The Trials of Madame Restell: Nineteenth-Century America’s Most Infamous Female Physician and the Campaign to Make Abortion a Crime
By: Nicholas L. Syrett
3.80
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The biography of one of the most famous abortionists of the nineteenth century—and a story that has…
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1. Kick Kennedy: The Charmed Life and Tragic Death of the Favorite Kennedy Daughter
By: Barbara Leaming
4.33
Format: 260 pages, Hardcover
Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy was the incandescent life-force of the fabled Kennedy family, her father's … read more
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2. Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter
By: Kate Clifford Larson
3.30
Format: 215 pages, Hardcover
They were the most prominent American family of the twentieth century. The daughter they secreted a… read more
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3. Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography
By: David Javerbaum , Neil Patrick Harris , None
3.82
Format: 262 pages, Hardcover
Tired of memoirs that only tell you what reallyhappened? Sick of deeply personal accounts written i… read more
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4. Juneteenth
By: Ralph Ellison , Charles R. Johnson
4.24
Format: 185 pages, Paperback
NATIONAL BESTSELLER "[A]n extraordinary book, a work of staggering virtuosity. With its publication… read more
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5. Charity and Sylvia: A Same-Sex Marriage in Early America
By: Rachel Hope Cleves
3.80
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Conventional wisdom holds that same-sex marriage is a purely modern innovation, a concept born of a… read more
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6. How to Survive History: How to Outrun a Tyrannosaurus, Escape Pompeii, Get Off the Titanic, and Survive the Rest of History's Deadliest Catastrophes
By: Cody Cassidy
4.06
Format: 195 pages, Paperback
A detailed guide to surviving history’s most challenging threats, from outrunning dinosaurs to maki… read more
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7. Let Us Descend
By: Jesmyn Ward
3.70
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From Jesmyn Ward—the two-time National Book Award winner, youngest winner of the Library of Congres… read more
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"You must leap. You must do as your people did. You must sink in order to rise."-Jesmyn Ward, Let Us Descend
8. The Hurting Kind: Poems
By: Ada Limon
4.34
Format: 120 pages, Hardcover
An astonishing collection about interconnectedness—between the human and nonhuman, ancestors and ou… read more
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"There is a solitude in this world I cannot pierce. I would die for it."-Ada Limon, The Hurting Kind: Poems
"Before, the only thing I was interested in was love, how it grips you, how it terrifies you, how it annihilates and resuscitates you. I didn’t know then that it wasn’t even love that I was interested…"-Ada Limon, The Hurting Kind: Poems
9. Starborn: How the Stars Made Us (and Who We Would Be Without Them)
By: Roberto Trotta
4.03
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping inquiry into how the night sky has shaped human history For as long as humans have liv… read more
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10. Airplane Mode: An Irreverent History of Travel
By: Shahnaz Habib
3.89
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A playful personal and cultural history of travel from a postcolonial, person-of-color perspective,… read more
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"I don't know if this should be considered a hobby or a disorder, but going for a walk is my idea of a marvelous time."-Shahnaz Habib, Airplane Mode: An Irreverent History of Travel
11. The Cemetery of Untold Stories
By: Julia Alvarez
3.68
Format: 243 pages, Hardcover
Literary icon Julia Alvarez returns with an inventive and emotional novel about storytelling itself… read more
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12. The Race to Be Myself: A Memoir
By: Caster Semenya
4.27
Format: 309 pages, Kindle Edition
World champion runner Caster Semenya offers an empowering account of her extraordinary life and car… read more
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13. A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe
By: Mark Dawidziak
3.62
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A biography of Edgar Allan Poe that examines the renowned author’s life through the prism of his my… read more
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"I have great faith in fools--self-confidence my friends will call it.' -- EDGAR ALLAN POE"-Mark Dawidziak, A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe
"The glow of the fireside poets failed to warm a world coping with the cold realities of a new century. Their light faded as we became less sure of comforting messages and more intrigued by Poe's trou…"-Mark Dawidziak, A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe
14. You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World
By: Ada Limon
4.11
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
Published association with the Library of Congress and edited by the twenty-fourth Poet Laureate o… read more
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15. Lovers in Auschwitz: A True Story
By: Keren Blankfeld
4.26
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
“Mesmerizing and inspirational.”—Judy Batalion, New York Times bestselling author of The Light of D… read more
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16. Guilty Creatures: Sex, God, and Murder in Tallahassee, Florida
By: Mikita Brottman
3.54
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
From the critically acclaimed author of the “enthralling” ( San Francisco Book Review ) An Unexplai… read more
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17. Lovely One: A Memoir
By: Ketanji Brown Jackson
4.64
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In her inspiring, intimate memoir, the first Black woman to ever be … read more
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18. The Trials of Madame Restell: Nineteenth-Century America’s Most Infamous Female Physician and the Campaign to Make Abortion a Crime
By: Nicholas L. Syrett
3.80
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The biography of one of the most famous abortionists of the nineteenth century—and a story that has… read more
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19. The Goldie Standard: A Novel
By: Simi Monheit
4.09
Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition
Maxie needs a husband according to her grandmother Goldie. But not just any husband... Hilarious… read more
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20. Blood Farm: The Explosive Big Pharma Scandal That Altered the AIDS Crisis
By: Cara McGoogan
4.51
Format: 497 pages, Kindle Edition
The shocking story of how corporate greed and political corruption turned a miracle cure for hemoph… read more
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21. A Reason to See You Again
By: Jami Attenberg
3.54
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times bestselling author Jami Attenberg comes a dazzling novel of family, following a… read more
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