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I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai

Malala Yousafzai and Christina Lamb
In 2009 Malala Yousafzai began writing a blog on BBC Urdu about life in the Swat Valley as the Taliban gained control, at times banning girls from attending school. When...
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Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli
Biography & True StoriesChildren and Young Adults

Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli

Jerry Spinelli
This is the true story of Jews and Gypsies in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. But it is also the story of a street orphan who survives on quick thinking...
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Biography & True StoriesChildren and Young Adults

Stories from Country: My Pony Hooky and Other Tales by Bob Randall & Susan Haworth

Bob Randall & Susan Haworth
In this wonderful collection of stories, Bob tells of many adventures - from crocodile hunting to mustering cattle on his pony Hooky. Other stories, including theresa's story, Minjilung, are based...
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Sergeant Presley: Our Untold Story of Elvis' Missing Years HC/DJ "Scarce"

Rex and Elisabeth Mansfield with Marshall and Zoe Terrill
What happened when Elvis entered the army in 1958? Although many have speculated, for the first time we get the inside story. Rex Mansfield, the co-author, was inducted on the...
$250.00
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Elvis, My Brother by Billy Stanley (Hardcover/Dustjacket,1st Edition, 1st Printing)

Billy Stanley with George Erikson
"It all began the day my mother picked up up at Breezy Point Farms and introduced us to our 'new daddy', Vernon Presley. Mom and Vernon then packed our bags,...
$55.00
Biography & True StoriesIndigenous Studies

Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia Edited by Anita Heiss

Edited by Anita Heiss
What is it like to grow up Aboriginal in Australia? This anthology, compiled by award-winning author Anita Heiss, attempts to showcase as many diverse voices, experiences and stories as possible...
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Biography & True StoriesNon-Fiction

Bighorns and Stone Sheep by Chris Kind SIGNED

Chris Kind
BigHorns and Stone Sheep spans forty years of guiding sheep hunters from the great snow mountain of the Gang Ranch and the mighty Fraser River ot the Spatzizi, Muskwa, Stikinne...
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Half the Sky, How to Change the World by Nicholas D. Kristoff & Sheryl Wudunn
Biography & True StoriesEnglish

Half the Sky, How to Change the World by Nicholas D. Kristoff & Sheryl Wudunn

Nicholas D. Kristoff & Sheryl Wudunn
Pulitzer Prize-winning reporting team, husband and wife Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, take us on a journey through Africa and Asia to meet an extraordinary array of exceptional women...
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Biography & True StoriesChildren and Young Adults

Terra Incognita: Travels in Antarctica by Sara Wheeler

Sara Wheeler
A modern classic on exploring and understanding the most uncharted place on our planet. A modern classic on exploring and understanding the Antarctic, the most uncharted place on our planet....
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Biography & True StoriesEnglish

The Mud House: Four Friends, One Block of Land, No Power Tools by Richard Glover

Richard Glover
In this frank, funny and thought-provoking memoir, Richard Glover describes how he and his friend Philip and their partners built a house in the bush on weekends. It was a...
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Tacitus: Agricola by Tacitus (Cambridge Greek & Latin Classics) by Edited by A.J. Woodman et al
Biography & True StoriesCambridge

Tacitus: Agricola by Tacitus (Cambridge Greek & Latin Classics) by Edited by A.J. Woodman et al

Edited by A.J. Woodman with C.S. Kraus
The first work of any great historian has always commanded attention, and Tacitus was ancient Rome's very greatest historian. His biography of his father-in-law, governor of Britain in the years...
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Zuni : Selected Writings of Frank Hamilton Cushing Edited & Introduction Jesse Green Zuni : Selected Writings of Frank Hamilton Cushing Edited & Introduction Jesse Green
Biography & True StoriesHistory

Zuni : Selected Writings of Frank Hamilton Cushing Edited & Introduction Jesse Green

Edited with an Introduction by Jesse Green
"Frank Hamilton Cushing's stay at Zuñi pueblo from 1879 to 1884 made him the first professional anthropologist actually to live with his subjects. Learning the language and winning acceptance as...
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Biography & True StoriesChildren and Young Adults

