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A product of genetics (and day drinking) - a never-coming-of-age story

"A frank, raucous, and bawdy collection of essays about coming of age through the oddest jobs, misadventures in queer love, and endearing parenting fails This is a perfect book for a very imperfect generation. Millennials were the kids who wore slap bracelets and jeans so low rise they could see one another's colons, and they are now adults wondering, Is everyone else as messed up as I am? In her book, Jess shares relatable tales of a woman who feels like a dumpster fire even with a seemingly id

 
Nothing to fear - demystifying death in order to live more fully

"What if we didn't consider death the worst possible outcome? What if we discussed it honestly, embraced hospice care, and prepared for the end of our lives with hope and acceptance? In this compassionate and knowledgeable guide, TikTok star Julie McFadden-known online as "Hospice Nurse Julie"-shares the valuable lessons she's learned in her fifteen years as an RN in the ICU and in hospice"--

 
Not too late - the power of pushing limits at any age

"An award-winning journalist tells the inspiring story of her unlikely midlife journey to master the daunting sport of obstacle course racing-a powerful, science-based account of the change possible at any age when we push limits In her mid-forties, Gwendolyn Bounds attended a dinner party where someone asked a little girl: "What do you want to be when you grow up?" It struck Bounds: In middle age, no one asks you that anymore. So, she put the question to herself. The answer set her on an unexpe

 
Nobody cares about your career - why failure is good, the great ones play hurt, and other hard truths

"The ultimate playbook for crushing it at work, from the CEO of Barstool Sports. She works hand-in-hand with a founder who's a lightning rod for controversy-OK, for stepping in it. She's grown a chaotic company (Vanity Fair calls it a "pirate ship") housed over a dentist's office outside of Boston that published giveaway papers into a juggernaut with more than 5 billion monthly video views and 225 million followers valued at 550 million dollars. Erika Ayers Badan calls herself a "token CEO", the

 
The new breadline - hunger and hope in the twenty-first century

"The director of Haiti's World Food Program takes aim at the global food crisis-revealing how hunger anywhere affects lives everywhere, and what steps we can take to change course"--

 
Night flyer - Harriet Tubman and the faith dreams of a free people

"From the National-Book-Award-winning author of All That She Carried, an intimate and revelatory reckoning with the myth and the truth behind an American everyone knows and few really understand. Harriet Tubman is, if surveys are to be trusted, one of theten most famous Americans ever born, and soon to be the face of the twenty-dollar bill. Yet often she's a figure more out of myth than history, almost a comic-book superhero-the woman who, despite being barely five-feet tall, illiterate, and suf

 
Kissing Girls on Shabbat

 
Kingdom on fire - Kareem, Wooden, Walton, and the turbulent days of the UCLA basketball dynasty

"A bold narrative history of the iconic UCLA Bruins championship teams led by legendary coach John Wooden-an incredible true story about the messy, never-easy pursuit of perfection set against the turmoil of American culture in the 1960s and 70s"--

 
Just add water - my swimming life

"A memoir from World Champion and Olympic Gold Medalist Katie Ledecky"--

 
Judaism is about love - recovering the heart of Jewish life

"A profound, startling new understanding of Jewish life, illuminating the forgotten heart of Jewish theology and practice: love"--

 
John Quincy Adams - a man for the whole people

"A magisterial journey through the epic life and transformative times of John Quincy Adams"--

 
The indispensable right - free speech in an age of rage

"A timely, revelatory look at freedom of speech-our most basic right and the one that protects all the others. Free speech is a human right, and the free expression of thought is at the very essence of being human. The United States was founded on this premise, and the First Amendment remains the single greatest constitutional commitment to the right of free expression in history. Yet there is a systemic effort to bar opposing viewpoints on subjects ranging from racial discrimination to police a

 

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