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- "And then I met ..." : stories of growing up, meeting famous people, and annoying the hell out of them
- "I love Paul Revere, whether he rode or not," Warren Harding
- "I shook the hand ..."
- "This land was Mexican once" : histories of resistance from Northern California
- "Those damn horse soldiers" : true tales of the Civil War cavalry
- "War stories" : false atrocity tales, swift boaters, and winter soldiers--what really happened in Vietnam
- "What do you care what other people think?" : further adventures of a curious character
- 'Scuse me while I whip this out : reflections on country singers, presidents, and other troublemakers
- --Ask what you can do for your country : the memory and legacy of John F. Kennedy
- ... and then I told the President
- 10 days that unexpectedly changed America
- 101 monster jokes : guaranteed to curl your hair
- 101 road patrol tales : memoirs of a chippie of the California Highway Patrol
- 107 3/4 elephant jokes
- 12 tiny things : simple ways to live a more intentional life
- 125 animals that changed the world : inspiring tales of furry friends & four-legged heroes, plus more amazing animal antics!
- 125 true stories of amazing animal friendships : inspiring true stories of unexpected friendships, purr-fect pals, and adorable best buds!
- 125 true stories of amazing animals
- 125 true stories of amazing pets : inspiring tales of animal friendship & four-legged heroes, plus crazy animal antics
- 18 holes with Bing : golf, life, and lessons from Dad
- 1913 : the year before the storm
- 200 Texas outlaws and lawmen, 1835-1935
- 30 years of WrestleMania
- 31 by Lawrence Clayton
- 39 years of short-term memory loss : early days of Saturday Night Live from someone who was there
- 40 days of dating
- 400 things cops know : street-smart lessons from a veteran patrolman
- 50 dates with the Lord : a broken woman's journey to finding the man who could fix her
- 50 licks : myths and stories from half a century of the Rolling Stones
- 500 brickwall solutions to genealogy problems
- 52 loaves : one man's relentless pursuit of truth, meaning, and a perfect crust
- 8 weeks to SEALfit : a Navy SEAL's guide to unconventional training for physical and mental toughness
- 99 : stories of the game
- 99 : stories of the game
- A 1940s childhood : from bomb sites to Children's Hour
- A 2nd helping of chicken soup for the soul : more stories to open the heart and rekindle the spirit
- A 3rd serving of chicken soup for the soul : 101 more stories to open the heart and rekindle the spirit
- A 5th portion of chicken soup for the soul : 101 more stories to open the heart and rekindle the spirit
- A 6th bowl of chicken soup for the soul : more stories to open the heart and rekindle the spirit
- A Chicano manual on how to handle gringos
- A Civil War treasury of tales, legends, and folklore;
- A Colorado River reader
- A George Washington treasury : stories revealing the human being
- A Texan at bay
- A Texas family time capsule
- A beastly menagerie : Sir Pilkington-Smythe's marvelous collection of strange and unusual creatures
- A big little life : a memoir of a joyful dog
- A big little life : a memoir of a joyful dog named Trixie
- A big little life : a memoir of a joyful dog named Trixie
- A book of Christmas miracles
- A book of ages : an eccentric miscellany of great & offbeat moments in the lives of the famous & infamous, ages 1 to 100
- A boy from Georgia : coming of age in the segregated South
- A boyhood dream realized : half a century of Texas culture, one newspaper column at a time
- A browser's book of Texas history
- A browser's book of Texas history
- A carnival of losses : notes nearing ninety
- A cat named Darwin : how a stray cat changed a man into a human being
- A child's guide to Freud.
- A code of Jewish ethics
- A cook's tour : in search of the perfect meal
- A country music Christmas : Christmas songs, memories, family photographs and recipes from America's favorite country and gospel stars
- A couple of blaguards
- A course called Scotland : searching the home of golf for the secret to its game
- A cup of chicken soup for the soul : stories to open the heart and rekindle the spirit
- A curious career
- A day in Tuscany : more confessions of a Chianti tour guide
- A day in prison : an insider's guide to life behind bars
- A day in the life : career options in library and information science
- A diabolical dictionary of education
- A dog named Beautiful : a Marine, a dog, and a long road trip home
- A dog named Beautiful : a Marine, a dog, and a long road trip home
- A family in Paris : stories of food, life and adventure
- A few seconds of panic : a 5-foot-8, 170-pound, 43-year-old sportswriter plays in the NFL
- A fire in my hands : poems
- A fool's gold : a story of ancient Spanish treasure, two pounds of pot, and the young lawyer almost left holding the bag
- A fork in the road : tales of food, pleasure & discovery on the road
- A free-spirited woman : the London diaries of Gladys Langford, 1936-1940
- A funny thing happened on the way to heaven : (or, how I made peace with the paranormal and stigmatized zealots and cynics in the process)
- A funny thing happened on the way to heaven.
