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<title><![CDATA[2008 Indie Next List Highlights]]></title>

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<title><![CDATA[What I Talk About When I Talk About Running: A Memoir]]></title>

<description><![CDATA["Focus. Endurance. Will. Murakami argues that these traits are at least as important as talent in both running and writing -- probably even more important. Whether you're a writer or a runner (or both), or just someone who wants an entertaining read, you'll find a lot to love in this marvelous book." -- Dave Mallmann, Harry W. Schwartz Bookshop, Brookfield, WI]]></description>

<dc:title><![CDATA[What I Talk About When I Talk About Running: A Memoir]]></dc:title>

<dc:creator><![CDATA[Haruki Murakami]]></dc:creator>

<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Knopf]]></dc:publisher>

<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780307269195]]></dc:identifier>

<dc:description><![CDATA[Focus. Endurance. Will. Murakami argues that these traits are at least as important as talent in both running and writing -- probably even more important. Whether you're a writer or a runner (or both), or just someone who wants an entertaining read, you'll find a lot to love in this marvelous book.]]></dc:description>

<dc:contributor><![CDATA[Dave Mallmann, Harry W. Schwartz Bookshop, Brookfield, WI]]></dc:contributor>

<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[44]]></bsbl:rank>

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<title><![CDATA[Chosen Forever: A Memoir]]></title>

<description><![CDATA["Susan Richard has written a sequel to Chosen by A Horse, her wonderful memoir. Her new book relates how the publication of Chosen totally changed her life, connecting her to friends and family from whom she was estranged, and to a man who became the love of her life." -- Nancy Olson, Quail Ridge Books, Raleigh, NC]]></description>

<dc:title><![CDATA[Chosen Forever: A Memoir]]></dc:title>

<dc:creator><![CDATA[Susan Richards]]></dc:creator>

<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Soho Press]]></dc:publisher>

<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781569474921]]></dc:identifier>

<dc:description><![CDATA[Susan Richard has written a sequel to Chosen by A Horse, her wonderful memoir. Her new book relates how the publication of Chosen totally changed her life, connecting her to friends and family from whom she was estranged, and to a man who became the love of her life.]]></dc:description>

<dc:contributor><![CDATA[Nancy Olson, Quail Ridge Books, Raleigh, NC]]></dc:contributor>

<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[44]]></bsbl:rank>

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<title><![CDATA[The Blue Cotton Gown: A Midwife's Memoir]]></title>

<description><![CDATA["Here is an intimate account of a woman, both her career as a midwife and her life as the wife of a doctor in West Virginia. Her patients' lives are stories of hope and loss; her marriage is a story of love and faith accompanied, too by debt and tension. Well written and heartfelt." -- Annie Philbrick, Bank Square Books, Mystic, CT]]></description>

<dc:title><![CDATA[The Blue Cotton Gown: A Midwife's Memoir]]></dc:title>

<dc:creator><![CDATA[Patricia Harman]]></dc:creator>

<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Beacon Press]]></dc:publisher>

<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780807072899]]></dc:identifier>

<dc:description><![CDATA[Here is an intimate account of a woman, both her career as a midwife and her life as the wife of a doctor in West Virginia. Her patients' lives are stories of hope and loss; her marriage is a story of love and faith accompanied, too by debt and tension. Well written and heartfelt.]]></dc:description>

<dc:contributor><![CDATA[Annie Philbrick, Bank Square Books, Mystic, CT]]></dc:contributor>

<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[44]]></bsbl:rank>

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<title><![CDATA[Hope's Boy]]></title>

<description><![CDATA["I really like Andrew Bridge's memoir of growing up in the foster care system. Full of compelling characters, Hope's Boy is reminiscent of Angela's Ashes. I'd recommend it to all social workers." -- Joyce Frohn, Apple Blossom Books LLC, Oshkosh, WI]]></description>

<dc:title><![CDATA[Hope's Boy]]></dc:title>

<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Bridge]]></dc:creator>

<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Hyperion]]></dc:publisher>

<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781401303228]]></dc:identifier>

<dc:description><![CDATA[I really like Andrew Bridge's memoir of growing up in the foster care system. Full of compelling characters, Hope's Boy is reminiscent of Angela's Ashes. I'd recommend it to all social workers.]]></dc:description>

<dc:contributor><![CDATA[Joyce Frohn, Apple Blossom Books LLC, Oshkosh, WI]]></dc:contributor>

