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A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy
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Iceman: My Fighting Life
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Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever
Once upon a time, if you wanted to know if a movie was worth seeing, you didn’t check out Rotten Tomatoes or IMDB.
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If You Can't Take the Heat: Tales of Food, Feminism, and Fury
From the James Beard Award–winning blogger behind The Everywhereist come hilarious, searing essays on how food and cooking stoke the flames of her feminism.
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Waxing On: The Karate Kid and Me
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The Third Gilmore Girl
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The Chris Farley Show: A Biography in Three Acts
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