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1	The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream more books like this by Barack Obama 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 £6.49! new only from £6.49! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance more books like this by Barack Obama In this memoir written at the age of 33, Barack Obama, son of a black African father and a white American mother, describes the search for meaning in his life as a black American. He begins in New York where he learns that his father, more a myth than a man to him, has been killed in a car accident. This sudden death inspires an emotional odyssey ... see all copies from £8.58! new only from £8.58! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia more books like this by Elizabeth Gilbert A celebrated writer pens an irresistible, candid, and eloquent account of her pursuit of worldly pleasure, spiritual devotion, and what she really wanted out of life. see all copies from £3.82! new only from £6.74! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	Last Lecture more books like this by Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow Based on the extraordinary final lecture by Carnegie Mellon University professor Pausch, given after he discovered he had pancreatic cancer, this moving book goes beyond the now-famous lecture to inspire readers to live each day with purpose and joy. Photos. see all copies from £6.46! new only from £6.46! \| first editions
5	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 The astonishing, uplifting story of a real-life Indiana Jones and his humanitarian campaign to use education to combat terrorism in the Taliban's backyard Anyone who despairs of the individual's power to change lives has to read the story of Greg Mortenson, a homeless mountaineer who, following a 1993 climb of Pakistan's treacherous K2, was ... see all copies from £5.51! new only from £8.83! \| signed copies
6	Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man and Life's Greatest Lesson more books like this by Mitch Albom Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher or a colleague. Someone older, patient and wise, who understood you when you were young and searching, and gave you sound advice to help you make your way through it. For Mitch Albom, that person was Morrie Schwartz, his college professor from nearly twenty years ago. Maybe, like Mitch, you lost track of ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £6.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln more books like this by Doris Kearns Goodwin This brilliant multiple biography is centered on Lincoln's mastery of men and how it shaped the most significant presidency in the nation's history. see all copies from £13.15! new only from £13.15! \| first editions
8	Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog more books like this by John Grogan (Read by) Grogan's #1 "New York Times"-bestselling chronicle of his life with his wildly neurotic Labrador retriever is now a major motion picture from Fox 2000, starring Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston, scheduled for theatrical release on Christmas Day. see all copies from £1.41! new only from £6.41! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	Into the Wild more books like this by Jon Krakauer Using the true story of a young man, who in 1992 walked deep into the Alaskan wilderness and whose SOS note and emaciated corpse were found four months later, Krakauer explores the obsession which leads some people to explore the outer limits of self, leave civilization behind and seek enlightenment through solitude and contact with nature. see all copies from £2.59! new only from £6.42! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	John Adams more books like this by David McCullough His first book since Truman, from one of America's most distinguished and popular biographers. Destined for the same kind of sweeping success as his Pulitzer Prize-winning Truman, John Adams is a powerful, deeply moving biography that reads like an epic historical novel. Breathing fresh life into American history, it takes as its subject the ... see all copies from £5.65! new only from £10.82! \| signed copies \| first editions
11 view cover	90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death & Life more books like this by Don Piper, Cecil B Murphey Don Piper's car was crushed by a semitruck and medical personnel said he died instantly. While his body lay lifeless inside the ruins of his car Piper experienced the flories of heaven. 90 minutes later Piper miraculously returned to life on earth with only the memory of inexpressible heavenly bliss. This is his life-changing story. see all copies from £5.65! new only from £8.29! \| first editions
12 view cover	My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey more books like this by Jill Bolte Taylor Jill Taylor was a 37-year-old Harvard-trained brain scientist when a blood vessel exploded in her brain. Through the eyes of a curious scientist, she watched her mind deteriorate whereby she could not walk, talk, read, write, or recall any of her life. Because of her understanding of the brain, her respect for the cells in her body, and an amazing ... see all copies from £4.82! new only from £13.07! \| signed copies \| first editions
13 view cover	Mans Search for Meaning more books like this by Viktor Emil Frankl Few books in recent decades have had the continuing impact of Dr. Viktor Frankl's "Man's Search for Meaning" -- the classic best seller now considered to be one of the most important contributions to psychiatry since the writing of Freud. In it, Dr. Frankl gives a moving account of his life amid the horrors of the Nazi death camps, chronicling the ... see all copies from £5.29! new only from £5.86! \| first editions
