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Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City
Nelson Johnson · Plexus Publishing; TV Tie-in Edition edition
Format: Paperback
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Providing the inspiration and source material for the upcoming HBO series produced by Academy Award–winning director Martin Scorsese and Emmy Award–winning screenwriter Terence Winter, this riveting and wide-reaching history explores the sordid past of Atlantic City—forever... |
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To Hell and Back
Audie Murphy · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 274
Format: Paperback
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The classic bestselling war memoir by the most decorated American soldier in World War II, back in print in a trade paperbackOriginally published in 1949, To Hell and Back was a smash bestseller for fourteen weeks and later became a major motion picture starring Audie Murphy as himself.... |
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Envisioning Emancipation: Black Americans and the End of Slavery
Deborah Willis · Temple University Press; First Edition edition
Format: Print book
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The Emancipation Proclamation is one of the most important documents in American history. As we approach its 150th anniversary, what do we really know about those who experienced slavery? In their pioneering book, Envisioning Emancipation, renowned photographic historian Deborah Willis... |
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America Before: The Key to Earth's Lost Civilization
Graham Hancock · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 608
Format: Hardcover
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Was an advanced civilization lost to history in the global cataclysm that ended the last Ice Age? Graham Hancock, the internationally bestselling author, has made it his life's work to find out--and in America Before, he draws on the latest archaeological and DNA evidence to bring his quest... |
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But maybe we're wrong : thinking about the present as if it were the past.
Charles Klosterman · Blue Rider Press
Pages: 272
Format: Print book
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"But What If We re Wrong? " visualizes the contemporary world as it will appear to those who'll perceive it as the distant past. Chuck Klosterman asks questions that are profound in their simplicity: How certain are we about our understanding of gravity? How certain are we about... |
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The Title to the Poem
Anne Ferry · Stanford University Press
Pages: 326
Format: Paperback
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The Title to the Poem is a theoretical, critical, and historical exploration of the traditions for titling shorter poems by British and American poets from the beginnings of printing to the present.The first six chapters are distinguished according to the nature of the question a reader... |
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Trees of North America: A Guide to Field Identification, Revised and Updated
C. Frank Brockman · Golden Guides from St. Martin's Press
Pages: 280
Format: Paperback
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Smell the bark of the aromatic Sassafras. Wonder at the Lodgepole Pine, whose heat-activated cones reseed forests destroyed by fire. Search for the Sugar Maple, whose foliage blazes red and yellow in autumn. North America's trees rank among nature's most awesome creations. This... |
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Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
Erik Larson · Crown Publishers,
Pages: 430
Format: Print book
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#1 New York Times BestsellerFrom the bestselling author and master of narrative nonfiction comes the enthralling story of the sinking of the LusitaniaOn May 1, 1915, with WWI entering its tenth month, a luxury ocean liner as richly appointed as an English country house sailed out of New York,... |
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Moncla and the Prairie Communities: Blue Town, Johnson, Hickory Hill, Magnolla, Moncla, Par en Haut, Riddle
Randy DeCuir · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Pages: 104
Format: Paperback
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Moncla is an old steamboat community on the Red River in Avoyelles Parish. Located on the flood safe prairie, it is the largest community of several small settlements north of Marksville Louisiana in Ward Two. Communities include: Blue Town, Gum Ridge, Par en Haut, Riddle, Johnson, Moncla,... |
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Idiot's Guides: Beginning Investing
Joe Duarte · Alpha Books
Pages: 336
Format: Print book
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Idiot's Guides: Beginning Investing helps the new investor understand all of the most common investment options, how to choose the right ones for your needs and goals, and how to increase your chances for success.This book covers: * Self-assessment tools that help readers understand... |
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The Long Road Home
Martha Raddatz · Berkley
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback
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NOW A NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MINISERIES EVENTABC News' Chief Global Affairs Correspondent Martha Raddatz shares remarkable tales of heroism, hope, and heartbreak in her account of "Black Sunday" - a battle during one of the deadliest periods of the Iraq war. The First Cavalry Division... |
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Off Balance: A Memoir
Dominique Moceanu · Touchstone
Format: Hardcover
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In this searing and riveting New York Times bestseller Olympic gold medalist Dominique Moceanu reveals the dark underbelly of Olympic gymnastics the true price of successand the shocking secret about her past and her family that she only learned years laterAt fourteen years old Dominique... |
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