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The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
Tom Wolfe - Picador; Sixth Printing edition Format: Paperback
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"An American classic" (Newsweek) that defined a generation. “An astonishing book” (The New York Times Book Review) and an unflinching portrait of Ken Kesey, his Merry Pranksters, and the 1960s. |
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Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America
Ari Berman - Farrar, Straus and Giroux Format: Book
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Countless books have been written about the civil rights movement, but far less attention has been paid to what happened after the dramatic passage of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) in 1965 and the turbulent forces it unleashed. Give Us the Ballot tells this story for the first time. In this... |
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Paper: Paging Through History
Mark Kurlansky - W.W. Norton & Company Format: Print book
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From the New York Times best-selling author of Cod and Salt, a definitive history of paper and the astonishing ways it has shaped today's world.Paper is one of the simplest and most essential pieces of human technology. For the past two millennia, the ability to produce it in ever more... |
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John Quincy Adams: Diaries 1821-1848
John Quincy Adams - Library of America Format: Hardcover
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For the 250th anniversary of John Quincy Adams's birth, a landmark new edition of an American masterpiece: the incomparable self-portrait of a man and his times from the Revolution to the coming of the Civil War.The diary of John Quincy Adams is one of the most extraordinary works in American... |
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White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America
Nancy Isenberg - Tantor Audio Format: Audiobook
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The wretched and landless poor have existed from the time of the earliest British colonial settlement. They were alternately known as "waste people", "offals", "rubbish", "lazy lubbers", and "crackers". By the 1850s the downtrodden included... |
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Heart of Europe: A History of the Holy Roman Empire
Peter H Wilson - The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2016. Format: Print book
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The Holy Roman Empire lasted a thousand years, far longer than ancient Rome. Yet this formidable dominion never inspired the awe of its predecessor. Voltaire distilled the disdain of generations when he quipped it was neither holy, Roman, nor an empire. Yet as Peter Wilson shows, the Holy... |
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How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World
Steven Johnson - Riverhead Books; 1st edition Format: Hardcover
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"From the New York Times-bestselling author of Where Good Ideas Come From and Everything Bad Is Good for You, a new look at the power and legacy of great ideas. In this illustrated volume, Steven Johnson explores the history of innovation over centuries, tracing facets of modern life... |
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The Mayor of Mogadishu: A Story of Chaos and Redemption in the Ruins of Somalia
Andrew Harding - St. Martin's Press Format: eBook
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**One of Book Concierge's Best Books of 2016**In The Mayor of Mogadishu, one of the BBC's most experienced foreign correspondents, Andrew Harding, reveals the tumultuous life of Mohamoud "Tarzan" Nur - an impoverished nomad who was abandoned in a state orphanage in newly... |
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Chasing Gold: The Incredible Story of How the Nazis Stole Europe's Bullion
George M. Taber - Pegasus; 1 edition Format: Hardcover
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In the highly anticipated new book from the bestselling author of Judgement of Paris, George M. Taber reveals the integral role gold played in World War II, from its influence on the Nazi war machine to the ultimate triumph by the Allies and the fall of BerlinA USA Today "New and Notable"... |
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National Geographic The Old West
Stephen G. Hyslop - National Geographic Format: Hardcover
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From Lewis and Clark's epic 1803 expedition to the showmanship of Buffalo Bill, the story of the American West is epic in scope, full of amazing tales of tragedy and triumph. Lavishly illustrated with vivid photographs and intricate maps, The Old West is the definitive history of a time... |
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Farewell Kabul: From Afghanistan To A More Dangerous World
Christina Lamb - William Collins Format: Paperback
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From the award-winning co-author of 'I Am Malala', this book asks just how the might of NATO, with 48 countries and 140,000 troops on the ground, failed to defeat a group of religious students and farmers? How did it go so wrong?'Farewell Kabul' tells how the West turned... |
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Snow and Steel: The Battle of the Bulge, 1944-45
Peter Caddick-Adams - Oxford University Press; 1 edition Format: Hardcover
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Between December 16, 1944 and January 15, 1945, American forces found themselves entrenched in the heavily forested Ardennes region of Belgium, France, and Luxembourg defending against an advancing German army amid freezing temperatures, deep snow, and dense fog. Operation Herbstnebel--Autumn... |
