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Dancing with the Octopus

A Memoir of a Crime

by Debora Harding ...

For readers of Educated and The Glass Castle, a harrowing, redemptive and profoundly inspiring memoir of childhood trauma and its long reach into adulthood, named one of the Best True Crime Books by Marie Claire.One Omaha winter day in November 1978, when Debora Harding was just fourteen, she was abducted at knifepoint from a church parking lot. She was thrown into a van, assaulted, held for ... Read more

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For readers of Educated and The Glass Castle, a harrowing, redemptive and profoundly inspiring memoir of childhood trauma and its long reach into adulthood, named one of the Best True Crime Books by Marie Claire.One Omaha winter day in November 1978, when Debora Harding was just fourteen, she was abducted at knifepoint from a church parking lot. She was thrown into a van, assaulted, held for
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Dancing with the Octopus

A Memoir of a Crime

by Debora Harding ...

Narrated by Debora Harding ...

Unabridged

12 hours 28 min

Bloomsbury presents Dancing with the Octopus written and read by Debora Harding.For readers of Educated and The Glass Castle, a harrowing, redemptive and profoundly inspiring memoir of childhood trauma and its long reach into adulthood, named one of the Best True Crime Books by Marie Claire.One Omaha winter day in November 1978, when Debora Harding was just fourteen, she was abducted at knifepoint ... Read more

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Bloomsbury presents Dancing with the Octopus written and read by Debora Harding.For readers of Educated and The Glass Castle, a harrowing, redemptive and profoundly inspiring memoir of childhood trauma and its long reach into adulthood, named one of the Best True Crime Books by Marie Claire.One Omaha winter day in November 1978, when Debora Harding was just fourteen, she was abducted at knifepoint
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Divided Minds

Twin Sisters and Their Journey Through Schizophrenia

by Pamela Spiro Wagner, Carolyn S. Spiro, MD ...

Narrated by Kimberly Farr, Amanda Carlin ...

Unabridged

11 hours 50 min

Growing up in the fifties, Carolyn Spiro was always in the shadow of her more intellectually dominant and social outgoing twin, Pamela. But as the twins approached adolescence, Pamela began to succumb to schizophrenia, hearing disembodied voices and eventually suffering many breakdowns and hospitalizations.Divided Minds is a dual memoir of identical twins, one of whom faces a life sentence of ... Read more

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Growing up in the fifties, Carolyn Spiro was always in the shadow of her more intellectually dominant and social outgoing twin, Pamela. But as the twins approached adolescence, Pamela began to succumb to schizophrenia, hearing disembodied voices and eventually suffering many breakdowns and hospitalizations.Divided Minds is a dual memoir of identical twins, one of whom faces a life sentence of
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Nowhere Girl

Life as a Member of ADHD's Lost Generation

by Carla Ciccone ...

Narrated by Carla Ciccone ...

Unabridged

7 hours 19 min

Why is a generation of women only now discovering they have ADHD? (Spoiler: misogyny.) A writer examines the cost of living with undiagnosed ADHD in this reported memoir about the girls medical science ignored.When Carla Ciccone is diagnosed with ADHD at thirty-nine—an evaluation prompted by the demands of early motherhood—it flips the script on her life. After years of self-blame and self ... Read more

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Why is a generation of women only now discovering they have ADHD? (Spoiler: misogyny.) A writer examines the cost of living with undiagnosed ADHD in this reported memoir about the girls medical science ignored.When Carla Ciccone is diagnosed with ADHD at thirty-nine—an evaluation prompted by the demands of early motherhood—it flips the script on her life. After years of self-blame and self
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Nowhere Girl

Life as a Member of ADHD's Lost Generation

by Carla Ciccone ...

Why is a generation of women only now discovering they have ADHD? (Spoiler: misogyny.) A writer examines the cost of living with undiagnosed ADHD in this reported memoir about the girls medical science ignored.When Carla Ciccone is diagnosed with ADHD at thirty-nine—an evaluation prompted by the demands of early motherhood—it flips the script on her life. After years of self-blame and self ... Read more

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Why is a generation of women only now discovering they have ADHD? (Spoiler: misogyny.) A writer examines the cost of living with undiagnosed ADHD in this reported memoir about the girls medical science ignored.When Carla Ciccone is diagnosed with ADHD at thirty-nine—an evaluation prompted by the demands of early motherhood—it flips the script on her life. After years of self-blame and self
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Memorial Drive

A Daughter's Memoir

by Natasha Trethewey ...

An Instant New York Times BestsellerA New York TimesNotable BookOne of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2020Named One of the Best Books of the Year by: The Washington Post, NPR, Shelf Awareness, Esquire, Electric Literature, Slate, The Los Angeles Times, USA Today, and ... ... Read more

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An Instant New York Times BestsellerA New York TimesNotable BookOne of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2020Named One of the Best Books of the Year by: The Washington Post, NPR, Shelf Awareness, Esquire, Electric Literature, Slate, The Los Angeles Times, USA Today, and ...
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I Fired God

My Life Inside—and Escape From—the Secret World of the Independent Fundamental Baptist Cult

by Jocelyn R. Zichterman ...

