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Finding the Fox: Encounters With an Enigmatic Animal

Andreas Tjernshaugen - Greystone Books
Format: Hardcover

An intimate portrait of a mysterious and misunderstood animal.. "Tjernshaugen writes in an easy-to-read style that is full of insight and understanding. I felt like I was sitting beside him as he described fox behavior." - Rick McIntyre, Yellowstone wolf researcher and author...
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Saving Michelangelo's Dome: How Three Mathematicians and a Pope Sparked an Architectural Revolution

Wayne Kalayjian - Pegasus Books
Format: Hardcover

In 1742, when the legendary dome atop St. Peter's Basilica - designed by Michelangelo - cracks and threatens to collapse, Pope Benedict XIV summons three mathematicians whose groundbreaking ideas spark a revolution in the world of architecture. 1742: the famous dome atop Saint Peter's...
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A Silent Fire: The Story of Inflammation, Diet, and Disease

Shilpa Ravella - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

Shortlisted for the 2023 Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science. A riveting investigation of inflammation -- the hidden force at the heart of modern disease -- and how we can prevent, treat, or even reverse it.Inflammation is the body's ancestral response to its greatest threats, the first...
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Ghost Town Living: Mining for Purpose and Chasing Dreams at the Edge of Death Valley

Brent Underwood - Harmony
Format: Hardcover

A long-abandoned silver mine for sale sounded like an adventure too great to pass up, but it turned into much more - a calling, a community of millions, and hard-earned lessons about chasing impractical dreams.. The siren song of Cerro Gordo, a desolate ghost town perched high above Death...
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Massacre at Oradour-sur-Glane: Nazi Gold and the Murder of an Entire French Town by SS Division Das Reich

Vincent dePaul Lupiano - Lyons Press
Format: Hardcover

The massacre at Oradour-sur-Glane on June 10, 1944, is recognized yearly throughout France with the same profundity as the attacks on Pearl Harbor and the Twin Towers in the United States. The Oradour Massacre is taught in school in France and the anniversary is commemorated every year....
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Women Money Power: The Rise and Fall of Economic Equality

Josie Cox - Abrams Press
Format: Hardcover

From an experienced financial journalist, Women Money Power is the story of how women have fought for financial freedom, and the social and political hurdles that have kept them from equality. For centuries, women were denied equal access to money and the freedom and power that came with...
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Illiberal America: A History

Steven Hahn - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

If your reaction to the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol was to think, 'That's not us,' think again: in Illiberal America, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian uncovers a powerful illiberalism as deep seated in the American past as the founding ideals.A storm of illiberalism,...
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Capote's Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era

Laurence Leamer - Penguin Publishing Group
Format: Paperback

DON'T MISS FX's FEUD: CAPOTE VS. THE SWANS - THE ORIGINAL SERIES BASED ON THE BESTSELLING BOOK - NOW AVAILABLE TO STREAM ON HULU!. New York Times bestselling author Laurence Leamer reveals the complex web of relationships and scandalous true stories behind Truman Capote's never-published...
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Bob Marley and the Wailers: The Ultimate Illustrated History

Richie Unterberger - Motorbooks
Format: Hardcover

Explore the entire, incredible journey of Bob Marley and the Wailers, and their enduring legacy, in this unique visual history.. More than four decades after Marley's death, he and his bandmates remain the most famous reggae artists of all time--and one of the most famous bands of all time,...
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Swamp Kings: The Story of the Murdaugh Family of South Carolina and a Century of Backwoods Power

Jason Ryan - Pegasus Crime
Format: Hardcover

The stranger-than-fiction story of the now-notorious Lowcountry clan, in all its Southern Gothic intensity - by an author with unparalleled access to and knowledge of the players, the history, and the place.. The most famous man in South Carolina lives in prison. He stands convicted of a staggering...
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