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Pope Francis

From the End of the Earth to Rome

by The Staff of The Wall Street Journal
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013

On March 13, the cardinals of the Catholic Church, gathered to elect a successor to a living Pope for the first time in 600 years, announced a dramatic shift. By elevating Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina to become Pope Francis the 266th Pontiff, the cardinals were naming the first-ever...
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The Devil's Chessboard

Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government

by David Talbot
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2015

An explosive, headline-making portrait of Allen Dulles, the man who transformed the CIA into the most powerful—and secretive—colossus in Washington, from the founder of Salon.com and author of the New York Times bestseller Brothers. America’s greatest untold story: the United States’...
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Fatal Discord

Erasmus, Luther, and the Fight for the Western Mind

by Michael Massing
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2018

A deeply textured dual biography and fascinating intellectual history that examines two of the greatest minds of European history—Desiderius Erasmus and Martin Luther—whose heated rivalry gave rise to two enduring, fundamental, and often colliding traditions of philosophical and religious thought. Erasmus...
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by Ainsley Earhardt
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2018

A New York Times bestseller! The celebrated Fox News star and #1 New York Times bestselling author offers a powerful, uplifting look at her life and her spiritual journey, reflecting on her family, her faith, and her successful career. In her bestselling children’s book Take Heart,...
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Serving Victoria

Life in the Royal Household

by Kate Hubbard
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2013

During her sixty-three-year reign, Queen Victoria gathered around herself a household dedicated to her service. For some, royal employment was the defining experience of their lives; for others it came as an unwelcome duty or as a prelude to greater things. Serving Victoria follows the lives of six...
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The Duchess

Camilla Parker Bowles and the Love Affair That Rocked the Crown

by Penny Junor
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2018

In the first in-depth biography of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall—the infamous other woman who made the marriage of Britain’s Prince Charles and Princess Diana "a bit crowded"—esteemed royal biographer Penny Junor tells the unlikely and extraordinary story of the woman reviled as a pariah...
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Prince Albert

The Man Who Saved the Monarchy

by A.N. Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2019

In this companion biography to the acclaimed Victoria, A. N. Wilson offers a deeply textured and ambitious portrait of Prince Albert, published to coincide with the 200th anniversary of the royal consort’s birth. For more than six decades, Queen Victoria ruled a great Empire at the height...
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My Conference Can Beat Your Conference

Why the SEC Still Rules College Football

by Paul Finebaum, Gene Wojciechowski
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2014

An all-access pass into the powerhouse teams and passionate fanbases of the legendary Southeastern Conference, from one of the most influential men in college football: ESPN’s Paul Finebaum. Proud owner of 14 prestigious college football programs, producing seven consecutive national championships,...
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The Keeper

A Life of Saving Goals and Achieving Them

by Tim Howard
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2014

In this inspiring, down-to-earth memoir the revered goalkeeper and American icon  idolized by millions worldwide for his dependability, daring, and humility recounts his rise to stardom at the 2014 World Cup, the psychological and professional challenges he has faced, and the enduring faith that...
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Dr. J

The Autobiography

by Julius Erving, Karl Taro Greenfeld
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013

An honest, unflinching self-portrait of the basketball legend whose classy public image as a superstar and a gentleman masked his personal failings and painful losses, which he describes here--from his own point of view--for the very first time. For most of his life, Julius Erving has been...
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The Truth About Aaron

My Journey to Understand My Brother

by Jonathan Hernandez
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2018

The unvarnished true story of the tragic life and death of Aaron Hernandez, the college All-American and New England Patriots star convicted of murder, told by one of the few people who knew him best, his brother. To football fans, Aaron Hernandez was a superstar in the making. A standout at...
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Arnie

The Life of Arnold Palmer

by Tom Callahan
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2017

In this definitive biography, veteran sportswriter Tom Callahan shines a spotlight on one of the greatest golfers ever to play the game, Arnold Palmer. The winner of more than ninety championships, including four Masters Tournaments, Arnold Palmer was a legend in twentieth century sports: a...
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Blood, Sweat, and Pixels

The Triumphant, Turbulent Stories Behind How Video Games Are Made

by Jason Schreier
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017

NATIONAL BESTSELLER Developing video games—hero's journey or fool's errand? The creative and technical logistics that go into building today's hottest games can be more harrowing and complex than the games themselves, often seeming like an endless maze or a bottomless abyss. In Blood, Sweat,...
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The Opposite of Spoiled

Raising Kids Who Are Grounded, Generous, and Smart About Money

by Ron Lieber
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2015

In the spirit of Wendy Mogel’s The Blessing of a Skinned Knee and Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman’s Nurture Shock, New York Times “Your Money” columnist Ron Lieber delivers a taboo-shattering manifesto that explains how talking openly to children about money can help parents raise modest, patient,...
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