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A Fool's Errand: Creating the National Museum of African American History and Culture during the Age of Bush, Obama, and Trump

Bunch III, Lonnie G. · Smithsonian Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Founding Director Lonnie Bunch's deeply personal tale of the triumphs and challenges of bringing the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture to life. His story is by turns inspiring, funny, frustrating, quixotic, bittersweet, and above all, a compelling read.In...
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The World Beneath: The Life and Times of Unknown Sea Creatures and Coral Reefs

Richard Smith · Apollo Publishers
Pages: 312
Format: Hardcover

Meet the sea's most fascinating creatures - see the lives and curiosities of charmers and tricksters - many newly identified and some on the verge of extinction. From one of the world's premier marine biologists, an award-winning underwater photographer, and a leading expert on seahorses,...
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Jazz from Detroit

Mark Stryker · University of Michigan Press
Pages: 358
Format: Hardcover

Jazz from Detroit explores the city's pivotal role in shaping the course of modern and contemporary jazz. With more than two dozen in-depth profiles of remarkable Detroit-bred musicians, complemented by a generous selection of photographs, Mark Stryker makes Detroit jazz come alive...
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Everybody's Doin' It: Sex, Music, and Dance in New York, 1840-1917

Cockrell, Dale · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

"Racy scholarship does the Grizzly Bear here with theoretical rigor." -- William Lhamon, author of Raising CainEverybody's Doin' It is the eye-opening story of popular music's seventy-year rise in the brothels, dance halls, and dives of New York City. It traces the birth...
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A Prairie Devotional: Inspired by the Beloved TV Series

Wendi Lou Lee · Thomas Nelson
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

Loyalty, hard work, and love of God, neighbor, and country have never been more cherished or needed. For nostalgic fans who seek a more meaningful way of life, A Prairie Devotional offers deep lessons drawn from the beloved TV series.For the first time, fans of the Little House TV series...
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Robots That Kill: Deadly Machines and Their Precursors in Myth, Folklore, Literature, Popular Culture and Reality

Markowitz, Judith A. · McFarland
Pages: 247
Format: Paperback

This book describes real-world killer robots using a blend of perspectives. Overviews of technologies, such as autonomy and artificial intelligence, demonstrate how science enables these robots to be effective killers. Incisive analyses of social controversies swirling around the design...
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Rockonomics: A Backstage Tour of What the Music Industry Can Teach Us about Economics and Life

Krueger, Alan B. · Currency
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Alan Krueger, a former chairman of the president's Council of Economic Advisers, uses the music industry, from superstar artists to music executives, from managers to promoters, as a way in to explain key principles of economics, and the forces shaping our economic lives.The music industry...
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