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Neon girls : a stripper's education in protest and power
by Worley, Jennifer, author.
BIO WORLEY
A place among giants : 22 seasons at Denali basecamp
by Roderick, Lisa, author.
BIO RODERICK
The last American road trip : a memoir
by Kendzior, Sarah, author.
BIO KENDZIOR
A marriage at sea : a true story of love, obsession, and shipwreck
by Elmhirst, Sophie, author.
BIO BAILEY
Raising hare : a memoir
by Dalton, Chloe, author.
BIO DALTON
Cleavage : men, women, and the space between us
by Boylan, Jennifer Finney, 1958- author.
BIO BOYLAN
Class clown : the memoirs of a professional wiseass: how I went 77 years without growing up
by Barry, Dave, author.
BIO BARRY
The aviator and the showman : Amelia Earhart, George Putnam, and the marriage that made an American icon
by Shapiro, Laurie Gwen, author.
BIO EARHART
A physical education : how I escaped diet culture and gained the power of lifting
by Johnston, Casey, author.
BIO JOHNSTON
Mark Twain
by Chernow, Ron, author.
BIO TWAIN
One day, everyone will have always been against this
by El Akkad, Omar, 1982- author.
BIO EL AKKAD
Yet here I am : lessons from a Black man's search for home
by Capehart, Jonathan, author.
BIO CAPEHART
Who knew
by Diller, Barry, author.
BIO DILLER
Exhibitionist : 1 journal, 1 depression, 100 paintings
by Mendelsund, Peter, author, artist.
OVERSIZE BIO MENDELSUND
The year of magical thinking
by Didion, Joan.
BIO DIDION
The feather detective : mystery, mayhem, and the magnificent life of Roxie Laybourne
by Sweeney, Chris, 1983- author.
BIO LAYBOURNE
A midwife's tale : the life of Martha Ballard, based on her diary, 1785-1812
by Ulrich, Laurel Thatcher, 1938-
BIO BALLARD
Raising hare : a memoir
by Dalton, Chloe, author.
LARGE TYPE BIO DALTON
Brooke Shields is not allowed to get old : thoughts on aging as a woman
by Shields, Brooke, 1965- author.
LARGE TYPE BIO SHIELDS
We will be jaguars : a memoir of my people
by Nenquimo, Nemonte, 1985- author.
LARGE TYPE BIO NENQUIMO
Be not afraid of my body : a lyrical memoir
by Stewart, Darius, 1979- author.
BIO STEWART
Chapel perilous : the life & thought crimes of Robert Anton Wilson
by Kennedy, Gabriel, author.
BIO WILSON
Tasting life twice
by Buswell, Stephany Jane, author.
BIO BUSWELL
A miracle within you : paddling through cancer
by Litchfield, Mary Letitia, author.
BIO LITCHFIELD
Too good to get married : the life and photographs of Miss Alice Austen
by Yochelson, Bonnie, author.
OVERSIZE BIO AUSTEN
Company coming : six decades of hospitality
by Stout, Ruth.
BIO STOUT
Perseverance : life and death in the subarctic
by Kesting, Stephan, author.
BIO KESTING
Things in nature merely grow
by Li, Yiyun, 1972- author.
BIO LI
The spinach king : the rise and fall of an American dynasty
by Seabrook, John, author.
BIO SEABROOK
The last empress of France : the rebellious life of Euge?nie De Montijo
by Kladstrup, Petie, author.
BIO EUGENIE
Becoming Baba : fatherhood, faith, and finding meaning in America
by Ismail, Aymann, 1989- author.
BIO ISMAIL
Accidentally on purpose : a memoir
by Kish, Kristen, 1983- author.
BIO KISH
Wild thing : a life of Paul Gauguin
by Prideaux, Sue, author.
BIO GAUGUIN
The loves of my life : a sex memoir
by White, Edmund, 1940-2025, author.
BIO WHITE
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