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1	The Glass Castle: A Memoir more books like this by Jeannette Walls add to wishlist Jeannette Walls's memoir revolves around her parents, who give the concept of bad parenting a whole new meaning. Her irresponsible romantic of a father was an inventor of outlandishly useless devices, and her mother, an artist, was his abettor. As the two of them dragged the family around the country on the run from creditors and from one bad idea ... see all copies from $4.14! new only from $7.22! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace... One School at a Time more books like this by Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin add to wishlist The astonishing, uplifting story of a real-life Indiana Jones and his humanitarian campaign to use education to combat terrorism in the Talibanas backyard Anyone who despairs of the individualas power to change lives has to read the story of Greg Mortenson, a homeless mountaineer who, following a 1993 climb of Pakistanas treacherous K2, was ... see all copies from $4.99! new only from $7.08! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Last Lecture more books like this by Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow add to wishlist Based on the extraordinary final lecture by Carnegie Mellon University professor Pausch, given after he discovered he had pancreatic cancer, this moving book goes beyond the now-famous lecture to inspire readers to live each day with purpose and joy. Photos. see all copies from $5.00! new only from $5.00! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Night more books like this by Elie Wiesel add to wishlist Born into a Jewish ghetto in Hungary, as a child, Elie Wiesel was sent to the Nazi concentration camps at Auschwitz and Buchenwald. This is his account of that atrocity: the ever-increasing horrors he endured, the loss of his family and his struggle to survive in a world that stripped him of humanity, dignity and faith. Describing in simple terms ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.10! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia more books like this by Elizabeth Gilbert add to wishlist A celebrated writer pens an irresistible, candid, and eloquent account of her pursuit of worldly pleasure, spiritual devotion, and what she really wanted out of life. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man and Life's Greatest Lesson more books like this by Mitch Albom add to wishlist Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher or a colleague. Someone older, patient and wise, who understood you when you were young and searching, and gave you sound advice to help you make your way through it. For Mitch Albom, that person was Morrie Schwartz, his college professor from nearly twenty years ago. Maybe, like Mitch, you lost track of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.27! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream more books like this by Barack Obama add to wishlist At the heart of The Audacity of Hope is Senator Obama?s vision of how his country can move beyond its divisions to tackle concrete problems. He examines the growing economic insecurity of American families and the racial and religious tensions within the body politic, and considers the nature of threats from outside America?s borders. By returning ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.19! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death & Life more books like this by Don Piper, Cecil B Murphey add to wishlist Baptist minister Piper tells of experiencing heaven for the 90 minutes he was pronounced dead at the scene of a car accident. After miraculously coming back to life and working through a long and painful recovery, friends and family finally convinced him to share his remarkable story. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.08! \| signed copies \| SVS
9	Into the Wild more books like this by Jon Krakauer add to wishlist Using the true story of a young man, who in 1992 walked deep into the Alaskan wilderness and whose SOS note and emaciated corpse were found four months later, Krakauer explores the obsession which leads some people to explore the outer limits of self, leave civilization behind and seek enlightenment through solitude and contact with nature. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.96! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance more books like this by Barack Obama add to wishlist The son of a black African father and a white American mother, Obama was only two years old when his father walked out on the family. Many years later, Obama receives a phone call from Nairobi: his father is dead. This sudden news inspires an emotional odyssey for Obama, determined to learn the truth of his father's life and reconcile his divided ... see all copies from $2.39! new only from $9.13! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America more books like this by Erik Larson add to wishlist The story of two men's obsessions with the Chicago World's Fair, one its architect, the other a murderer. "The Devil in the White City" draws the reader into a time of magic and majesty, made all the more appealing by a supporting cast of real-life characters, including Buffalo Bill, Theodore Dreiser, Susan B. Anthony, Thomas Edison, Archduke ... see all copies from $2.15! new only from $5.87! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity more books like this by Bill O'Reilly add to wishlist In his most intimate book yet, Bill O'Reilly goes back in time to examine the people, places, and experiences that launched him on his journey from being a working-class kid to an immensely influential television personality and bestselling author. see all copies from $9.94! new only from $15.30! