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Collisions : a physicist's journey from Hiroshima to the death of the dinosaurs
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Green hills of Africa
by Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961.
BIO HEMINGWAY
Cabin : off-the-grid adventures with a clueless craftsman
by Hutchison, Patrick (Journalist), author.
BIO HUTCHISON
The 10 : a memoir of family and the open road
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The afterlife of Malcolm X : an outcast turned icon's enduring impact on America
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My beautiful sisters : a story of courage, hope, and the Afghan women's soccer team
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Melting point : family, memory, and the search for a promised land
by Cockerell, Rachel, 1994- author.
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The optimist : Sam Altman, OpenAI, and the race to invent the future
by Hagey, Keach, author.
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Dirty kitchen : a memoir of food and family
by Damatac, Jill, author.
BIO DAMATAC
Uptown girl : a memoir
by Brinkley, Christie, author.
BIO BRINKLEY
Dianaworld : an obsession
by White, Edward, 1981- author.
BIO DIANA
The hollow half : a memoir of bodies and borders
by Aziza, Sarah, author.
BIO AZIZA
Zbig : the life of Zbigniew Brzezinski, America's great power prophet
by Luce, Edward, 1968- author.
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Marsha : the joy and defiance of Marsha P. Johnson
by Tourmaline, author.
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I regret almost everything : a memoir
by McNally, Keith, 1951- author.
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Who knew
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The salt path
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Notorious : portraits of stars from Hollywood, culture, fashion, and tech
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Cellar rat : my life in the restaurant underbelly
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Professional bum : lessons learned from my twentysomething adventures
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The wanderer's curse : a memoir
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The Einstein of sex : Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld visionary of Weimar Berlin
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My father's house : an ode to John James Conyers Jr., Congress's longest-serving Black American
by Conyers, John James, III, 1990- author.
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The end is the beginning : a personal history of my mother
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by Van Nguyen, Dean, author.
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by Gurung, Prabal, 1979- author.
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Wild thing : a life of Paul Gauguin
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by Grammer, Kelsey, 1955- author.
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by Strand, Sophie, 1993- author.
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John Hancock : first to sign, first to invest in America's independence
by Randall, Willard Sterne author
BIO HANCOCK
Desi Arnaz : the man who invented television
by Purdum, Todd S., author.
BIO ARNAZ
Collisions : a physicist's journey from Hiroshima to the death of the dinosaurs
by Nevala-Lee, Alec, author.
BIO ALVAREZ
Detained : a boy's journal of survival and resilience
by Esperanza, D., author.
BIO ESPERANZA
Madame queen : the life and crimes of Harlem's underground racketeer, Stephanie St. Clair
by McBrayer, Mary Kay, author.
BIO ST CLAIR
Green hills of Africa
by Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961.
BIO HEMINGWAY
Cabin : off-the-grid adventures with a clueless craftsman
by Hutchison, Patrick (Journalist), author.
BIO HUTCHISON
The 10 : a memoir of family and the open road
by Hanks, Elizabeth A., 1982- author
BIO HANKS
The afterlife of Malcolm X : an outcast turned icon's enduring impact on America
by Whitaker, Mark, author.
BIO X
The warrior : Rafael Nadal and his kingdom of clay
by Clarey, Christopher. author.
BIO NADAL
Mark Twain
by Chernow, Ron, author.
BIO TWAIN
My beautiful sisters : a story of courage, hope, and the Afghan women's soccer team
by Popal, Khalida, author.
BIO POPAL
Brave companions : portraits in history
by McCullough, David G., author.
920.073 MCC
Josephine Baker's secret war : the African American star who fought for France and freedom
by Diamond, Hanna, 1962- author.
BIO BAKER
Melting point : family, memory, and the search for a promised land
by Cockerell, Rachel, 1994- author.
BIO COCKERELL
The optimist : Sam Altman, OpenAI, and the race to invent the future
by Hagey, Keach, author.
BIO ALTMAN
Dirty kitchen : a memoir of food and family
by Damatac, Jill, author.
BIO DAMATAC
Uptown girl : a memoir
by Brinkley, Christie, author.
BIO BRINKLEY
Dianaworld : an obsession
by White, Edward, 1981- author.
BIO DIANA
The hollow half : a memoir of bodies and borders
by Aziza, Sarah, author.
BIO AZIZA
Zbig : the life of Zbigniew Brzezinski, America's great power prophet
by Luce, Edward, 1968- author.
BIO BRZEZINSKI
Marsha : the joy and defiance of Marsha P. Johnson
by Tourmaline, author.
BIO JOHNSON
I regret almost everything : a memoir
by McNally, Keith, 1951- author.
BIO MCNALLY
Who knew
by Diller, Barry, author.
BIO DILLER
The salt path
by Winn, Raynor, author.
BIO WINN
Raising hare : a memoir
by Dalton, Chloe, author.
BIO DALTON
Notorious : portraits of stars from Hollywood, culture, fashion, and tech
by Dowd, Maureen, author.
920.02 DOW
Cellar rat : my life in the restaurant underbelly
by Selinger, Hannah, author.
BIO SELINGER
Professional bum : lessons learned from my twentysomething adventures
by Jeffrey, Toni, author.
BIO JEFFREY
Beautiful boy : a father's journey through his son's addiction
by Sheff, David, author.
BIO SHEFF
Queen of all mayhem : the blood-soaked life & mysterious death of Belle Starr, the most dangerous woman in the West
by Huckelbridge, Dane, author.
BIO STARR
The wanderer's curse : a memoir
by Choi, Jennifer Hope, author.
BIO CHOI
Memorial days : a memoir
by Brooks, Geraldine, author.
BIO BROOKS
Theater kid : a Broadway memoir
by Seller, Jeffrey, author.
BIO SELLER
My mother in Havana : a memoir of magic & miracle
by Huntman, Rebe, author.
BIO HUNTMAN
The Einstein of sex : Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld visionary of Weimar Berlin
by Brook, Daniel, author.
BIO HIRSCHFELD
My father's house : an ode to John James Conyers Jr., Congress's longest-serving Black American
by Conyers, John James, III, 1990- author.
BIO CONYERS
The end is the beginning : a personal history of my mother
by Bialosky, Jill, author.
BIO BIALOSKY
Words for my comrades : a political history of Tupac Shakur
by Van Nguyen, Dean, author.
BIO SHAKUR
Walk like a girl
by Gurung, Prabal, 1979- author.
BIO GURUNG
Wild thing : a life of Paul Gauguin
by Prideaux, Sue, author.
BIO GAUGUIN
Karen : a brother remembers
by Grammer, Kelsey, 1955- author.
BIO GRAMMER
The body is a doorway : a memoir : a journey beyond healing, hope, and the human
by Strand, Sophie, 1993- author.
BIO STRAND
All the beauty in the world : the Metropolitan Museum of Art and me
by Bringley, Patrick, author.
BIO BRINGLEY
The last American road trip : a memoir
by Kendzior, Sarah, author.
BIO KENDZIOR
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