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No Cheating, No Dying: I Had a Good Marriage. Then I Tried To Make It Better
by Elizabeth Weil
Hardcover: 7 Feb 2012
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| Written with charm and wit, No Cheating, No Dying investigates one of the most universal human institutions--marriage. Elizabeth Weil and her husband Dan have two basic ground rules for their marriage: no cheating, no dying. For ten years it’s worked fine, but Elizabeth started to wonder if it could be better. |
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Ever By My Side: A Memoir in Eight Acts Pets
by Dr. Nick Trout
Hardcover: Feb 2011
Paperback: 7 Feb 2012
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| Tender, wry, and ruminative, Ever By My Side is a tribute to the power and beauty of ordinary life and a celebration of how pets make it all the sweeter and richer. |
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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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