Flying Free: My Victory over Fear to Become the First Latina Pilot on the US Aerobatic Team
By: Cecilia Aragon
4.54
Format: 300 pages, Hardcover
The daughter of a Chilean father and a Filipina mother, Cecilia Rodriguez Aragon grew up as a shy, …
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1. A Chick in the Cockpit: My Life Up in the Air
By: Erika Armstrong
4.08
Format: 262 pages, Paperback
“Ladies and gentlemen, welcome aboard your flight. As you step onto my aircraft, take a quick glanc… read more
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- aviation
- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
2. Elite (Hunter, #2)
By: Mercedes Lackey
3.56
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Joy wants nothing more than to live and Hunt in Apex City without a target on her back. But a dange… read more
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3. Midnight in Mexico: A Reporter's Journey Through a Country's Descent into Darkness
By: Alfredo Corchado
4.02
Format: 426 pages, Hardcover
In the last six years, more than eighty thousand people have been killed in the Mexican drug war, a… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
4. Hunter (Hunter, #1)
By: Mercedes Lackey
3.30
Format: 107 pages, Hardcover
They came after the Diseray. Some were terrors ripped from our collective imaginations, remnants of… read more
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5. Cook County ICU: 30 Years of Unforgettable Patients and Odd Cases
By: Cory Franklin
3.57
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
An inside look at one of the nation's most famous public hospitals, Cook County, as seen through th… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
6. Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More
By: Janet Mock
3.70
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
In 2011, Marie Clairemagazine published a profile of Janet Mock in which she stepped forward for th… read more
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7. The Lakota Way: Stories and Lessons for Living
By: Joseph M. Marshall III
3.00
Format: 9 pages, Paperback
Joseph M. Marshall's thoughtful, illuminating account of how the spiritual beliefs of the Lakota pe… read more
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8. A Narco History: How the United States and Mexico Jointly Created the "Mexican Drug War"
By: Carmen Boullosa , Mike Wallace
4.00
Format: 204 pages, Paperback
The "War Against Drugs": who started it, and why? What are its consequences in real terms, not mere… read more
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9. Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women, and Queer Radicals
By: Saidiya Hartman
4.46
Format: 441 pages, Paperback
A breathtaking exploration of the lives of young black women in the early twentieth century. In … read more
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- nonfiction
"No, Kropotkin never described black women's mutual aid societies or the chorus in Mutual Aid, although he imagined animal society in its rich varieties & the forms of cooperation & mutuality found am…"-Saidiya Hartman, Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women, and Queer Radicals
10. 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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- memoir
"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
11. Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America
By: Beth Macy
4.08
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Beth Macy takes us into the epicenter of America's twenty-plus year struggle with opioid addiction.… read more
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- nonfiction
"The corporation feels no pain."-Beth Macy, Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America
"You whack one [dealer], and the others just pop right up, like Whac-A-Mole"-Beth Macy, Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America
"Too many Americans go to too many prisons for far too long and for truly no good law enforcement reason."-Beth Macy, Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America
"But you can't put a corporation in jail; you just take their money, and it's not really their money anyway."-Beth Macy, Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America
12. We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America
By: Roxanna Asgarian
4.32
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The shocking, deeply reported story of a murder-suicide that claimed the lives of six children—and … read more
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- nonfiction
13. Hijab Butch Blues
By: Lamya H.
