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Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year Best Price: $7.38 I didn't keep a diary when my son was born, and I regret that. But this fabulous book brought it...	The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America Best Price: $8.13 My son, Jeremy, always gives me good books. He doesn't just pick up the latest best-seller, but...	A Bound Man: Why We Are Excited About Obama and Why He Can't Win Best Price: $4.79 I read "A bound Man" in about two hours. Partly because it is a provocative, small,...	A Thousand Hills: Rwanda's Rebirth and the Man Who Dreamed It Best Price: $12.97 Paul Kagame, along with Morgan Tsvangirai and Yoweri Museveni, represents one of Arica's most...	Comfort: A Journey Through Grief Best Price: $11.63 The author's five year old daughter Grace died suddenly. She writes about her life and her...



In Justice: Inside the Scandal That Rocked the Bush Administration Best Price: $14.49 This is a book that's hard to put down even though you get so angry when reading about all...	Magical Thinking: True Stories Best Price: $5.49 With wit and candor comes another great book by Augusten Burroughs. If you thought "Running...	Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life Best Price: $10.20 I have loved this book for the better part of thirty years - - and not simply because it is the...	Dog Man: An Uncommon Life on a Faraway Mountain Best Price: $10.99 This book has touched me. The main character is morally strong, and the result of his strength...	A Man Without a Country Best Price: $6.35 If exile from one's homeland is grievous, then having your country pulled out from under you...



Foreskin's Lament: A Memoir Best Price: $6.49 ...and indeed, he keeps you guessing. Well-written, heartbreaking. So amazing how he gets the...	Polk: The Man Who Transformed the Presidency and America Best Price: $16.40 James K. Polk always shows up on the best Presidents' list along with the obvious Washingtons,...	The Adams-Jefferson Letters: The Complete Correspondence Between Thomas Jefferson and Abigail and John Adams Best Price: $18.94 This is a very intersting book. The letters are all preceeded by an introduction that gives the...	I Have Lived A Thousand Years: Growing Up In The Holocaust Best Price: $2.16 The vivid language of I have Lived A Thousand Years recalls a searing personal experience during...	Rebel without a Crew: Or How a 23-Year-Old Filmmaker With $7,000 Became a Hollywood Player Best Price: $8.43 ... this book is amazing! ... it's the story of true passion and love for filmmaking. No matter...

Standing Tall: A Memoir of Tragedy and Triumph Best Price: $14.05 There are 2 things I absolutely HATED about this book...I hated having to put it down, and I...	One Writer's Beginnings (The William E. Massey Sr. Lectures in the History of American Civilization) Best Price: $17.63 I read this book many years ago, having received it as a birthday gift from a friend who knew of...	21 Nights Best Price: $31.50 21 Nights --a first book by Prince and celebrated photographer Randee St. Nicholas is a stunning...	Man's Search for Meaning Best Price: $3.94 From the perspective of a member in a culture consumed in the "existential vacuum",...	A Thousand Days in Venice (Ballantine Reader's Circle) Best Price: $6.98 This is a wonderful book that once finished you will want to start reading all over again. The...

Laughing Without an Accent: Adventures of an Iranian American, at Home and Abroad Best Price: $11.00 This is a fast reading book with lots of humor about an Iranian family that comes to live in...	Almost a Miracle: The American Victory in the War of Independence Best Price: $16.44 This is the best book that I've read on the American Revolution. Unlike some other good books,...	Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes: Cultural Studies in the Gospels Best Price: $14.94 I'll admit it. I'm a bit of Bailey devotee. I thoroughly benefitted from 'Poet & Peasant'...	The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. Best Price: $6.38 I bought this book after a trip to Atlanta, GA. I was only a child when Dr King was murdered, so...	Broken Best Price: $4.85 I ordered the book Broken on May 19th and I still have not recieved it yet, can someone help me...

Amazing Gracie: A Dog's Tale Best Price: $6.55 I enjoyed the relationship between the dogs and the humans. Both species supported each other...	Hopes and Dreams:The Story of Barack Obama: Revised And Updated Best Price: $6.21 author writes well.is very able to express himself. excellent insight into to his ...	Chronicles: Volume One (Chronicles) Best Price: $7.95 This is a very enjoyable and most importantly, readable book. Who would have thought Dylan...	Black Elk Speaks, New Edition Best Price: $7.99 I read this book more than 20 years ago and yet, even now, it still has the power to move me. ...	Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of his Time Best Price: $12.92 Dava Sobel is a rare find - a specialist in her field who can not only explain the subject to a...