- A funny thing happened on the way to the airport
- A garden of marvels : how we discovered that flowers have sex, leaves eat air, and other secret plants
- A garden of marvels : how we discovered that flowers have sex, leaves eat air, and other secrets of plants
- A gift from Bob : how a street cat helped one man learn the meaning of Christmas
- A girl's guide to missiles : growing up in America's secret desert
- A good dog : the story of Orson, who changed my life
- A great day in Harlem
- A gringo manual on how to handle Mexicans
- A grizzly in the mail and other adventures in American history
- A guide to battles : decisive conflicts in history
- A happy life
- A hedge away : the other side of Emily Dickinson's Amherst
- A honeybee heart has five openings : a year of keeping bees
- A hot glue gun mess : funny stories, pretty DIY projects
- A householder's guide to the universe : a calendar of basics for the home and beyond
- A journal for renewal,
- A journey through philosophy in 101 anecdotes
- A keeper of bees : notes on hive and home
- A knack for knowing things : stories from St. Paul neighborhoods and beyond
- A land of big dreamers : voices of courage in America
- A legacy greater than words : stories of U.S. Latinos & Latinas of the WWII generation
- A lesson for Martin Luther King, Jr.
- A library is to know,
- A life discarded : 148 diaries found in the trash
- A little book for grandmother
- A little salty to cut the sweet : Southern stories of faith, family, and fifteen pounds of bacon
- A man for all species : the remarkable adventures of an animal lover and expert pet keeper
- A man's life : dispatches from dangerous places
- A mile in her boots : women who work in the wild
- A miracle under the Christmas tree : real stories of hope, faith and the true gifts of the season
- A month of Sundays
- A month of Sundays
- A nation rising : [untold tales of flawed founders, fallen heroes, and forgotten fighters from America's hidden history]
- A nation rising : untold tales of flawed founders, fallen heroes, and forgotten fighters from America's hidden history
- A nation worth ranting about
- A naturalist and other beasts : tales from a life in the field
- A night at the opera
- A passion for leadership : lessons on change and reform from fifty years of public service
- A passion for leadership : lessons on change and reform from fifty years of public service
- A passion for leadership : lessons on change and reform from fifty years of public service
- A path appears : transforming lives, creating opportunity
- A path appears : transforming lives, creating opportunity
- A people's history of the U.S. military : ordinary soldiers reflect on their experience of war, from the American Revolution to Afghanistan
- A pony with her writer : the story of Marguerite Henry and Misty
- A positively final appearance : a journal 1996-98
- A preliminary survey of the history of the arena site and its environs for the Hillwood Corporation
- A priest, a prostitute, and some other early Texans : the lives of fourteen Lone Star State pioneers
- A puppy for Helen Keller
- A raccoon at the White House
- A random walk in science
- A season of fire : four months on the firelines in the American West
- A short history of sex,
- A short sketch-history from personal reminicences [sic] of early days in central Texas
- A short sketch-history from personal reminiscences of early days in Central Texas
- A sketch of the life and character of Daniel Boone
- A slice of life : stories of family, friendship, love ...and fruitcake from the customers of Collin Street Bakery
- A small town love story : Colonial Beach, Virginia
- A smile from Katie Hattan & other natural wonders
- A spirit of greatness : stories from the employees of American Airlines
- A sports bestiary
- A stingray bit my nipple : true stories from real travellers
- A street divided : stories from Jerusalem's Alley of God
- A stress analysis of a strapless evening gown, and other essays for a scientific age.
