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Lucrezia Borgia by Sarah BradfordLucrezia Borgia
Life, Love, and Death in Renaissance Italy
Sarah Bradford
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Book: Paperback | 5.59 x 8.34in | 448 pages | ISBN 9780143035954 | 01 Nov 2005 | Penguin | 18 - AND UP

From bestselling biographer Sarah Bradford comes a dazzling portrait of the most notorious woman of the Renaissance More...

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Margot Fonteyn by Meredith DanemanMargot Fonteyn
A Life
Meredith Daneman
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Book: Paperback | 5.07 x 7.79in | 672 pages | ISBN 9780140165302 | 04 Oct 2005 | Penguin | 18 - AND UP

"Gripping and insightful...a fascinatingly thorough look at one of the most spectacular ballerinas to grace the stage." —Time Out New York More...

The Long Goodbye by Patti DavisThe Long Goodbye
Memories of My Father
Patti Davis
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Book: Paperback | 5.35 x 7.99in | 224 pages | ISBN 9780452286870 | 27 Sep 2005 | Plume | Adult

President Reagan's daughter's personal farewell to her father More...

John Maynard Keynes by Robert SkidelskyJohn Maynard Keynes
1883-1946: Economist, Philosopher, Statesman
Robert Skidelsky
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Book: Paperback | 5.27 x 8.03in | 1056 pages | ISBN 9780143036159 | 30 Aug 2005 | Penguin | 18 - AND UP

Now in one volume—"a masterpiece of biographical and historical analysis" (The New York Times Book Review) More...

Let Me Go by Helga SchneiderLet Me Go
Helga Schneider
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Book: Paperback | 5.11 x 7.08in | 192 pages | ISBN 9780143035176 | 30 Aug 2005 | Penguin | 18 - AND UP

The extraordinary memoir of a daughter's final encounter with her mother, a former SS guard at Auschwitz More...

Missing Men by Joyce JohnsonMissing Men
A Memoir
Joyce Johnson
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Book: Paperback | 5.19 x 7.87in | 288 pages | ISBN 9780143035237 | 05 Jul 2005 | Penguin | 18 - AND UP

"With a style balanced between lyricism and forceful clarity, Joyce Johnson has become one of our premier memoirists." —O, the Oprah Magazine More...

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Jim Morrison by Stephen DavisJim Morrison
LIfe, Death, Legend
Stephen Davis
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Book: Paperback | 5.39 x 7.99in | 496 pages | ISBN 9781592400997 | 16 Jun 2005 | Gotham Trade Paperback | 18 - AND UP
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The LiarsThe Liars' Club
A Memoir
Mary Karr
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Book: Paperback | 5.19 x 7.59in | 352 pages | ISBN 9780143035749 | 31 May 2005 | Penguin | 18 - AND UP
PEN/Martha Albrand Award

A tenth anniversary edition of the landmark memoir, with a new introduction by the author More...

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Jane Austen by Carol ShieldsJane Austen
A Life
Penguin Lives
Carol Shields
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Book: Paperback | 5.19 x 6.92in | 192 pages | ISBN 9780143035169 | 31 May 2005 | Penguin | 18 - AND UP

Jane Austen gets the biography she deserves, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Stone Diaries More...

CC'est La Vie
An American Woman Begins a New Life in Paris and--Voila!--Becomes Almost French
Suzy Gershman
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Book: Paperback | 5.19 x 7.59in | 288 pages | ISBN 9780143035503 | 31 May 2005 | Penguin | 18 - AND UP

An irresistible account of starting life anew in paris—witty, poignant, and full of zest More...

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Who Was Charles Darwin? by Nancy HarrisonWho Was Charles Darwin?
Who Was...?
Deborah Hopkinson, Nancy Harrison
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Book: Paperback | 5.31 x 7.63in | 112 pages | ISBN 9780448437644 | 19 May 2005 | Grosset & Dunlap | 7 - 11 years
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We Beat the Street by Sharon DraperWe Beat the Street
How a Friendship Led to Success
Rameck Hunt, Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, Sharon Draper
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Book: Hardcover | 6.22 x 9.29in | 128 pages | ISBN 9780525474074 | 21 Apr 2005 | Dutton Children's | 5 - AND UP years
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Blue Blood by Edward ConlonBlue Blood
Edward Conlon
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Book: Paperback | 6.06 x 9.01in | 576 pages | ISBN 9781594480737 | 05 Apr 2005 | Riverhead | 18 - AND UP
Amazon 'Break Out Books'

"Superb. The most stunning memoir ever written about the cop world." — Joseph Wambaugh More...

Working Fire by Zac UngerWorking Fire
The Making of a Fireman
Zac Unger
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Book: Paperback | 5.47 x 8.30in | 272 pages | ISBN 9780143034957 | 22 Feb 2005 | Penguin | 18 - AND UP
ALA Best Book for Young Adults 2005

"Like the best adventure tales—from Jon Krakauer's to Sebastian Junger's—it steps out of the way and lets your go through the adventure yourself." —Esquire More...

Collected Letters, 1944-1967 by Carolyn CassadyCollected Letters, 1944-1967
Neal Cassady, Dave Moore, Carolyn Cassady
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Book: Paperback | 0.51 x 0.78in | 512 pages | ISBN 9780142002179 | 25 Jan 2005 | Penguin | 18 - AND UP

Never before published—letters from the guiding light of the Beats More...

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Who Was Ronald Reagan? by Nancy HarrisonWho Was Ronald Reagan?
Who Was...?
Joyce Milton, Elizabeth Wolf, Nancy Harrison
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Book: Paperback | 5.35 x 7.71in | 112 pages | ISBN 9780448433448 | 29 Dec 2004 | Grosset & Dunlap | 7 - 11 years
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Who Was John F. Kennedy? by Nancy HarrisonWho Was John F. Kennedy?
Who Was...?
Who Was...?
Yona Zeldis McDonough, Jill Weber, Nancy Harrison
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Book: Paperback | 5.35 x 7.71in | 112 pages | ISBN 9780448437439 | 29 Dec 2004 | Grosset & Dunlap | 7 - 11 years
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The Privilege of Youth by Dave PelzerThe Privilege of Youth
A Teenager's Story of Longing for Acceptance and Friendship
Dave Pelzer
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Book: Paperback | 5.11 x 7.48in | 240 pages | ISBN 9780452286290 | 28 Dec 2004 | Plume | 18 - AND UP

The #1 New York Times bestselling author shares the missing chapter of his life More...

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The Opposite of Fate by Amy TanThe Opposite of Fate
Memories of a Writing Life
Amy Tan
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Book: Paperback | 5.31 x 7.99in | 416 pages | ISBN 9780142004890 | 28 Sep 2004 | Penguin | 18 - AND UP
New York Times Notable Book

Amy Tan gives us a story that is just as wonderous as her fiction: her own life. More...

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The Road to the Dark Tower by Bev VincentThe Road to the Dark Tower
Exploring Stephen King's Magnum Opus
Bev Vincent
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Book: Paperback | 6.02 x 8.97in | 368 pages | ISBN 9780451213044 | 28 Sep 2004 | NAL | 18 - AND UP
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