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What Makes This Book So Great
Jo Walton · St Martins Pr
Pages: 446
Format: Hardcover
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As any reader of Jo Walton's Among Others might guess, Walton is both an inveterate reader of SF and fantasy, and a chronic re-reader of books. In 2008, then-new science-fiction mega-site Tor.com asked Walton to blog regularly about her re-reading--about all kinds of older fantasy and SF, ranging... |
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Careers in Education & Training
Salem Press · Salem Press
Pages: 300
Format: Print book
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The job outlook for teachers range from good to excellent, reports the Bureau of Labor Statistics, with the highest growth areas in special education, English as a Second Language, science and math. Students interested in a career in education and training have a wide variety of choices... |
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Great Events from History: The 21st Century, 2000-2016
SIR THOMAS LEWIS · Salem Pr
Pages: 1500
Format: Hardcover
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Salem Press' monumental Great Events from History series spans human history from ancient times to the present, worldwide. This new three-volume set continues Salem's award-winning coverage into the twenty-first century, providing thoughtful, detailed essays on major events between... |
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Turtle Recall: The Discworld Companion. . .So Far
Terry Pratchett · William Morrow
Pages: 451
Format: Print book
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For every Pratchett fan, the must-have fully updated guidebook to Discworld!The Discworld, as everyone knows, is a flat world balanced on the backs of four elephants which, in turn, stand on the shell of the giant star turtle, the Great A'Tuin, as it slowly swims through space.It is also... |
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Mandela: My Prisoner, My Friend
Christo Brand · Thomas Dunne Books
Format: Hardcover
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Nelson Mandela as he has never been seen before His lifes sacrificesrecounted in vivid detailbytheprison guard with whom hebecame lifelong friends Raised in a multi-ethnic farming community Afrikaner Christo Brand was confused and saddened whenhe first confronted the realities of South... |
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Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Political Life
ROBERT DALLEK · Viking
Pages: 704
Format: Hardcover
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A one-volume biography of Roosevelt by the #1 New York Times bestselling biographer of JFK, focusing on his career as an incomparable politician, uniter, and deal maker In an era of such great national divisiveness, there could be no more timely biography of one of our greatest presidents... |
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Wherever You Go, There They Are: Stories About My Family You Might Relate To
Annabelle Gurwitch · Blue Rider Press
Pages: 300
Format: Hardcover
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A hysterically funny and slyly insightful new collection of essays from New York Times bestselling author Annabelle Gurwitch, about her own family of scam artists and hucksters, as well as the sisterhoods, temporary tribes, communities, and cults who have become surrogates along the way.When... |
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World War I and America: Told By the Americans Who Lived It
A. Scott Berg · Library Of America
Pages: 988
Format: Print book
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For the centenary of America's entry into World War I, A. Scott Berg presents a landmark anthology of American writing from the cataclysmic conflict that set the course of the 20th century. Few Americans appreciate the significance and intensity of America's experience of World War I, the global... |
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TED Talks: The Official TED Guide to Public Speaking
Chris J Anderson · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 269
Format: Print book
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A New York Times Bestseller For anyone who has ever been inspired by a TED talk ... ...this is an insider's guide to creating talks that are unforgettable. Since taking over TED in the early 2000s, Chris Anderson has shown how carefully crafted short talks can be the key to unlocking... |
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Northmen: The Viking Saga AD 793-1241
John Haywood · Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Pages: 400
Format: Print book
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From Finland to Newfoundland and Jelling to Jerusalem, follow in the wake of the Vikings -- a transformative story of a people that begins with paganism and ends in Christendom. In AD 800, the Scandinavians were just barbarians in longships. Though they held sway in the north, their power... |
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Exoplanets: Hidden Worlds and the Quest for Extraterrestrial Life
Donald Goldsmith · Harvard University Press
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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"How do alien, faraway worlds reveal their existence to Earthlings? Let Donald Goldsmith count the ways. As an experienced astronomer and a gifted storyteller, he is the perfect person to chronicle the ongoing hunt for planets of other stars." -- Dava SobelAstronomers have recently... |
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Jackson, 1964 : and other dispatches from fifty years of reporting on race in America
Calvin Trillin · Random House
Pages: 275
Format: Print book : English : First edition
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From bestselling author and beloved New Yorker writer Calvin Trillin, a deeply resonant, career-spanning collection of articles on race and racism, from the 1960s to the present In the early sixties, Calvin Trillin got his start as a journalist covering the Civil Rights Movement in the South.... |
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