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A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape...

“Today it hit me when he hit me, blood shaking in my brain. Maybe there wasn’t a savior coming. Maybe it was up to me to save me.”

Recruited into the fundamentalist Quiverfull movement as a young wife, Tia Levings learned that being a good Christian meant following a...

Biography, Memoir, Nonfiction By: Tia Levings Publication: 6 August 2024
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Code Name Puritan: Norman Holmes Pearson at the Nexus of Poetry, Espionage, and American Power Code Name Puritan: Norman Holmes...

An insightful biography of an unassuming literary scholar—and spy—who transformed postwar American culture.

Although his impact on twentieth-century American cultural life was profound, few people know the story of Norman Holmes Pearson. Pearson’s life embodied the Cold War alliances among US artists, scholars, and the national-security state that coalesced...

Biography, History, Nonfiction By: Greg Barnhisel Publication: 9 October 2024
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Dinner for Vampires: Life on a Cult TV Show Dinner for Vampires: Life on...

A deliciously witty and inspiring memoir by One Tree Hill star Bethany Joy Lenz about her decade in a cult and her quest to break free.

In the early 2000s, after years of hard work and determination to breakthrough as an actor, Bethany Joy Lenz was finally cast...

Biography, Memoir, Nonfiction By: Bethany Joy Lenz Publication: 22 October 2024
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Eden Undone: A True Story of Sex, Murder, and Utopia at the Dawn of World War II Eden Undone: A True Story...

An incredible true story of murder in a utopian community established on a remote Galápagos island by European refugees and the American industrialist who became embroiled in the investigation—from the New York Times bestselling author of The Ghosts of Eden Park

At the height of the Great Depression, Los Angeles oil mogul George...

Biography, History, Nonfiction, True Crime By: Abbott Kahler Publication: 24 September 2024
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Her Lotus Year: China, the Roaring Twenties, and the Making of Wallis Simpson Her Lotus Year: China, the...

New York Times bestselling author Paul French examines a controversial and revealing period in the early life of the legendary Wallis, Duchess of Windsor–her one year in China.

Before she was the Duchess of Windsor, Bessie Wallis Warfield was Mrs. Wallis Spencer, wife of Earl “Win” Spencer, a US Navy aviator....

Biography, History, Nonfiction By: Paul French Publication: 12 November 2024
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Lincoln vs. Davis: The War of the Presidents Lincoln vs. Davis: The War...

From the New York Times bestselling presidential biographer comes the greatest untold story of the Civil War: how two American presidents faced off as the fate of the nation hung in the balance—and how Abraham Lincoln came to embrace emancipation as the last, best chance to save the Union. 

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Biography, History, Nonfiction By: Nigel Hamilton Publication: 5 November 2024
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Queen Victoria and Her Prime...

A riveting portrait of Queen Victoria and the ten prime ministers who headed British government during her sixty-three-year reign

It is generally accepted that Queen Victoria reigned but did not rule. This couldn’t be more wrong. A passionate and opinionated leader, Victoria was born to govern with no room...

Biography, History By: Anne Somerset Publication: 5 November 2024
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Something Lost, Something Gained: Reflections on Life, Love, and Liberty Something Lost, Something Gained: Reflections...

What would it be like to sit down for an impassioned, entertaining conversation with Hillary Clinton? In Something Lost, Something Gained, Hillary offers her candid views on life and love, politics, liberty, democracy, the threats we face, and the future within our reach.

She describes the strength...

Biography, Memoir, Nonfiction, Politics By: Hillary Rodham Clinton Publication: 17 September 2024
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Sonny Boy Sonny Boy

From one of the most iconic actors in the history of film, an astonishingly revelatory account of a creative life in full

To the wider world, Al Pacino exploded onto the scene like a supernova. He landed his first leading role, in The Panic in Needle...

Biography, Memoir, Nonfiction By: Al Pacino Publication: 15 October 2024
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St. Patrick of Ireland: A Biography St. Patrick of Ireland: A...

