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The Electrifying Fall of Rainbow City: Spectacle and Assassination at the 1901 World's Fair
Margaret S Creighton · W.W. Norton & Company
Pages: 352
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The Pan American Exposition in Buffalo, New York, meant to herald the twentieth century, went tragically, spectacularly awry.In 1901, Buffalo was the eighth-largest city in the United States, and its leaders had big dreams. They would host a world's fair, showcasing the Americas, and bring... |
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Believer: My Forty Years in Politics
David Axelrod · Penguin Press
Pages: 528
Format: Hardcover |
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New York Times Book Review"A stout defense--indeed, the best I have read--of the Obama years."A New York Times BestsellerDavid Axelrod has always been a believer. Whether as a young journalist investigating city corruption, a campaign consultant guiding underdog candidates against... |
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The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story
Douglas Preston · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 304
Format: Print book |
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A five-hundred-year-old legend. An ancient curse. A stunning medical mystery. And a pioneering journey into the unknown heart of the world's densest jungle.Since the days of conquistador Hernán Cortés, rumors have circulated about a lost city of immense wealth hidden somewhere in the Honduran... |
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The Iron Road: An Illustrated History of the Railroad
Christian Wolmar · DK
Format: Hardcover |
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Written by Christian Wolmar, author of the critically acclaimed The Great Railroad Revolution, The Iron Road is a richly illustrated account of the rise of the rails across the world. From the historic moment in September 1830 when the first train ran between Liverpool and Manchester, to the high... |
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Pandemic: Tracking Contagions, from Cholera to Ebola and Beyond
Sonia Shah · Sarah Crichton Books
Pages: 271
Format: Print book |
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Scientists agree that a pathogen is likely to cause a global pandemic in the near future. But which one? And how?Over the past fifty years, more than three hundred infectious diseases have either newly emerged or reemerged, appearing in territories where they've never been seen before.... |
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Pacific Tsunami Warning System: A Half Century of Protecting the Pacific, 1965-2015
International Tsunami Information Center · National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis; None, First edition
Format: Print book |
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The Pacific Tsunami Warning System, commonly referred to as the PTWS, has come far in the last five decades since its formation in 1965. 2015 marks 50 years since the establishment of the International tsunami warning system in the Pacific. This book covers the development of functional... |
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Kissinger's Shadow: The Long Reach of America's Most Controversial Statesman
Greg Grandin · Metropolitan Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover |
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A new account of America's most controversial diplomat that moves beyond praise or condemnation to reveal Kissinger as the architect of America's current imperial stanceIn his fascinating new book, acclaimed historian Greg Grandin argues that to understand the crisis of contemporary... |
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Lafayette in the Somewhat United States
Sarah Vowell · Riverhead Books
Pages: 274
Format: Print book |
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From the bestselling author of Assassination Vacation and The Partly Cloudy Patriot, an insightful and unconventional account of George Washington's trusted officer and friend, that swashbuckling teenage French aristocrat the Marquis de Lafayette. Chronicling General Lafayette's years... |
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Trump Revealed: An American Journey of Ambition, Ego, Money, and Power
Michael Kranish · Scribner
Pages: 431
Format: Print book |
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Authoritative, timely, and provocative, this deeply researched biography of Donald Trump provides a complex portrait of the man who - despite broad skepticism - could be the next president of the United States.Who is Donald J. Trump? Despite decades of scrutiny, many aspects of his life... |
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The Second Amendment: A Biography
Michael Waldman · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 255
Format: Hardcover |
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By the president of the prestigious Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, the life story of the most controversial, volatile, misunderstood provision of the Bill of Rights.At a time of renewed debate over guns in America, what does the Second Amendment mean? This book looks at history... |
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