- A taste of Hollywood : the story of Ma Maison
- A thousand deer : four generations of hunting and the hill country
- A thousand naked strangers : a paramedic's wild ride to the edge and back
- A thousand naked strangers : a paramedic's wild ride to the edge and back
- A tiger in the kitchen : a memoir of food and family
- A touch of Torah : Divrei Torah, midrashim, poems and essays
- A treasury of Christmas stories
- A treasury of Civil War tales
- A treasury of Texas tales
- A treasury of Texas trivia
- A treasury of Texas trivia
- A treasury of Texas trivia II
- A treasury of Texas trivia II
- A treasury of White House tales
- A treasury of great American scandals : tantalizing true tales of historic misbehavior by the founding fathers and others who let freedom swing
- A treasury of humor : and Toastmaster's handbook
- A treasury of miracles for friends : true stories of God's presence today
- A treasury of miracles for teens : true stories of God's presence today
- A variety of Fallon
- A walk across Texas
- A weekend with Warren Buffett : and other shareholder meeting adventures
- A woman alone : travel tales from around the globe
- A working stiff's manifesto : a memoir
- A world of turtles : a literary celebration
- A. Maceo Smith : an oral history interview, Dallas, Texas : January 12, 1978
- Ab to zogg : a lexicon for science-fiction and fantasy readers
- Abe Lincoln's jokes : wit and humor, yarns and stories, history, chronology : gathered from authentic sources
- About your father and other celebrities I have known : ruminations and revelations from a desperate mom to her dirty son
- Above and beyond: : the story of the Congressional Medal of Honor
- Abraham Lincoln Civil War stories : heartwarming stories about our most beloved president
- Ace Reid's cowpokes home remedies
- Aces and kings : inside stories and million-dollar strategies from poker's greatest players
- Across the pond : an Englishman's view of America
- Across the red line : stories from the surgical life
- Acting : working in the theatre
- Adventures of a Hollywood secretary : her private letters from inside the studios of the 1920s
- After Woodstock : the true story of a Belgian movie, an Israeli wedding, and a Manhattan breakdown
- Afternoons with Mr. Hogan : a boy, a golf legend, and the lessons of a lifetime
- Age is just a number : 101 tales of humor & wisdom for life after 60
- Aggie savvy : practical wisdom from Texas A&M
- Aileen and Murray Smith : an oral history interview, November 1, 1974
- Airwaves : a collection of radio editorials from the Golden Apple
- Akabara Bīrabala kī prasiddha kahāniyām̐
- Al T. Harris : an oral history interview, Dallas, Texas : September 6, 1972 and January 3, 1974
- Alabama : one big front porch
- Albert Dines : an oral history interview, Dallas, Texas : September 17, 1973
- Alex Bickley : an oral history interview, May 8, 1981
- Alexandria : the last nights of Cleopatra
- Alfred Hitchcock : a brief life
- Alfred Hitchcock : a brief life
- Alice in wunderground and other blits and pieces
- Alison's adventures : your passport to the world
- Alive day memories : home from Iraq
- All American Christmas
- All You Can Ever Know : A Memoir
- All dogs go to Kevin : everything three dogs taught me (that I didn't learn in veterinary school)
- All fishermen are liars
- All hell needs is water
- All my patients kick and bite : favorite stories from a vet's practice
- All pigs are beautiful
- All that remains : a life in death
- All that remains : a renowned forensic scientist on death, mortality, and solving crimes
- All the best lines : a history of the movies in quotes, notes and anecdotes
- All the lives I want : essays about my best friends who happen to be famous strangers
- All the presidents' ladies : anecdotes of the women behind the men in the White House
- All the presidents' pastries : twenty-five years in the White House : a memoir
- All the presidents' spokesmen : spinning the news, White House press secretaries from Franklin D. Roosevelt to George W. Bush
- All the presidents' wits : the power of presidential humor
- All the sweeter : families share their stories of adopting from foster care
- All the way to the tigers : a memoir
- All the wild hungers : a season of cooking and cancer
- All the women in my family sing : women write the world : essays on equality, justice, and freedom
- All there is : love stories from StoryCorps
- All there is : love stories from Storycorps
- All things reconsidered : my birding adventures
- Almost history : close calls, plan B's and twists of fate in American history
- Always at The Carlyle
- Always put in a recipe and other tips for living from Iowa's best-known homemaker
- Am-Bushed! : more chronicles of government stupidity
- Amazing tales of the Old West
- Ambling into history : the unlikely odyssey of George W. Bush
- America's alligator : a popular history of our most celebrated reptile
- America's first ladies
- America's great disasters
- American bear : an adventure in the kindness of strangers
- American buffalo : in search of a lost icon
