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State Out of the Union: Arizona and the Final Showdown Over the... by Jeff Biggers State Out of the Union is award-winning journalist and historian Jeff Biggers’ riveting account of Arizona, the famed frontier state whose conflict over... More about this book »	The Cassoulet Saved Our Marriage: True Tales of Food, Family,... by caroline m grant The oysters they ate together the first night in their new city. The chicken Milanese she learned to cook after weight-loss surgery. The cassoulet that both anchors... More about this book »
Eyes of the Wild: Journeys of Transformation with the Animal... by Imogen Oxley Eyes of the Wild by Eleanor O’Hanlon takes the reader on an epic, personal journey from the Pacific Coast of Mexico to the edge of the Arctic pack... More about this book »	PRETTIEST DOLL by gina willner-pardo “It’s good to be pretty. I’m really lucky.” So begins the story of thirteen-year-old Olivia, or Liv, who started winning beauty pageants at age three. Lately she’s... More about this book »
Sister Spit: Writing, Rants and Reminiscence from the Road by Michelle Tea A collection of writing and artwork from the irreverent, flagrantly queer, hilariously feminist, tough-talking, genre-busting ruffians who have toured with the... More about this book »	Pancho Land by Raul Ramos y Sanchez Latino insurgents are waging a bitter civil war. Sarah Evans was once their hostage in Los Angeles, a rebel stronghold in a war-torn Southern California. Now, Sarah... More about this book »
Ask the Passengers by A.S. King Astrid Jones desperately wants to confide in someone, but her mother's pushiness and her father's lack of interest tell her they're the last people she can trust.... More about this book »	The Color of My Heart by Sarah Byrd Living in the foothills of North Carolina, Laura Carter has it all: a nice home, wonderful adoptive parents, two lovely teenage daughters, and a to-die-for handsome... More about this book »
How the French Invented Love: Nine Hundred Years of Passion and... by Marilyn Yalom How the French love love! It occupies an honored place in their sense of identity, on a par with fashion, food, wine, and the rights of man. For... More about this book »	The Gay Couple's Guide to Wedding Planning by David Toussaint The go-to guide for a kick-ass wedding! Before you say, I do, you've got a lot to do! This book reveals everything you need to know about planning the perfect... More about this book »

The Odyssey of a Manchurian by Belle Yang The author recounts her father's dramatic flight from his native village in Manchuria during China's civil war, fighting his way amid a wave of suspicion, paranoia... More about this book »	Over the Hill and Between the Sheets: Sex, Love, and Lust in... by Jacquelyn Mitchard Edited by Gail Belsky About the Anthology Every Baby Boomer has to confront it: their changing midlife sex lives. Now, Gail Belsky provides an unfailingly honest... More about this book »
A Love Like No Other: Stories from Adoptive Parents by Jacquelyn Mitchard Edited by Pamela Kruger & Jill Smolowe About the Anthology Impressive for both its breadth and its quality, A Love Like No Other is a timely and heartwarming... More about this book »	Blindsided by a Diaper: Over 30 Men and Women Reveal How... by Jacquelyn Mitchard Edited by Dana Bedford Hilmer About the Anthology In Blindsided by a Diaper, some of today’s most popular writers dare to tell what it’s really like for... More about this book »
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2007 by Stephen Colbert Stephen Colbert contributed to this lively volume of The Best American Nonrequired Reading. It boasts the best in fiction, nonfiction, alternative comics,... More about this book »	Wigfield: The Can-Do Town That Just May Not by Stephen Colbert Wigfield is a small bucolic hideaway, situated in front of a massive dam which is about to be torn down by the state government to restore the salmon run. Wigfield'... More about this book »
The Imperfect Mom: Candid Confessions of Mothers Living in the... by Jacquelyn Mitchard The Imperfect Mom: Candid Confessions of Mothers Living in the Real World Edited by Therese J. Borchard About the Anthology The supermom is a suburban legend... More about this book »	It's a Boy: Women Writers on Raising Sons by Jacquelyn Mitchard Edited by Andrea J. Buchanan About the Anthology It's A Boy, is a wide-ranging, often-humorous, and honest collection of essays about the experience of... More about this book »
Choice: True Stories of Birth, Contraception, Infertility,... by Jacquelyn Mitchard Edited by Karen E. Bender and Nina de Gramont About the Anthology CHOICE explores one of the most polarizing political issues of our time-reproductive choice... More about this book »	Searching for Mary Poppins: Women Write About the Intense... by Jacquelyn Mitchard Edited by Susan Davis and Gina Hyams About the Anthology With wit, sensitivity, and unflinching honesty, Searching for Mary Poppins brings together twenty-... More about this book »