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God'll Cut You Down: The Tangled Tale of a White Supremacist, a Black Hustler, a Murder, and How I Lost a Year in Mississippi

John Safran · Riverhead Books
Format: Hardcover

An unlikely journalist, a murder case in Mississippi, and a fascinating literary true crime story in the style of Jon Ronson, for fans of Serial.A notorious white supremacist named Richard Barrett was brutally murdered in Mississippi in 2010 by a young black man named Vincent McGee. At first...
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How "God" Works: A Logical Inquiry on Faith

Marshall Brain · Sterling Ethos
Format: Hardcover

Does God exist? Using an intellectually rigorous, scientific approach, Marshall Brain—the founder of HowStuffWorks.com and author of the How Stuff Works series—sets out to resolve the eternal debate once and for all. With a compelling sense of curiosity, he breaks down mankind's...
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The Best 379 Colleges, 2015 Edition

Princeton Review · Princeton Review

What Makes THE BEST 380 COLLEGES the Most Popular College Guide?Written for any student or parent mystified by the confusing college admissions process, The Best 380 Colleges provides the facts and information needed to make a smart decision about which of the country's best...
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Einstein's Dice and Schrödinger's Cat: How Two Great Minds Battled Quantum Randomness to Create a Unified Theory of Physics

Paul Halpern · Basic Books
Format: Hardcover

When the fuzzy indeterminacy of quantum mechanics overthrew the orderly world of Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein and Erwin Schrodinger were at the forefront of the revolution. Neither man was ever satisfied with the standard interpretation of quantum mechanics, however, and both rebelled...
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Lessons My Father Taught Me: The Strength, Integrity, and Faith of Ronald Reagan

Michael Reagan · Humanix Books
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

New York Times Bestselling author Michael Reagan is the adopted son of Ronald Reagan and Jane Wyman. In this book, Michael Reagan reveals what it was like growing up as a child to one of the most famous Hollywood stars who went on to become a great American president and one of the greatest...
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Once in a Great City: A Detroit Story

David Maraniss · Simon & Schuster, 2015. ©2015
Pages: 441
Format: Print book

"Elegiac and richly detailed...[Maraniss] succeeds with authoritative, adrenaline-laced flair...evocative." - Michiko Kakutani for The New York Times As David Maraniss captures it with power and affection, Detroit summed up America's path to music and prosperity that was already...
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Toxin Toxout: Getting Harmful Chemicals Out of Our Bodies and Our World

Bruce Lourie · St. Martin's Press; Reprint edition
Format: Hardcover

How do I get this stuff out of me?Bruce Lourie and Rick Smith, two of North America's environmental leaders, have been asked this question on an almost daily basis since the publication of their runaway international bestseller, Slow Death by Rubber Duck: How the Toxic Chemistry of Everyday...
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I Would Die 4 U: Why Prince Became an Icon

Touré · Atria Books; Original edition
Format: Hardcover

Celebrated journalist, TV personality, and award-winning author Touré investigates one of the most enigmatic and fascinating figures in contemporary American culture PRINCE Drawing on new research and enlivened by Tourés unique pop-cultural fluency, I Would Die 4 U relies on surprising...
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Going to Pot: Why the Rush to Legalize Marijuana Is Harming America

William J. Bennett , · Center Street
Format: Hardcover

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The Best American Travel Writing 2015

Andrew McCarthy (Editor), · Mariner Books

In his introduction, guest editor Andrew McCarthy says that the best travel writing is "the anonymous and solitary traveler capturing a moment in time and place, giving meaning to his or her travels." The stories in The Best American Travel Writing 2015 demonstrate just that spirit,...
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