An American Childhood, Paperback

America's Femme Fatale: The Story of Serial Killer Belle Gunness, Paperback - Jane Simon Ammeson

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Reducere. How does a Norwegian farm girl become an infamous American serial killer, responsible for upward of 40 murders? Born in rural Norway in 1859, Belle...

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A Sukkah Is Burning: Remembering Williamsburg's Hasidic Transformation, Paperback - Philip Fishman

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Reducere. PHILIP FISHMAN grew up in the Brooklyn Jewish neighborhood of Williamsburg during the 1950s, when the community experienced a large influx of Hasid...

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Just as I Thought, Paperback - Grace Paley

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Reducere. This rich and multifaceted collection is Grace Paley's vivid record of her life. As close to an autobiography as anything we are likely to have fro...

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Inheritance, Paperback - Evelyn Toynton

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DescriptionIn this luminous novel about romance and illusion--and what's left of love when they're stripped away--an American Anglophile is drawn i...

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My House in Umbria, Paperback - William Trevor

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I'm in Seattle, Where Are You?: A Memoir, Paperback - Mortada Gzar

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An award-winning Iraqi writer creates a new world for himself in Seattle in search of lost love.As the US occupation of Iraq rages, novelist Mortad...

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Autobiography of a Nobody, Paperback - Nicholas Montoya

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Reducere. Autobiography of a Nobody"You are no longer an American citizen. You are now Nova Martinez, from Mexico, and you are now at the disposal of the For...

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Echoes of a Life, Paperback - Robin Byron

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Haunted by a mysterious and half remembered event from her early childhood, Marianne's life evolves from her upbringing in Vermont, to her literary...

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The Prosaic Soul of Nikki Giovanni, Paperback - Nikki Giovanni

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Reducere. This omnibus edition collects celebrated poet and activist Nikki Giovanni's adult prose: Racism 101, Sacred Cows and Other Edibles and seven (7) se...

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The Measure of a Man, Paperback - Sidney Poitier

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Running, Paperback - Cara Hoffman

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From the critically acclaimed author of Be Safe I Love You comes a haunting novel of love, friendship, and survival set in the red light district o...

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Little Women, Paperback - Louisa May Alcott

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DescriptionThis American classic is as fresh and meaningful today as it was when it was first written in the mid-nineteenth century. Largely based ...

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Night at the Opera, Paperback - Stacy Henrie

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DescriptionWhen American heiress Gwen Barton aids an injured gentleman in an opera box in London, she shares a kiss with the stranger that changes ...

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Another Stereotype Bites the Dust: A Candorville Collection, Paperback - Darrin Bell

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Al Capone: Stories My Grandmother Told Me, Paperback - Diane Patricia Capone

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Lady Gaga - Born to Be Free: An Unauthorized Biography, Paperback - Jake Brown

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Reducere. This is the true, fascinating and fairytale story of Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, from childhood, to her ascension to the top of the music c...

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The Measure of a Man Lp, Paperback - Sidney Poitier

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Defying Limits: Lessons from the Edge of the Universe, Paperback - Dave Williams

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INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER An inspirational, uplifting, and life-affirming memoir about passion, resilience, and living life to the fullest, from ...

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The Mouse and His Child, Paperback - Tamsin Oglesby

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Reducere. Acclaimed as one of the classics of 20th century children's literature, The Mouse and His Child is a moving story about two clockwork mice thrown o...

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Norvel: An American Hero, Paperback - Kenneth F. Conklin

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Reducere. Norvel Lee, an unsung historical figure, rightfully should be included on a list of famous African Americans.On a September morning in 1948 - while...

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Winthropos: Poems, Paperback - George Kalogeris

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Reducere. Winthropos, the title of George Kalogeris's new poetry collection, comes from the "Greek-ified" name his father, an immigrant from Greece, gave to ...

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My Guy Barbaro: A Jockey's Journey Through Love, Triumph, and Heartbreak, Paperback - Edgar Prado

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Reducere. A new superstar appeared on the American sports landscape in the spring of 2006. Barbaro, a three-year-old racehorse, won the Kentucky Derby by the...

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Monument: Poems New and Selected, Paperback - Natasha Trethewey

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Description" Trethewey's poems] dig beneath the surface of history--personal or communal, from childhood or from a century ago--to explore the huma...

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Downstate, Paperback - Bruce Norris

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DescriptionIn downstate Illinois, four men convicted of sex crimes against minors share a group home where they live out their lives in the shadow ...

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All about Barack Obama, Paperback - Paul Freiberger

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Reducere. DescriptionBarack Obama was the 44th president of the United States, and the first African American to serve. He served two terms from 2009 to 2017...