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings more books like this by Dr. Maya Angelou add to wishlist Maya Angelou's six volumes of autobiography are a testament to the talents and resilience of this extraordinary writer. Loving the world, she also knows its cruelty. As a Black woman she has known discrimination and extreme poverty, but also hope, joy, achievement and celebration. In this first volume of her six books of autobiography, Maya ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.67! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster more books like this by Jon Krakauer add to wishlist The story of a 24-hour period on Everest, when members of three separate expeditions struggled for survival when they were caught in a storm and faced a battle against hurricane-force winds, exposure, and the effects of altitude, which ended in the worst, single-season death toll in the peak's history. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.88! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother more books like this by James McBride add to wishlist As a boy in Brooklyn, James McBride knew that his mother was different. But when he asked about it, she'd simply say, "I'm light-skinned". Later he wondered if he was different too, and asked his mother if he was black or white. "You're a human being", she snapped. "Educate yourself or you'll be a nobody!" When James asked what the colour of God ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.45! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Child Called "It" more books like this by Dave Pelzer add to wishlist In this moving memoir, Dave Pelzer recalls his childhood, when he was abused by an alcoholic mother. He recounts the strategies he used to survive the "games" she devised that reduced him from a human being to an "it." Dave somehow survives, frees himself of his mother's tyranny, and eventually finds success in the Air Force. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.69! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Mans Search for Meaning more books like this by Viktor Emil Frankl add to wishlist A prominent Viennese psychiatrist recounts his experiences in a Nazi concentration camp that led to the development of his existentialist approach to psychotherapy. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.16! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Mein Kampf more books like this by Adolf Hitler add to wishlist Hitler outlines a program of blood and terror in this self-revealing classic. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.25! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Angelas Ashes more books like this by Frank McCourt add to wishlist The author recounts his childhood in Depression-era Brooklyn as the child of Irish immigrants who decide to return to worse poverty in Ireland when his infant sister dies. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.08! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation more books like this by Joseph J Ellis add to wishlist Ellis recounts the sometimes collaborative, sometimes archly antagonistic interactions between these men, and shows us the private characters behind the public personas: Adams, the ever-combative iconoclast, whose closest political collaborator was his wife, Abigail; Burr, crafty, smooth, and one of the most despised public figures of his time for ... see all copies from $3.74! new only from $8.41! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Ishmael more books like this by Daniel Quinn add to wishlist The author reads a short ad in the personals section, "teacher seeks pupil, must have an earnest desire to save the world". This "teacher" is a gorilla called Ishmael. Through a series of conversations, the author learns how to regard the world from a totally different viewpoint. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft more books like this by Stephen King add to wishlist This text offers a unique insight into the life of Stephen King. It explores what books and films influenced him as a young writer, his first idea for a story and the true-life tale that inspired Carrie. The book also takes the reader through all the basic skills of writing. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of Seal Team 10 more books like this by Marcus Luttrell, Patrick Robinson add to wishlist In June 2005 four US Navy SEALs left their base in Afghanistan for the Pakistani border. Their mission was to capture or kill a notorious al Qaeda leader known to be ensconced in a Taliban stronghold surrounded by a small but heavily armed force. Less than twenty-four hours later, only one of those Navy SEALs was alive. This is the story of team ... see all copies from $2.71! new only from $4.49! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Same Kind of Different as Me: A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman Who Bound Them Together more books like this by Ron Hall, Denver Moore, Lynn Vincent add to wishlist Meet Denver, raised under plantation-style slavery in Louisiana until he escaped "da Man" - in the 1960s - by hopping a train. Then, after another 18 homeless years on the streets of Dallas, God moved...and a godly woman prayed, and listened, and obeyed. And mountains began to move, beginning with her husband, Ron, an international art dealer ... see all copies from $6.95! new only from $8.79! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln more books like this by Doris Kearns Goodwin add to wishlist Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin illuminates Lincoln's political genius in her #1 "New York Times" bestseller, as she chronicles the rise of the the one-term congressman/prairie lawyer from obscurity to prevail over three gifted rivals of national reputation to become president. 16 pages of photos. see all copies from $8.65! new only from $12.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

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