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1	The Help more books like this by Kathryn Stockett add to wishlist In Jackson, Mississippi, in 1962, there are lines that are not crossed. With the civil rights movement exploding all around them, three women start a movement of their own, forever changing a town and the way women--black and white, mothers and daughters--view one another. see all copies from £9.54! new only from £9.54! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace... One School at a Time more books like this by Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin add to wishlist The astonishing, uplifting story of a real-life Indiana Jones and his humanitarian campaign to use education to combat terrorism in the Talibanas backyard Anyone who despairs of the individualas power to change lives has to read the story of Greg Mortenson, a homeless mountaineer who, following a 1993 climb of Pakistanas treacherous K2, was ... see all copies from £6.47! new only from £8.61! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	Push more books like this by Sapphire add to wishlist Claireece Precious Jones is an overweight, illiterate black teenager pregnant with her second child--both the result of incest by her father--and infected with the AIDS virus--also thanks to her father. This first novel by the poet and performance artist Sapphire tells the story of how Precious miraculously finds redemption and deliverance through ... see all copies from £8.65! new only from £8.65! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream more books like this by Barack Obama (Read by) add to wishlist At the heart of The Audacity of Hope is Senator Obama?s vision of how his country can move beyond its divisions to tackle concrete problems. He examines the growing economic insecurity of American families and the racial and religious tensions within the body politic, and considers the nature of threats from outside America?s borders. By returning ... see all copies from £1.25! new only from £5.72! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	I, Alex Cross more books like this by James Patterson add to wishlist Alex Cross's niece is found brutally murdered. Overcome with grief, Alex vows to take down her killer before he strikes again. But shortly after he begins the investigation, Alex discovers that his niece had gotten mixed up with some very important, very dangerous people. see all copies from £7.69! new only from £7.69! \| first editions
6	Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance more books like this by Barack Obama add to wishlist The son of a black African father and a white American mother, Obama was only two years old when his father walked out on the family. Many years later, Obama receives a phone call from Nairobi: his father is dead. This sudden news inspires an emotional odyssey for Obama, determined to learn the truth of his father's life and reconcile his divided ... see all copies from £2.97! new only from £5.77! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft more books like this by Stephen King (Read by) add to wishlist In this combination memoir and writing guide, best-selling author Stephen King tells of how he came to be a writer and, in the process, explores many aspects of writing, from plot construction through some of the nuts and bolts of getting a book published. Much of his advice is quite traditional: find a quiet place to work, concentrate on ... see all copies from £2.26! new only from £7.22! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	When You Are Engulfed in Flames more books like this by David Sedaris add to wishlist In essay after essay, Sedaris proceeds from bizarre conundrums of daily life to the most deeply resonant human truths. Culminating in a brilliant account of his venture to Tokyo in order to quit smoking, his sixth essay collection is a new masterpiece of comic writing. see all copies from £1.46! new only from £5.43! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	Where the Sidewalk Ends: Poems & Drawings more books like this by Shel Silverstein add to wishlist By the early 1970s, the outlandish, outrageous Shel Silverstein was already a prolific folksinger/songwriter, cartoonist, and author of a widely known, much discussed classic children's book, THE GIVING TREE. His popular 1973 album, FREAKIN' AT THE FREAKERS BALL, with Dr. Hook and the Medicine Band, contained a song about Sarah Cynthia Sylvia ... see all copies from £5.57! new only from £11.36! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Journey to Change the World... One Child at a Time more books like this by Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Sarah Thomson (Adapted by) add to wishlist With the first cup of tea, you are a stranger. With the second ...a friend. With the third cup of tea, you are family. One day Greg Mortenson set out to climb K2 - the world's second highest mountain - in honour of his younger sister, but things went wrong and Greg became lost. He wandered into a poor village, where the chief and his people took ... see all copies from £3.74! new only from £3.74! \| signed copies \| first editions
11 view cover	Things They Carried more books like this by T O'Brien add to wishlist A collection of short story-like episodes about the lives of a group of footsoldiers in Vietnam: their present existence in the alien jungle, their childhoods, and their futures in America after the war is long over. see all copies from £1.81! new only from £8.21! \| signed copies \| first editions
12 view cover	Paula Deen's the Deen Family Cookbook more books like this by Paula H Deen, Melissa Clark add to wishlist Featuring gorgeous full-color photography throughout, this first major cookbook since 2006 from the doyenne of Southern cookery offers 175 new recipes that could only be delivered by the Queen of down-home cuisine ("The Commercial Appeal," Memphis). see all copies from £11.08! new only from £13.58! \| signed copies \| first editions
13 view cover	The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom more books like this by Don Miguel Ruiz add to wishlist Rooted in traditional Toltec wisdom beliefs, four agreements in life are essential steps on the path to personal freedom. As beliefs are transformed through maintaining these agreements, shamanic teacher and healer don Miguel Ruiz asserts lives will "become filled with grace, peace, and unconditional love". Author workshops. see all copies from £5.14! new only from £5.14! \| first editions
14 view cover	Invisible Man more books like this by Ralph Waldo Ellison add to wishlist Ellison's classic 1952 novel is about a black man from the South who travels to New York City in the 1930s. He becomes involved with the Communist Party, but is soon disillusioned: the Communists see him not as a person but as a symbol of oppressed humanity, as does the Black Nationalist Group he encounters. This inability of a blind and hostile ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £3.25! \| signed copies \| first editions
15 view cover	Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives: An All-American Road Trip...with Recipes! more books like this by Guy Fieri, Ann Volkwein add to wishlist The Food Network star takes readers on a tour of America's most colorful diners, drive-ins, and dives, in this tie-in to his enormously popular television show. B&w photos throughout. see all copies from £8.63! new only from £9.70!