A compelling memoir and account of the Independent Fundamental Baptist church and its shocking history of religious abuse.Jocelyn Zichterman was born, raised, married into, and finally, with her family, fled the Independent Fundamental Baptist church. Founded by the fiery preacher Bob Jones, with several hundred thousand members, IFB congregants are told they must not associate with members of ... Read more

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A compelling memoir and account of the Independent Fundamental Baptist church and its shocking history of religious abuse.Jocelyn Zichterman was born, raised, married into, and finally, with her family, fled the Independent Fundamental Baptist church. Founded by the fiery preacher Bob Jones, with several hundred thousand members, IFB congregants are told they must not associate with members of
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This Happened to Me

A Reckoning

by Kate Price ...

A Washington Post Noteworthy Book (of July and August); a Book Riot Best Nonfiction Book of Summer; WBUR (Boston Public Radio) Twelve Books to Read This Summer“Price not only rises above the hurt and hate, she uses her hard-won insights to shine a light for others.” —Jeannette Walls, #1 New York Times bestselling authorFor readers of Educated, The Glass Castle, and Know My Name c... ... Read more

$14.99 USD

A Washington Post Noteworthy Book (of July and August); a Book Riot Best Nonfiction Book of Summer; WBUR (Boston Public Radio) Twelve Books to Read This Summer“Price not only rises above the hurt and hate, she uses her hard-won insights to shine a light for others.” —Jeannette Walls, #1 New York Times bestselling authorFor readers of Educated, The Glass Castle, and Know My Name c...
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Girls Girls Girls

by Shoshana von Blanckensee ...

**Finalist for the 2026 LAMBDA Literary AwardFinalist for the 2025 CALIBA Golden Poppy AwardLonglisted for the 2026 VCU Cabell First Novelist Award"Jam-packed with queer angst and queer joy . . . and a truly incredible amount of heart. I devoured this novel." —Kristen Arnett, New York Times bestselling author of Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One"A teary-eyed love letter to the San Francisco that ... Read more

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**Finalist for the 2026 LAMBDA Literary AwardFinalist for the 2025 CALIBA Golden Poppy AwardLonglisted for the 2026 VCU Cabell First Novelist Award"Jam-packed with queer angst and queer joy . . . and a truly incredible amount of heart. I devoured this novel." —Kristen Arnett, New York Times bestselling author of Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One"A teary-eyed love letter to the San Francisco that
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Best Wishes from the Full Moon Coffee Shop

A Novel

by Mai Mochizuki ...

Translated by Jordan Taylor ...

Series Book 2 - Full Moon Coffee Shop
From the bestselling author of the Japanese sensation The Full Moon Coffee Shop, this charming and heartfelt novel showcases the magic of Christmas as lost souls find themselves—with a little help from an enchanted café run by cats.Welcome back to the Full Moon Coffee Shop, serving up star-spun treats and magical insights for the holidays.In Japan, cats are a symbol of good luck. As the myth goes, ... Read more

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From the bestselling author of the Japanese sensation The Full Moon Coffee Shop, this charming and heartfelt novel showcases the magic of Christmas as lost souls find themselves—with a little help from an enchanted café run by cats.Welcome back to the Full Moon Coffee Shop, serving up star-spun treats and magical insights for the holidays.In Japan, cats are a symbol of good luck. As the myth goes,
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The Boys of the Dark

A Story of Betrayal and Redemption in the Deep South

by Robin Gaby Fisher, Michael O'McCarthy, Robert W. Straley ...

The harrowing true story of the abuses two boys suffered at a Florida reform school and how they came together fifty years later to confront their attackers."[ The Boys of the Dark] reads seamlessly… . . . A worthy exploration of a regrettably long-lasting true-crime nightmare." — Kirkus ReviewsMichael O'McCarthy and Robert W. Straley were teens when they were termed "incorrigible youth" by ... Read more

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The harrowing true story of the abuses two boys suffered at a Florida reform school and how they came together fifty years later to confront their attackers."[ The Boys of the Dark] reads seamlessly… . . . A worthy exploration of a regrettably long-lasting true-crime nightmare." — Kirkus ReviewsMichael O'McCarthy and Robert W. Straley were teens when they were termed "incorrigible youth" by
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People Like Us

A Novel

by Jason Mott ...

**ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR—Time—Atlanta Journal-Constitution—Star Tribune (Minneapolis)—Library Journal—KirkusLonglisted for the 2026 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in FictionFinalist for the Willie Morris Awards for Southern FictionFinalist for the BookTube Prize for FictionOne of TIME Magazine’s 100 Must-Read Books of 2025One of USA Today’s 15 Books You Should Read This Summe... ... Read more

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**ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR—Time—Atlanta Journal-Constitution—Star Tribune (Minneapolis)—Library Journal—KirkusLonglisted for the 2026 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in FictionFinalist for the Willie Morris Awards for Southern FictionFinalist for the BookTube Prize for FictionOne of TIME Magazine’s 100 Must-Read Books of 2025One of USA Today’s 15 Books You Should Read This Summe...
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