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On Desperate Ground: The Marines at The Reservoir, the Korean War's Greatest Battle
Hampton Sides · Doubleday
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Ghost Soldiers and In the Kingdom of Ice, a chronicle of the extraordinary feats of heroism by Marines called on to do the impossible during the greatest battle of the Korean WarOn October 15, 1950, General Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Commander... |
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Falling with Wings: A Mother's Story
DIANNA DE LA GARZA · Feiwel & Friends
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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Before she was mother to global superstar Demi Lovato, she was just Dianna Hart. Dianna tells her story from the very beginning in this complete and genuinely affecting memoir. She had big plans of becoming a country music star, but her life went in a different direction than her dreams.... |
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Bitwise: A Life in Code
Markus Witte · Pantheon
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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An exhilarating crossover between memoir and argument that demonstrates how computers and algorithms shape our understanding of the world and who we are.As we engineer ever-more intricate algorithms to translate our experiences and narrow the gap that divides us from the machine, we willingly... |
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Text, Don't Call: An Illustrated Guide to the Introverted Life
AARON CAYCEDO-KIMURA · TarcherPerigee
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback
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An illustrated guide to the challenges and pleasures of the introverted lifeIntroversion is "in." But there are still many misconceptions about introverts in the world. They're shy. Anti-social. They don't want to have close relationships. They're all cat people. They don't like... |
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A Super Upsetting Cookbook About Sandwiches
Tyler Kord · Clarkson Potter/Publishers
Pages: 192
Format: Print book
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Tyler Kord is chef-owner of the lauded No. 7 restaurant and No. 7 Sub shops in New York. He is also a fabulously neurotic man who directs his energy into careless ruminations on sandwich philosopy, love, self-loathing, Lil' Wayne, getting drunk in the shower, Tom Cruise, food ethics,... |
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Northland: A 4,000-Mile Journey Along America's Forgotten Border
Porter Fox · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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A quest to rediscover America's other border -- the fascinating but little-known northern one.America's northern border is the world's longest international boundary, yet it remains obscure even to Americans. The northern border was America's primary border for centuries -- much of the early... |
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The Last Wild Men of Borneo: A True Story of Death and Treasure
Carl Hoffman · William Morrow
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
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Two modern adventurers sought a treasure possessed by the legendary "Wild Men of Borneo." One found riches. The other vanished forever into an endless jungle. Had he shed civilization - or lost his mind? Global headlines suspected murder. Lured by these mysteries, New York Times... |
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Get Well Soon: History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them
Jennifer Wright · Henry Holt
Pages: 336
Format: Print book
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A witty, irreverent tour of history's worst plagues -- from the Antonine Plague, to leprosy, to polio -- and a celebration of the heroes who fought themIn 1518, in a small town in Alsace, Frau Troffea began dancing and didn't stop. She danced until she was carried away six days later, and soon... |
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SAT 2017 Strategies, Practice & Review with 3 Practice Tests: Online Book
Kaplan · Kaplan Publishing
Pages: 696
Format: Print book
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Now that the College Board's new SAT is in effect, you can face the redesigned test with confidence using SAT 2017 Strategies, Practice & Review. This essential guide provides brand new practice tests, clear explanations of test changes, detailed concept review, and much more. SAT 2017... |
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The Slave's Cause: A History of Abolition
Manisha Sinha · Yale University Press
Pages: 784
Format: Hardcover
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Received historical wisdom casts abolitionists as bourgeois, mostly white reformers burdened by racial paternalism and economic conservatism. Manisha Sinha overturns this image, broadening her scope beyond the antebellum period usually associated with abolitionism and recasting it as a radical... |
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The Wisdom of Sundays: Life-Changing Insights from Super Soul Conversations
OPRAH WINFREY · Flatiron Books
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
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Oprah Winfrey says Super Soul Sunday is the television show she was born to do. "I see it as an offering," she explains. "If you want to be more fully present and live your life with a wide-open heart, this is the place to come to."Now, for the first time, the aha moments... |
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The Cut Out Girl: A Story of War and Family, Lost and Found
Bart Van Es · Penguin Press
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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The extraordinary true story of a young Jewish girl in Holland under Nazi occupation who finds refuge in the homes of an underground network of foster families, one of them the author's grandparents Bart van Es left Holland for England many years ago, but one story from his Dutch childhood... |
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