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This Is Cuba: An American Journalist Under Castro's Shadow
DAVID ARIOSTO · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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An exploration of Cuba's Cold War mindset and a people in the throes of transition, with tales of run-ins with spies, secret backrooms, and empty grocery shelvesFidel Castro is dead. Donald Trump is in the White House. And to most outsiders, the fate of Cuba has never been more uncertain.... |
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In the Name of Gucci: A Memoir
Patricia Gucci · Crown Pub
Pages: 304
Format: Book
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The gripping family drama and never-before-told love story surrounding the rise and fall of the late Aldo Gucci, the man responsible for making the legendary fashion label the powerhouse it is today, as told by his daughter. Patricia Gucci was born a secret: the lovechild whose birth could... |
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Richard III: England's Most Controversial King
CHRIS SKIDMORE · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover
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From acclaimed historian Chris Skidmore comes the authoritative biography of Richard III, England's most controversial king, a man alternately praised as a saint and cursed as a villain.Richard III is one of English history's best known and least understood monarchs. Immortalized by Shakespeare... |
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Kissinger: 1923-1968: The Idealist
Niall Ferguson · Penguin Press
Pages: 1008
Format: Hardcover
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The definitive biography of Henry Kissinger, based on unprecedented access to his private papersNo American statesman has been as revered or as reviled as Henry Kissinger. Once hailed as "Super K" - the "indispensable man" whose advice has been sought by every president... |
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Katrina: After the Flood
Gary Rivlin · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover
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Ten years after Hurricane Katrina made landfall in southeast Louisiana - on August 29, 2005 - journalist Gary Rivlin traces the storm's immediate damage, the city of New Orleans's efforts to rebuild itself, and the storm's lasting effects not just on the city's geography... |
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The Third Bank of the River: Power and Survival in the Twenty-First-Century Amazon
CHRIS FELICIANO ARNOLD · Picador
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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A sweeping look at the war over the Amazon -- as activists,locals, and indigenous tribes struggle to save it from the threat of loggers, drug lords, and corrupt cops and politiciansFollowing doctors and detectives, environmental activists and indigenous tribes, The Third Bank of the River... |
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In Praise of Black Women, Volume 1: Ancient African Queens
Simone Schwarz-Bart · University of Wisconsin Press; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover
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In Praise of Black Women is a magnificent tribute to women in Africa and the African diaspora from the ancient past to the present. Lavishly illustrated, with text written and selected by the celebrated Guadeloupian novelist Simone Schwarz-Bart, this four-volume... |
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Light: A Radiant History from Creation to the Quantum Age
Bruce Watson · Bloomsbury
Pages: 282
Format: Print book
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Light begins at Stonehenge, where crowds cheer a solstice sunrise. After sampling myths explaining First Light, the story moves on to early philosophers' queries, then through the centuries, from Buddhist temples to Biblical scripture, when light was the soul of the divine. Battling darkness... |
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Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies: The Civil War
DAVID FISHER · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 361
Format: Hardcover
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The newest installment in the New York Times #1 bestselling companion series to the Fox historical docudrama, Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies; The Civil War is a pulse-quickening account of the deadliest war in American historyFrom the birth of the Republican Party to the Confederacy's... |
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12 Strong: The Declassified True Story of the Horse Soldiers
Doug Stanton · Pocket Books
Pages: 576
Format: Mass Market Paperback
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The New York Times bestselling "spellbinding true-life story" (USA TODAY) of a United States Special Forces team deployed to the war-ravaged Afghanistan mountains in the weeks immediately following 9/11, overcoming great odds to become heroes of our era - now a major motion... |
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