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by Collinsworth, Eden, author.
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The philosopher in the valley : Alex Karp, Palantir, and the rise of the surveillance state
by Steinberger, Michael, author.
BIO KARP
Number's up : cracking the code of an American family
by Levi, Johnisha Matthews, 1977- author.
BIO LEVI
Bread of angels
by Smith, Patti, author.
BIO SMITH
Vagabond : a memoir
by Curry, Tim, author.
BIO CURRY
Damaged people : a memoir of fathers and sons
by McGinniss, Joe, 1970- author.
BIO MCGINNISS
Unseen : how I lost my vision but found my voice : a memoir
by Burke, Molly, 1994- author.
BIO BURKE
Uncanny valley girls : essays on horror, survival, and love
by Lisowski, Zefyr, 1994- author.
BIO LISOWSKI
The insider : Malcolm Cowley and the triumph of American literature
by Howard, Gerald, author.
BIO COWLEY
The quiet ear : an investigation of missing sound : a memoir
by Antrobus, Raymond, author.
BIO ANTROBUS
We survived the night
by NoiseCat, Julian Brave, author.
BIO NOISECAT
Dreaming of home : how we turn fear into pride, power, and real change
by Jime?nez, Cristina, author.
BIO JIMENEZ
Carole King : she made the earth move
by Eisner, Jane, author.
BIO KING
Bob Dylan : things have changed : a sort of biography
by Rosenbaum, Ron, author.
BIO DYLAN
The other girl
by Ernaux, Annie, 1940- author.
BIO ERNAUX
In the garden of memory : a family memoir
by Olczak-Ronikier, Joanna.
BIO OLCZAK-RONIKIER
Finding my way : a memoir
by Yousafzai, Malala, 1997- author.
BIO YOUSAFZAI
Nobody's girl : a memoir of surviving abuse and fighting for justice
by Giuffre, Virginia Roberts, 1983-2025, author.
BIO GIUFFRE
Mother Mary comes to me
by Roy, Arundhati, author.
BIO ROY
Truly
by Richie, Lionel, author.
BIO RICHIE
Paper girl : a memoir of home and family in a fractured America
by Macy, Beth, author.
BIO MACY
Only God can judge me : the many lives of Tupac Shakur
by Pearlman, Jeff, author.
BIO SHAKUR
Positive obsession : the life and times of Octavia E. Butler
by Morris, Susana M., 1980- author.
BIO BUTLER
The answer is in the wound : trauma, rage, and alchemy
by Sundberg, Kelly, 1977- author.
BIO SUNDBERG
Life, law & liberty : a memoir
by Kennedy, Anthony M., 1936- author.
BIO KENNEDY
Wife, mother, spy : an extraordinary life filled with ordinary days
by Butler, Ann E., 1961- author.
BIO BUTLER
Water mirror echo : Bruce Lee and the making of Asian America
by Chang, Jeff, author.
BIO LEE
Joyride : a memoir
by Orlean, Susan, author.
BIO ORLEAN
Like a wave we break : a memoir of falling apart and finding myself
by Chen, Jane, author.
BIO CHEN
Next of kin : a memoir
by Hamilton, Gabrielle, author.
BIO HAMILTON
True nature : the pilgrimage of Peter Matthiessen
by Richardson, Lance, 1984- author.
BIO MATTHIESSEN
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