The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times
By: Michelle Obama
4.27
Format: 319 pages, Hardcover
#1 NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER - ONE OF TIME'S 100 MUST-READ BOOKS OF 2022 - In an insp…
Want to Read $ 4.99"Going high is about learning to keep the poison out and the power in."-Michelle Obama, The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times
"Going high is about learning to keep the poison out and the power in."-Michelle Obama, The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times
"Going high is about learning to keep the poison out and the power in."-Michelle Obama, The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times
"Being different conditions you toward cautiousness, even as it demands being bold."-Michelle Obama, The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times
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Format: 471 pages, Hardcover
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"Words were creators of worlds; you had to be careful with them."-Kristin Hannah, The Women
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3.99
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3. The Woman in Me
By: Britney Spears
3.86
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
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"I realized how powerful it can be when women defy expectations. I can make my own way in life. I can make my dreams come true."-Britney Spears, The Woman in Me
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4. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
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4.00
Format: 385 pages, Hardcover
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By: Shelby Van Pelt
4.39
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
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4.16
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7. Dinners with Ruth: A Memoir on the Power of Friendships
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4.13
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4.50
Format: 560 pages, Hardcover
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4.27
Format: 284 pages, Hardcover
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10. Pageboy
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3.75
Format: 271 pages, None
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4.33
Format: 768 pages, Kindle Edition
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4.06
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4.09
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18. The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times
By: Michelle Obama
4.27
Format: 319 pages, Hardcover
#1 NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER - ONE OF TIME'S 100 MUST-READ BOOKS OF 2022 - In an insp… read more
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"Going high is about learning to keep the poison out and the power in."-Michelle Obama, The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times
"Being different conditions you toward cautiousness, even as it demands being bold."-Michelle Obama, The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times
"Life has shown me that strong friendships are most often the result of strong intentions. Your table needs to be deliberately built, deliberately populated, and deliberately tended to."-Michelle Obama, The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times
"Real-world connections most often tend to cut against stereotypes. They can be remarkably calming, in fact—a small but potent way to reset a bad mood or challenge broader feelings of mistrust. The on…"-Michelle Obama, The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times
19. Have I Told You This Already?: Stories I Don’t Want to Forget to Remember
By: Lauren Graham
3.66
Format: 183 pages, Hardcover
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"Do every job as if you’re being well paid."-Lauren Graham, Have I Told You This Already?: Stories I Don’t Want to Forget to Remember
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"When does the mastery end? How many things do I need to be good at to feel good about myself? Could Dan Brown really teach me how to write a thriller as well as he does? Do I even want to try? Or has…"-Lauren Graham, Have I Told You This Already?: Stories I Don’t Want to Forget to Remember
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By: Matthew Perry
3.91
Format: 250 pages, Hardcover
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"Addiction is like the Joker. It just wants to see the whole world burn."-Matthew Perry, Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing
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"My mother is beautiful; she was a star in every room she entered. And she's certainly the reason I'm funny."-Matthew Perry, Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing
"Addiction, the big terrible thing, is far too powerful for anyone to defeat alone. But together, one day at a time, we can beat it down."-Matthew Perry, Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing
21. Spare
By: Prince Harry
3.85
Format: 410 pages, Hardcover
It was one of the most searing images of the twentieth century: two young boys, two princes, walkin… read more
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"It wasn’t that she felt no emotions. On the contrary, I always thought that Granny experienced all the normal human emotions. She just knew better than the rest of us mortals how to control them."-Prince Harry, Spare
"I heard the story of what Pa allegedly said to Mummy the day of my birth: Wonderful! Now you’ve given me an Heir and a Spare—my work is done. A joke. Presumably. On the other hand, minutes after deli…"-Prince Harry, Spare
"I'd traveled the world from top to bottom, literally. I'd hopscotched the continents. I'd met hundreds of thousands of people, I'd crossed paths with a ludicrously large cross-section of the planet's…"-Prince Harry, Spare
"It occurred to me then that identity is a hierarchy. We are primarily one thing, and then we're primarily another, and then another, and so on, until death- in succession. Each new identity assumes t…"-Prince Harry, Spare
