . profound and poetic . . . Ch...

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Lot: Stories

by Bryan Washington

Published: 2019-03-19

Hardcover: 240 pages

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"Phenomenal" --Justin Torres, author of We the Animals"Brilliant" --Nicole Dennis-Benn, author of Here Comes the SunNAMED ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2019 BY Entertainment Weekly, Buzzfeed, Nylon, Huffington Post, AV Club, The MillionsIn the city of Houston - a sprawling, diverse ...