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The Desire to Heal: A Doctor's Education in Empathy, Identity, and Poetry
Rafael Campo
Paperback, 6/1/1998
3 reviews

Self-Portrait with Turtles: A Memoir (.)
David M. Carroll
Hardcover, 3/11/2004
4 reviews

Astronauts: The First 25 Years of Manned Space Flight
Bill Yenne
Hardcover, 8/1/1988

Broken: My Story of Addiction and Redemption
William Cope Moyers
Hardcover, 9/21/2006
45 reviews

Wilbur Wright's Flights in France : Leon Bollee's Photographic Record 1908-1909
Stanley W. Kandebo
Hardcover, 8/15/2003

Maxwell Stories
Sam Jaffa
Paperback, 10/1/1993

An Alphabetical Life: Living It Up in the World of Books
Wendy Werris
Paperback, 10/17/2006
13 reviews

At Napoleon's Side in Russia: The Classic Eyewitness Account
Armand de Caulaincourt
Hardcover, 11/1/2003

Child of the Crossfire: A True Story
Paperback, 8/1/1999

The Long Road Home: A Story of War and Family
Martha Raddatz
Paperback, 1/2/2008
67 reviews

Patton and Rommel: Men Of War In The Twentieth Century
Dennis Showalter
Hardcover, 4/5/2005
16 reviews

A Reporter's Life
Audio Cassette, 11/27/1996
48 reviews

Perfect from Now On: How Indie Rock Saved My Life
John Sellers
Hardcover, 3/6/2007
12 reviews

The Bridge Never Crossed
George A. Burk
Paperback, 1/1/1999
21 reviews

The End of Romance: A Memoir of Love, Sex, and the Mystery of the Violin
Norma Barzman
Paperback, 3/21/2006
2 reviews

One Man's Journey: In Search of Freedom
Obert C. Tanner
Hardcover, 1/1/1995

Raquela: A Woman of Israel
Ruth Gruber
Paperback, 11/1/1979
10 reviews

Walking to Vermont: From Times Square into the Green Mountains -- a Homeward Adventure
Christopher S. Wren
Hardcover, 2/24/2004
8 reviews

My Battle of Algiers: A Memoir
Ted Morgan
Hardcover, 2/1/2006
10 reviews

A Mighty Heart Movie Tie-In: The Brave Life and Death of My Husband Danny Pearl
Audio CD, 6/26/2007
47 reviews

15 Stars: Eisenhower, MacArthur, Marshall: Three Generals Who Saved the American Century
Stanley Weintraub
Hardcover, 6/12/2007
16 reviews

The Diary of a Napoleonic Foot Soldier
Jakob Walter
Paperback, 2/1/1993
11 reviews

Jane Goodall: The Woman Who Redefined Man
Dale Peterson
Hardcover, 11/15/2006
12 reviews

The Year of Magical Thinking
Joan Didion
Paperback, 2/13/2007
500 reviews

Girls Only: Sleepovers, Squabbles, Tuna Fish, and Other Facts of Family Life
Alex Witchel
Paperback, 1/8/2008

Keeping Faith: A Father-Son Story About Love and the United States Marine Corps
John Schaeffer
Paperback, 12/14/2003
59 reviews

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
Dave Eggers
Paperback, 2/13/2001
913 reviews

Voices from the Front: Letters Home from America's Military Family
Frank Schaeffer
Paperback, 8/18/2005
4 reviews

Duty, Honor, Victory: America's Athletes in World War II
Gary L. Bloomfield
Paperback, 11/1/2004
1 reviews

Here's What We'll Say: Growing Up, Coming Out, and the U.S. Air Force Academy
Reichen Lehmkul
Paperback, 10/25/2007
43 reviews

Picture Letters From the Commander in Chief: Letters From Iwo Jima
Tadamichi Kuribayashi
Paperback, 6/26/2007
3 reviews

Freud's Wizard: Ernest Jones and the Transformation of Psychoanalysis
Brenda Maddox
Hardcover, 3/19/2007
2 reviews

Inside Story
Greg Dyke
Hardcover, 4/1/2005

Anchorwoman
Jessica Savitch
Paperback, 11/1/1983
1 reviews

Time Of Their Lives
John Nihmey
Mass Market Paperback, 11/1/1994
3 reviews

Shantung Compound: The Story of Men and Women Under Pressure
Langdon Gilkey
Paperback, 6/1/1975
9 reviews

