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Birdseye: The Adventures of a Curious Man
by Mark Kurlansky
Hardcover: 8 May 2012
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| The first biography of Clarence Birdseye, the eccentric genius inventor whose fast-freezing process revolutionized the food industry and American agriculture. |
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The Little Red Guard: A Family Memoir
by Wenguang Huang
Hardcover: 26 Apr 2012
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| Three generations of a family living under one roof reflect the dramatic transformations of an entire society in this memoir of life in 20th century China. |
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The Man in the Rockefeller Suit: The Astonishing Rise and Spectacular Fall of a Serial Imposter
by Mark Seal
Hardcover: Jun 2011
Paperback: 25 Apr 2012
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| A real-life Talented Mr. Ripley, the unbelievable thirty-year run of a shape-shifting con man. |
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Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake: A Memoir
by Anna Quindlen
Hardcover: 24 Apr 2012
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| In this irresistible memoir, the #1 New York Times bestselling author writes about her life and the lives of women today, looking back and ahead - and celebrating it all - as she considers marriage, girlfriends, our mothers, faith, loss, all that stuff in our closets, and more. |
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No Biking in the House Without a Helmet
by Melissa Fay Greene
Hardcover: Apr 2011
Paperback: 24 Apr 2012
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| A loving portrait of a unique twenty first-century family with nine children as it wobbles between disaster and joy: "We so loved raising our four children by birth, we didn't want to stop. When the clock started to run down on the home team, we brought in ringers." |
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The Patagonian Hare: A Memoir
by Claude Lanzmann
Hardcover: 13 Mar 2012
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| In these pages, Lanzmann composes a hymn to life that flows from memory yet has the rhythm of a novel, as tumultuous as it is energetic. |
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The Mark Inside: A Perfect Swindle, a Cunning Revenge, and a Small History of the Big Con
by Amy Reading
Hardcover: 6 Mar 2012
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| Amy Reading's fascinating account of con artistry in America and Frank Norfleet's wild caper invites you into the crooked history of a nation on the hustle, constantly feeding the hunger and the hope of the mark inside. |
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The Great Northern Express: A Writer's Journey Home
by Howard F. Mosher
Hardcover: 6 Mar 2012
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| From bestselling, nationally celebrated author Howard Frank Mosher, a wildly funny and deeply personal account of his three-month, 20,000-mile sojourn to discover what he loved enough to live for. |
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