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DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Amsterdam: 2020

Dk Travel · DK Eyewitness Travel
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback

DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Amsterdam will lead you straight to the best attractions this great city has to offer, including the Van Gogh Museum and the city's most scenic canals. Visit the city's finest art galleries, museums, and landmarks, and discover the flavors of Amsterdam...
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Country Music: An Illustrated History

Duncan, Dayton · Knopf
Pages: 560
Format: Hardcover

The rich and colorful story of America's most popular music and the singers and songwriters who captivated, entertained, and consoled listeners throughout the twentieth century--based on the upcoming eight-part film series to air on PBS in September 2019This gorgeously illustrated and hugely...
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The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11

Garrett M. Graff · Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster
Pages: 512
Format: Hardcover

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER "This is history at its most immediate and moving ... A marvelous and memorable book." - Jon Meacham "Remarkable ... A priceless civic gift ... On page after page, a reader will encounter words that startle, or make him angry, or heartbroken."...
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NFL 100: A Century of Pro Football

National Football League · Abrams
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

An authorized visual history of America's most popular sport Timed to coincide with the National Football League's 100th anniversary, NFL 100 celebrates the history of America's most popular and highly watched sport. From its humble beginnings in Canton, Ohio, to its emergence...
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Lincoln's Spies: Their Secret War to Save a Nation

Douglas Waller · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 624
Format: Hardcover

A major addition to the history of the Civil War, Lincoln's Spies is a riveting account of the secret battles waged by Union agents to save a nation. Filled with espionage, sabotage, and intrigue, it is also a striking portrait of a shrewd president who valued what his operatives uncovered....
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NFL Century: The One-Hundred-Year Rise of America's Greatest Sports League

Joe Horrigan · Crown
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

From the former executive director of the Pro Football Hall of Fame comes a sweeping and lively history of the National Football League, timed to coincide with the NFL's 100th anniversary season. "I can think of no one better qualified - or more enthusiastic - to chronicle the National...
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Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

Tyson, Neil DeGrasse · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 222
Format: Hardcover

Over a year on the New York Times bestseller list and more than a million copies sold. The essential universe, from our most celebrated and beloved astrophysicist.What is the nature of space and time? How do we fit within the universe? How does the universe fit within us? There's no better...
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