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 Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Fight Terrorism and Build Nations . . . One School at a TimeBest Price: $8.25 An enlightening book about a world I knew very little about. Greg Mortenson drew me in with his... |  Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest DisasterBest Price: $4.93 Of all the books that I have read, this is the best. Absolutely fascinating. And, in my... |  An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and MadnessBest Price: $5.60 Brilliant mind and character candidly exposes memoirs; richly sensitive, the unquiet mind brings... |  A Million Little PiecesBest Price: $0.99 I enjoyed this book a lot. I felt very connected and found myself going through all of the same... |  The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: A Memoir of Life in DeathBest Price: $6.73 Jean-Dominique Bauby is a victim of 'Locked-In Syndrome." At the age of 43, he suffered a... |
 A Hope in the Unseen: An American Odyssey from the Inner City to the Ivy LeagueBest Price: $6.25 The protagonist makes no excuses for himself. I love that. I think he realised early on (after... |  Life Without Ed: How One Woman Declared Independence from Her Eating Disorder and How You Can TooBest Price: $8.57 This is an easy read but focuses on the author's recovery & stumbles along the way. I did... |  Autobiography of a FaceBest Price: $4.87 An amazing story of this girl's experiences growing up disfigured. I too was an "outcast on... |  The Education of Little TreeBest Price: $6.73 Nutshell review - Not withstanding the controversy surrounding the authenticity of the story and... |  I'm with the Band: Confessions of a GroupieBest Price: $8.93 Reading this book reminded me of that enervating feeling I once felt, circa 1979 or so, during a... |
 Under and Alone: The True Story of the Undercover Agent Who Infiltrated America's Most Violent Outlaw Motorcycle GangBest Price: $7.15 This is a story every bit as fascinating as Donnie Brasco. Should also be a movie. Living... |  Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave Written By HimselfBest Price: $3.92 87 years after the Declaration of Independence, the Emancipation Proclamation was enacted and... |  From Binge to Blackout: A Mother and Son Struggle with Teen DrinkingBest Price: $2.99 This book should be read by every parent who has pre-teen/teen kids and should be made a... |  The Commitment: Love, Sex, Marriage, and My FamilyBest Price: $5.50 I found myself laughing throughout the book. Very snappy writing and a story that I could... |  Hell's Angel: The Life and Times of Sonny Barger and the Hell's Angels Motorcycle ClubBest Price: $5.68 Having grown up in the San Francisco Bay Area during the '60s and early '70s I became aware of... |
 Please Stop Laughing At Me: One Woman's Inspirational StoryBest Price: $1.00 This is an autobiography of Jodee's struggles all through school. She tries to stand up for... |  All I Could Bare: My Life in the Strip Clubs of Gay Washington, D.C.Best Price: $11.01 I first heard of this book from a quick blurb on Sirius OutQ. I am fascinated with male... |  The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea (P.S.)Best Price: $3.50 This book is very vivid in its descriptions of the storm and the activities leading up to it. ... |  She's Not There: A Life in Two GendersBest Price: $5.25 I read this book in order to learn more about transsexuality after reading True Selves because a... |  Legacy of Honor: The Values and Influence of America's Eagle ScoutsBest Price: $4.79 Anyone with a background in Boy Scouting will love and appreciate this book. Oh my gosh, the... |
 I Am Not Myself These Days: A Memoir (P.S.)Best Price: $4.44 I guess it always amazes me when people write books about their lives and just lay it all out... |  The Replacements: All Over But the Shouting: An Oral HistoryBest Price: $13.67 If you're as big a fan of this late, lamented band as I, then you know that you have to read... |  Chasing Daylight:How My Forthcoming Death Transformed My LifeBest Price: $4.00 This book defers from other similar memoirs mainly in terms of its lack of sentimentality. It is... |  The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the SeaBest Price: $0.01 I watched the movie of this book before I read the book itself, and I have to say that the movie... |  Mississippi SissyBest Price: $7.91 I really wanted to like this book - and around page 200 - I think I finally started to. From... |
