| Biographies & Memoirs |
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A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
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Dave Eggers
Hardcover: Feb 2000
Paperback: 1 Feb 2001
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'When you read his extraordinary memoir you don't laugh, then cry, then laugh again; you somehow experience these emotions all at once.' |
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Galileo's Daughter
: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love
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Dava Sobel
Hardcover: Oct 1999
Paperback: 1 Oct 2000
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Dramatically recolors the personality and accomplishment of a mythic figure whose seventeenth-century clash with Catholic doctrine continues to define the schism between science and religion. |
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Faith of My Fathers
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John McCain
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Mark Salter
Hardcover: Aug 1999
Paperback: 1 Sep 2000
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With candor and ennobling power, McCain tells a story that, in the words of Newsweek, 'makes the other presidential candidates look like pygmies'. |
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Bella Tuscany
: The Sweet Life In Italy
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Frances Mayes
Hardcover: Apr 1999
Paperback: 1 Apr 2000
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Frances Mayes invites us back for a delightful new season of friendship, festivity, and food there and throughout Italy. |
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Encore Provence
: New Adventures in the South of France
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Peter Mayle
Hardcover: Jun 1999
Paperback: 1 Apr 2000
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A whole new feast of adventures, discoveries, hilarities, and culinary treats, liberally seasoned with a joyous mix of Gallic characters. |
Traveling Mercies
: Some Thoughts on Faith
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Anne Lamott
Hardcover: Feb 1999
Paperback: 1 Feb 2000
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A chronicle of faith and spirituality that is at once tough, personal, affectionate, wise and very funny. |
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