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We Are Owed., Paperback - Ariana Brown

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Reducere. We Are Owed. is the debut poetry collection of Ariana Brown, exploring Black relationality in Mexican and Mexican American spaces. Through poems ab...

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Cry of the Tinamou: Stories, Paperback - Sanora Babb

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Reducere. The short stories in this collection range across cultures and settings from the Great Plains to California, from Los Angeles' Chinatown to the Cen...

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Native Realm: A Search for Self-Definition, Paperback - Czeslaw Milosz

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Reducere. The autobiography of the Nobel laureateBefore he emigrated to the United States, Czeslaw Milosz lived through many of the social upheavals that def...

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The Return of the Soldier, Paperback - Rebecca West

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Reducere. DescriptionSet during World War I on an isolated country estate just outside London, Rebecca West's haunting novel The Return of the Soldier follow...

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A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: Vintage Feminism Short Edition, Paperback - Mary Wollstonecraft

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Reducere. DescriptionFirst published in 1792, this book was written in a spirit of outrage and enthusiasm. In an age of ferment, following the American and F...

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Manzanar to Mount Whitney: The Life and Times of a Lost Hiker, Paperback - Hank Umemoto

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Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Hank UmemotoIn 1942, fourteen-year-old Hank Umemoto gazed out a barrack window at Manzanar Internment Camp, saw the silhoue...

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Hidden Tapestry: Jan Yoors, His Two Wives, and the War That Made Them One, Paperback - Debra Dean

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Reducere. Hidden Tapestry reveals the unforgettable story of Flemish American artist Jan Yoors--childhood vagabond, wartime resistance fighter, and polyamoro...

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Breakfast with Buddha, Paperback - Roland Merullo

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Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Roland MerulloWhen his sister tricks him into taking her guru on a trip to their childhood home, Otto Ringling, a confirmed...

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The Coin from Calabria: Discovering the Historical Roots of My Calabrian People, Paperback - Michael Caputo

57,99 RON 62,99 RON

Reducere. Many years ago, while a child in the magical Region of Calabria, in Southern Italy, I found an ancient coin. Decades later, I sought, and finally f...

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The Remainder, Paperback - Alia Trabucco Zeran

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Reducere. DescriptionLonglisted for the 2019 Man Booker International Prize Felipe and Iquela, two young friends in modern day Santiago, live in the legacy o...

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In Pieces, Paperback - Sally Field

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DescriptionIn this intimate, haunting literary memoir and New York Times Notable Book of the year, an American icon tells her own story for the fir...

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The Long Winter, Paperback - Laura Ingalls Wilder

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Reducere. The sixth book in Laura Ingalls Wilder's treasured Little House series, and the recipient of a Newbery Honor. This edition features the classic bla...

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Dope Black Boy 2 Rich Black Man: Guide to Channeling a Young Hustler's Ambition Into the Development of an Empowered Successful Man, Paperback - Chris

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Reducere. Are there seeds of business greatness, even within the most underprivileged young black male, heavily engaged in a wild criminal lifestyle of selli...

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Harry Truman: A biography of an American President, Paperback - Anthony Moss

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Reducere. DescriptionHARRY TRUMANThis book covers the topic of Harry Truman, one of the most influential US Presidents in history. Truman was sworn in as the...

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The Hillsboro Story: A Kaleidoscope History of an Integration Battle in My Hometown, Paperback - Susan Grace Banyas

96,99 RON

DescriptionTwo months after the U.S. Supreme Court rendered its momentous Brown v. Board of Education decision, an eight-year-old girl named Susan ...

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From the Deep Woods to Civilization: Chapters in the Autobiography of an Indian, Paperback - Charles A. Eastman

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Reducere. In an earlier book, Indian Boyhood, Charles Alexander Eastman (Ohiyesa) recounted the story of his traditional Sioux Childhood and youth. From the ...

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jammin" Jimmy Weinert: Living My Dream, Paperback - Ed Abdo

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Reducere. DescriptionJimmy Weinert began his racing career as an amateur dirt track and scrambles rider at the age of 16. He started racing professional moto...

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Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City, Paperback - Andrea Elliott

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Reducere. The riveting, unforgettable story of a girl whose indomitable spirit is tested by homelessness, poverty, and racism in an unequal America--from Pul...

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Set the Stars Alight, Paperback - Amanda Dykes

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Reducere. Lucy Clairmont's family treasured the magic of the past, and her childhood fascination with stories of the high seas led her to become a marine arc...

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Birds of America, Paperback - Mary McCarthy

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Reducere. A poignant and evocative novel of self-discovery that follows a young man in America and abroad, on a journey into adulthood during the turbulent 1...

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Kids Like Us, Paperback - Hilary Reyl

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DescriptionA tender, smart, and romantic YA novel from debut author Hilary Reyl, about an autistic boy who falls in loveMartin is an American teen ...

