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Like John McPhee and Susan Orlean, Laskas dives deep into her subjects and emerges with character-driven narratives that are gripping, funny, and revelatory. The stories are about the people who make our lives run every day—and how people barely think... [ More...]
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The heart-wrenching "New York Times"-bestseller about the only known person born inside a North Korean prison camp to have escaped. Harden unlocks the secrets of the world's most repressive totalitarian state through the story of Shin's shocking... [ More...]
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This autobiographical account by a former slave is one of the few extant narratives written by a woman. Written and published in 1861, it delivers a powerful, unflinching portrayal of the brutality of slave life. Jacobs speaks frankly of her master's abuse... [ More...]
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Drawing on his landmark research, esteemed primatologist de Waal traces the biological roots of human morality.
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Dreher, a Philadelphia journalist, went back to his hometown of St. Francisville, Louisiana (pop. 1,700) in the wake of his sister's death. He was moved by the way the community rallied around her. Dreher and his wife decided to move back and join the... [ More...]
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A bank of clouds was assembling on the not-so-distant horizon, but journalist-mountaineer Jon Krakauer, standing on the summit of Mt. Everest, saw nothing that "suggested that a murderous storm was bearing down." He was wrong. The storm, which... [ More...]
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The Picture Book of Saints contains the stories of the lives of 106 popular saints, and each is made more memorable by a twofold portrayal in word and picture.
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Recounting her triumph over deafness and blindness and her journey toward becoming one of the most successful and admired women of this century, Helen Keller writes her own remarkable story, providing an emblem of hope and possibility for all.
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