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Till the End
CC Sabathia and Chris Smith
Easy Crafts for the Insane
Kelly Williams Brown


A raw, compelling memoir of baseball, family, fame, addiction, and recovery, by one of the most beloved baseball players of his generation, CC Sabathia.

In Easy Crafts for the Insane, crafting tutorials serve as the backdrop of a life dissolved, then glued back together. Surprising and utterly unforgettable, this is a poignant and hysterical look at the unexpected, messy coping mechanisms we use to find ourselves again.

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In the Heights
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After the Fall
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The Anthropocene Reviewed (Signed Edition)
John Green
Yearbook
Yearbook
Seth Rogen
Finding the Mother Tree
Finding the Mother Tree
Suzanne Simard
Crying in H Mart
Crying in H Mart
Michelle Zauner
Out of Many, One
Out of Many, One
George W. Bush
Empire of Pain
Empire of Pain
Patrick Radden Keefe
Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing
Leaving Isn’t the Hardest Thing
Lauren Hough
Broken Horses
Broken Horses
Brandi Carlile
The Beauty of Living Twice
The Beauty of Living Twice
Sharon Stone
Lady Bird Johnson: Hiding in Plain Sight
Lady Bird Johnson: Hiding in Plain Sight
Julia Sweig
Professional Troublemaker
Professional Troublemaker
Luvvie Ajayi Jones
Between Two Kingdoms
Between Two Kingdoms
Suleika Jaouad
Unfinished
Unfinished
Priyanka Chopra Jonas
Mike Nichols
Mike Nichols
Mark Harris
The Ratline
The Ratline
Philippe Sands
Like Streams to the Ocean
Like Streams to the Ocean
Jedidiah Jenkins
Let Me Tell You What I Mean
Let Me Tell You What I Mean
Joan Didion
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Racing While Black
Racing While Black
Leonard T. Miller and Andrew Simon
Below the Edge of Darkness
Below the Edge of Darkness
Edith Widder, Ph.D.
Begin Again
Begin Again
Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
You Deserve Better
You Deserve Better
Tyler Cameron
Sylvia Pankhurst
Sylvia Pankhurst
Barbara Winslow
Going to My Father's House
Going to My Father’s House
Patrick Joyce
By Water Beneath the Walls
By Water Beneath the Walls
Benjamin H. Milligan
The Sirens of Mars
The Sirens of Mars
Sarah Stewart Johnson
Baseless
Baseless
Nicholson Baker
Riding with the Ghost
Riding with the Ghost
Justin Taylor
The Tiny Bee That Hovers at the Center of the World
The Tiny Bee That Hovers at the Center of the World
David Searcy
The Cult of We
The Cult of We
Maureen Farrell and Eliot Brown
MeatEater's Campfire Stories: Close Calls
MeatEater’s Campfire Stories: Close Calls
Steven Rinella
The Howe Dynasty
The Howe Dynasty
Julie Flavell
A Very Punchable Face
A Very Punchable Face
Colin Jost
Inside Comedy
Inside Comedy
David Steinberg
The Road from Raqqa
The Road from Raqqa
Jordan Ritter Conn
They Said This Would Be Fun
They Said This Would Be Fun
Eternity Martis
Tall Men, Short Shorts
Tall Men, Short Shorts
Leigh Montville
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The Smallest Lights in the Universe
The Smallest Lights in the Universe
Sara Seager
Our Lady of Perpetual Hunger
Our Lady of Perpetual Hunger
Lisa Donovan
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The Divine Miss Marble
Robert Weintraub
Ladyparts
Ladyparts
Deborah Copaken
Power Play
Power Play
Tim Higgins
Honor Bound
Honor Bound
Amy McGrath and Chris Peterson
Every Minute Is a Day
Every Minute Is a Day
Dan Koeppel and Robert Meyer, MD
The Prisoner
The Prisoner
Hwang Sok-yong
Looking for Miss America
Looking for Miss America
Margot Mifflin
Beirut 2020: Diary of the Collapse
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Charif Majdalani
The Ambassador
The Ambassador
Susan Ronald
Catherine the Great & Potemkin
Catherine the Great & Potemkin
Simon Sebag Montefiore
Black White and Jewish
Black White and Jewish
Rebecca Walker
Baby Love
Baby Love
Rebecca Walker
The Almost Legendary Morris Sisters
The Almost Legendary Morris Sisters
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Sharon Olds
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The Last Girl
The Last Girl
Nadia Murad
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
Negroland
Margo Jefferson
Is There No Place on Earth for Me?
Is There No Place on Earth for Me?
Susan Sheehan
Diary of a Mad Diva
Diary of a Mad Diva
Joan Rivers
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
Chris Regan and William Shatner
If You Ask Me
If You Ask Me
Betty White
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
Edmund Morris
The First Tycoon
The First Tycoon
T.J. Stiles
Cheever
Cheever
Blake Bailey
The Age of Wonder
The Age of Wonder
Richard Holmes
Passing Strange
Passing Strange
Martha A. Sandweiss
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