Soldier's Heart by Gary Paulsen (Laurel-Leaf Books)

Gary Paulsen
Soldier's Heart : Being the Story of the Enlistment and Due Service of the Boy Charley Goddard in the First Minnesota Volunteers In June 1861, when the Civil War began,...
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The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance by Edmund de Waal (Vintage)

Edmund de Waal
264 wood and ivory carvings, none of them larger than a matchbox: potter Edmund de Waal was entranced when he first encountered the collection in the Tokyo apartment of his...
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Out of the Cage: The Art of Isabel Rawsthorne by Carol Jacobi HC/DJ Out of the Cage: The Art of Isabel Rawsthorne by Carol Jacobi HC/DJ
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Out of the Cage: The Art of Isabel Rawsthorne by Carol Jacobi HC/DJ

Carol Jacobi
Isabel Rawsthorne's painting career at the centre of the Parisian and London avantgardes was eclipsed by the many occasions on which her friends made her the subject of their art,...
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I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World (Teen Edition) by Malala Yousafzai
Biography & True StoriesEnglish

I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World (Teen Edition) by Malala Yousafzai

Malala Yousafzai and Patricia McCormick
Written in collaboration with critically acclaimed National Book Award finalist Patty McCormick, this is Malala's story, written for her peers. Meet the girl behind the icon - a girl who...
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A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge by Josh Neufeld A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge by Josh Neufeld
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A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge by Josh Neufeld

Josh Neufeld
A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge" is a masterful portrait of a city under siege. Cartoonist Josh Neufeld depicts seven extraordinary true stories of survival in the days leading up...
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A Life of Picasso Volume III The Triumphant Years 1917-1932 By John Richardson H/DJ A Life of Picasso Volume III The Triumphant Years 1917-1932 By John Richardson H/DJ
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A Life of Picasso Volume III The Triumphant Years 1917-1932 By John Richardson H/DJ

John Richardson
Drawing on exhaustive research from interviews and unpublished archival material, John Richardson has produced the long-awaited third volume of the definitive biography, full of original, groundbreaking new insights into Picasso's...
$39.95
The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother, 10th Anniversary Edition - James McBride The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother, 10th Anniversary Edition - James McBride
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The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother, 10th Anniversary Edition - James McBride

James McBride
Who is Ruth McBride Jordan? A self-declared "light-skinned" woman evasive about her ethnicity, yet steadfast in her love for her twelve black children. James McBride, journalist, musician, and son, explores...
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The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother by James McBride

James McBride
Who is Ruth McBride Jordan? A self-declared "light-skinned" woman evasive about her ethnicity, yet steadfast in her love for her twelve black children. James McBride, journalist, musician, and son, explores...
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Growing Up Disabled in Australia Edited by Carly Findlay Growing Up Disabled in Australia Edited by Carly Findlay
Biography & True StoriesNon-Fiction

Growing Up Disabled in Australia Edited by Carly Findlay

Edited by Carly Findlay
A rich collection of writing from those negotiating disability in their lives - a group whose voices are not heard often enough 'My body and its place in the world...
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Headhunters of the Coral Sea by Ion Idriess

Ion Idriess
The story of survivors of the shipwreck of the Charles Eaton in the Torres Strait in 1834, through the eyes of young John Ireland who befriends the Mer Islanders; and...
$16.50
Kingdom of Fear by Hunter S. Thompson, (Penguin, 2015) Kingdom of Fear by Hunter S. Thompson, (Penguin, 2015)
Biography & True StoriesNon-Fiction

Kingdom of Fear by Hunter S. Thompson, (Penguin, 2015)

Hunter S. Thompson
The Gonzo memoir from one of the most influential voices in American literature, Kingdom of Fear traces the course of Hunter S. Thompson’s life as a rebel—from a smart-mouthed Kentucky...
$20.00
Diane Arbus: A Biography by Patricia Bosworth Diane Arbus: A Biography by Patricia Bosworth
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Diane Arbus: A Biography by Patricia Bosworth

Patricia Bosworth
  Diane Arbus's unsettling photographs of dwarves and twins, transvestites and giants, both polarized and inspired, and her work had already become legendary when she committed suicide in 1971. This...
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