21: Bringing Down the House - Movie Tie-In: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions
Ben Mezrich
Paperback, 1/29/2008
422 reviews

William F. Buckley, Jr.: Patron Saint of the Conservatives
John B. Judis
Hardcover, 5/1/1988
5 reviews

52 McGs.: The Best Obituaries from Legendary New York Times Reporter Robert McG. Thomas
Robert McG. Thomas
Hardcover, 10/23/2001
10 reviews

Taking Fire: The True Story of a Decorated Chopper Pilot
Ron Alexander
Mass Market Paperback, 4/15/2002
17 reviews

Another River, Another Town: A Teenage Tank Gunner Comes of Age in Combat--1945
John P. Irwin
Paperback, 5/13/2003
15 reviews

War Letters: Extraordinary Correspondence from American Wars
Andrew Carroll
Hardcover, 5/15/2001
37 reviews

Encounter with History: The Memoirs, Reminiscences, and Amazing Life of Captain Edmund Richard Pitman Shurly, 1829-1909
Robert Vanderzee
Paperback, 3/5/2008

Star of Destiny: The Private Life of Sam and Margaret Houston
Madge Thornall Roberts
Hardcover, 1/1/1993

My Strength Comes from Within
Joye M. Carter
Paperback, 12/10/2000
3 reviews

Winchell: Gossip, Power, and the Culture of Celebrity
Neal Gabler
Paperback, 9/26/1995
4 reviews

Necessary Sins: A Memoir
Lynn Darling
Hardcover, 3/27/2007
9 reviews

But Enough About Me: How a Small-Town Girl Went from Shag Carpet to the Red Carpet
Jancee Dunn
Paperback, 7/1/2007
7 reviews

If You Lived Here, I'd Know Your Name: News from Small-Town Alaska
Heather Lende
Paperback, 3/29/2006
30 reviews

Aldo Leopold: A Fierce Green Fire
Marybeth Lorbiecki
Paperback, 1/1/2005
4 reviews

The Man With The Beautiful Voice: And More Stories from the Other Side of the Couch
Lillian B. Rubin
Hardcover, 6/1/2003
7 reviews

Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
Mitch Albom
Mass Market Paperback, 12/27/2005
2112 reviews

Who's Who in Space
Michael Cassutt
Hardcover, 1/1/1993
4 reviews

Alistair Cooke: A Biography
Nick Clarke
Paperback, 12/6/2001
1 reviews

Stanley Marcus from A to Z: Viewpoints
Stanley Marcus
Hardcover, 3/1/2000

Fear & Reality!: A Vietnam War Diary
Latrell Bellard
Paperback, 7/7/2004

The Anti-Egotist: Kingsley Amis, Man of Letters
Paul Fussell
Hardcover, 9/15/1994
2 reviews

Younger Than That Now: A Shared Passage from the Sixties
Jeff Durstewitz
Paperback, 5/1/2001
22 reviews

Autobiography of Lincoln Steffens, Vol. 2: Muckraking/Revolution/Seeing America at Last
Lincoln Steffens
Paperback, 10/23/1968
1 reviews

Hanging Out With Lab Coats: Hope, Humor & Help for Cancer Patients and their Caregivers
Wendi Fox Pedicone
Hardcover, 3/27/2007
5 reviews

Stop the Presses, Nellie's Got a Scoop!: A Story of Nellie Bly
Robert M. Quackenbush
Paperback, 9/1/1992

B.F. Skinner: A Life
Daniel W. Bjork
Hardcover, 8/1/1993
3 reviews

Over Hill And Dale
Gervase Phinn
Paperback, 11/25/2003
2 reviews

Somebody Somewhere:: Breaking Free from the World of Autism
Donna Williams
Hardcover, 2/1/1994
8 reviews

Basher Five-Two: The True Story of F-16 Fighter Pilot Captain Scott O'Grady
Scott O'Grady
Hardcover, 5/12/1997
32 reviews

Larry L. King: A Writer's Life in Letters, Or, Reflections in a Bloodshot Eye
Larry L. King
Hardcover, 10/1/1999
5 reviews

