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My Year of Dirt and Water : Journal of a Zen Monk's Wife in Japan
by Tracy Franz
In February 2004, when her American husband, a recently ordained Zen monk, leaves home to train for a year at a centuries-old Buddhist monastery, Tracy Franz embarks on her own year of Zen. An Alaskan alone—and lonely—in Japan, she begins to pay attention.
My Year of Dirt and Water is a record of that journey.
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All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie AndersReunited as adults, childhood friends Patricia Delfine, who is magically gifted, and Laurence Armstead, an engineering genius, discover that something bigger than either of them has brought them together to either save the world, or plunge it into a new Dark Age.
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What Remains: a Memoir of Fate, Friendship, and Love by Carole RadziwillAn award-winning television producer traces her life and marriage to Anthony Radziwill, JFK's nephew, in a personal account that describes the influence of her mother's Austrian heritage, her work as a journalist in different international locales, her devastation at the deaths of JFK, Jr. and Carolyn Bessette, and her husband's struggle with terminal cancer throughout their short marriage.
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Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire: a 500-year History by Kurt AndersenExplains how the influences of dreamers, zealots, hucksters and superstitious groups shaped America's tendency toward a rich fantasy life, citing the roles of individuals from P.T. Barnum to Donald Trump in perpetuating conspiracy theories, self-delusion and magical thinking. A New York Times best-seller.
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Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's by John Elder RobisonIn an entertaining and inspirational memoir of living with Asperger's Syndrome, the author describes life growing up different in an unusual family, his unusual talents, his struggle to live a "normal" life, his diagnosis at the age of forty with Asperger's, and the dramatic changes that have occurred since that diagnosis.
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The Age of Daredevils by Michael ClarksonBy turns a family drama and an action-adventure story, The Age of Daredevils chronicles the lives of the men and women who devoted themselves to the extraordinary sport of jumping over Niagara Falls in a barrel--a death-defying gamble that proved a powerful temptation to a hardy few. Internationally known in the 1920s and '30s for their barrel-jumping exploits, the Hills were a father-son team of daredevils who also rescued dozens of misguided thrill seekers and accident victims who followed them into the river. The publicity surrounding the Hills' spectacular feats ushered in tourism, making Niagara Falls the nation's foremost honeymoon destination, but ultimately set Red Hill Jr. on a perilous path to surpass his father's extraordinary leaps into the void.
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A Separate Peace by John KnowlesA conflict of loyalties between Gene and his fearless friend, Phineas, leads to tragedy.
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Warbreaker by Brandon SandersonTwo sisters who are princesses have different destinies as one, Siri, marries the God King, and the other, Vivienna, tries to save her people with the help of Vasher, the Warbreaker, as they all contend with the special powers contained in BioChromatic magic.
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The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: a Memoir by Bill BrysonThe best-selling author of A Walk in the Woods and I'm a Stranger Here Myself describes his all-American childhood growing up as a member of the baby boom generation in the heart of Iowa, detailing his rich fantasy life as a superhero known as the Thunderbolt Kid and his remarkably normal 1950s family life.
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