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Farewell Kabul : from Afghanistan to a more dangerous world
Christina Lamb Format: Print book
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From the award-winning co-author of 'I Am Malala', this book asks just how the might of NATO, with 48 countries and 140,000 troops on the ground, failed to defeat a group of religious students and farmers? How did it go so wrong? Twenty seven years ago, Christina Lamb left Britain... |
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Waterloo: The History of Four Days, Three Armies, and Three Battles
Bernard Cornwell - Harper Format: Hardcover
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#1 Bestseller in the U.K.From the New York Times bestselling author and master of martial fiction comes the definitive, illustrated history of one of the greatest battles ever fought - a riveting nonfiction chronicle published to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Napoleon's last... |
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Waging War: The Clash Between Presidents and Congress, 1776 to ISIS
David J Barron - Simon & Schuster Format: Print book
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"A first-rate history filled with revealing incidents and informed analysis." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) A timely account of a raging debate: The history of the ongoing struggle between the presidents and Congress over who has the power to declare and wage war.The... |
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Birnbaum's 2015 Disneyland Resort: The Official Guide
Birnbaum Guides - Disney Editions Format: Book
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This updated edition ofBirnbaum's Disneyland Resort, the most respected and well-known name in Disney guides, takes readers through Walt Disney's first theme park with ease and flair. Since our guide is the only guide that's official, this book includes the most accurate and current... |
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The Russian Revolution: A New History
Sean McMeekin - Basic Books Format: Hardcover
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In The Russian Revolution, historian Sean McMeekin traces the origins and events of the Russian Revolution, which ended Romanov rule, ushered the Bolsheviks into power, and changed the course of world history. Between 1900 and 1920, Russia underwent a complete and irreversible transformation:... |
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The Three Battles of Wanat: And Other True Stories
Mark Bowden - Atlantic Monthly Format: Print book
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New York Times bestselling author Mark Bowden has had a prolific career as one of America's leading journalists and nonfiction writers. His new collection, The Three Battles of Wanat and Other True Stories, features the best of his long-form pieces on war, as well as notable... |
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The Fall of the Ottomans: The Great War in the Middle East
Eugene Rogan - Basic Books Format: Hardcover
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In 1914 the Ottoman Empire was depleted of men and resources after years of war against Balkan nationalist and Italian forces. But in the aftermath of the assassination in Sarajevo, the powers of Europe were sliding inexorably toward war, and not even the Middle East could escape the vast... |
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The Great Halifax Explosion
JOHN U BACON - William Morrow Format: Hardcover
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From New York Times bestselling author John U. Bacon, a gripping narrative history of the largest manmade detonation prior to Hiroshima: in 1917 a ship laden with the most explosives ever packed on a vessel sailed out of Brooklyn's harbor for the battlegrounds of World War I; when it stopped... |
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The Vietnam War: An Intimate History
Geoffrey C Ward - Knopf Format: Hardcover
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From the award-winning historian and filmmakers of The Civil War, Baseball, The War, The Roosevelts, and others: a vivid, uniquely powerful history of the conflict that tore America apart--the companion volume to the major, multipart PBS film to be aired in September 2017.More than... |
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Model T to Tesla: American Automotive Visionaries
Lightning Guides - Lightning Guides Format: Paperback
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Model T to Tesla: American Automotive Visionaries tracks the trajectory of one of America's biggest and most influential industries. Starting with Henry Ford and his production line and moving through the World Wars, the emergence of the Big Three, the financial crisis and government... |
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America the Beautiful: Rediscovering What Made This Nation Great
Ben Carson M.D. - Zondervan; 1 edition Format: Hardcover
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What is America becoming? Or, more importantly, what can she be if we reclaim a vision for the things that made her great in the first place? In America the Beautiful, Dr. Ben Carson helps us learn from our past in order to chart a better course for our future. From his personal ascent... |
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The English and Their History
Robert Tombs - Knopf Publishing Group Format: Hardcover
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Robert Tombs's momentous The English and Their History is both a startlingly fresh and a uniquely inclusive account of the people who have a claim to be the oldest nation in the world. The English first came into existence as an idea, before they had a common ruler and before the country... |
