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Crimes Against Liberty: An Indictment of President Barack Obama
By Limbaugh, David
2010-08 - Regnery Publishing
9781596986244
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Limbaugh issues an indictment of President Barack Obama for encroaching upon and stripping Americans of their individual and sovereign rights. Laying out his case like he would a criminal complaint, Limbaugh presents the evidence against Obama.
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Sh*t My Dad Says
By Halpern, Justin
2010-05 - It Books
9780061992704
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In the vein of bestselling humor collections by Chelsea Handler, David Sedaris, and Laurie Notaro, "Sh*t My Dad Says" is a chaotic, hilarious, true portrait of a father-son relationship from a major new comic voice.
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Outliers: The Story of Success
By Gladwell, Malcolm
2008-11 - Little Brown and Company
9780316017923
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In this landmark work, the author of "Blink" and "The Tipping Point" asks what makes high-achievers different? Brilliant and entertaining, "Outliers" is a landmark work that will simultaneously delight and illuminate.
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
By Skloot, Rebecca
2010-02 - Crown Publishing Group (NY)
9781400052172
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Skloot brilliantly weaves together the story of Henrietta Lacks--a woman whose cells have been unwittingly used for scientific research since the 1950s--with the birth of bioethics, and the dark history of experimentation on African Americans.
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Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History
By Gwynne, S. C.
2010-05 - Scribner Book Company
9781416591054
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A sweeping narrative about the rise and fall of the Comanche, the most powerful and influential tribe in American history.
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The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
By Lewis, Michael
2010-03 - W. W. Norton & Company
9780393072235
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Why Michael Lewis, according to Malcolm Gladwell, "is the finest storyteller of our generation": Liar's Poker "So memorable and alive. . . . It's one of those rare works that encapsulate and define an era. . . . Remember the 1980s? When you want to recall this roaring decade, pick up a copy of Liar's Poker." -Fortune "Devastatingly funny." -New York Moneyball "The best business book Lewis has written. It may be the best business book anyone has written." -Mark Gerson, The Weekly Standard "A brilliantly told tale. . . . Michael Lewis's beautiful obsession with the idea of value has once again yielded gold." -Garry Trudeau
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Let's Take the Long Way Home: A Memoir of Friendship
By Caldwell, Gail
2010-08 - Random House
9781400067381
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In this gorgeous, moving memoir, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Caldwell reflects on her own coming-of-age in midlife, as she learns to open herself to the power and healing of sharing her life with a best friend.
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The Obama Diaries
By Ingraham, Laura
2010-07 - Threshold Editions
9781439197516
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Informative and hugely entertaining, "The Obama Diaries" will inspire both laughter and critical thinking about the future of the nation and the man currently at the helm.
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Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage
By Gilbert, Elizabeth
2010-01 - Thorndike Press
9781410422767
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At the end of her bestselling memoir, Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert fell in love with Felipe, a Brazilian-born man of Australian citzenship who'd been living in Indonesia when they met. Resettling in America, the couple swore eternal fidelity to each other, but also swore to never, ever under any circumstances get legally married. (Both were survivors of previous horrific divorces. Enough said.) But providence intervened one day inthe form of the United States government, which-after unexpectedly detaining Felipe at the America border crossing-gave the couple a choice: they could either get married, or Felipe would never be allowed to enter the coun
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Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang
By Handler, Chelsea
2010-03 - Grand Central Publishing
9780446552448
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In the hilarious new book from the #1 "New York Times"-bestselling author of "Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea," the comedian mines the wealth of material that is her family, her sex life, and her distinctively outrageous worldview.
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Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
By McDougall, Christopher
2009-05 - Knopf Publishing Group
9780307266309
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Part adventure story, part extreme sports, "Born to Run" is a riveting story about one journalist's quest to discover the secrets of the world's greatest distance runners--a reclusive Indian tribe living deep in the Copper Canyon of northern Mexico.
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Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
By Roach, Mary
2010-08 - W. W. Norton & Company
9780393068474
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Space is a world devoid of the things we need to live and thrive: air, gravity, hot showers, fresh produce, privacy, beer. Space exploration is in some ways an exploration of what it means to be human. How much can a person give up? To answer these questions, space agencies set up all manner of quizzical and startlingly bizarre space simulations. As Roach discovers, it's possible to preview space without ever leaving Earth.
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Sliding Into Home
By Wilkinson, Kendra
With Warech, Jon 2010-07 - Gallery Press
9781439180914
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From the former "The Girls Next Door" favorite and the current star of the E! hit series "Kendra" comes a funny, fresh, fish-out-of-water memoir that captures the carefree spirit of one of the most beloved "Playboy" cover models in history.
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The Tenth Parallel: Dispatches from the Fault Line Between Christianity and Islam
By Griswold, Eliza
2010-08 - Farrar Straus Giroux
9780374273187
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Griswold delivers a riveting investigation of the jagged fault line between the Christian and Muslim worlds.
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Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook
By Bourdain, Anthony
2010-06 - Ecco
9780061718946
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This long-awaited follow-up to "Kitchen Confidential" contains the confessions, rants, investigations, and interrogations of some of the more controversial figures in food. Bourdain tracks his own unexpected voyage from journeyman cook to celebrity chef and globe-traveling professional eater and drinker.
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