The Girls Who Fought Crime: The Untold True Story of the Country's First Female Investigator and Her Crime Fighting Squad
By: Mari K. Eder
3.51
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
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1. Valiant Women: The Extraordinary American Servicewomen Who Helped Win World War II
By: Lena Andrews
4.00
Format: 351 pages, Hardcover
A history of the role of American servicewomen in WWII, illuminating their forgotten yet essential … read more
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2. Life After Power: Seven Presidents and Their Search for Purpose Beyond the White House
By: Jared Cohen
4.27
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author of Accidental Presidents explores what happens after the most pow… read more
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3. Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond
By: Henry Winkler
4.14
Format: 246 pages, Hardcover
From Emmy-award winning actor, author, comedian, producer, and director Henry Winkler, a deeply tho… read more
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"It’s so funny about time - you get into these nice little grooves with people you love, and you think it’ll go on forever. But time goes so fast, and nothing goes on forever."-Henry Winkler, Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond
"If you don't nail your feet to the ground, you can just believe - and you want to believe. It's so enticing. It felt so good. You could just become a gigantic balloon in the Thanksgiving Day parade a…"-Henry Winkler, Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond
4. The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: True Stories of the Magic of Reading
By: James Patterson
3.92
Format: 335 pages, Hardcover
Booksellers and librarians are superheroes, saving lives every single day. Here are their amazing, … read more
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"Different books speak to us at different times."-James Patterson, The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: True Stories of the Magic of Reading
5. Between Two Trailers
By: J. Dana Trent
3.65
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
An unforgettable memoir about a girl who escapes her childhood as a preschool drug dealer to earn a… read more
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6. Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out
By: Shannon Reed
3.71
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A hilarious and incisive exploration of the joys of reading from a teacher, bibliophile and Thurber… read more
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"I think, therefore, I cry..."-Shannon Reed, Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out
"Life is so much better with books than without."-Shannon Reed, Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out
"But reading! That I could do. When I read, I felt smart."-Shannon Reed, Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out
"The act of reading makes me feel safe. Not the book itself--but the exercise of running my eyes over the words. The translation from symbol into meaning. The direct, pleasant diction of the voice ins…"-Shannon Reed, Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out
7. Strong Passions: A Scandalous Divorce in Old New York
By: Barbara Weisberg
3.43
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Shocking revelations of a wife’s adultery explode in an incendiary nineteenth-century trial, exposi… read more
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8. The Six: The Untold Story of America's First Women Astronauts
By: Loren Grush
4.36
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
In the bestselling tradition of Hidden Figures and Code Girls, the remarkable true story of America… read more
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9. No Crying in Baseball: The Inside Story of A League of Their Own: Big Stars, Dugout Drama, and a Home Run for Hollywood
By: Erin Carlson
3.69
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
National Bestseller The inside story of how A League of Their Own —one of the most beloved basebal… read more
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10. They Came for the Schools: One Town's Fight Over Race and Identity, and the New War for America's Classrooms
By: Mike Hixenbaugh
4.48
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The urgent, revelatory story of how a school board win for the conservative right in one Texas subu… read more
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11. The Angel Makers: Arsenic, a Midwife, and Modern History's Most Astonishing Murder Ring
By: Patti McCracken
3.45
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The Angel Makers is a true-crime story like no other--a 1920s midwife who may have been the century… read more
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12. When Women Invented Television: The Untold Story of the Female Powerhouses Who Pioneered the Way We Watch Today
By: Jennifer Keishin Armstrong
3.95
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling author of Seinfeldia tells the little-known story of four trailblazi… read more
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13. Into Siberia: George Kennan's Epic Journey Through the Brutal, Frozen Heart of Russia
By: Gregory J. Wallance
3.99
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In the late nineteenth century, close diplomatic relations existed between the United States and Ru… read more
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14. The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA
By: Liza Mundy
4.23
Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition
A thrilling and monumental new history of the CIA that reveals how women have always played crucial… read more
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15. Wild Girls: How the Outdoors Shaped the Women Who Challenged a Nation
By: Tiya Miles
3.56
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
An award-winning historian shows how girls who found self-understanding in the natural world became… read more
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16. The Counterfeit Countess: The Jewish Woman Who Rescued Thousands of Poles During the Holocaust
By: Elizabeth White
4.03
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The astonishing story of Dr. Josephine Janina Mehlberg—a Jewish mathematician who saved thousands o… read more
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"People are not fully defined by either the best or the worst of their actions"-Elizabeth White, The Counterfeit Countess: The Jewish Woman Who Rescued Thousands of Poles During the Holocaust
17. The Girls Who Fought Crime: The Untold True Story of the Country's First Female Investigator and Her Crime Fighting Squad
By: Mari K. Eder
3.51
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
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18. Small Acts of Courage: A Legacy of Endurance and the Fight for Democracy
By: Ali Velshi
4.53
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A captivating family history that illustrates how small actions can have an outsized political impa… read more
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19. A Light in the Dark: Surviving More than Ted Bundy
By: Kathy Kleiner Rubin
4.21
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
In January 1978, I slept in my bed at the Chi Omega sorority house at Florida State University as T… read more
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20. First to the Front: The Untold Story of Dickey Chapelle, Trailblazing Female War Correspondent
By: Lorissa Rinehart
4.32
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The first authoritative biography of pioneering photojournalist Dickey Chapelle, who from World War… read more
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"There is no revolution without domestic labor."-Lorissa Rinehart, First to the Front: The Untold Story of Dickey Chapelle, Trailblazing Female War Correspondent
21. JFK Jr.: An Intimate Oral Biography
By: RoseMarie Terenzio
4.43
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
The first oral biography of John F. Kennedy Jr. is an extraordinarily intimate, comprehensive look … read more
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