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Wave
by Sonali Deraniyagala
Hardcover: 5 Mar 2013
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| A brave, intimate, beautifully crafted memoir by a survivor of the tsunami that struck the Sri Lankan coast in 2004 and took her entire family. |
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The Great Northern Express: A Writer's Journey Home
by Howard F. Mosher
Hardcover: Mar 2012
Paperback: 5 Mar 2013
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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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The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin
by Masha Gessen
Hardcover: Mar 2012
Paperback: 5 Mar 2013
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| The chilling account of how Vladimir Putin, a low-level, small-minded KGB operative, ascended to the Russian presidency and destroyed years of progress to make his country once more a threat to her own people and to the world. |
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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: Mar 2012
Paperback: 26 Feb 2013
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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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Birdseye: The Adventures of a Curious Man
by Mark Kurlansky
Hardcover: May 2012
Paperback: 12 Feb 2013
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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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King Peggy: An American Secretary, Her Royal Destiny, and the Inspiring Story of How She Changed an African Village
by Peggielene Bartels, Eleanor Herman
Hardcover: Feb 2012
Paperback: 12 Feb 2013
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| The charming real-life fairy tale of an American secretary who discovers she has been chosen king of an impoverished fishing village on the west coast of Africa. |
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Below Stairs: The Classic Kitchen Maid's Memoir That Inspired Upstairs, Downstairs and Downton Abbey
by Margaret Powell
Hardcover: Jan 2012
Paperback: 24 Dec 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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The Girl Who Fell to Earth: A Memoir
by Sophia Al-Maria
Paperback: 27 Nov 2012
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| The Girl Who Fell to Earth heralds the arrival of an electric new talent and takes us on the most personal of quests: the voyage home. |
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