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No Easy Day

No Easy Day

The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama bin Laden: The Autobiography of a Navy SEAL

by Mark Owen and Kevin Maurer

Hardcover, 316 pages, Dutton Adult, $26.95, published September 4 2012 | purchase
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  • The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama bin Laden: The Autobiography of a Navy SEAL
  • Mark Owen and Kevin Maurer

No Easy Day provides a firsthand account of the mission that killed Osama bin Laden, while detailing the selection and training process for one of the most elite units in the military, the Navy SEALs.

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Wild

Wild

From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail

by Cheryl Strayed

Hardcover, 336 pages, Knopf, $25.95, published March 20 2012 | purchase
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  • From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
  • Cheryl Strayed

At 22, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. In the wake of her mother's death, her family scattered and her own marriage was soon destroyed. Four years later, with nothing more to lose, she made the most impulsive decision of her life. With no experience or training, driven only by blind will, she would hike more than 1,000 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail, from the Mojave Desert through California and Oregon to Washington state — and she would do it alone.

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Waging Heavy Peace

Waging Heavy Peace

A Hippie Dream

by Neil Young

Hardcover, 502 pages, Blue Rider Press, $30, published September 25 2012 | purchase
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  • A Hippie Dream
  • Neil Young

Two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Neil Young presents the story of his career against a backdrop of 40 years of history. He discusses such topics as his collaborations with fellow artists, his creative process and his activist work with Farm Aid and The Bridge School.

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Joseph Anton

Joseph Anton

A Memoir

by Salman Rushdie

Hardcover, 636 pages, Random House, $30, published September 18 2012 | purchase
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  • A Memoir
  • Salman Rushdie

The Booker Prize-winning former president of American PEN shares the extraordinary story of how he was forced underground for more than nine years after he was sentenced to holy death by the Ayatollah Khomeini for his controversial novel, The Satanic Verses, describing how his family and he constantly moved and were under police protection in a dangerous life at the forefront of the battle for free speech.

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Mortality

Mortality

by Christopher Hitchens

Hardcover, 128 pages, Twelve, $22.99, published September 4 2012 | purchase
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  • Christopher Hitchens

Mortality traces the author's battle with esophageal cancer — as he continued to write columns on politics and culture for Vanity Fair — and describes his views on life and death.

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I Could Pee on This

I Could Pee on This

And Other Poems By Cats

by Francesco Marciuliano

Hardcover, 111 pages, Chronicle Books, $12.95, published August 15 2012 | purchase
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  • And Other Poems By Cats
  • Francesco Marciuliano

Francesco Marciuliano, author of the comic strip Sally Forth, gives voice to the thoughts and feelings of cats in this collection of poems attributed to felines.

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The Price of Politics

The Price of Politics

by Bob Woodward

Hardcover, 428 pages, Simon & Schuster, $30, published September 11 2012 | purchase
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  • Bob Woodward

The Price of Politics traces the behind-the-scenes battle between President Obama and Congress over the nation's economy.

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How Music Works

How Music Works

by David Byrne

Hardcover, 345 pages, McSweeney's, $32, published September 12 2012 | purchase
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  • David Byrne

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and co-founder of Talking Heads presents a celebration of music that offers insight into the roles of time, place and recording technology.

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The Oath

The Oath

The Obama White House and the Supreme Court

by Jeffrey Toobin

Hardcover, 325 pages, Random House Inc, $28.95, published September 18 2012 | purchase
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  • The Oath
  • The Obama White House and the Supreme Court
  • Jeffrey Toobin

The prize-winning author of The Nine presents a dramatic insider's account of what is identified as an ideological war between the John Roberts Supreme Court and the Obama administration, tracing several landmark cases and the strong views that will be shaping the court of the near future.

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Unbroken

Unbroken

A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption

by Laura Hillenbrand

Hardcover, 473 pages, Random House Inc, $27, published November 16 2010 | purchase
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  • A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
  • Laura Hillenbrand

Unbroken tells the gripping true story of a U.S. airman who was the sole survivor when his bomber crashed into the sea during World War II. He faced thousands of miles of open ocean, leaping sharks, a foundering raft, thirst and starvation, enemy aircraft and an even greater trial.

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Darth Vader and Son

Darth Vader and Son

by Jeffrey Brown

Hardcover, 64 pages, Chronicle Books, $14.95, published April 18 2012 | purchase
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  • Jeffrey Brown

Jeffrey Brown comically reimagines the plot of Star Wars with Darth Vader as a charming father.

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Guinness World Records 2013

Guinness World Records 2013

by Guinness World Records

Hardcover, 287 pages, Guinness World Records 2013, $28.95, published September 11 2012 | purchase
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  • Guinness World Records

The Guinness book of world records returns with never-before-seen photography of the new shortest living man, a slam-dunking parrot and the fiercest predators in the ocean.

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How Children Succeed

How Children Succeed

Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character

by Paul Tough

Hardcover, 231 pages, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $27, published September 4 2012 | purchase
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  • Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character
  • Paul Tough

How Children Succeed challenges conventional views about standardized testing to argue that success is more determined by self-discipline, character and optimism. Paul Tough describes the work of pioneering researchers and educators whose insights into childhood stress and economic disadvantages have enabled effective new teaching methods.

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Wheat Belly

Wheat Belly

Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight, and Find Your Path Back to Health

by William Davis, M.D.

Hardcover, 292 pages, Rodale Books , $25.99, published August 30 2011 | purchase
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  • Wheat Belly
  • Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight, and Find Your Path Back to Health
  • William Davis, M.D.

William Davis argues that wheat plays a leading role in the nation's obesity epidemic. His book, Wheat Belly, is a guide to losing weight by eliminating wheat from the diet and applying nutritional guidelines to a plan also designed to address various related health problems.

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I'm Your Man

I'm Your Man

The Life Of Leonard Cohen

by Sylvie Simmons

Hardcover, 570 pages, Ecco, $27.99, published September 18 2012 | purchase
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  • I'm Your Man
  • The Life Of Leonard Cohen
  • Sylvie Simmons

An intimate portrait of one of the most important and influential songwriters of our time, I'm Your Man draws upon Leonard Cohen's private archives and a wealth of interviews with many of his closest associates, colleagues and other artists whose work he has inspired.