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Reading Lolita in Tehran

By: Azar Nafisi

Price: $10.50

Publisher: Random House Publishing Group: 2003

Seller ID: 0016714

ISBN: 081297106X

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very good

Every Thursday morning for two years in the Islamic Republic of Iran, a bold and inspired teacher named Azar Nafisi secretly gathered seven of her most committed female students to read forbidden Western classics. As Islamic morality squads staged arbitrary raids in Tehran, fundamentalists seized hold of the universities, and a blind censor stifled artistic expression, the girls in Azar Nafisi's living room risked removing their veils and immersed themselves in the worlds of Jane Austen, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Henry James, and Vladimir Nabokov. In this extraordinary memoir, their stories become ...
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Dear World

By: Bana Alabed

Price: $7.99

Publisher: Simon & Schuster: 2017

Seller ID: 0137530

ISBN: 150117844X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very good

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Audition

By: Barbara Walters

Price: $7.99

Publisher: Random House: 2008

Seller ID: 0057159

ISBN: 030726646X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very good

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The Elusive Mr. Pond

By: Barry Gough

Price: $7.99

Publisher: Douglas & McIntyre: 2014

Seller ID: 0134472

ISBN: 1771620390

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

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The Lost Son: A Life In Pursuit Of Justice

By: Bernard B Kerik

Price: $7.99

Publisher: ReganBooks: 2001

Seller ID: 0075256

ISBN: 0060009012

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

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Soul Surfer

By: Bethany Hamilton

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Simon and Schuster: 2011

Seller ID: 0092412

ISBN: 1439165793

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Good

"She lost her arm in a shark attack and nearly died, but she never lost her faith. Now a major motion picture, "Soul Surfer "is the moving story of Bethany Hamilton's triumphant return to competitive surfing and has continued to be a beacon of inspiration to all who hear it."

They say Bethany Hamilton has saltwater in her veins. How else could one explain the passion that drives her to surf? Or that nothing--not even the loss of her arm--could come between her and the waves? That Halloween morning in Kauai, Hawaii, Bethany responded to the shark's stealth attack with the calm of a teenage gi...
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To See You Again (A True Story Of Love In A Time)

By: Betty Schimmel

Price: $7.99

Publisher: Dutton: 1999

Seller ID: 0096863

ISBN: 052594480X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very good

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Here We Go Again

By: Betty White

Price: $8.50

Publisher: Scribner: 2010

Seller ID: 0105999

ISBN: 1451613695

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Good

A memoir of Betty White's first five decades on television--as irreverent and irresistible as the beloved actress herself.

Betty White first appeared on television in 1949 and has gone on to have one of the most amazing careers in TV history, starring in shows such as Life with Elizabeth, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and The Golden Girls, among many others. She is one of the hardest-working actresses of any era, and her sense of humor and perennial optimism have seen her through half a century of industry changes and delighted millions of fans.

Now, during Betty's sixty-fir...
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If You Ask Me (And Of Course You Won't)

By: Betty White

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Berkley: 2012

Seller ID: 0147660

ISBN: 0425245284

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very good

The New York Times bestseller from the beloved actress and Hollywood icon who's made us laugh on shows from The Mary Tyler Moore Show to Golden Girls to Saturday Night Live

In this candid take on everything from the unglamorous reality behind red-carpet affairs to her beauty regimen ("I have no idea what color my hair is, and I never intend to find out"), Betty White shares her observations about life, celebrity, and love (for humans and animals). Filled with photos, If You Ask Me is funny, sweet, and straight to the point--just like Betty.
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Truth Be Told

By: Beverly McLachlin

Price: $7.99

Publisher: Simon & Schuster: 2019

Seller ID: 0145477

ISBN: 1982104961

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

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An XL Life

By: Bigboy

Price: $7.99

Publisher: Cash Money Content: 2011

Seller ID: 0104839

ISBN: 1936399210

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very good

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20/20

By: Bill Hughes

Price: $7.99

Publisher: Gorham: 2008

Seller ID: 0116122

ISBN: 1413437958

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very good

Imagine skiing down a slope on Mt. Hood when one ski tangles with an obstruction under the snow. While cartwheeling down the hill, your whole life flashes before your eyes and that's the last thing you can remember as you awaken twenty years later. That happened to Hugh Williams and this book relates the novel and unusual manner in which he was able to retrieve the highlights of those years he missed. He enters into an agreement with the staff of the nursing home where he had been confined for so many years. Hugh had lots to share with his caretakers as he had taken so many wonderful trips in ...
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