- American disasters
- American dreams : portraits & stories of a country
- American lit relit, : a short history of American literature for long-suffering students, for teachers who manage to keep one chapter ahead of the class, and for all those who, no longer being in school, can happily sink back into illiteracy,
- American soldier : stories of special forces from Iraq to Afghanistan
- American story : a lifetime search for ordinary people doing extraordinary things
- American will : the forgotten choices that changed our Republic
- American will : the forgotten choices that changed our republic
- Americana : dispatches from the new frontier
- Among African apes : stories and photos from the field
- Among Friends : Stories from the Journey
- Among grizzlies : living with wild bears in Alaska
- Amor incondicional : el poder de la hermandad
- An Apple for my teacher : twelve authors tell about teachers who made the difference
- An accidental athlete : a funny thing happened on the way to middle age
- An account of murder, mutiny & mayhem : concerning the affairs of the blackest-hearted villains from Irish history
- An anthropologist on Mars : seven paradoxical tales
- An anthropologist on Mars : seven paradoxical tales
- An anthropologist on Mars : seven paradoxical tales
- An astounding atlas of altered states : the real stories of states that never came to be
- An atheist in the FOXhole : a liberal's eight-year odyssey inside the heart of the right-wing media
- An illustrated guide to cocktails : 50 classic cocktail recipes, tips, and tales
- An innocent abroad : life-changing trips from 35 great writers
- An unlikely cat lady : feral adventures in the backyard jungle
- Anatomy of baseball
- Anchorboy : true tales from the world of sportscasting
- And another thing-- : the world according to Clarkson volume two
- And if you play golf, you're my friend : further reflections of a grown caddie
- Andy Anderson : an oral history interview, July 13, 1981
- Anecdotal Lincoln; : speeches, stories and yarns of the "Immortal Abe," including stories of Lincoln's early life, stories of Lincoln as a lawyer, presidential incidents, stories of the war, Lincoln's letters, and great speeches chronologically arranged, with biographical sketch,
- Anecdotes & antidotes : a medieval Arabic history of physicians
- Anecdotes of modern art : from Rousseau to Warhol
- Angelic tails : true stories of heavenly canine companions
- Angels and miracles : 101 inspirational stories about hope, answered prayers, and divine intervention
- Angels on earth : inspiring stories of fate, friendship and the power of connections
- Animal ER : extraordinary stories of hope and healing from one of the world's leading veterinary hospitals
- Animal angels : true tales of creatures that changed and enriched people's lives
- Animal heroes : true rescue stories
- Animal masterminds : a chapter book
- Animal rescuers : a chapter book
- Animal stories : heartwarming true tales from the animal kingdom
- Animal superstars : and more true stories of amazing animal talents
- Animal superstars : and more true stories of amazing animal talents
- Animal, vegetable, miracle : [a year of food life]
- Animal, vegetable, miracle : a year of food life
- Animal, vegetable, miracle : a year of food life
- Animal, vegetable, miracle : a year of food life
- Animal, vegetable, miracle : a year of food life
- Animals behaving badly : boozing bees, cheating chimps, dogs with guns, and other beastly true tales
- Animals to the rescue! : amazing true stories from around the world
- Anne Ashburn Connolly : an oral history interview, May 17, 1984
- Annette Stewart : an oral history interview, January 9, 1981
- Another shot : how I relived my life in less than a year
- Ante todo no hagas da?o
- Anteater adventure
- Antes : stories from the past : rural Cuba, New Mexico, 1769-1949
- Anthony Bourdain, No reservations, Collection 3
- Anthony Bourdain, no reservations, Collection 4
- Anthropomorphism, anecdotes, and animals
- Antiques Roadshow World War One in 100 family treasures
- Antología del saber popular; : a selection from various genres of Mexican folklore across borders.
- Any number can play : the numbers athletes wear
- Anécdotas de Cuba : 1492-1958 : del descubridor al general
- Apache land : from those who lived it
- Apache sunrise : memories from San Carlos
- Ape escapes! : and more true stories of animals behaving badly
- Apocalypse on the set : nine disastrous film productions
- Apollo : an eyewitness account by astronaut/explorer artist/moonwalker Alan Bean
- Apple and Annie, the hamster duo
- Appleseed to Zamboni : famous men from A to Z
- Appointments with heaven : the true story of a country Doctor's healing encounters with the hereafter
- Arctic solitaire : a boat, a bay, and the quest for the perfect bear
- Are we there yet? : tales from the never-ending travels of WWE superstars
- Are you crazy? Because I am out of my mind!! : about not being in control of our and others lives, accepting who we are, and laughing about it forever!
