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1	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 $4.79! new only from $13.08! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal more books like this by Christopher Moore add to wishlist In 2001, Jesus brings back one of his boyhood friends--Levi, known fondly as Biff--from the dead and sets him up in a St. Louis hotel room to crank out a new gospel, watched over by a TV-addicted angel. Biff's version of the Jesus story emphasizes Jesus's goodness and innocence in a dog-eat-dog childhood world where Biff's role is to help his ... see all copies from $2.85! new only from $7.10! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Family of Secrets: The Bush Dynasty, the Powerful Forces That Put It in the White House, and What Their Influence Means for America more books like this by Russ Baker add to wishlist After eight disastrous years, George W. Bush leaves office as one of the most unpopular presidents in American history. Baker goes deep behind the scenes to deliver an arresting new look at the Bush legacy, and the network of figures in intelligence, military, finance, and oil who enabled the Bush family's rise to power. see all copies from $6.99! new only from $21.86! \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Reagan I Knew more books like this by William F Buckley, Jr. add to wishlist This is an intimate portrait of Ronald Reagan, from his political mentor, ally and friend, William F. Buckley Jr. William F. Buckley Jr. first met Ronald Reagan in 1960, when Reagan, then a well-known actor, was assigned to introduce Buckley to an audience of Californian doctors. On discovering that the microphone couldn't be turned on without ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
5	Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven more books like this by Susan Jane Gilman add to wishlist They were young, brilliant, and ambitious--Gilman and her friend Chloe set out to conquer the world. Instead, the world conquered them. The bestselling author's riveting new memoir is an astonishing, real-life story of hubris--and redemption--told with tremendous heart. see all copies from $8.88! new only from $9.19! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Backstage with Julia: My Years with Julia Child more books like this by Nancy Verde Barr add to wishlist You'll love this intimate portrait of the inimitable Julia Child by Nancy Verde Barr, her executive chef and friend for twenty-four years. Brimming with anecdotes, memorabilia, and snapshots, "Backstage with Julia" conveys Julia's generosity, her boundless energy, and her love of food and life. This loving memoir celebrates the adventurous and ... see all copies from $2.98! new only from $3.31! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Einstein: His Life and Universe more books like this by Walter Isaacson add to wishlist By the author of the acclaimed bestseller 'Benjamin Franklin', this is the first full biography of Albert Einstein since all of his papers have become available. How did his mind work? What made him a genius? Isaacson's biography shows how his scientific imagination sprang from the rebellious nature of his personality. His fascinating story is a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	The First Third more books like this by Neal Cassady add to wishlist Beat icon Neal Cassady (the main character in "On the Road") tells his own story--the hustling, the homelessness, the traveling on the road. see all copies from $3.97! new only from $9.51! \| first editions \| SVS
9	The Joke's Over: Bruised Memories: Gonzo, Hunter S. Thompson, and Me more books like this by Ralph Steadman add to wishlist A rollicking, no-holds-barred memoir, "The Jokes Over" is the definitive inside story of Hunter S. Thompson and the Gonzo years. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Gonzo: The Life of Hunter S. Thompson more books like this by Jann S Wenner, Corey Seymour, Johnny Depp (Introduction by) add to wishlist The star-studded, rollicking, juicy story of Hunter S. Thompsons life brings to vivid focus a man who was more complicated and talented than any previous portrait has shown. Its all here: the creative frenzies, the love affairs, the drugs, booze, guns, and, ultimately, the tragic suicide.Little, Brown and Company see all copies from $3.00! new only from $3.00! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Billy: The Untold Story of a Young Billy Graham and the Test of Faith That Almost Changed Everything more books like this by William Paul McKay, Ken Abraham add to wishlist The remarkable true story of a young Billy Graham and his best friend who walked away from the faith. We all know how the story ends but how did it begin? Before he became a household name, and "America's Pastor," he was simply known as Billy. When he wasn't playing baseball, he was discovering his love for Christian ministry. His best friend, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	What I Saw at the Revolution: A Political Life in the Reagan Era more books like this by Peggy Noonan add to wishlist Peggy Noonan, who earned fame and widespread admiration as the most talented speechwriter of the Reagan-Bush era, writes a witty personal memoir about her life and professional adventures in the middle of American politics. