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Townie: A Memoir
by Andre Dubus III
Hardcover: Feb 2011
Paperback: 6 Feb 2012
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| An acclaimed novelist reflects on his violent past and a lifestyle that threatened to destroy him—until he was saved by writing. |
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Tiger, Tiger: A Memoir
by Margaux Fragoso
Hardcover: Mar 2011
Paperback: 31 Jan 2012
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| This extraordinary memoir is an unprecedented glimpse into the psyche of a young girl in free fall and conveys to readers—including parents and survivors of abuse—just how completely a pedophile enchants his victim and binds her to him. |
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Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef
by Gabrielle Hamilton
Hardcover: Mar 2011
Paperback: 24 Jan 2012
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| Blood, Bones & Butter is an unflinching and lyrical work. Gabrielle Hamilton's story is told with uncommon honesty, grit, humor, and passion. By turns epic and intimate, it marks the debut of a tremendous literary talent. |
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I Shall Not Hate: A Gaza Doctor's Journey on the Road to Peace and Human Dignity
by Izzeldin Abuelaish
Hardcover: Jan 2011
Paperback: 17 Jan 2012
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| The extraordinary, riveting story of a Palestinian doctor who, rather than seek revenge after witnessing his three daughters' deaths by Israeli tank shells, continues his humanitarian call for the people of the region to come together in understanding, respect, and peace. |
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Below Stairs: The Classic Kitchen Maid's Memoir That Inspired Upstairs, Downstairs and Downton Abbey
by Margaret Powell
Hardcover: 3 Jan 2012
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| Brilliantly evoking the long-vanished world of masters and servants, Margaret Powell's classic memoir of her time in service is the remarkable true story of an indomitable woman who, though she served in the great houses of England, never stopped aiming high. |
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Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
by Amy Chua
Hardcover: Jan 2011
Paperback: 27 Dec 2011
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| An awe-inspiring, often hilarious, and unerringly honest story of one mother's exercise in extreme parenting, revealing the rewards - and the costs - of raising her children the Chinese way. |
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Little Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal
by Conor Grennan
Hardcover: Feb 2011
Paperback: 27 Dec 2011
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| Little Princes is the epic story of Conor Grennan's battle to save the lost children of Nepal and how he found himself in the process. Part Three Cups of Tea, part Into Thin Air, Grennan's remarkable memoir is at once gripping and inspirational, and it carries us deep into an exotic world that most readers know little about. |
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Keeper: One House, Three Generations, and a Journey into Alzheimer's
by Andrea Gillies
Hardcover: Aug 2010
Paperback: 25 Oct 2011
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| Keeper is a fiercely honest "glimpse into the dementia abyss" - an endlessly engrossing meditation on memory and the mind, on family, and on a society that is largely indifferent to the far-reaching ravages of this baffling disease. |
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