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Daughter of the King: Growing Up in Gangland
Sandra Lansky · Perseus Books Group
Pages: 264
Format: Hardcover
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Sandi Lansky Lombardo grew up the only daughter of mob boss Meyer Lansky. Raised in upper-class Jewish splendor, first at the Majestic Hotel and then at the Beresford, at finishing schools and fancy stables, Sandi was the wild child of the late 40's, the 50's, and the early 60's.... |
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The Age of Caesar: Five Roman Lives
Plutarch. · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 393
Format: Print book
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A brilliant new translation of five of history's greatest lives from Plutarch, the inventor of biography.Pompey, Caesar, Cicero, Brutus, Antony: the names resonate across thousands of years. Major figures in the civil wars that brutally ended the Roman republic, their lives still haunt... |
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By Honor Bound: Two Navy SEALs, the Medal of Honor, and a Story of Extraordinary Courage
Dick Couch · St Martin'S Press
Pages: 288
Format: Print book
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In April of 1972, SEAL Lieutenant Tom Norris risked his life in an unprecedented ground rescue of two American airmen who were shot down behind enemy lines in North Vietnam, a feat for which he would be awarded the Medal of Honor--an award that represents the pinnacle of heroism and courage.Just... |
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Figures in a Landscape: People and Places
Paul Theroux · Eamon Dolan/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
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A delectable collection of Theroux's recent writing on great places, people, and prose In the spirit of his much-loved Sunrise with Seamonsters and Fresh Air Fiend, Paul Theroux's latest collection of essays leads the reader through a dazzling array of sights, characters, and experiences,... |
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Lucky Dogs: From Bourbon Street to Beijing and Beyond
Jerry E. Strahan · University Press of Mississippi
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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When walking the French Quarter and watching a Lucky Dog salesman set up that colorful cart and call out to entice customers, don't you wonder how such a business works? As a knowing review in Rolling Stone stated, "People have always loved the cart and harbored a mysterious need... |
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Jane Crow: The Life of Pauli Murray
Rosalind Rosenberg · Oxford University Press
Pages: 512
Format: Print book
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Throughout her prodigious life, activist and lawyer Pauli Murray systematically fought against all arbitrary distinctions in society, channeling her outrage at the discrimination she faced to make America a more democratic country. In this definitive biography, Rosalind Rosenberg offers... |
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Saint Katharine: The Life of Katharine Drexel
Cordelia Frances Biddle · Westholme Publishing; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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"Powerful and profoundly moving, Saint Katharine is a book of rich and lively scholarship and of deeply felt devotion. You will not be able to put it down." - Donald Spoto, author of Reluctant Saint: The Life of Francis of Assisi When Katharine Drexel was born in 1858, her grandfather,... |
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A Cool and Lonely Courage: The Untold Story of Sister Spies in Occupied France
Susan Ottaway · Little, Brown and Company; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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The incredible true story of British special agents Eileen and Jacqueline Nearne, sisters who risked everything to fight for freedom during the Second World War. When elderly recluse Eileen Nearne died, few suspected that the quiet little old lady was a decorated WWII war hero. Volunteering... |
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Modified: GMOs and the Threat to Our Food, Our Land, Our Future
Caitlin Shetterly · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 341
Format: Print book
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A disquieting and meditative look at the issue that started the biggest food fight of our time--GMOs. From a journalist and mother who learned that genetically modified corn was the culprit behind what was making her and her child sick, a must-read book for anyone trying to parse the incendiary... |
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The Last Punisher: A SEAL Team THREE Sniper's True Account of the Battle of Ramadi
Kevin Lacz · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 320
Format: Print book
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A gripping and intimate on-the-ground memoir from a Navy SEAL who was part of SEAL Team THREE with American Sniper Chris Kyle. Experience his deployment, from his first mission to his first kill to his eventual successful return to the United States to play himself in the Oscar-nominated... |
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Sharp
Michelle Dean · Grove Press
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
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Dorothy Parker, Rebecca West, Hannah Arendt, Mary McCarthy, Susan Sontag, Pauline Kael, Joan Didion, Nora Ephron, Renata Adler, and Janet Malcolm -- these brilliant women are the central figures of Sharp. Their lives intertwine as they cut through the cultural and intellectual history of America... |
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Stronger
Jeff Bauman · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 244
Format: Hardcover
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NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING JAKE GYLLENHAALThe New York Times bestselling memoir of the 27-year-old Boston Marathon bombing survivor. When Jeff Bauman woke up on Tuesday, April 16th, 2013 in the Boston Medical Center, groggy from a series of lifesaving surgeries and missing his legs,... |
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