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The World That Wasn't: Henry Wallace and the Fate of the American Century

Benn Steil - Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

From the acclaimed economist-historian and author of The Marshall Plan, a "timely, riveting" (The Washington Post) new perspective on the political career of Henry Wallace - one that will forever change how we view the making of US and Soviet foreign policy at the dawn of the Cold...
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Grizzly Confidential: An Astounding Journey into the Secret Life of North America's Most Fearsome Predator

Kevin Grange - Harper Horizon
Format: Hardcover

In Grizzly Confidential, author Kevin Grange - former paramedic and park ranger at Yellowstone and Grand Teton - comes face-to-face with North America's most fearsome predator, Ursus Arctos.His quest takes him from his home in the Tetons to an eerie, mist-shrouded island of gigantic...
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Dear Readers and Riders: The Beloved Books, Faithful Fans, and Hidden Private Life of Marguerite Henry

Lettie Teague - Trafalgar Square Books
Format: Paperback

The untold story of the favorite children's book author, featuring original artwork by Wesley Dennis from some of Henry's best-known books, as well as over 100 personal photographs, letters, and artifacts.In certain circles, her name inspires immediate recognition and pronouncements...
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Gray Matters: A Biography of Brain Surgery

Theodore H. Schwartz - Dutton
Format: Hardcover

"If you are at all curious about the brain or the surgeons who operate on it, Gray Matters is a must read and Dr. Theodore Schwartz is the perfect guide, a master brain surgeon and superbly talented writer. I have not read a better biography of our shared profession, and in Schwartz's...
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Catherine, the Princess of Wales: A Biography of the Future Queen

Robert Jobson - Pegasus Books
Format: Hardcover

*A New York Times Bestseller* Through the author's extensive connections within the royal household, this dynamic new biography tells the full story of how Catherine, the Princess of Wales, became the woman she is today.. Kate Middleton's life's story seems like a modern-day...
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Reap the Whirlwind: Violence, Race, Justice, and the Story of Sagon Penn

Peter Houlahan - Counterpoint LLC
Format: Hardcover

The bestselling author of Norco '80 returns with a riveting story of mid-1980s San Diego that placed one young Black man at the center of a whirlwind of crime and punishment that profoundly altered Southern CaliforniaMarch 31, 1985. Two white patrol officers in search of a gang member...
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JFK Jr.: An Intimate Oral Biography

RoseMarie Terenzio - Gallery Books
Format: Hardcover

The first oral biography of John F. Kennedy Jr. is an extraordinarily intimate, comprehensive look at the real man behind the myth. Sharing never-before-told stories and insights, his closest friends, confidantes, lovers, classmates, teachers, and colleagues paint a vivid portrait of one of the most...
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Billionaire, Nerd, Savior, King: Bill Gates and His Quest to Shape Our World

Anupreeta Das - Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

From the finance editor of The New York Times, an examination of Bill Gates - one of the most powerful, fascinating, and contradictory figures of the past four decades - and an eye-opening exploration of our national fixation on billionaires.. Few billionaires have been in the public eye for as long,...
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All in the Family: The Trumps and How We Got This Way

Fred C. Trump - Gallery Books
Format: Audio CD

With revealing, never-before-told stories, Fred C. Trump III, nephew of President Donald Trump, breaks his decades-long silence in this honest memoir and sheds a whole new light on the family name.. For the record ... Fred Trump never asked for any of this. The divisive politics. The endless...
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I Am on the Hit List: A Journalist's Murder and the Rise of Autocracy in India

Rollo Romig - Penguin Books
Format: Hardcover

A gripping investigation into the mysterious assassination of a journalist in India, revealing the courage and vulnerability of those who are fighting the decline of democracy around the world. When Gauri Lankesh, an outspoken journalist in the South Indian city of Bangalore, was assassinated...
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