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The Third Wave: A Volunteer Story
by Alison Thompson
Hardcover: 12 Jul 2011
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| The Third Wave tells the inspiring story of how volunteering changed Thompson’s life, and provides an invaluable inside glimpse into what really happens on the ground after a disaster—and a road map for what anyone can do to help. |
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Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India
by William Dalrymple
Hardcover: Jun 2010
Paperback: 14 Jun 2011
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| A mesmerizing book that illuminates the remarkable ways in which traditional forms of religious life in India have been transformed in the vortex of the region’s rapid change. |
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Bonobo Handshake: A Memoir of Love and Adventure in the Congo
by Vanessa Woods
Hardcover: May 2010
Paperback: 7 Jun 2011
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| A young woman follows her fiancé to war-torn Congo to study extremely endangered bonobo apes - who teach her a new truth about love and belonging. |
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Half a Life
by Darin Strauss
Hardcover: Sep 2010
Paperback: 31 May 2011
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| Half a Life is a nakedly honest, ultimately hopeful examination of guilt, responsibility, and living with the past. |
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Losing My Cool: How a Father's Love and 15,000 Books Beat Hip-hop Culture
by Thomas Chatterton Williams
Hardcover: Apr 2010
Paperback: 26 Apr 2011
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| A pitch-perfect account of how hip-hop culture drew in the author and how his father drew him out again - with love, perseverance, and fifteen thousand books. |
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Claiming Ground
by Laura Bell
Hardcover: Mar 2010
Paperback: 19 Apr 2011
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| By turns cattle rancher, forest ranger, outfitter, masseuse, wife and mother, Bell vividly recounts her struggle to find solid earth in which to put down roots. |
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Jenniemae & James: A Memoir in Black and White
by Brooke Newman
Hardcover: Mar 2010
Paperback: 5 Apr 2011
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| The true story of an extraordinary friendship between a brilliant mathematician and an uneducated, illiterate African American maid from Alabama. Jenniemae & James is an inspiring, heartwarming memoir about friendship and love across the racial barrier. |
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
by Rebecca Skloot
Hardcover: Feb 2010
Paperback: 8 Mar 2011
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Winner of BookBrowse's 2010 Best Book Award
Intimate in feeling, astonishing in scope, and impossible to put down, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks captures the beauty and drama of scientific discovery, as well as its human consequences. |
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