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The Hello Girls: America's First Women Soldiers
Elizabeth Cobbs Hoffman · Harvard University Press
Pages: 370
Format: Hardcover
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This is the story of how America's first women soldiers helped win World War I, earned the vote, and fought the U.S. Army. In 1918, the U.S. Army Signal Corps sent 223 women to France. They were masters of the latest technology: the telephone switchboard. General John Pershing, commander... |
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Know Thyself: Western Identity from Classical Greece to the Renaissance
INGRID ROSSELLINI · Doubleday
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover
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A lively and timely introduction to the roots of self-understanding--who we are and how we should act--in the cultures of ancient Greece, the Roman Empire, and Middle Ages and the Renaissance "Know thyself"--this fundamental imperative appeared for the first time in ancient... |
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Dr. Colbert's Keto Zone Diet: Burn Fat, Balance Appetite Hormones, and Lose Weight
Don Colbert · Worthy Publishing
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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Achieve optimal healthy living through Dr. Colbert's Keto Zone Diet -- burn fat, balance hormones, and lose weight. Wanting or needing to lose weight? The answer is not a pill, medication, or surgery. The answer is a nutritional one that might surprise you. Dr. Colbert, who has been practicing... |
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Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow: My Life
Sophia Loren · Atria Books
Format: Hardcover
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In her first memoir, the Academy Awardwinning actress Sophia Loren tells her incredible life story from the struggles of her childhood in war-torn Naples to her life as a screen legend, icon of elegance, and devoted mother. In her acting career spanning more than six decades, Sophia Loren... |
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Moon Blue Ridge & Smoky Mountains
Jason Frye · Avalon Travel
Pages: 296
Format: Print book
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Travel writer Jason Frye offers his firsthand experience and advice on the Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains - including North Carolina High Country, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and the Cherokee Indian Reservation. Huso includes travel strategies, such as More Than a Drive: Top Hikes... |
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The Rough Guide to Florida
ROUGH GUIDES. · Rough Guides
Pages: 488
Format: Paperback
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The Rough Guide to Florida is the definitive travel guide to the Sunshine State.Discover Florida's highlights, with expert information on everything from the bars and art deco gems of South Beach and the iconic theme parks of Orlando to the vast "gator-filled" swamps of the Everglades... |
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You Carried Me: A Daughter's Memoir
Melissa Ohden · Plough Publishing House
Pages: 184
Format: Hardcover
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Melissa Ohden is fourteen when she learns she is the survivor of a botched abortion. In this intimate memoir she details for the first time her search for her biological parents, and her own journey from anger and shame to faith and empowerment.After a decade-long search Melissa finally... |
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Best. State. Ever.: A Florida Man Defends His Homeland
Dave Barry · G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 229
Format: Print book
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A brilliantly funny exploration of the Sunshine State from the man who knows it best: Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times-bestselling author Dave Barry. We never know what will happen next in Florida. We know only that, any minute now, something will. Every few months, Dave Barry... |
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Lonely Planet Chile & Easter Island
Lonely Planet · Lonely Planet; 10 edition
Format: Print book
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Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Chile & Easter Island is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Museum-hop in Barrio Bellas Artes, kayak down the calm Rio Serrano,... |
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Written Out of History: The Forgotten Founders Who Fought Big Government
Mike Lee · Sentinel
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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Senator Mike Lee tells the story of the Founders whose warnings about the dangers of an all-powerful federal government helped shape our Constitution--but are being ignored today. Today, most Americans are familiar only with the "big names" associated with the Founding - Washington,... |
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Judy and I: My Life with Judy Garland
Sid Luft · Chicago Review Press
Pages: 480
Format: Print book
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The third of Judy Garland's five husbands, Sid Luft was the one man in her life who stuck around. He was chiefly responsible for the final act of Judy's meteoric comeback after she was unceremoniously booted off the MGM lot: he produced her iconic, Oscar-nominated vehicle A Star Is Born... |
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Printer's Error: Irreverent Stories from Book History
Rebecca Romney · Harpercollins
Pages: 368
Format: Print book
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A funny and entertaining history of printed books as told through absurd moments in the lives of authors and printers, collected by television's favorite rare-book expert from HISTORY's hit series Pawn Stars.Since the Gutenberg Bible first went on sale in 1455, printing has been... |
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Obama: The Call of History
PETER BAKER · New York Times/Callaway
Pages: 320
Format: Print book
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Peter Baker's authoritative history of the Obama presidency is the first complete account that will stand the test of time. Baker takes the measure of Obama's achievements and disappointments in office and brings into focus the real legacy of the man who, as he described himself, "doesn't... |
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David Sedaris Diaries: A Visual Compendium
David Sedaris · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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A remarkable illustrated volume of artwork and images selected from the diaries David Sedaris has been creating for four decadesIn this richly illustrated book, readers will for the first time experience the diaries David Sedaris has kept for nearly 40 years in the elaborate, three-dimensional,... |
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