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When Alisa Smith and J.B. MacKinnon decide to experiment with foods for one year, they only ate foods produced within 100 miles of their home. Describes their interesting encounters and connections with the people that produced the foods they ate.

Journalist Charles Blow describes his coming of age in a segregated Louisiana town, the childhood event that scarred him, his education, and his triumph over his past.

"The memoir of a German-Nigerian woman who learns that her grandfather was the brutal Nazi commandant depicted in Schindler's List, Amon Goeth"--Provided by publisher.

Chronicles the life and career of rap and film star Queen Latifah.

Explores the life and career of Jennifer Lopez.

Every day, three times a day, the students march in two straight lines, singing praises to Kim Jong-il and North Korea--"without you there is no motherland. Without you, there is no us." Suki Kim has come to North Korea to teach English but it is 2011 and all the universities have been shut down for an entire year, the students sent to construction fields--all except for the 270 students of the all-male Pyongyang University of Science and Technology. As the weeks pass, Suki is mystified at how easily her students lie and how devoted they are to the regime. As she begins to hint at the life outside of North Korea, her students offer glimpses of their private selves--proving that all their curiosity has not yet been extinguished. Then Kim Jong-il dies and the students are devastated. She wonders whether the gulf between their world and hers can ever be bridged. Suki Kim was born and raised in Seoul, South Korea and now lives in New York.

Strawberry Saroyan traces her journey from girl- to womanhood, reflecting on her struggle to discover who she is and who she wants to be.

Forced to escape from Iran, a country gripped in a religious revolution in 1979, David and his family run for their lives and find refuge in the American South.

Former U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords and her husband, astronaut Mark Kelly, share their impassioned argument for responsible gun ownership and offer a revealing portrait of their lives since her 2011 shooting.

The actor known for roles in such productions as "Parks and Recreation" shares musings on a range of topics from love and manliness to grooming and eating meat, offering additional discussions of his life before fame and his courtship of his wife, Megan Mullally.