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The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code
Margalit Fox · Ecco; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover
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In the tradition of Simon Winchester and Dava Sobel, The Riddle of the Labyrinth The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code tells one of the most intriguing stories in the history of language, masterfully blending history, linguistics, and cryptology with an elegantly wrought narrative. When famed... |
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The Injustice System: A Murder in Miami and a Trial Gone Wrong
Clive Stafford Smith · Viking Adult
Format: Hardcover
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The maverick public defender who inspired John Grisham tells the story of his most frustrating caseA man accused of a murder he didn’t commit languishes on death row. A crusading lawyer is determined to free him. This powerful book reads like a page-turning legal thriller with one crucial... |
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The Vast Unknown: America's First Ascent of Everest
Broughton Coburn · Crown; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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By the author of the New York Times bestselling Everest Mountain Without Mercy this chronicle of the iconic first American expedition to Mt Everest in May ndash published to coincide with the climbs th anniversaryshy ndash combines riveting adventure a perceptive analysis of its dark and terrifying... |
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Empire of Sin: A Story of Sex, Jazz, Murder, and the Battle for Modern New Orleans
Gary Krist · Crown; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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From bestselling author Gary Krist, a vibrant and immersive account of New Orleans' other civil war, at a time when commercialized vice, jazz culture, and endemic crime defined the battlegrounds of the Crescent City Empire of Sin re-creates the remarkable story of New Orleans'... |
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Dodge City: Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and the Wickedest Town in the American West
Tom Clavin · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
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The instant New York Times bestseller!Dodge City, Kansas, is a place of legend. The town that started as a small military site exploded with the coming of the railroad, cattle drives, eager miners, settlers, and various entrepreneurs passing through to populate the expanding West. Before... |
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Rebellion: The History of England from James I to the Glorious Revolution
Peter Ackroyd · Thomas Dunne Books; 1st US Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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Peter Ackroyd has been praised as one of the greatest living chroniclers of Britain and its people. In Rebellion, he continues his dazzling account of the history of England, beginning with the progress south of the Scottish king, James VI, who on the death of Elizabeth I became the first... |
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Realm of the Iroquois
Stephen G.Hyslop Dale Pollekoff · Time Life
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover
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Aircraft of World War II
Jim Winchester · Chartwell Books, Inc.
Format: Print book
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This comprehensive guide to the aircraft of World War II features more than 120 military aircraft in service between 1939 and 1945. Each aircraft is covered in detail with feature boxes outlining its development, technical specifications, performance data, and variants. Unique... |
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How the Wild West Was Won: A Celebration of Cowboys, Gunfighters, Buffalo Soldiers, Sodbusters, Moonshiners, and the American Frontier
Bruce Wexler · Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Book
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Dusty road shoot outs, roaming buffalo, bar brawls, gold, tragedy, genocide, damsels in distress, and cowboys riding off into the sunset—the taming of the Western frontier is one of the most colorful and fascinating periods of American history. In this beautifully illustrated and comprehensive... |
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Murder by Candlelight: The Gruesome Crimes Behind Our Romance with the Macabre
Michael Knox Beran · Pegasus Books
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
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Arguing that it is "less the quality of the crimes than the attitude of the age which determines the gruesomeness of its murders," Michael Beran brings to life the ghastly ambiance of a vanished epoch, and gives us a terrifying glimpse of the horror beneath the seeming civility... |
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The center holds : Obama and his enemies
Jonathan Alter · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 428
Format: Hardcover
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From the bestselling author of The Promise, the thrilling story of one of the most momentous contests in American history, the Battle Royale between Obama and his enemies from the 2010 midterms through the 2013 inauguration.In The Center Holds, Jonathan Alter provides the first full account... |
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