Genuine Reality: A Life of William James
Linda Simon
Hardcover, 2/15/1998
7 reviews

Daughter Of Persia: A Woman's Journey From Her Father's Harem Through the Islamic Revolution
Sattareh Farman Farmaian
Hardcover, 2/18/1992
36 reviews

What Remains: A Memoir of Fate, Friendship, and Love
Carole Radziwill
Hardcover, 2/22/2006
162 reviews

Einstein: A Beginner's Guide
Jim Breithaupt
Paperback, 4/1/2000

Elers Koch: Forty Years a Forester
Elers Koch
Paperback, 6/1/1998
1 reviews

Yukon Alone: The World's Toughest Adventure Race
John Balzar
Hardcover, 1/13/2000
17 reviews

Isaac Newton (Very Interesting People Series)
Richard S. Westfall
Paperback, 6/18/2007

Marie Curie: A Life
Susan Quinn
Hardcover, 3/9/1995
9 reviews

Stephen Hawking A Life in Science
Michael White and John Gribbin
Paperback, 11/1/2002
9 reviews

Kindness of Strangers
Mike McIntyre
Paperback, 11/1/1996
18 reviews

The Harvard Book, rev. ed: Selections fom Three Centuries
William Bentinck-Smith
Hardcover, 1/1/1982
1 reviews

Nearer, My God: An Autobiography of Faith
William F. Buckley Jr.
Paperback, 10/15/1998
34 reviews

Build the Perfect Beast: The Quest to Design the Coolest Car Ever Made
Mark Christensen
Hardcover, 11/13/2001
4 reviews

While the Music Lasts
Bob St. John
Hardcover, 9/1/1988

Tokens of Myself
Celestine Sibley
Hardcover, 10/1/1990

War Reporting for Cowards
Chris Ayres
Hardcover, 7/10/2005
24 reviews

It Took Heros: A Cavalry Chaplain's Memoir of Vietnam
Claude Newby
Mass Market Paperback, 3/4/2003
1 reviews

About Face: The Odyssey of an American Warrior
Colonel David H. Hackworth
Paperback, 4/15/1990
75 reviews

Lieutenant Ramsey's War
Edwin Price Ramsey
Hardcover, 12/1/1990
1 reviews

At Face Value: My Triumph Over a Disfiguring Cancer
Terry Healey
Paperback, 1/1/2006
39 reviews

Leap Days: Chronicles of a Midlife Move
Katherine Lanpher
Hardcover, 10/10/2006
7 reviews

New York in the Fifties
Dan Wakefield
Hardcover, 5/1/1992
7 reviews

More, Now, Again: A Memoir of Addiction
Elizabeth Wurtzel
Hardcover, 11/1/2001
71 reviews

Dreams Die Hard
David Harris
Paperback, 4/1/1993
2 reviews

A Friend of the Flock: Tales of a Country Veterinarian
John Mccormack
Hardcover, 9/16/1997
3 reviews

Birding Babylon: A Soldier's Journal from Iraq
Jonathan Trouern-Trend
Hardcover, 4/11/2006
7 reviews

Robert Wood Johnson -- The Gentleman Rebel
Lawrence G. Foster
Hardcover, 11/15/1999
2 reviews

The Gift of Jazzy
Cindy Heller Adams
Hardcover, 7/1/2003
26 reviews

Hillary's Secret War: The Clinton Conspiracy to Muzzle Internet Journalists
Richard Poe
Hardcover, 4/1/2004
21 reviews

Doctors' Work: The Legacy of Sir William Osler
Ted Grant
Hardcover, 9/6/2003

Stories that Changed America: Muckrakers of the 20th Century
Carl Jensen
Hardcover, 7/1/2003

Street Zen: The Life and Work of Issan Dorsey
David Schneider
Paperback, 11/9/1993
12 reviews

The Watchman: The Twisted Life and Crimes of Serial Hacker Kevin Poulsen
Jonathan Littman
Hardcover, 3/31/1997
31 reviews

Signor Marconi's Magic Box: How an Amateur Inventor Defied Scientists and Began the Radio Revolution
Gavin Weightman
Hardcover, 1/1/2003
8 reviews