4.48
Format: 284 pages, Hardcover
A queer hijabi Muslim immigrant survives her coming-of-age by drawing strength and hope from storie… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
"Sort of?"-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues
"Queer indispensability?"-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues
"I feel tired. Or reckless. Or maybe brave."-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues
"I want to figure her out, this girl, and I want to know everything about her."-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues
14. The Bandit Queens
By: Parini Shroff
3.93
Format: 342 pages, Hardcover
Geeta's no-good husband disappeared five years ago. She didn't kill him, but everyone thinks she di… read more
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"So I’d stay home. So my world wouldn’t get any bigger."-Parini Shroff, The Bandit Queens
"At least you were seen. Hated, but seen. I was just invisible."-Parini Shroff, The Bandit Queens
"Thanking him had nearly given her an ulcer, but she'd managed by imagining him dead."-Parini Shroff, The Bandit Queens
"It wasn’t as though she wanted people looking at her — it was far safer to be invisible."-Parini Shroff, The Bandit Queens
15. In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife
By: Sebastian Junger
3.92
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
A near-fatal health emergency leads to this powerful reflection on death—and what might follow—by t… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
"Everyone has a relationship with death whether they want one or not; refusing to think about death is its own kind of relationship. When we hear about another person's death, we are hearing a version…"-Sebastian Junger, In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife
16. The Wizard's Butler
By: Nathan Lowell
4.39
Format: 500 pages, Kindle Edition
Alternate cover edition of ASIN B0865326GF For five grand a month and a million dollar chaser,… read more
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17. 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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- biography
18. The Paris Orphan
By: Natasha Lester
4.19
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
An American soldier and an enterprising photographer brave occupied France during World War II to h… read more
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19. The Wrong One
By: Dervla McTiernan
3.25
Format: 4 pages, Audible Audio
3 hours, 54 minutes In this new novella from the number one internationally best-selling author… read more
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20. Together: Why Social Connection Holds the Key to Better Health, Higher Performance, and Greater Happiness
By: Vivek H. Murthy
4.24
Format: 352 pages, ebook
In this groundbreaking book, Former Surgeon General of the United States, Vivek Murthy argues that … read more
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- nonfiction
"Today it's widely understood that one of the most important factors in preventing and addressing toxic stress in children is healthy social connection."-Vivek H. Murthy, Together: Why Social Connection Holds the Key to Better Health, Higher Performance, and Greater Happiness
"The structure of operations also encourages connection. Any employee can attend meetings of any department, including Zingerman's board meeting. A truck driver can help plan a menu, and a chef can he…"-Vivek H. Murthy, Together: Why Social Connection Holds the Key to Better Health, Higher Performance, and Greater Happiness
"The fact is, [University of Michigan organizational behavior professor Dr.] Wayne [Baker] said, most people do want to help. But that's not always intuitive. "We've shown that engaging in the process…"-Vivek H. Murthy, Together: Why Social Connection Holds the Key to Better Health, Higher Performance, and Greater Happiness
21. The Devil's Half Acre: The Untold Story of How One Woman Liberated the South's Most Notorious Slave Jail
By: Kristen Green
3.58
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The inspiring true story of an enslaved woman who liberated an infamous slave jail and transformed … read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
"At an 1854 Fourth of July abolitionist rally in Framinhmgham, Massachusetts, William Lloyd Garrison burned copies of both the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act and the court's decision to send Burns back to Vi…"-Kristen Green, The Devil's Half Acre: The Untold Story of How One Woman Liberated the South's Most Notorious Slave Jail
22. Say Anarcha
By: J.C. Hallman
3.81
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
A compelling reckoning with the birth of women’s health that illuminates the sacrifices of a young … read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
23. An Officer, Not a Gentleman: The Inspirational Journey of a Pioneering Female Fighter Pilot
By: Mandy Hickson
4.55
Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition
Flying a multi-million pound fighter jet in hostile territory is not an everyday career and it come… read more
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- memoir
- autobiography
- aviation
- nonfiction
24. Flying Free: My Victory over Fear to Become the First Latina Pilot on the US Aerobatic Team
By: Cecilia Aragon
4.54
Format: 300 pages, Hardcover
The daughter of a Chilean father and a Filipina mother, Cecilia Rodriguez Aragon grew up as a shy, … read more
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- memoir
- autobiography
- aviation
- nonfiction
25. The Indomitable Florence Finch: The Untold Story of a War Widow Turned Resistance Fighter and Savior of American POWs
By: Robert J. Mrazek
4.40
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The story of an unsung World War II hero who saved countless American lives in the Philippines. … read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
26. Flee North: A Forgotten Hero and the Fight for Freedom in Slavery's Borderland
By: Scott Shane
4.16
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A riveting account of the extraordinary abolitionist, liberator, and writer Thomas Smallwood, who b… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
27. Head Above Water: Reflections on Illness
By: Shahd Alshammari
4.47
Format: 200 pages, Paperback
Head Above Water takes us into a space of intimate conversations on illness and society's stigmatiz… read more
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- autobiography
- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
"When we fail at being who we are supposed to be, does that mean we can still find love? I am searching for answers and I think I have found one. When we fail, we have to hold each other up and bring …"-Shahd Alshammari, Head Above Water: Reflections on Illness
28. Lead Me Astray
By: Sondi Warner
3.51
Format: 360 pages, Paperback
Aurie Edison shouldn't linger in Overlay City, a mystical world of ley lines hidden within New Orle… read more
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29. Money, Power, Respect: How Women in Sports Are Shaping the Future of Feminism
By: Macaela MacKenzie
4.39
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
An inside look at how women athletes are leading the fight for equality—on and off the field Wome… read more
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- nonfiction
30. Radiant: The Dancer, The Scientist, and a Friendship Forged in Light
By: Liz Heinecke
3.86
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Part hidden history, part love letter to creative innovation, this is the "imaginative and immersiv… read more
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- biography
31. Wolf Hustle: A Black Woman on Wall Street
By: Cin Fabré
4.19
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From the South Bronx projects to the boardroom―at only nineteen years old, Cin Fabré ran with the w… read more
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