They Cage the Animals at Night (Signet) Best Price: $2.63 This is a true story of a child's devastating struggle to "belong" somewhere. A heart...	The Leaders We Deserved (and a Few We Didn't): Rethinking the Presidential Rating Game Best Price: $18.35 This is an interesting book for those of us who enjoy the parlor game of rating presidents. But...	Chalked Up: Inside Elite Gymnastics' Merciless Coaching, Overzealous Parents, Eating Disorders, and Elusive Olympic Dreams Best Price: $14.40 I was dying to read this book after hearing so much about it but it was hard to find in the...	Me Talk Pretty One Day Best Price: $13.64 I've been hearing about DS for a while and he is every bit as amusing, irreverant and articulate...	All Things Bright and Beautiful Best Price: $7.89 This is a book about James Herriot, who is a vets assistant and always gets the bad patients....

Assisted Loving: True Tales of Double Dating with My Dad Best Price: $14.40 Absolutely entertaining, witty and poignant. I work in the elder care field and was delighted...	Wind, Sand and Stars Best Price: $10.32 Saint-Exupery disappeared in North Africa in 1943 while flying reconnaissance flights for the...	In the Hamptons: My Fifty Years with Farmers, Fishermen, Artists, Billionaires, and Celebrities Best Price: $12.25 I've been around as long as Dan's Papers and remember in the early years Dan Rattiner had...	Life Is So Good Best Price: $5.49 I guess some of the most important things I feel I've learned from this book is: don't dwell, ...	A Year by the Sea: Thoughts of an Unfinished Woman Best Price: $2.45 A wife immobilized by a marriage in crisis stops time in a self-prescribed year of isolation....

Stranger Than Fiction: True Stories Best Price: $7.49 This a great read of a book with lots of true stories from the very interesting world of Mr....	Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph Best Price: $11.81 "The dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act out their dream with open...	There Is No Me Without You: One Woman's Odyssey to Rescue Her Country's Children Best Price: $8.88 Author Melissa Fay Greene, who is the adoptive mother of two Ethiopian children, relates the...	Pistol: The Life of Pete Maravich Best Price: $8.67 Mr. Kriegel provides an insightful, interesting, serious study of the background to the life of...	Freaks, Geeks & Asperger Syndrome: A User Guide to Adolescence Best Price: $12.30 A very enjoyable and entertaining read. This book allowed me to see things from the perspective...

Yes, You're Pregnant, But What About Me? Best Price: $14.48 My husband and I are expecting our first baby in December. When we saw the cover of this book we...	The Sum of Our Days: A Memoir Best Price: $15.18 In terms of literature, a bit of a disappointment -- it certainly isn't a candle on...	Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam Best Price: $7.50 I picked up Catfish and Mandala thinking it's just another travelogue/memoir but soon discovered...	The Long Hard Road Out of Hell Best Price: $8.87 I'm a big Manson fan and very much enjoyed reading it. It was far too short!!END	Jack: Straight from the Gut Best Price: $4.15 Review Summary: This autobiography of Jack Welch, former chairman and CEO of General Electric...

The Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces, One Volume, Expanded Edition Best Price: $56.60 What can I say. It was what my kid needed when it was needed. Great works under one cover.	Elizabeth's Spymaster: Francis Walsingham and the Secret War That Saved England Best Price: $7.67 This is the third recent book to scrutinise the work of the Elizabethan diplomat, politician and...	How Starbucks Saved My Life: A Son of Privilege Learns to Live Like Everyone Else Best Price: $6.75 I loved this book and couldn't put it down. I thought the way Michael's childhood story was...	First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers (P.S.) Best Price: $6.30 Loung Ung lived (and survived!) one of history's most unbelievable wars. Her story is written...	Touching from a Distance Best Price: $107.88 Having long been a fan of Joy Division I found this book both compelling and disturbing....

Severe Mercy, A Best Price: $7.79 My husband and I read this book together and cried our hearts out. It is written on many...	The Legend of Colton H. Bryant Best Price: $13.13 I read a few chapters and quit. I found it uninteresting. It now sits on my shelf.	Take This Bread: A Radical Conversion Best Price: $8.32 Take This Bread: A Radical ConversionThis book is a must read for anyone interested in...

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