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Running with Scissors: A Memoir

RUNNING WITH SCISSORS is the true story of a boy whose mother (a poet with delusions of Anne Sexton) gave him away to be raised by her unorthodox psychiatrist who bore a striking resemblance to Santa...
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Family Affair: Greed, Treachery, and Betrayal in the Chicago Mafia

The true story of the vicious Chicago underworld from a New York Times bestselling author. With a contract out on his life, Nicholas "Nicky Breeze" Calabrese turned government witness and revealed...
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Up From Slavery

Historically acknowledged as one of America's most powerful orators, Washington challenged racial prejudice when such behavior from a black man was unheard of. Here is the dramatic, autobiographical...
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I Have Lived A Thousand Years: Growing Up In The Holocaust

The author, who was imprisoned in Auschwitz as a teenager, describes her terrible experiences as one of the camp's few adolescent inmates and the miraculous twists of fates that enabled her to...
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Tarantino (Virgin Film)

Quentin Tarantino’s hip-talking, ultra-violent indie cinema reinvigorated mainstream American film. Jim Smith’s essential guide looks in detail at Tarantino’s now world-famous works:...
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Jonathan Edwards Lover of God (The Essential Edwards Collection)

Jonathan Edwards stands tall in America’s historical memory. A great philosopher, a great preacher, a great theologian. Edwards was a complex and gifted person, one who defies easy...
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Maggi Pierce: Live--A Collection of Irish Jokes, Folktales, and Childhood Stories from Belfast, Ireland

A full hour of Maggi telling Irish jokes, folktales, and stories from her childhood in Belfast, Northern Ireland to an appreciative audience. She grew up surrounded by songs, skipping rhymes, and...
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Twenty Years at Hull-House, With Autobiographical Notes

Publisher: New York, The Macmillan company Publication date: 1911 Subjects: Addams, Jane, 1860-1935 Hull House (Chicago, Ill.) Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or...
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Female Force: J.K. Rowling

Millions of readers worldwide have been captivated by the best selling Harry Potter series, but what is even more incredible is the woman who created him and his fantastic world. From telling stories...
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