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In her inspiring, intimate memoir, the first Black woman to ever be appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States chronicles her extraordinary life story.

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Be Ready When the Luck Happens
Be Ready When the Luck Happens
Ina Garten
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The Barn
Wright Thompson
What in the World?!
What in the World?!
Leanne Morgan
Lucky Loser
Lucky Loser
Russ Buettner and Susanne Craig
Lovely One
Lovely One
Ketanji Brown Jackson
The Devil at His Elbow
The Devil at His Elbow
Valerie Bauerlein
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MeatEater’s Campfire Stories: Discoveries, Revelations & Near Misses
Steven Rinella
Grand Prix
Grand Prix
Will Buxton
Takedown
Takedown
Laila Mickelwait
Never Enough
Never Enough
Andrew Wilkinson
Crossing the Desert
Crossing the Desert
Payam Zamani
On Call
On Call
Anthony Fauci, M.D.
The Friday Afternoon Club
The Friday Afternoon Club
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When Women Ran Fifth Avenue
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Mothers and Sons
Theodor Kallifatides
My Time to Stand
My Time to Stand
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Inheriting Magic
Inheriting Magic
Jennifer Love Hewitt
Guru Rinpoche
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Ngawang Zangpo
Giant Love
Giant Love
Julie Gilbert
Model Citizen
Model Citizen
Jeremy Meeks
How to Fuck Like a Girl
How to Fuck Like a Girl
Vera Blossom
Three-Time World Champ
Three-Time World Champ
Ted Pryor
Walter Benjamin
Walter Benjamin
Terry Eagleton
The Naked Civil Servant
The Naked Civil Servant
Quentin Crisp
Gangster Hunters
Gangster Hunters
John Oller
Two-Headed Doctor
Two-Headed Doctor
David Toop
Never Give Up
Never Give Up
Tom Brokaw
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Thomas Keating
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Red Hook
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How Far to the Promised Land
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The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks (10th Anniversary Edition)
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks (10th Anniversary Edition)
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The First and Last King of Haiti
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Up Home
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Ruth J. Simmons
The Golden Garuda
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Khenpo Sodargye
The Inherited Mind
The Inherited Mind
James Longman
My Country, Africa
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Helena Rubinstein
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Citizen
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Bill Clinton
Silent Cavalry
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Theodore Rosengarten
Lab Girl
Lab Girl
Hope Jahren
In Such Good Company
In Such Good Company
Carol Burnett
The Princess Diarist
The Princess Diarist
Carrie Fisher
Negroland
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Diary of a Mad Diva
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Joan Rivers
Is There No Place on Earth for Me?
Is There No Place on Earth for Me?
Susan Sheehan
FutureChefs
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Ramin Ganeshram
The Black Count
The Black Count
Tom Reiss
The Passage of Power
The Passage of Power
Robert A. Caro
Stag's Leap
Stag’s Leap
Sharon Olds
George F. Kennan
George F. Kennan
John Lewis Gaddis
Prime Time
Prime Time
Jane Fonda
Shatner Rules
Shatner Rules
William Shatner and Chris Regan
If You Ask Me
If You Ask Me
Betty White
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
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