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Syria's Secret Library: Reading and Redemption in a Town Under Siege
Mike Thomson · PublicAffairs
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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The remarkable story of a small, makeshift library in the town of Daraya, and the people who found hope and humanity in its books during a four-year siege.
Daraya lies on the fringe of Damascus, just southwest of the Syrian capital. Yet for four years it lived in another world. Besieged... |
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Dreaming in French: The Paris Years of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, Susan Sontag, and Angela Davis
Alice Kaplan · University Of Chicago Press; First Edition, First Printing edition
Format: Hardcover
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A year in Paris...Since World War II, countless American students have been lured by that vision - and been transformed by their sojourn in the City of Light. Dreaming in French tells three stories of that experience, and how it changed the lives of three extraordinary American women. All three... |
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Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know
Malcolm Gladwell · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
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Malcolm Gladwell, host of the podcast Revisionist History and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Outliers, offers a powerful examination of our interactions with strangers--and why they often go wrong.
How did Fidel Castro fool the CIA for a generation? Why did Neville... |
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Detroit City Is the Place to Be: The Afterlife of an American Metropolis
Mark Binelli · Metropolitan Books; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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Once Americas capitalist dream town, Detroit is our countrys greatest urban failure, having fallen the longest and the farthest. But the citys worst crisis yet and thats saying something has managed to do the unthinkable turn the end of days into a laboratory for the future. Urban planners,... |
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Beyond the First Draft: The Art of Fiction
John Casey · W W Norton
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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For students and writers alike, a brilliant guide to the craft of writing by the National Book Award-winning author of Spartina. National Book Award winner John Casey is a masterful novelist who is also an inspiring and beloved teacher. In Beyond the First Draft he offers essential and original... |
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The Pushcart Prize XLI: Best of the Small Presses 2017 Edition
Bill Henderson · Pushcart
Pages: 650
Format: Print book
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"America's best fiction, poetry and essays." Billy Collins "Resounding testimony to the persistence of intelligent, creative, and compassionate expression" commented Booklist on last year's Pushcart Prize. "A wonderful edition" said Publishers Weekly.... |
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Making Things Right: The Simple Philosophy of a Working Life
Ole Thorstensen · Penguin Books
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
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A celebration of craftsmanship, teamwork, and the relationship between contractor and client.
"An enriching and poetic tribute to manual labour." - Karl Ove Knausgaard
Making Things Right is the simple yet captivating story of a loft renovation, from the moment... |
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Mightier Than The Sword: Uncle Tom's Cabin and the Battle for America
David S. Reynolds · W. W. Norton & Company; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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A fascinating look at the cultural roots political impact and enduring legacy of Harriet Beecher Stowes revolutionary bestsellerUncle Toms Cabin is likely the most influential novel ever written by an American In a fitting tribute to the two hundredth anniversary of Harriet Beecher Stowes... |
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Making Tiny Toys in Wood: Ornaments & Collectible Heirloom Accents
Howard Clements · Fox Chapel Publishing
Pages: 48
Format: Paperback
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Create charming holiday decorations that double as small toys with this easy-to-follow guidebook. Full-size patterns and step-by-step instructions are provided for 20 working wooden toy ornaments. From tugboats and tractors to windmills and wagons, these nostalgic moving toys make great... |
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Quixote: The Novel and the World
Ilan Stavans · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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"In Quixote, eminent cultural commentator Ilan Stavans explores the indefatigable knight's impact on our world across a spectrum of languages, politics, genres, art forms, and modes of entertainment"--Dustjacket. |
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How Will You Measure Your Life?
Clayton M. Christensen · How Will You Measure Your Life? [Paperback]
Format: Paperback
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In 2010 world-renowned innovation expert Clayton M. Christensen gave a powerful speech to the Harvard Business School's graduating class. Drawing upon his business research, he offered a series of guidelines for finding meaning and happiness in life. He used examples from his own experiences... |
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The Innocent Killer: A True Story of a Wrongful Conviction and its Astonishing Aftermath
Michael Griesbach · ABA Publishing, American Bar Association
Pages: 283
Format: Print book
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The story of one of the nation's most notorious wrongful convictions, that of Steven Avery, a Wisconsin man who spent eighteen years in prison for a crime he did not commit. But two years after he was exonerated of that crime and poised to reap millions in his wrongful conviction lawsuit,... |
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