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	Scenes from My Life: A Memoir by Michael K. Williams, Jon Sternfeld (Goodreads Author) 4.48 avg rating — 3,588 ratings — published 2022	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Raise Your Game: High-Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best by Alan Stein Jr., Jon Sternfeld (Goodreads Author), Jay Bilas (Foreword) 4.10 avg rating — 1,025 ratings — published 2019 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Inconvenient Cop: My Fight to Change Policing in America by Edwin Raymond (Goodreads Author), Jon Sternfeld (Goodreads Author) 4.60 avg rating — 509 ratings — published 2023 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Forever Family: Fostering Change One Child at a Time by Rob Scheer, Jon Sternfeld (Goodreads Author) (Primary Contributor) 4.45 avg rating — 455 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Craftsman’s Legacy: Why Working with Our Hands Gives Us Meaning by Eric Gorges, Jon Sternfeld (Goodreads Author) 3.98 avg rating — 363 ratings — published 2019 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Stone of Hope 4.29 avg rating — 281 ratings — published 2017 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Marked for Life: One Man's Fight for Justice from the Inside by Isaac Wright Jr., Jon Sternfeld (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.68 avg rating — 184 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Unprepared: America in the Time of Coronavirus 3.77 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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