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    De zwevende wereld: De verbonden levens van Franz von Siebold en Kusumoto Oine Annejet van der Zijl
    4.3
  2. Ernest Shackleton: A Life from Beginning to End
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  3. Christopher Columbus: A Life from Beginning to End
    Christopher Columbus: A Life from Beginning to End Hourly History
  4. Marco Polo: A Life from Beginning to End
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  5. Lawrence of Arabia: A Life from Beginning to End
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  6. The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party
    The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party Daniel James Brown
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  7. Becoming Bulletproof: Protect Yourself, Read People, Influence Situations, and Live Fearlessly
    Becoming Bulletproof: Protect Yourself, Read People, Influence Situations, and Live Fearlessly Evy Poumpouras
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  8. Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir
    Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir Dolly Alderton
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  9. The Time of My Life
    The Time of My Life Patrick Swayze, Lisa Niemi Swayze
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  10. It's Only a Game
    It's Only a Game David Fisher, Terry Bradshaw
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  11. Het verstoorde leven
    Het verstoorde leven Etty Hillesum
    4.5
  12. AUF DER SUCHE NACH DER FANTASTISCHEN SPRACHE: Dem Linguisten und SF-Autor Werner Zillig zum 75. Geburtstag
    AUF DER SUCHE NACH DER FANTASTISCHEN SPRACHE: Dem Linguisten und SF-Autor Werner Zillig zum 75. Geburtstag
  13. Super Late Bloomer: My Early Days in Transition
    Super Late Bloomer: My Early Days in Transition Julia Kaye
    4.1
  14. Saigon Warrior: From the Saigon Good Life to the Long Binh Jail: A Cynic's Tale
    Saigon Warrior: From the Saigon Good Life to the Long Binh Jail: A Cynic's Tale Al McDonald
  15. 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 retirement Fredrick Pumroy
  16. The Waondering King 2: The Journey through Rumination
    The Waondering King 2: The Journey through Rumination R. K. Swan
    2
  17. Power: Music, Death, Life
    Power: Music, Death, Life Pernilla Karlsson, Erik Grönwall
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  18. The Waondering King
    The Waondering King R. K. Swan
    2
  19. The Waondering King 3: A Letter for my Dawgs
    The Waondering King 3: A Letter for my Dawgs R. K. Swan
    1
  20. Bird Cloud: A Memoir
    Bird Cloud: A Memoir Annie Proulx
    3.8
  21. Жизнь Пушкина, рассказанная им самим и его современниками
    Жизнь Пушкина, рассказанная им самим и его современниками Коллектив авторов
  22. 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 York Anjelica Huston
    4.4
  23. Summary of Kate Conger & Ryan Mac’s Character Limit
    Summary of Kate Conger & Ryan Mac’s Character Limit IRB Media
    3
  24. Summary of Eric Berger’s Reentry
    Summary of Eric Berger’s Reentry IRB Media
  25. Summary of Melania Trump’s Melania
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    The Carbon Wave: A Story of Democracy, Parenthood, and the Race to Protect Our Planet Leah C. Stokes
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    True North: On the Road in Canada Paul Theroux

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  4. Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
    Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike Phil Knight
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  5. Tall Order: The Goh Chok Tong Story Volume 1
    Tall Order: The Goh Chok Tong Story Volume 1 Peh Shing Huei
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  6. Scarlet Harlot
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  7. Steve Jobs
    Steve Jobs Walter Isaacson
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  8. This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor
    This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor Adam Kay
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  9. Becoming Bulletproof: Protect Yourself, Read People, Influence Situations, and Live Fearlessly
    Becoming Bulletproof: Protect Yourself, Read People, Influence Situations, and Live Fearlessly Evy Poumpouras
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  10. Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
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  12. The Happiest Man on Earth: The Beautiful Life of an Auschwitz Survivor
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  13. Permanent Record: A Memoir of a Reluctant Whistleblower
    Permanent Record: A Memoir of a Reluctant Whistleblower Edward Snowden
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  15. Finding Chika: A Little Girl, an Earthquake, and the Making of a Family
    Finding Chika: A Little Girl, an Earthquake, and the Making of a Family Mitch Albom
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  16. Crying in H Mart: The No. 1 New York Times bestselling memoir from indie rockstar Japanese Breakfast
    Crying in H Mart: The No. 1 New York Times bestselling memoir from indie rockstar Japanese Breakfast Michelle Zauner
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  17. Steve Jobs
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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
    Twas The Nightshift Before Christmas: Festive hospital diaries from the author of multi-million-copy hit This is Going to Hurt Adam Kay
    4.3
  19. What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
    What I Talk About When I Talk About Running Haruki Murakami
    4.3
  20. Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man
    Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man Mary L. Trump
    4.1
  21. Joe Biden: The Life, the Presidency, and What Matters Now
    Joe Biden: The Life, the Presidency, and What Matters Now Evan Osnos
    3.8
  22. Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man
    Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man Mary L. Trump
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  23. One More Chance: The story of Benny Se Teo from heroin addict to restaurant boss
    One More Chance: The story of Benny Se Teo from heroin addict to restaurant boss Colin Cheong
    4.5
  24. Rage
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    4.3
  25. Red Roulette: An Insider's Story of Wealth, Power, Corruption and Vengeance in Today's China
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    القيصر: التاريخ السري لفلاديمير بوتين طاهر المعتز بالله
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  6. Becoming Bulletproof: Protect Yourself, Read People, Influence Situations, and Live Fearlessly
    Becoming Bulletproof: Protect Yourself, Read People, Influence Situations, and Live Fearlessly Evy Poumpouras
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  7. Red Notice
    Red Notice Bill Browder
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  8. An Appetite for Wonder: The Making of a Scientist
    An Appetite for Wonder: The Making of a Scientist Richard Dawkins
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  9. Irgendwie überlebt: Soldatenschicksale im Zweiten Weltkrieg
    Irgendwie überlebt: Soldatenschicksale im Zweiten Weltkrieg Klaus G. Förg
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  10. Just Ignore Him: A BBC Two Between the Covers book club pick
    Just Ignore Him: A BBC Two Between the Covers book club pick Alan Davies
    4.7
  11. 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 Teachings Kevin Chief
  12. My Time to Stand: A Memoir
    My Time to Stand: A Memoir Michele Matrisciani, Melissa Moore, Gypsy-Rose Blanchard
    3.7
  13. Steve Jobs
    Steve Jobs Walter Isaacson
    4.5
  14. The Best I Could
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    4.7
  15. A Prison Diary Volume I: Hell
    A Prison Diary Volume I: Hell Jeffrey Archer
    4
  16. Living the Asian Century: An Undiplomatic Memoir
    Living the Asian Century: An Undiplomatic Memoir KIshore Mahbubani
    4.3
  17. I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki: The International bestseller
    I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki: The International bestseller Baek Sehee
    2.9
  18. Wij waren, ik ben. Weg uit Ruinerwold: Weg uit Ruinerwold
    Wij waren, ik ben. Weg uit Ruinerwold: Weg uit Ruinerwold Israel van Dorsten
    4.6
  19. Veer Savarkar
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  20. Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
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  21. Summary of When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
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  22. 1. L'amicizia geniale
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  23. Truck It!: The Sunday Times bestseller and uplifting memoir of one man, his dog, and an epic love story
    Truck It!: The Sunday Times bestseller and uplifting memoir of one man, his dog, and an epic love story Bobby Bolton
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  2. TED BooksAlan Lightman
  3. Ancient Wisdom for Modern ReadersJohn Cassian
  4. 尤今励志小品选编尤今
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  20. The Prison DiariesJeffrey Archer
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