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Alex Haley: And the Books That Changed a Nation
Robert J. Norrell · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover |
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It is difficult to think of two twentieth century books by one author that have had as much influence on American culture when they were published as Alex Haley's monumental bestsellers, The Autobiography of Malcolm X (1965) , and Roots (1976) . They changed the way white and black... |
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The Yankee Way: Playing, Coaching, and My Life in Baseball
Willie Randolph · It Books; Complete Numbers Starting with 1, 1st Ed edition
Format: Hardcover |
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Legendary New York Yankee Willie Randolph tells the story of his life playing and coaching for the most storied professional sports franchise in the world, detailing his career on and off the field with some of baseball biggest stars.In his long-awaited memoir, Willie Randolph shares stories... |
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Stronger
Jeff Bauman · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 244
Format: Print book |
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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, the first thing he did was try to speak. When he realized he couldn't, he asked for a pad and paper and wrote down seven words:... |
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The Reckoning: Death and Intrigue in the Promised Land---A True Detective Story
Patrick Bishop · Harper; First U.S. Edition edition
Format: Hardcover |
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One of Britain's most renowned military historians revisits a controversial murder: that of Zionist leader Avraham Stern, head of Israel's notorious Stern Gang, in Tel Aviv during WWII.Militant Zionist Avraham Stern believed he was destined to be the Jewish liberator of British... |
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Wilson
A. Scott Berg · Putnam Adult; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover |
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Longlisted for the 2014 PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography“With the prescience that all truly great biographers possess, Berg discovered in Woodrow Wilson a figure who would understand Washington’s current state of affairs.”—Vanity Fair“A brilliant... |
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Breaking In: The Rise of Sonia Sotomayor and the Politics of Justice
Joan Biskupic · Sarah Crichton Books
Format: Hardcover |
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To become the first Hispanic Supreme Court justice, Sonia Sotomayor went against the odds. Her historic appointment in 2009-made by President Obama, whose own 2008 victory appeared improbable-flowed from cultural and political changes in America that helped lift up this daughter of a Puerto... |
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The Shift: One Nurse, Twelve Hours, Four Patients' Lives
Theresa Brown · Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pages: 256
Format: Print book |
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In a book as eye-opening as it is riveting, practicing nurse and New York Times columnist Theresa Brown invites us to experience not just a day in the life of a nurse but all the life that happens in just one day on a hospital's cancer ward. In the span of twelve hours, lives can be lost,... |
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Dinner with Edward: A Story of an Unexpected Friendship
Isabel Vincent · Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pages: 213
Format: Print book |
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"I loved every moment of this book . . . Everyone deserves their own Edward--and everyone deserves to read this book." - Susannah Cahalan, bestselling author of Brain on Fire When Isabel meets Edward, both are at a crossroads: he wants to follow his late wife to the grave,... |
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We Are Charleston: Tragedy and Triumph at Mother Emanuel
Herb Frazier · Thomas Nelson
Pages: 256
Format: Print book |
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On June 17, 2015, at 9:05 p.m., a young man with a handgun opened fire on a prayer meeting at the Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in Charleston, South Carolina, killing nine members of the congregation. The captured shooter, twenty-one-year-old Dylan Roof, a white... |
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Frederick the Great: King of Prussia
Tim Blanning · Random House
Pages: 720
Format: Hardcover |
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Frederick the Great, King of Prussia, dominated the 18th century in the same way that Napoleon dominated the start of the 19th - a force of nature, a caustic, ruthless, brilliant military commander, a monarch of exceptional energy and talent, and a knowledgeable patron of artists, architects... |
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