<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[44]]></bsbl:rank>

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<xcbl:UnitPriceValue><![CDATA[22.95]]></xcbl:UnitPriceValue>
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<title><![CDATA[Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon--And the Journey of a Generation]]></title>

<description><![CDATA["Sheila Weller's story of three of the most important women in the history of pop music - Carole King, Joni Mitchell, and Carly Simon - captures the 60s better than any novel, recalling the stories and songs that have become ingrained in the psyche of America's soul. I would rate this book a 98 - it has a great beat and you can dance to it." -- Jerry Brown, The Bookstore, Radcliff, KY]]></description>

<dc:title><![CDATA[Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon--And the Journey of a Generation]]></dc:title>

<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sheila Weller]]></dc:creator>

<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Atria]]></dc:publisher>

<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780743491471]]></dc:identifier>

<dc:description><![CDATA[Sheila Weller's story of three of the most important women in the history of pop music - Carole King, Joni Mitchell, and Carly Simon - captures the 60s better than any novel, recalling the stories and songs that have become ingrained in the psyche of America's soul. I would rate this book a 98 - it has a great beat and you can dance to it.]]></dc:description>

<dc:contributor><![CDATA[Jerry Brown, The Bookstore, Radcliff, KY]]></dc:contributor>

<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[44]]></bsbl:rank>

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<title><![CDATA[Twenty Chickens for a Saddle: The Story of an African Childhood]]></title>

<description><![CDATA["An astonishingly written story of growing up in modern-day Africa with loving, eccentric and adventure loving parents. Every character in this book could fill a novel." -- Lillian Kinsey, Bohannons' Books With a Past, Georgetown, KY]]></description>

<dc:title><![CDATA[Twenty Chickens for a Saddle: The Story of an African Childhood]]></dc:title>

<dc:creator><![CDATA[Robyn Scott]]></dc:creator>

<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Penguin Press HC]]></dc:publisher>

<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781594201592]]></dc:identifier>

<dc:description><![CDATA[An astonishingly written story of growing up in modern-day Africa with loving, eccentric and adventure loving parents. Every character in this book could fill a novel.]]></dc:description>

<dc:contributor><![CDATA[Lillian Kinsey, Bohannons' Books With a Past, Georgetown, KY]]></dc:contributor>

<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[44]]></bsbl:rank>

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<title><![CDATA[All the Way Home: Building a Family in a Falling-Down House]]></title>

<description><![CDATA["Great memoirs tend to be stranger than fiction, and David Giffels' riotous recollection of human willpower versus decaying architecture, contemptible rodents and one stubborn octogenarian is no exception. An utterly unforgettable chapter in one young man's life." -- Katie Capaldi, McLean & Eakin Booksellers, Petoskey, MI]]></description>

<dc:title><![CDATA[All the Way Home: Building a Family in a Falling-Down House]]></dc:title>

<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Giffels]]></dc:creator>

<dc:publisher><![CDATA[William Morrow]]></dc:publisher>

<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780061362866]]></dc:identifier>

<dc:description><![CDATA[Great memoirs tend to be stranger than fiction, and David Giffels' riotous recollection of human willpower versus decaying architecture, contemptible rodents and one stubborn octogenarian is no exception. An utterly unforgettable chapter in one young man's life.]]></dc:description>

<dc:contributor><![CDATA[Katie Capaldi, McLean & Eakin Booksellers, Petoskey, MI]]></dc:contributor>

<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[44]]></bsbl:rank>

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<title><![CDATA[Books: A Memoir]]></title>

<description><![CDATA["Larry McMurtry's memoir of his life in books -- buying, selling, bidding, and lusting after -- is full of characters and delights that may never have been seen by the 'average' bookseller, but what many of us wouldn't give for the chance! McMurtry is generous with specifics and musings, personal history, whimsy, and speculations." -- Becky Milner, Vintage Books, Vancouver, WA]]></description>

<dc:title><![CDATA[Books: A Memoir]]></dc:title>

<dc:creator><![CDATA[Larry McMurtry]]></dc:creator>

<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Simon & Schuster]]></dc:publisher>

<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781416583349]]></dc:identifier>

<dc:description><![CDATA[Larry McMurtry's memoir of his life in books -- buying, selling, bidding, and lusting after -- is full of characters and delights that may never have been seen by the 'average' bookseller, but what many of us wouldn't give for the chance! McMurtry is generous with specifics and musings, personal history, whimsy, and speculations.]]></dc:description>

<dc:contributor><![CDATA[Becky Milner, Vintage Books, Vancouver, WA]]></dc:contributor>

<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[44]]></bsbl:rank>

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