- Arlington County chronicles
- Armey's axioms : 40 hard-earned truths from politics, faith, and life
- Arnie : the life of Arnold Palmer
- Arnie : the life of Arnold Palmer
- Around the world in 80 cigars : the travels of an epicure
- Around the world with One Direction : the true stories as told by the fans
- Arrival stories : women share their experiences of becoming mothers
- Arrival stories : women share their experiences of becoming mothers
- Arsenic and red tape
- Artie Barnett : an oral history interview, Dallas, Texas : July 3, 1975 and July 1977
- Artistic license : three centuries of good writing and bad behavior
- Artists and their cats
- As they were
- Aspergirls : empowering females with Asperger Syndrome
- Assholes finish first
- Assholes finish first
- Assholes finish first
- Assisted loving : true tales of double dating with my dad
- Astronaut's guide to life on earth : what going to space taught me about ingenuity, determination, and being prepared for anything
- Asylum and exile : the hidden voices of London
- Atlanta's Oakland Cemetery : an Illustrated history and guide
- Aunt Fanny's History of Houston; : or, Life in the raw
- Avalon Sewing Club : an oral history interview, 1973
- Awakenings ; : A leg to stand on ; The man who mistook his wife for a hat and other clinical tales ; [and] Seeing voices
- Awful first dates : hysterical, true, and heartbreakingly bad
- B.S. I love you : sixty funny years with the famous and the infamous
- Baby bumps : from party girl to proud mama, and all the messy milestones along the way
- Baby catcher : chronicles of a modern midwife
- Baby catcher : chronicles of a modern midwife
- Back then : simple pleasures and everyday heroes
- Backstage at The tonight show : from Johnny Carson to Jay Leno
- Backstage pass to Broadway : true tales from a theatre press agent
- Backstage past
- Bad days in history : a gleefully grim chronicle of misfortune, mayhem, and misery for every day of the year
- Bad days in history : a gleefully grim chronicle of misfortune, mayhem, and misery for every day of the year
- Bad days in history : a gleefully grim chronicle of misfortune, mayhem, and misery for every day of the year
- Bad dog : a love story
- Bad feminist : essays
- Bad feminist : essays
- Bad feminist : essays
- Bad feminist : essays
- Bad lawyer : a memoir of law and disorder
- Badass : a hard-earned guide to living life with style and (the right) attitude
- Ball & other funny stories about cancer
- Bandit : the heart-warming true story of one dog's rescue from death row
- Bar Mitzvah disco : the music may have stopped, but the party's never over
- Bardot M. P.? : and other modern misleading cases,
- Baseball's greatest hits
- Battles for freedom : the use and abuse of American history
- Bax seat : log of a pasture pilot
- Bear attacks of the century : true stories of courage and survival / Larry Mueller and Marguerite Reiss
- Beast : blood, struggle, and dreams at the heart of mixed martial arts
- Beast of never, cat of God : the search for the Eastern Puma
- Beastly journeys : unusual tales of travel with animals
- Beastly riddles : fishy, flighty, and buggy, too
- Beaufighter boys : true tales by those who flew Bristol's Mighty Twin
- Beauties : hockey's greatest untold stories
- Beauty in the beasts : true stories of animals who choose to do good
- Because he's Jeff Goldblum : the movies, memes, and meaning of Hollywood's most enigmatic actor
- Becoming a good creature
- Becoming un-orthodox : stories of ex-Hasidic Jews
- Bedside manners : one doctor's reflections on the oddly intimate encounters between patient and healer
- Been there, done that : family wisdom for modern times
- Been there, done that : family wisdom for modern times
- Before the first shots are fired : how America can win or lose off the battlefield
- Behind palace doors : my years with the queen mother
- Behind the Burly Q : the story of burlesque in America
- Behind the bedroom door : getting it, giving it, loving it, missing it
- Behind the curtain : an insider's view of Jay Leno's Tonight show
- Being a dad is weird : lessons in fatherhood from my family to yours
- Being me with OCD : how I learned to obsess less and live my life
- Being me with OCD : how I learned to obsess less and live my life
- Believe : a horseman's journey
- Believe in miracles : 101 stories of hope, answered prayers and divine intervention
- Beloved beasts : fighting for life in an age of extinction
- Ben Carpenter : an oral history interview, March 15, 2000
- Ben and Zona Hardy : an oral history interview, September 22, 1982
- Best little stories from World War II
- Best mom ever : 101 stories of gratitude, love and wisdom
- Best of Washington humor
- Best of reader's digest, Volume 2
- Better than fiction
- Better than fiction 2 : true travel adventures from 30 great fiction writers
- Better than fiction : true travel tales from great fiction writers
- Betty & friends : my life at the zoo
- Betty the bearded dragon
- Beyond Broadway Joe : the super bowl team that changed football
- Beyond the courthouse : tales of lawyers and lawyering
- Beyond the stone arches : an American missionary doctor in China, 1892-1932
- Beyond the stone arches : an American missionary doctor in China, 1892-1932
- Big Bend tales
- Big shoes : in celebration of dads and fatherhood
- Big wig : a little history of hair
- Big wonderful thing : a history of Texas
- Big-top bonanza
- Bill O'Reilly's Legends & lies : the real West
- Bill O'Reilly's Legends & lies : the real West
- Bill O'Reilly's legends & lies : the real West
- Bill O'Reilly's legends and lies : the patriots
- Bill Porterfield : an oral history interview, December 8, 1981
- Binge
- Binge
- Bint Arab : Arab and Arab American women in the United States