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Greene on Capri: A Memoir more books like this by Shirley Hazzard add to wishlist 'When friends die, one's own credentials change: one becomes a survivor. Graham Greene has already had biographers, one of whom has served him mightily. Yet I hope that there is room for the remembrance of a friend who knew him - not wisely, perhaps, but fairly well - on an island that was "not his kind of place," but where he came season after ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	I Am Murdered: George Wythe, Thomas Jefferson, and the Killing That Shocked a New Nation more books like this by Bruce Chadwick, Ph.D. add to wishlist "A good story, well told, of a sliver of life in Richmond, a small, elite-driven capital city in the young nation's most influential state." --Publishers Weekly George Wythe clung to the mahogany banister as he inched down the staircase of his comfortable Richmond, Virginia, home. Doubled over in agony, he stumbled to the kitchen in search of ... see all copies from $2.73! new only from $2.78! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	The Tennis Partner more books like this by Abraham Verghese, M.D. add to wishlist A story about male friendship and drug addiction, told by a doctor who watched his young friend and student, a brilliant tennis player, destroy his life with cocaine. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.25! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	White Heat: The Friendship of Emily Dickinson and Thomas Wentworth Higginson more books like this by Brenda Wineapple add to wishlist Wineapple gives a radiant portrayal of one of the most remarkable friendships in American letters--between the elusive, original poet Emily Dickinson and Colonel Thomas Wentworth Higginson, the radical abolitionist, reformer, and writer. see all copies from $9.90! new only from $9.91! \| first editions \| SVS
17	Getting to Know the General: The Story of an Involvement more books like this by Graham Greene add to wishlist Greene's account of a five year personal involvement with Omar Torrijos, ruler of Panama from 1968-81 and Sergeant Chuchu, one of the few men in the National Guard whom the General trusted completely. It is a fascinating tribute to an inspirational politician in the vital period of his country's history, and to an unusual and enduring friendship. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $26.98! \| first editions
18 view cover	That Summer in Paris more books like this by Morley Callaghan add to wishlist It was the fabulous summer of 1929 when the literary capital of North America moved to La Rive Gauche--the Left Bank of the Seine River--in Paris. Ernest Hemingway was reading proofs of "A Farewell to Arms," and a few blocks away F. Scott Fitzgerald was struggling with "Tender Is the Night," As his first published book rose to fame in New York, ... see all copies from $7.00! new only from $14.98! \| first editions
19 view cover	Frank Lloyd Wright in New York: The Plaza Years, 1954-1959 more books like this by Jane King Hession, Debra Pickrel, Mike Wallace (Foreword by) add to wishlist "Frank Lloyd wright in New York: The Plaza Years, 1954-1959", examines the momentous five-year period when one of the world's greatest architects and one of the world's greatest cities coexisted. Authors Jane Hession and Debra Prickel bring each of these unequalled characters to life, exploring the fascinating contradiction between Wright's often ... see all copies from $5.82! new only from $9.98! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Lincoln's Herndon more books like this by David Herbert Donald add to wishlist Occasionally a book that begins as a work of scholarship becomes a great and profoundly moving human document. This life of Lincoln's friend, law partner and biographer is such a book. It has a two-fold focus: on the "Abe Lincoln in Illinois" daysthe days of Lincoln's courting, arguing, and politicking; and on Herndon's long and wracking fight ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.46! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21	Silence Will Speak: A Study of the Life of Denys Finch Hatton and His Relationship with Karen... more books like this by Errol Trzebinski add to wishlist The biography of Denys Finch Hatton. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $77.82! \| first editions
22	Slim: Memories of a Rich and Imperfect Life more books like this by Slim Keith, Annette Tapert add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.97! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	The Clothes They Stood Up in and the Lady and the Van more books like this by Alan Bennett add to wishlist From Alan Bennett, the author of The Madness of King George, come two stories about the strange nature of possessions...or the lack of them. In the nationally bestselling novel The Clothes They Stood Up In, the staid Ransomes return from the opera to find their Regent's Park flat stripped bare--right down to the toilet-paper roll. Free of all ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.83! \| SVS
24 view cover	Jesus, the Apostles and the Early Church more books like this by Pope Benedict XVI add to wishlist Based on Pope Benedict XVI's weekly teaching on the relationship between Christ and the Church, this book tells the drama of Jesus' first disciples his Apostles and their associates and how they spread Jesus' message throughout the ancient world. Far from distorting the truth about Jesus of Nazareth, insists Pope Benedict, the early disciples ... see all copies from $6.88! new only from $7.25! \| SVS
25 view cover	The Hidden Pope: The Untold Story of a Lifelong Friendship That is Changing the Relationship Between Catholics and Jews: The Personal Journey of John Paul II and Jerzy Kluger more books like this by Darcy O'Brien add to wishlist The recollections of Jerzy Kluger, a childhood friend of Pope John Paul II. A Jew who lost most of his family in the Nazi death camps, Kluger worked behind the scenes with the pope to help secure Vatican recognition of the state of Israel. Winner of a 1997 Bay Area Book Reviewers Association Award. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions

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