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The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow (Hyperion: $21.95) The professor, who has terminal cancer, urges us to seize life's moments.

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Beautiful Boy by David Sheff (Houghton Mifflin: $24) A father recounts his talented son's descent into methamphetamine addiction.

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Home by Julie Andrews (Hyperion: $26.95) The star of stage and screen tells of her early years, from 1935 to 1963, when she appeared in "Mary Poppins."

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Just Who Will You Be? by Maria Shriver (Hyperion: $14.95).  Ask who, not what, you want to be.

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Bonk by Mary Roach (W.W. Norton: $24.95) What science tells us about sex.

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Girls Like Us by Sheila Weller (Atria: $27.95) Tracking a generation of women through icons Carole King, Joni Mitchell and Carly Simon.

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The Secret by Rhonda Byrne (Beyond Words: $23.95) Life's secrets distilled from oral tradition.

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Bad Money by Kevin Phillips (Viking: $25.95).  How debt, shaky financial markets, and misguided policies are damaging the nation.

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The Soloist by Steve Lopez (Putnam: $25.95).  The L.A. Times columnist befriends a mentally ill homeless musician.

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Ladies of Liberty by Cokie Roberts (William Morrow: $26.95) Portraits of the women who helped shape the young American nation.

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