The most authoritative modern biography of the patron saint of Ireland, focusing on the historical Patrick and his times.

Ireland’s patron saint has long been shrouded in legend, but the true story of St. Patrick is far more inspiring than the myths. In 

Biography By: Philip Freeman Publication: 1 March 2005
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That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America That Librarian: The Fight Against...

Part memoir, part manifesto, the inspiring story of a Louisiana librarian advocating for inclusivity on the front lines of our vicious culture wars.

One of the things small town librarian Amanda Jones values most about books is how they can affirm a young person's sense of self. So in...

Biography, Memoir, Nonfiction, Politics By: Amanda Jones Publication: 27 August 2024
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The Art of Power: My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House The Art of Power: My...

The most powerful woman in American political history tells the story of her transformation from housewife to House Speaker—how she became a master legislator, a key partner to presidents, and the most visible leader of the Trump resistance.

When, at age forty-six, Nancy Pelosi, mother of five, asked her youngest...

Biography, Memoir, Nonfiction, Politics By: Nancy Pelosi Publication: 6 August 2024
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The Devil at His Elbow The Devil at His Elbow

Power, privilege, and blood—this is the definitive and thrilling true story of Alex Murdaugh’s violent downfall, from a veteran Wall Street Journal reporter who has become an authority on the case.

Alex Murdaugh was a benevolent dictator—the president of the South Carolina trial lawyers’ association, a political boss,...

Biography, History, Nonfiction, True Crime By: Valerie Bauerlein Publication: 20 August 2024
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The Rulebreaker The Rulebreaker: The Life and...

The definitive biography of the most successful female broadcaster of all time—Barbara Walters—a woman whose personal demons fueled an ambition that broke all the rules and finally gave women a permanent place on the air, written by bestselling author Susan Page.

Barbara Walters was...

Biography By: Susan Page Publication: 23 April 2024
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The Third Gilmore The Third Gilmore Girl

A candid and captivating memoir from award-winning and beloved actress Kelly Bishop, spanning her six decades in show business from Broadway to Hollywood with A Chorus LineDirty DancingGilmore Girls, and much more.

Kelly Bishop’s long, storied career has been defined by...

Biography, Memoir, Nonfiction By: Kelly Bishop Publication: 17 September 2024
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Wanted: Toddler's Personal Assistant Wanted: Toddler’s Personal Assistant

What are the lives of America's richest families really like? Their nannies see it all…

When Stephanie Kiser moves to New York City after college to pursue a career in writing, she quickly learns that her entry-level salary won't cover the high cost of living―never mind her crushing student...

Biography, Memoir, Nonfiction, Politics By: Stephanie Kiser Publication: 6 August 2024
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What in the World?!: A Southern Woman's Guide to Laughing at Life's Unexpected Curveballs and Beautiful Blessings What in the World?!: A...

The beloved comedy sensation packs a hilarious punch with real talk about what it’s like to be a woman today—from rebelling against the latest diet trends to dealing with perimenopausal mean girls and attending rock concerts in middle age.

For a long time, no one pulling the strings in...

Biography, Humor, Memoir, Nonfiction By: Leanne Morgan Publication: 24 September 2024
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Woodrow Wilson: The Light Withdrawn Woodrow Wilson: The Light Withdrawn

A timely reassessment of Woodrow Wilson and his role in the long national struggle for racial equality and women’s voting rights.

More than a century after he dominated American politics, Woodrow Wilson still fascinates. With panoramic sweep, Woodrow Wilson: The Light Withdrawn reassesses his life and his role in the...

Biography, History By: Christopher Cox Publication: 5 November 2024
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You Never Know You Never Know

There are many miles from the business school and basketball court at the University of Southern California to 50 million viewers for the final episode of a TV show called Magnum P.I. Tom Selleck has lived every one of those miles in his own iconoclastic and joyful way.

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Biography, Memoir, Nonfiction By: Tom Selleck Publication: 7 May 2024
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