14 view cover	A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier more books like this by Ishmael Beah This is how wars are fought now: by children, hopped-up on drugs and wielding AK-47s. Children have become soldiers of choice. In the more than fifty conflicts going on worldwide, it is estimated that there are some 300,000 child soldiers. Ishmael Beah used to be one of them. What is war like through the eyes of a child soldier? How does one ... see all copies from £6.20! new only from £6.88! \| signed copies \| first editions
15 view cover	Night more books like this by Elie Wiesel Born into a Jewish ghetto in Hungary, as a child, Elie Wiesel was sent to the Nazi concentration camps at Auschwitz and Buchenwald. This is his account of that atrocity: the ever-increasing horrors he endured, the loss of his family and his struggle to survive in a world that stripped him of humanity, dignity and faith. Describing in simple terms ... see all copies from £2.24! new only from £3.66! \| signed copies \| first editions
16 view cover	Truman more books like this by David McCullough (Read by) This biography of Harry Truman goes beyond the traditional portrait of the "ordinary man" to present an extraordinary American President. Drawing on archival material and extensive interviews, McCullough chronicles Truman's boyhood in Missouri, his entry into politics and his surprising success as a US senator. But it is Truman's emergence as a ... see all copies from £5.65! new only from £8.24! \| signed copies \| first editions
17 view cover	Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly more books like this by Anthony Bourdain, Lord New York Chef Tony Bourdain gives away secrets of the trade in his wickedly funny, inspiring memoir/expose. Kitchen Confidential reveals what Bourdain calls "twenty-five years of sex, drugs, bad behavior and haute cuisine." Last summer, "The New Yorker" published Chef Bourdain's shocking, "Don't Eat Before Reading This." Bourdain spared no one's ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £2.07! \| first editions
18 view cover	American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House more books like this by Jon Meacham From the "New York Times"-bestselling author of "Franklin and Winston" and "American Gospel" comes a magnificent portrait of Andrew Jackson, the man who shaped the modern presidency. Illustrated with black-and-white photos. see all copies from £16.25! new only from £16.25! \| first editions
19 view cover	Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World more books like this by Vicki Myron, Bret Witter The charming story of Dewey Readmore Books, the beloved library cat of Spencer, Iowa, starts in the worst possible way. Only a few weeks old, on the coldest night of the year, he was stuffed into the returned book slot at the library. For the next 19 years, he never stopped charming the people of Spencer with his enthusiasm, warmth, humility, and, ... see all copies from £11.29! new only from £11.29! \| first editions
20 view cover	It's Not about the Bike: My Journey Back to Life more books like this by Lance Armstrong Lance Armstrong won the 1999 Tour de France in spectacular style, taking four stages and both a mountain and a time trial. His story is even more remarkable because he was diagnosed with stage 4 testicular cancer in October 1996. see all copies from £1.41! new only from £5.65! \| signed copies \| first editions
21 view cover	Many Lives Many Masters more books like this by Brian L Weiss, M.D. (Read by) As a traditional psychotherapist, Dr. Brian Weiss was astonished and skeptical when one of his patients began recalling past-life traumas that seemed to hold the key to her recurring nightmares and anxiety attacks. His skepticism was eroded, however, when she began to channel messages from the "space between lives," which contained remarkable ... see all copies from £5.65! new only from £5.92! \| signed copies \| first editions
22 view cover	Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life more books like this by Barbara Kingsolver (Read by), Steven L Hopp, Camille Kingsolver In her first full-length nonfiction narrative, bestselling author Kingsolver opens readers' eyes in a hundred new ways to an old truth: you are what you eat. The bestselling author returns with a wise and compelling celebration of family, food, nature, and community. see all copies from £3.15! new only from £3.15! \| signed copies \| first editions
23 view cover	A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity more books like this by Bill O'Reilly In his most intimate book yet, Bill O'Reilly goes back in time to examine the people, places, and experiences that launched him on his journey from being a working-class kid to an immensely influential television personality and bestselling author. see all copies from £14.27! new only from £14.27! \| first editions
24 view cover	An Unquiet Mind more books like this by Kay Redfield Jamison, PH.D. This work is a personal testimony from Kay Redfield Jamison: the revelation of her struggle with manic depression since adolescence, and how it has shaped her life. The book follows her through college, a love affair, her battle with the illness, bouts of madness, violence and attempted suicide. see all copies from £5.67! new only from £6.51! \| signed copies \| first editions
25 view cover	Confessions of an Economic Hit Man more books like this by John Perkins An extraordinary, real-life tale of international intrigue and corruption, "Confessions of an Economic Hitman" reveals the hidden mechanics of imperial control behind such major international events as the fall of the Shah, the death of Panamanian president Omar Torrijos, and the invasions of Panama and Iraq, as well as providing an inside view of ... see all copies from £6.42! new only from £6.42! \| first editions

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