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Zeitoun
by Dave Eggers
Hardcover: Jul 2009
Paperback: 15 Jun 2010
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The true story of one family, caught between America’s two biggest policy disasters: the war on terror and the response to Hurricane Katrina.

Strength in What Remains : A journey of remembrance and forgiveness
by Tracy Kidder
Hardcover: Aug 2009
Paperback: 4 May 2010
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Strength in What Remains is a wonderfully written, inspiring account of one man’s remarkable American journey and of the ordinary people who helped him – a brilliant testament to the power of will and of second chances.

A Pearl in the Storm : How I Found My Heart in the Middle of the Ocean
by Tori Murden McClure
Hardcover: Apr 2009
Paperback: 1 Apr 2010
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In June 1998, Tori McClure set out to row across the Atlantic Ocean by herself in a twenty-three-foot plywood boat with no motor or sail. It was a journey that affected her life in unexpected ways for years to come.

Wedlock : The True Story of the Disastrous Marriage and Remarkable Divorce of Mary Eleanor Bowes, Countess of Strathmore
by Wendy Moore
Hardcover: Mar 2009
Paperback: 2 Mar 2010
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Moore resurrects history from dry names and dates, and vividly recreates this eerily familiar era with a historian's love for detail and a storyteller's passion for a good yarn.

Passing Strange : A Gilded Age Tale of Love and Deception Across the Color Line
by Martha A. Sandweiss
Hardcover: Feb 2009
Paperback: 26 Jan 2010
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The secret double life of the man who mapped the American West and the woman he loved

Stalin's Children : Three Generations of Love, War, and Survival
by Owen Matthews
Hardcover: Sep 2008
Paperback: 1 Sep 2009
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An indelible portrait of Russia over seven decades and an unforgettable memoir about how we struggle to define ourselves in opposition to our ancestry only to find ourselves aligning with it.

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The remarkable diary of a young girl who survived the Holocaust—appearing in English for the first time.
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