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    Final Engagement: A Marine's Last Mission and the Surrender of AfghanistanChristopher L. Izant
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    AUF DER SUCHE NACH DER FANTASTISCHEN SPRACHE: Dem Linguisten und SF-Autor Werner Zillig zum 75. Geburtstag
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    Saigon Warrior: From the Saigon Good Life to the Long Binh Jail: A Cynic's TaleAl McDonald
  10. Born to Live on the Edge: Experiences from living on a farm to flying combat sorties in Vietnam to retirement
    Born to Live on the Edge: Experiences from living on a farm to flying combat sorties in Vietnam to retirementFredrick Pumroy
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  12. Power: Music, Death, Life
    Power: Music, Death, LifePernilla Karlsson, Erik Grönwall
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  13. The Waondering King
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  14. The Waondering King 3: A Letter for my Dawgs
    The Waondering King 3: A Letter for my DawgsR. K. Swan
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  15. Bird Cloud: A Memoir
    Bird Cloud: A MemoirAnnie Proulx
    3.8
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  17. A Story Lately Told: Coming of Age in Ireland, London, and New York
    A Story Lately Told: Coming of Age in Ireland, London, and New YorkAnjelica Huston
    4.4
  18. Shalom Mamele: Königskinder sterben nicht. Sie gehen nach Hause
    Shalom Mamele: Königskinder sterben nicht. Sie gehen nach HauseChristine Wirth
  19. We Are Their Heaven: Why the Dead Never Leave Us
    We Are Their Heaven: Why the Dead Never Leave UsAllison DuBois
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  20. ’Membering
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    4
  21. La ciudad de la euforia
    La ciudad de la euforiaRodrigo Terrasa
    5
  22. A Different Kind of Power: Read by the author, Jacinda Ardern
    A Different Kind of Power: Read by the author, Jacinda ArdernJacinda Ardern
    4.6
  23. The Convoy
    The ConvoyBeata Umubyeyi Mairesse
    4.5
  24. Love Lay Down Beside Me and We Wept
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  25. Última carta de Moscú
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    Tall Order: The Goh Chok Tong Story Volume 1Peh Shing Huei
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  16. Crying in H Mart: The No. 1 New York Times bestselling memoir from indie rockstar Japanese Breakfast
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  18. Twas The Nightshift Before Christmas: Festive hospital diaries from the author of multi-million-copy hit This is Going to Hurt
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    4.3
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  20. Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man
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    القيصر: التاريخ السري لفلاديمير بوتينطاهر المعتز بالله
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    4.8
  10. With a Name Like Chief: Reflections on Recovery and Identity Through the Seven Sacred Teachings
    With a Name Like Chief: Reflections on Recovery and Identity Through the Seven Sacred TeachingsKevin Chief
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    4.2
  12. My Time to Stand: A Memoir
    My Time to Stand: A MemoirMichele Matrisciani, Melissa Moore, Gypsy-Rose Blanchard
    3.8
  13. A Prison Diary Volume I: Hell
    A Prison Diary Volume I: HellJeffrey Archer
    4
  14. Wij waren, ik ben.: Weg uit Ruinerwold
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    4.6
  15. Living the Asian Century: An Undiplomatic Memoir
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    4.3
  16. Veer Savarkar
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    3.9
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    4.3
  18. Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
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    4.6
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    4.2
  20. 1. L'amicizia geniale
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    4.7
  21. The Hour of the Wolf
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  1. 101 Amazing FactsJack Goldstein
  2. TED BooksAlan Lightman
  3. Ancient Wisdom for Modern ReadersJohn Cassian
  4. 尤今励志小品选编尤今
  5. First LadiesSally Lee
  6. Picador CollectionLian Hearn
  7. A Bestselling Comedian MemoirTiffany Haddish
  8. World ClassicsAristotle
  9. who?Hyungmo Ahn
  10. AramJeyamohan
  11. A Bestselling Celebrity MemoirPatrick Swayze
  12. An Entertaining Celebrity MemoirJackie Chan
  13. C. S. Lewis Signature ClassicC. S. Lewis
  14. Women Writers of the WorldNella Larsen
  15. Books That Changed the WorldChristopher Hitchens
  16. Smart SummariesWorth Books
  17. Everyday Chanakya - Chanakya An Inspiring PersonalityRadhakrishnan Pillai
  18. The Confessions SeriesMichael Alexander
  19. The Pan Real Lives SeriesStephanie Calman
  20. The Prison DiariesJeffrey Archer
  21. St. Martin's True Crime ClassicsClifford Linedecker
  22. Karen PirieVal McDermid
  23. Svenska Ljud ClassicaFrances Hodgson Burnett
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