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• How to Be a Good Creature

  a Memoir in Thirteen Animals

  Montgomery, Sy,

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  National Book Award finalist Sy Montgomery reflects on the personalities and quirks of 13 animals--her friends--who have profoundly affected her in this stunning, poetic, and life-affirming memoir featuring illustrations by Rebecca Green.

• The Chicken Chronicles

  Sitting With the Angels Who Have Returned With My Memories : Glorious, Rufus, Gertrude Stein, Splendor, Hortensia, Agnes of God, The Gladyses, & Babe : a Memoir

  Walker, Alice, 1944-

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  The Chicken Chronicles, an extraordinary document of personal discovery, political commitment, and the joys of relating to animals. By turns uplifting and heartbreaking, The Chicken Chronicles is a treat for Walker fans, a powerful touchstone for…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Honey and Venom

  Confessions of An Urban Beekeeper

  Coté, Andrew

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  Andrew Coté has one of the most intriguing, challenging, and unique jobs in New York City--maintaining millions of honey bees atop some of the city's most iconic buildings. Widely recognized as New York City's premier urban beekeeper, in this debut…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• My Life in a Cat House

  True Tales of Love, Laughter, and Living With Five Felines

  Cooper, Gwen, 1971-

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  This collection of eight purr-fect cat stories is filled with all the humor and heart Gwen's devoted readership has come to know and love.

• Code Talker

  Nez, Chester,

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  Chester Nez, the last surviving member of the original twenty-nine code talkers, discusses his life growing up in the Checkerboard Area of the Navajo reservation, and shares the story of how he helped the United States develop and implement a secret…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Maid

  Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive

  Land, Stephanie, 1978-

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  A journalist describes the years she worked in low-paying domestic work under wealthy employers, contrasting the privileges of the upper-middle class to the realities of the overworked laborers supporting them.

• Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

  and Other Lessons From the Crematory

  Doughty, Caitlin

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  The blogger behind the popular Web series Ask a Mortician describes her experiences working at a crematory, including how she sometimes got ashes on her clothes and how she cared for bodies of all shapes and sizes.

• The Curve of Time

  the Classic Memoir of a Woman and Her Children Who Explored the Coastal Waters of the Pacific Northwest

  Blanchet, M. Wylie (Muriel Wylie), 1891-1961

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  After her husband died in 1927, leaving her with five small children, everyone expected the struggles of single motherhood on a remote island to overcome M. Wylie Blanchet. Instead, this courageous woman became one of the pioneers of "family…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• My Love Story

  Turner, Tina,

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  The rock & roll legend examines her illustrious career and complicated personal life, from her darkest hours to her happiest moments.

• Buddy

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  In this delightful documentary about six amazing dogs and their heroic owners, legendary filmmaker Heddy Honigmann explores the close bond between animal and human.

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