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Double Click: Twin Photographers in the Golden Age of Magazines

Carol Kino - Scribner
Format: Hardcover

A riveting dual biography of the McLaughlins - identical twin sisters who became groundbreaking photographers in New York during the glamorous magazine golden age of the 1930s and 40s - for fans of Ninth Street Women and The Barbizon. . The McLaughlin twins were trailblazing female photographers,...
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The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church

Sarah McCammon - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

"An intimate window into the world of American evangelicalism. Fellow exvangelicals will find McCammon's story both startlingly familiar and immensely clarifying, while those looking in from the outside can find no better introduction to the subculture that has shaped the hopes...
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Livin' Just to Find Emotion: Journey and the Story of American Rock

David Hamilton Golland - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover

"Golland leaves no stone unturned in this fine-grained chronicle of the rock group Journey.... Golland's passion and precision make this a pleasure." -Publishers Weekly, Starred Review. [Golland] provides an overdue critical take on the group's overall sound. He also discusses...
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The Witch of New York: The Trials of Polly Bodine and the Cursed Birth of Tabloid Justice

Alex Hortis - Pegasus Crime
Format: Hardcover

Before the sensational cases of Amanda Knox and Casey Anthony - before even Lizzie Borden - there was Polly Bodine, the first American woman put on trial for capital murder in our nation's debut media circus.. On Christmas night, December 25, 1843, in a serene village on Staten Island,...
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The League of Lady Poisoners: Illustrated True Stories of Dangerous Women

Lisa Perrin - Chronicle Books
Format: Hardcover

A feast for the senses, this sumptuously illustrated book will introduce you to some of the most infamous women throughout world history, united by their shared taste for poison. Welcome to the League of Lady Poisoners.. This riveting and well-researched volume by Lisa Perrin weaves together...
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Totality: The Great North American Eclipse of 2024

Mark Littmann - Oxford University Press
Format: 2nd Edition

Praise for the previous edition'A relaxed, well-written and information-packed expedition discovering the history of eclipses' - The Sky at Night. A complete guide to the most stunning of celestial sights, a total eclipse of the Sun . Totality: The Great North American Eclipse of 2024...
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The Story of The Bee Gees: Children of the World

Bob Stanley - Pegasus Books
Format: Hardcover

A dazzling biography of one of the bestselling bands of all time, told with brilliant insight by renowned pop music scholar Bob Stanley.. The world is full of Bee Gees fans. Yet for a band of such renown, little is known about Barry, Maurice, and Robin Gibb. People tend to have their favorite...
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The Grift: The Downward Spiral of Black Republicans from the Party of Lincoln to the Cult of Trump

Clay Cane - Sourcebooks
Format: Hardcover

Part history and part cultural analysis, The Grift chronicles the nuanced history of Black Republicans. Clay Cane lays out how Black Republicanism has been mangled by opportunists who are apologists for racism.After the Civil War, the pillars of Black Republicanism were a balanced critique...
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The Making of a King: King Charles III and the Modern Monarchy

Robert Hardman - Pegasus Books
Format: Hardcover

The dramatic story of the new king's evolution over the past year from Prince of Wales to King Charles III, from one of the most acclaimed royal biographers writing today.. No British monarch has had a tougher act to follow. . Now, after seventy years of waiting and preparation, King...
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American Woman: The Transformation of the Modern First Lady, from Hillary Clinton to Jill Biden

Katie Rogers - Crown
Format: Hardcover

The first definitive exploration of the changing role of the twenty-first-century First Lady, painting a comprehensive portrait of Jill Biden - from a White House correspondent for The New York Times. "A fascinating and deeply researched exploration into the most public facing and least...
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