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Memoirs of a Geisha: A NovelMemoirs of a Geisha: A Novel by Arthur Golden
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $0.01
After going to high school and being raped in Japan - this book is heart-wrenching. A MUST read. OK - so this isn't a true story, but it feels like it and I am taking poetic liberties with my list.
My Early Life: 1874-1904My Early Life: 1874-1904 by Winston Churchill
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Early look at an amazing man and his journey to greatness
Dancing Naked in the Mind FieldDancing Naked in the Mind Field by Kary Mullis
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If school books were this much fun, I would have learned a heck of a lot more than I did in Chemistry
Foolproofing Your Life: Wisdom for Untangling Your Most Difficult RelationshipsFoolproofing Your Life: Wisdom for Untangling Your Most Difficult Relationships by Jan Silvious
Buy new: $10.07 / Used from: $1.29
This book saved my life -- let me out of my abusive marriage without guilt
Praying God's Word: Breaking Free From Spiritual StrongholdsPraying God's Word: Breaking Free From Spiritual Strongholds by Beth Moore
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An essential guidebook for dealing with life's nuances and talking to God about them
Whoever Fights Monsters: My Twenty Years Tracking Serial Killers for the FBI (St. Martin's True Crime Library)Whoever Fights Monsters: My Twenty Years Tracking Serial Killers for the FBI (St. Martin's True Crime Library) by Robert K. Ressler
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If you can get past the ego of Ressler and Douglas - this is one of the best Serial Killer books out there
Armitage's Garden Perennials: A Color EncyclopediaArmitage's Garden Perennials: A Color Encyclopedia by Allan M. Armitage
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Best book for understanding and recognizing Perenials, a must for every gardener
Bad Girls of the Bible and What We Can Learn from ThemBad Girls of the Bible and What We Can Learn from Them by Liz Curtis Higgs
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Amazing lessons from long ago
C. S. Lewis: Writer and Scholar (Heroes of the Faith)C. S. Lewis: Writer and Scholar (Heroes of the Faith) by Sam Wellman
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This is the first of many boigraphies I read about Lewis. And being the first, it has touched me more than any other
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! (Adventures of a Curious Character)Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! (Adventures of a Curious Character) by Richard P. Feynman
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You can never go wrong with Feynman, and this is the best place to start