16 view cover	Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books more books like this by Azar Nafisi add to wishlist Azar Nafasi formed a book club in Tehran comprised of seven young women who got together to discuss such books as THE GREAT GATSBY, PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, DAISY MILLER, and, of course, LOLITA--books forbidden by the Islamic government. In this memoir, Nafasi, who was expelled from the country for refusing to wear the veil, writes about those women, ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £1.63! \| signed copies \| first editions
17 view cover	Me Talk Pretty One Day more books like this by D Sedaris add to wishlist David Sedaris, author of NAKED, continues his humorous exploration of himself, focusing on his humorous attempts to learn French after moving to Paris; his topics include restaurants, his quirky dislikes, his career dreams, and the habits of his increasingly eccentric family. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £5.52! \| signed copies \| first editions
18 view cover	Horse Soldiers: The Extraordinary Story of a Band of U.S. Soldiers Who Rode to Victory in Afghanistan more books like this by Doug Stanton add to wishlist From the bestselling author of "In Harm's Way" comes a spectacular, harrowing, true-life soldiers' tale of struggle and triumph in the wake of the September 11 attacks. b&w photographs. see all copies from £10.93! new only from £14.68! \| signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	Autobiography of Malcolm X more books like this by Malcolm X add to wishlist Malcolm X was a controversial figure in the early sixties as one of the most forceful and eloquent spokesmen for African-Americans. In his writings and public appearances he addressed the issues of Black pride, separatism (a position he eventually renounced), and self-esteem. In the years prior to his assassination in 1965, he granted Alex Haley, ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £1.24! \| first editions
20 view cover	The Airmen and the Headhunters: A True Story of Lost Soldiers, Heroic Tribesmen and the Unlikeliest Rescue of World War II more books like this by Judith M Heimann add to wishlist In November 1944: Army airmen set out in a B-24 bomber on what should have been an easy mission off the Borneo coast. Instead they found themselves unexpectedly facing a Japanese fleet - and were shot down. When they cut themselves loose from their parachutes, they were scattered across the island's mountainous interior. Then a group of loincloth ... see all copies from £5.57! new only from £5.57! \| first editions
21 view cover	Guadalcanal Diary more books like this by Richard Tregaskis add to wishlist history U.S.A. $14.95 Canada $22.50 This celebrated classic gives a soldier's-eye-view of the Guadalcanal battles--crucial to World War II, the war that continues to fascinate us all, and to military history in general. Unlike some of those on Guadalcanal in the fall of 1942, Richard Tregaskis volunteered to be there. An on-location news ... see all copies from £4.13! new only from £65.61! \| signed copies \| first editions
22 view cover	Joy of Cooking: 75th Anniversary Edition - 2006 more books like this by Irma S Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker, Ethan Becker add to wishlist This authoritative American classic has now been updated with new chapters to reflect changing tastes and lifestyles. It is a remarkable reference for everyday cooking, and has 4,500 recipes, 500 of them new, a user-friendly index, and a metric converter. see all copies from £17.89! new only from £17.89! \| first editions
23 view cover	The Real ACT Prep Guide: The Only Official Prep Guide from the Makers of the ACT more books like this by Peterson's (Creator) add to wishlist The only official guide from the ACT test makers, this new edition of the bestselling "The Real ACT Prep Guide" is updated with exclusive content and is packed with insider test-taking tips and strategies, practice tests, and insight on the exam itself. see all copies from £9.29! new only from £12.70!
24 view cover	Naked more books like this by D Sedaris add to wishlist Through a series of comic anecdotes, quirky essayist David Sedaris touches on the highlights of his life to date, including his cross-country hitchhiking trip; his discovery of Shakespeare in rural North Carolina; his various odd jobs as a migrant fruit picker, a jade polisher, and a woodwork refinisher; a family Christmas Eve spent with a ... see all copies from £4.88! new only from £5.72! \| signed copies \| first editions
25 view cover	Running with Scissors: A Memoir more books like this by Augusten Burroughs add to wishlist When his dysfunctional family sent Augusten Burroughs away to be raised in the home of his mother's therapist, he became part of an even more dysfunctional and unusual family dynamic. In this bestseller, which has become a classic of the wackier side of memoir literature, Burroughs doesn't flinch at any grotesquerie or atrocity, recording it all- ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £3.10! \| signed copies \| first editions

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