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Nonfiction, October 2007
- Aczel, Amir D.
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Aczel presents the powerful and dramatic story of how French Jesuit priest-scientist Teilhard de Chardin's scientific research forced him to confront the eternal struggle between science and faith.
- Baer, Richard MD
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The first story centering on multiple personality disorder to be told by the treating physician, this is the saga of a young woman pitched into an unimaginable darkness who, to survive, created 17 different versions of herself.
- Bergreen, Laurence
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In this authoritative biography of one of the most fascinating figures in world history, Marco Polo's incredible odyssey — along the Silk Road and through all the fantastic circumstances of his life — is chronicled in sumptuous and illuminating detail.
- Bernstein, Paula
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A memoir of identical twins separated at birth and reunited at age 35, this powerful story tells of two women — each finding a lost sister, redefining her sense of identity and expanding her definition of family.
- Black, Cathleen
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Cathleen Black, the woman at the pinnacle of the Hearst magazine empire, draws on a lifetime of experience to reveal the essential elements of success for women anywhere on the corporate ladder.
- Capra, Fritjof
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Enhanced with 50 sepia-toned illustrations and drawing on an examination of over 6,000 pages of Leonardo Da Vinci's surviving notebooks, The Science of Leonardo shows that Da Vinci approached scientific knowledge through the eyes of an artist.
- Earley, Pete
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Spymaster, defector, double and triple agent, this is a direct account of what the man known only as Comrade J did in the United States after we all assumed the spying was over, and of what Putin and Russia continue to do today.
- Faludi, Susan
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From the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist comes an unflinching dissection of the mind of America after 9/11.
- Friedman, Kinky
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With equal parts insight and hilarity, Friedman chronicles his 2006 grassroots Texas gubernatorial campaign, in which he showed that one could put up a legitimate fight for office while maintaining a good name.
- Gould, Jonathan
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In this work of biography, cultural history and musical insight, Gould explores the 1960s in England and America through the prism of the Beatles.
- Greenspan, Alan
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The former Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board conveys the education of a lifetime.
- Hampl, Patricia
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A tribute to the ardor of supposedly ordinary people, this memoirs concerns reach beyond a single life to achieve a historic testament to mid-century middle America, in Hampl's most intimate, yet most universal, work to date.
- Heimann, Judith M.
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A cinematic survival story that features a bamboo airstrip built on a rice paddy, a mad British major and a blowpipe-wielding army that helped destroy one of the last Japanese strongholds, The Airmen and the Headhunters is a gripping journey into the remote world and forgotten heroism of the Dayaks.
- Inslee, Jay
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In 1961, President John F. Kennedy ignited America's Apollo Project and sparked a revolution in space exploration. Today the New Apollo Energy Project is poised to revolutionize the production of energy and save our planet.
- Isay, Dave
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Drawn from the work of StoryCorps, the largest and most ambitious oral history project in American history, this tapestry presents the stories Americans have been sharing from their lives to leave behind to their loved ones.
- Jericho, Chris
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Chris Jericho, the first undisputed champion in wrestling history, tells all in an inspiring, no-holds-barred memoir that takes readers around the world on his quest to make it to World Wrestling Entertainment.
- Jones, Judith
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From a legendary editor who has helped to shape modern cookbook publishing — the force behind the publication of Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking — comes an evocative and inspiring memoir that includes more than 50 recipes.
- Kavanagh, Julie
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Drawing on unpublished letters, interviews and her own dance background, Kavanagh gives readers an intimate, revealing and dramatic picture of one of the greatest and most iconic ballet dancers of the 20th century.
- Kukla, Jon
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In a pioneering study, Kukla offers the first comprehensive study of Thomas Jefferson and his relationships with women in his personal life, and in American society and politics.
- Macintyre, Ben
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A gripping story of loyalty, love, and treachery, this history of Eddie Chapman — the most successful British double agent in World War II — offers a unique glimpse into the psychology of espionage, and the thin line between fidelity and betrayal, courage and cowardice.
- Michaelis, David
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Charles Schulz, the most widely syndicated and beloved cartoonist of all time, is also one of the most misunderstood figures in American culture. Biographer Michaelis delivers the first full-length biography of a hidden American genius.
- Murray, Craig
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With all the pace and drama of a political thriller, this book offers a riveting account of a young, fast-living ambassador's battle against a ruthless dictatorship in Central Asia, and the craven political expediency in Washington and London that eventually cost him his job.
- Oakley, Barbara A.
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Prompted by clues in her sister's diary after her mysterious death, the author takes the reader inside the head of the kinds of malevolent people we all know, perhaps all too well, but could never understand, and puts both a human and scientific face to evil.
- O'Brien, Lucy
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Going beyond the tabloids and the hype, journalist O'Brien presents an in-depth, serious look at the star, her music and her life as an artist.
- Petroski, Henry
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As old as mankind and as universal as eating, this useful and ubiquitous tool finally gets its due in this wide-ranging and compulsively readable book.
- Sacks, Oliver
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Sacks's compassionate, compelling tales of people struggling to adapt to different neurological conditions have fundamentally changed the way we think of our own brains. Here he examines the powers of music through the individual experiences of patients, musicians and everyday people.
- Samet, Elizabeth D.
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Examining what it means to be a civilian teaching literature at a military academy, Samet also considers the role of women in the Army, the tides of religious and political zeal roiling the country, and the cult of sacrifice she believes is currently paralyzing national debate.
- Schechter, Harold
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This gripping story of an aristocratic serial killer who terrorized New York City at the turn of the 20th century offers a stunning nonfiction narrative by one of America's foremost historians of true crime.
- Shellenberger, Michael
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In this follow-up to the author's controversial essay, Shellenberger presents an expansive and eloquent manifesto for political change.
- Silverstein, Amy
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At just 24, Amy Silverstein was your typical type A law student: smart, driven and highly competitive. At such a young age, how could she have guessed that her heart was about to give out? Silverstein chronicles her harrowing medical journey from first misdiagnosis to astonishing and ongoing recovery, all amidst a romantic bedside courtship with her husband, Scott, and her uncompromising drive to become a mother. Silverstein presents a patient's perspective that is fierce, provocative and sometimes controversial, allowing readers to live her nightmare from the inside.
- Sims, Michael
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Sims sets out to open readers' eyes to the miraculous events that occur in the passing of a single day. Lucid and charming, Sims draws on an inexhaustible store of scientific, literary and historical sources.
- Thurman, Judith
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This exuberant gathering of essays and profiles represents 20 years of Thurman's celebrated writing, particularly her fascination with human vanity, femininity and women's work — from haute couture to literature to commanding empires.
- Updike, John
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Updike's sixth collection of essays and literary criticism opens with a skeptical overview of literary biographies, proceeds to five essays on topics ranging from China and small change to faith and late works, and takes up, under the heading General Considerations, books, poker, cars and the American libido.
- Waters, Alice
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Hailed as one of America's most influential chefs, Waters shares the simple yet flavorful dishes that have made Chez Panisse a can't-miss stop on America's culinary road map.
- Wertheim, L. Jon
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From a senior writer for Sports Illustrated comes this high-stakes, boys-on-the-road story about a heavyset, bipolar and endlessly charming pool hustler named Kid Delicious.
- Worsley, Lucy
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From the Chief Curator of the Historic Royal Palaces in England comes a vivid portrait of the 17th century nobleman William Cavendish, his household and the dramatic decades surrounding the English Civil War.