 CrazyBest Price: $6.99 I have read and purchased over a dozen books to give to people in the community, justice system,... |  Morrie: In His Own WordsBest Price: $2.86 The book is a companion read of "Tuesdays with Morrie." Although both books cover... |  Down These Mean StreetsBest Price: $7.00 Down These Mean Streets is the story of Piri Thomas' journey into adulthood. The book is set in... |  Asylum Denied: A Refugee's Struggle for Safety in AmericaBest Price: $11.84 I couldn't set this book down. He literally goes through every possibility, facing years of... |  Belle de Jour: Diary of an Unlikely Call GirlBest Price: $11.19 This is a good book. A lot of books by former call girls just show that they hate men. Perhaps... |
 Devil in the Details: Scenes from an Obsessive GirlhoodBest Price: $1.82 I just finished reading Jennifer Traig's incredibly engaging memoir. Who knew a book about a... |  The Kid: What Happened After My Boyfriend and I Decided to Go Get PregnantBest Price: $7.24 Dan Savage wrote an amazing account of the good and bad times of becoming a two-same-sex parent... |  Since My Last Confession: A Gay Catholic MemoirBest Price: $10.00 this book is aimed for, but I'm thoroughly enjoying it! I'm a straight Jewish woman and I found... |  Zami: A New Spelling of My Name (Crossing Press Feminist Series)Best Price: $2.73 I had been putting off this book for about 4 years and I finally read it. I was putting it off... |  Moving Violations: War Zones, Wheelchairs, and Declarations of IndependenceBest Price: $0.50 I'll be brief. My mom told me about this book years and years ago. I finally read it a few years... |
 Blowing My Cover: My Life as a CIA SpyBest Price: $1.50 Oh lordy. That book was bad. Really, really bad. It's taken me a week to stop gnashing my teeth... |  Chasing Daylight: How My Forthcoming Death Transformed My LifeBest Price: $5.06 I found this book to be inspirational. I also found it to be painful to read. The author faces... |  Before Night Falls: A MemoirBest Price: $7.97 My review will be quite simple, this book is... marvelous, magnificent, beautiful, brilliant,... |  Realities of Foreign Service LifeBest Price: $13.09 I've bought several books for my study of the Foreign Service and the vast majority are hard to... |  My BrotherBest Price: $7.28 I'd only ever read a short short story of Jamaica Kincaid's (that I wasn't too impressed by)... |
 Prozac NationBest Price: $1.95 It is difficult to say whether this is a great book or a disaster. Some paragraphs are... |  Swish: My Quest to Become the Gayest Person EverBest Price: $11.30 I read a review of "Swish" and it sounded intriguing, so I picked it up even though,... |  Realities of Foreign Service Life, Volume 2Best Price: $13.09 Many have wondered if working for the State Department's Foreign Service is the job of their... |  Stranger at the Gate: To Be Gay and Christian in America (Plume Books)Best Price: $1.49 Bought this as a gift for a minister -- it was a good choice according to him. |  SleepersBest Price: $3.60 Then you'll bite your lip. You'll cry. You'll scream with rage. Finally, and before he ever... |
 Standing Next to History: An Agent's Life Inside the Secret ServiceBest Price: $3.84 This is another book I read cover to cover in one sitting. I'm sad that it's over. The... |  Tweaked: A Crystal Meth MemoirBest Price: $2.21 I had high hopes when I purchased this book. I guess that's why I try to eliminate expectations... |  Are You Guys Brothers?Best Price: $10.59 Author and sex educator Brian McNaught has been someone to whom I have looked up to throughout... |  Man in the MiddleBest Price: $13.25 a great book. shows what happens when a person can't be their real authenic selves. |  Seductive Poison: A Jonestown Survivor's Story of Life and Death in the People's TempleBest Price: $8.44 Originally bought as a source for a research paper, i had come into this searching for a simple... |
 A Rip in Heaven: A Memoir of Murder And Its AftermathBest Price: $1.44 As one reviewer has noted, this is not a typical addition to the true crime genre. It shares... |  The Revolt of the Cockroach PeopleBest Price: $7.50 Re-Saturday Review of Literature Oscar Acosta disappeared in Mexico in 1974, not 1971 (the year... |  Here's What We'll Say: Growing Up, Coming Out, and the U.S. Air Force AcademyBest Price: $6.22 This is one of those books that after I finished it, I miss it. I miss hearing about Reichen's... |  The Lois Wilson Story: When Love Is Not EnoughBest Price: $10.15 For all those struggling with loved ones with the disease of alcoholism, this book is excellent. |  Blue BloodBest Price: $2.00 While I agree that this book is at times a bit long winded with perhaps too many anecdotes where... |
 Rosa Lee: A Mother and Her Family in Urban AmericaBest Price: $4.59 This was required reading for a nursing class. I was completely engrossed in Rosa's story and... |  DreamsellerBest Price: $14.93 |  Freddie MercuryBest Price: $13.42 This is a book by Freddie's personal assisant who lived right along side him. Almost as good as... | ||
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