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I Am Rosa Parks, Paperback - Rosa Parks

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How special and inspiring to read about Rosa Park's life in her own words! This BIOGRAPHY READER is now available in Step into Reading, the premier...

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Wallace H. Graham: The Man Who Became President Truman's Physician, Paperback - Wallace Harry Graham

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Reducere. Wallace Harry Graham spent the majority of his youth in Kansas City, Missouri. At an early age he decided to pursue a degree in medicine. While com...

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Clay Play: Tactile fine-movement play with air-dry pottery clay, Paperback - Spramani Elaun

127,00 RON

Full Color Photography Clay Play is perfect for early childhood, preschool and primary grades. Art teacher Spramani Elaun shares her most popular b...

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The Growing Season: How I Built a New Life--And Saved an American Farm, Paperback - Sarah Frey

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A Daughter of the Samurai (Warbler Classics), Paperback - Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto

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Beautiful Joe's Paradise; Or, the Island of Brotherly Love. a Sequel to 'beautiful Joe'. Illustrated by Charles Livingston Bull, Paperback - Marshall

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Reducere. Margaret Marshall Saunders (May 13, 1861 - February 15, 1947) was a prolific Canadian writer of children's stories and romance novels, a lecturer, ...

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Song in a Weary Throat: Memoir of an American Pilgrimage, Paperback - Pauli Murray

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Reducere. First published posthumously in 1987, Pauli Murray's Song in a Weary Throat was critically lauded, winning the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award and the...

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Rachel Carson: Preserving a Sense of Wonder, Paperback - Thomas Locker

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Dogsled to Dread: A Miss Mallard Mystery, Paperback - Robert Quackenbush

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DescriptionWorld-famous duck-tective Miss Mallard crosses snowy scenery to track down a captured canine in this engaging Aladdin QUIX mystery. Miss...

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Ansel Adams: A Biography, Paperback - Mary Street Alinder

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Wormwood Star the Magickal Life of Marjorie Cameron, Paperback - Spencer Kansa

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In the first ever biography written about her, Wormwood Star traces the extraordinary life of the enigmatic artist Marjorie Cameron (1922-1995), on...

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Smoketown: The Untold Story of the Other Great Black Renaissance, Paperback - Mark Whitaker

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DescriptionA brilliant, lively account of the Black Renaissance that burst forth in Pittsburgh from the 1920s through the 1950s--"Smoketown will ap...

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The Vine of Desire, Paperback - Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

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The beloved characters of Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's bestselling novel Sister of My Heart are reunited in this powerful narrative that challenges...

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The Boy Who Became Buffalo Bill: Growing Up Billy Cody in Bleeding Kansas, Paperback - Andrea Warren

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Stargazing, Paperback - Jen Wang

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DescriptionStargazing is a heartwarming middle-grade graphic novel in the spirit of Real Friends and El Deafo, from New York Times bestselling auth...

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The Thunder Before the Storm: The Autobiography of Clyde Bellecourt, Paperback - Clyde Bellecourt

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Reducere. DescriptionThe American Indian Movement burst onto the scene in the late 1960s as indigenous people across the country began to demand what is righ...

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Somewhere for Me - A Biography of Richard Rodgers, Paperback - Meryle Secrest

111,99 RON

No American composer has been more widely celebrated, nor so consistently misunderstood as Richard Rodgers. Although he was one of America's most b...

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Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke, Paperback - Peter Guralnick

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Damsel in Distress: A Daisy Dalrymple Mystery, Paperback - Carola Dunn

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Reducere. A mysterious kidnapping disrupts young love in the latest mystery in Carola Dunn's beloved Daisy Dalrymple series. Features a Daisy Dalrymple short...

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Sacred Ground: The Chicago Streets of Timuel Black, Paperback - Timuel D. Black

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Reducere. Timuel Black is an acclaimed historian, activist, and storyteller. Sacred Ground: The Chicago Streets of Timuel Black chronicles the life and times...

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Harry Truman: A biography of Harry Truman, an American President, Paperback - Adam West

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DescriptionHARRY TRUMANThis book aims to serve as a biography of Harry S. Truman, and explores the incredible life that he lived. Inside, you will ...

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Triumph: The Journey of an African-American from Childhood to Fire Chief, Paperback - Floyd Jordan

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DescriptionTriumph is the story of my journey through the fire service and has been a dream of mine since I was promoted to the rank of fire lieute...

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Permanent Record, Paperback - Edward Snowden

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Reducere. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Edward Snowden, the man who risked everything to expose the US government's system of mass surveillance, reveals for the ...

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Lila, Paperback - Marilynne Robinson

89,99 RON 96,99 RON

Reducere. A New York Times BestsellerNATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALISTNATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER A new American classic from the Pulitzer Prize-win...

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