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Nonfiction, August 2007
- Auerbach, Kimberlee
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Exuberantly alive and refreshingly candid, The Devil, the Lovers & Me will take you on a journey down one woman's path, only to reflect yours back. You, too, will see yourself in the cards — The Devil, The Lovers, even the Fool.
- Braestrup, Kate
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Braestrup's remarkable journey from grief to faith to happiness is a dramatic, funny, deeply moving and simply unforgettable story. She shares her uplifting account of finding God through helping others, and reminds listeners of the small miracles that occur every day when life and love are restored.
- Emmons, Robert A.
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Dr. Emmons, editor-in-chief of the Journal of Positive Psychology, puts Albert Schweitzer's famous dictum "Gratitude is the secret to life" to a rigorous scientific test. The author draws on the first major study of the subject to show how the cultivation of gratitude can measurably change people's lives.
- Fernandez-Armesto, Felipe
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A groundbreaking biography of the man who gave his name to America, Amerigo is delivered by one of the world's most exciting historians, who spins a grand narrative full of character and story.
- Klein, Edward
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In this impeccably researched biography of Katie Couric, Klein presents a portrait of a self-created media icon.
- Mak, Geert
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Already a bestseller throughout Europe, Dutch journalist and historian Mak writes a rich and intimate work of modern history. The author chronicles key events and weaves them through individual experiences in order to provide readers with an eyewitness perspective on the past.
- Matteson, John
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Matteson looks at the personal life behind the beloved author of Little Women in this story that highlights the tense yet loving bond between Louisa May Alcott and her father, Bronson, and that relationship's impact on her life and work.
- Morris, Robert
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A world-renowned expert presents the absorbing history and uncertain future of drinking water and the deadly diseases that hide in a single drop.
- O'Connor, Mike
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Throughout his childhood, O'Connor's parents repeatedly moved the family without explanation. Now, O'Connor uses his skills as an investigative reporter to uncover his parents secrets and reveals a conclusion that shakes the family to its core.
- O'Donnell, Lynne
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Two Englishwomen, married to Iraqi men they met in Britain and later accompanied back to the northern city of Mosul, tell their stories to a reporter in this unusual look at Westerners immersed in Middle Eastern culture and politics.
- Pearlstine, Norman
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In this hard-hitting inside story, Norman Pearlstine shows that confidentiality has become a weapon in the White House war on the press. Pearlstine calls on Congress to pass a federal shield law protecting journalists from the needless intrusions of government; at the same time, he calls on the press to name its sources whenever possible. Off the Record is a powerful argument, with the vividness and narrative drive of the best long-form journalism.
- Roberts, Callum
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Callum takes readers on a fascinating journey through 1,000 years of human exploitation and exploration of the sea.
- Rose, Chris
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This collection of stories by Times-Picayune columnist Rose recounts the first four harrowing months of life in New Orleans after Katrina. It is a roller coaster ride of observations, commentary, emotions, tragedy and even humor.
- Saks, Elyn
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Elyn Saks managed to achieve both professional and personal success in spite of being diagnosed as schizophrenic and given a "grave" prognosis. In this memoir, she frankly and movingly discusses the disease and the treatments that helped her to cope and thrive.
- Smith, David Livingstone
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Almost 200 million human beings, mostly civilians, have died in wars over the last century, and there is no end in sight. The Most Dangerous Animal asks what it is about human nature that makes it possible for human beings to regularly slaughter their own kind. Meticulously researched and far-reaching in scope and with examples taken from ancient and modern history, The Most Dangerous Animal delivers a sobering lesson for an increasingly dangerous world.
- Spencer, Irene D.
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Spencer did as she felt God commanded in marrying her brother-in-law Verlan LeBaron, becoming his second wife. Her dramatic story reveals how far religion can be stretched and abused and how one woman and her children found their way out into truth and redemption.
- Strahan, Michael
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Strahan, one of the NFL's most talented players — and one of the games most vocal personalities — pens a no-holds-barred, hard-hitting account of what life is really like behind America's most popular sport.
- Valmorbida, Elise
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This is a collection of life-affirming stories about couples who met and fell in love. So you know the endings already. Or do you? There is nothing predictable here. The storytelling is inspired, at once poetic and real. The style is deceptively simple and the themes are international. Love is old and young. Love breaks through borders.
- Von Tunzelmann, Alex
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An extraordinary story of romance, history and divided loyalties — set against the backdrop of one of the most dramatic events of the 20th century — Indian Summer reveals how Britain ceased to be a superpower after it lost India as a colony.