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The Good Good Pig
: The Extraordinary Life of Christopher Hogwood
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Sy Montgomery
Hardcover: May 2006
Paperback: 17 Apr 2007
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When Sy Montgomery opened her heart to a sick piglet she had no inkling that this piglet, later named Christopher Hogwood, would not only survive but flourish. The Good Good Pig celebrates Christopher Hogwood in all his glory, from his inauspicious infancy to hog heaven in rural New Hampshire, where his boundless zest for life and his large, loving heart made him absolute monarch. |
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An Ordinary Man
: An Autobiography
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Paul Rusesabagina
Hardcover: Apr 2006
Paperback: 1 Mar 2007
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The riveting life story of hotel manager Paul Rusesabagina who, as his country was being torn apart by violence during the Rwandan genocide of 1994, sheltered more than 12,000 members of the Tutsi clan and Hutu moderates, while homicidal mobs raged outside with machetes. |
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The Year of Magical Thinking
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Joan Didion
Hardcover: Oct 2005
Paperback: 13 Feb 2007
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'An act of consummate literary bravery, a writer known for her clarity allowing us to watch her mind as it becomes clouded with grief.' |
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Eat, Pray, Love
: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia
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Elizabeth Gilbert
Hardcover: Feb 2006
Paperback: 30 Jan 2007
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A celebrated writer's irresistible, candid, and eloquent account of her pursuit of worldly pleasure, spiritual devotion, and what she really wanted out of life. |
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Three Cups of Tea
: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time
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David O.
Relin
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Greg Mortenson
Hardcover: Mar 2006
Paperback: 30 Jan 2007
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The inspiring account of one man's campaign to build schools in the most dangerous, remote, and anti-American reaches of Asia. |
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Enrique's Journey
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Sonia Nazario
Hardcover: Feb 2006
Paperback: 2 Jan 2007
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A true story from award-winning journalist Sonia Nazario recounting the odyssey of a Honduran boy who braves hardship and peril to reach his mother in the United States. |
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