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028.8 BOO
The Book That Changed My Life: 71 Remarkable Writers Celebrate the Books That Matter Most to ThemBlank space2006, 197 p.

170.44 GOT
Letters to Sam: A Grandfather’s Lessons on Love, Loss, and the Gifts of Life by Daniel GottliebBlank space2006, 175 p.

170.44 MID
Values from the Front Porch: Remembering the Wisdom of Our Grandmothers by Jane Middelton-MozBlank space2006, 220 p.

248.2 HAL
Same Kind of Different As Me by Ron HallBlank space2006, 237 p.

282.092 ILI
Left to Tell: Discovering God amidst the Rwandan Holocaust by Immaculee IlibagizaBlank space2006, 215 p.

362.196 SHR
Warm Springs: Traces of a Childhood at FDR’s Polio Haven by Susan Richards ShreveBlank space2007, 215 p.

362.196 TAM
Born on a Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant: A Memoir by Daniel TammetBlank space2007, 226 p.

384.64 BUR
Answering 911: Life in the Hot Seat by Caroline BurauBlank space2006, 206 p.

395.22 SCH
A More Perfect Union: How I Survived the Happiest Day of My Life by Hana SchankBlank space2006, 211 p.

509 ROB
The Last Man Who Knew Everything: Thomas Young, the Anonymous Genius Who Proved Newton Wrong, and Deciphered the Rosetta Stone, among Other Surprising Feats by Andrew RobinsonBlank space2007, 288 p.

523.7 CLA
The Sun Kings: The Unexpected Tragedy of Richard Carrington and the Tale of How Modern Astronomy Began by Stuart ClarkBlank space2007, 211 p.

630.1 PER
Best Person Rural: Essays of a Sometime Farmer by Noel PerrinBlank space2006, 175 p.

636.1 RIC
Chosen by a Horse: A Memoir by Susan RichardsBlank space2006, 248 p.

636.7 DOT
Dog Years: A Memoir by Mark DotyBlank space2007, 215 p.

636.7 KOP
From Baghdad, with Love: A Marine, the War, and a Dog Named Lava by Jay KopelmanBlank space2006, 196 p.

636.7 OHU
It’s Okay to Miss the Bed on the First Jump: And Other Life Lessons I Learned from Dogs by John O’HurleyBlank space 2006, 160 p.

781.64 SHE
Love Is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time by Rob SheffieldBlank space2007, 224 p.

791.45 JEN
Brainiac: Adventures in the Curious, Competitive, Compulsive World of Trivia Buffs by Ken JenningsBlank space2006, 269 p.

796.357 HOO
Perfect, Once Removed: When Baseball Was All the World to Me by Phillip M. HooseBlank space2006, 163 p.

797.2 BUS
Nine Ways to Cross a River: Midstream Reflections on Swimming and Getting There from Here by Akiko BuschBlank space2007, 208 p.

798.4 EIS
The Great Match Race: When North Met South in America’s First Sports Spectacle by John EisenbergBlank space2006, 258 p.

917.3 GEI
Way Off the Road: Discovering the Peculiar Charms of Small-Town America by Bill GeistBlank space2007, 240 p.

945.651 TUC
Living in a Foreign Language: A Memoir of Food, Wine, and Love in Italy by Michael TuckerBlank space2007, 255 p.

966.4 BEA
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Solider by Ishmael BeahBlank space2007, 229 p.

973 GIL
10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America by Steven M. GillonBlank space2007, 262 p.

973.7 CRA
Stealing Lincoln’s Body by Thomas J. CraughwellBlank space2007, 250 p.

973.74 BON
The Soldier’s Pen: Firsthand Impressions of the Civil War by Robert E. BonnerBlank space2006, 248 p.

975.59 WAR
See You in a Hundred Years: Four Seasons in Forgotten America by Logan WardBlank space2007, 245 p.

977.7 KAL
Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm during the Great Depression by Mildred Armstrong KalishBlank space2007, 292 p.

Biography LAMOTT, A.
Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith by Anne LamottBlank space2007, 253 p.

Biography MORRIS, M.
The River Queen: A Memoir by Mary MorrisBlank space2007, 270 p.

Biography NGUYEN, B.M.
Stealing Buddha’s Dinner: A Memoir by Bich Minh NguyenBlank space2007, 256 p.

Biography WOODRUFF, B.
In an Instant: A Family’s Journey of Love and Healing by Lee WoodruffBlank space2007, 288 p.

Prepared by Lori Sennebogen, September 2007
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