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Population Control: How Corporate Owners Are Killing Us
Jim Marrs - William Morrow Format: Hardcover
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From the food we eat, the water we drink to the air we breathe, everything these days seems capable of killing us. Recently we have seen an unprecedented number of deaths due to medications for diseases that may not even exist, obscure cancers caused by our modern devices, and brutal police... |
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The Hidden History of America at War: Untold Tales from Yorktown to Fallujah
Kenneth C. Davis - Hachette Books Format: Hardcover
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Multi-million-copy bestselling historian Kenneth C. Davis sets his sights on war stories in THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF AMERICA AT WAR. In prose that will remind you of "the best teacher you ever had" (People Magazine) , Davis brings to life six emblematic battles, revealing untold... |
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Killing the Rising Sun: How America Vanquished World War II Japan
Bill O'Reilly - Henry Holt and Company Format: Print book
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The powerful and riveting new book in the multimillion-selling Killing series by Bill O'Reilly and Martin DugardAutumn 1944. World War II is nearly over in Europe but is escalating in the Pacific, where American soldiers face an opponent who will go to any length to avoid defeat.... |
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Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates - Random House Audio Format: Audiobook
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER | NAACP IMAGE AWARD WINNER | PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST | NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST | NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review * O: The Oprah Magazine * The Washington... |
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The Memory Code: The Secrets of Stonehenge, Easter Island and Other Ancient Monuments
Lynne Kelly - Pegasus Books Format: Print book
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The discovery of a powerful memory technique used by our Neolithic ancestors in their monumental memory places -- and how we can use their secrets to train our own minds In ancient, pre-literate cultures across the globe, tribal elders had encyclopedic memories. They could name all the animals... |
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The Lynching: The Epic Courtroom Battle That Brought Down the Klan
Laurence Leamer - William Morrow Format: Print book
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The New York Times bestselling author of The Kennedy Women chronicles the powerful and spellbinding true story of a brutal race-based killing in 1981 and subsequent trials that undid one of the most pernicious organizations in American history - the Ku Klux Klan.On a Friday night in March... |
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Rescue at Los Baños: The Most Daring Prison Camp Raid of World War II
Bruce Henderson - William Morrow Format: Hardcover
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From the bestselling author of Hero Found comes the incredible true story of one of the greatest military rescues of all time, the 1945 World War II prison camp raid at Los Baños in the Philippines—a tale of daring, courage, and heroism that joins the ranks of Ghost Soldiers,... |
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The Long Game: How Obama Defied Washington and Redefined America's Role in the World
Derek Chollet - PublicAffairs Format: Print book
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Authoritative and original, The Long Game is a controversial assessment of President Obama's foreign policy legacy. Too often, critical discussions concerning American foreign policy are divorced from the political reality in which leaders face choices and make decisions. Here, consummate... |
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Prisoners of Geography Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World
Tim Marshall Format: Ebook
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In this New York Times bestseller, an award-winning journalist uses ten maps of crucial regions to explain the geo-political strategies of the world powers"fans of geography, history, and politics (and maps) will be enthralled" (Fort Worth Star-Telegram).
Maps have a mysterious hold over... |
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Prince Charles: The Passions and Paradoxes of an Improbable Life
Sally Bedell Smith - Random House Format: Hardcover
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The life and loves of Prince Charles are illuminated in a major new biography from the New York Times bestselling author of Elizabeth the Queen - perfect for fans of The Crown. Sally Bedell Smith returns once again to the British... |
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Thunder in the Mountains: Chief Joseph, Oliver Otis Howard, and the Nez Perce War
Daniel J Sharfstein - W. W. Norton & Company Format: Hardcover
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The epic clash of two American legends -- their brutal war and a battle of ideas that defined America after Reconstruction.Oliver Otis Howard thought he was a man of destiny. Chosen to lead the Freedmen's Bureau after the Civil War, the Union Army general was entrusted with the era's most... |
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Aleppo: The Rise and Fall of Syria's Great Merchant City
Philip Mansel - I.B.Tauris Format: NOOK Book
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Every time gardens welcomed us, we said to them,Aleppo is our aim and you are merely the route.' Al-Mutanabbi Aleppo lies in ruins. Its streets are plunged in darkness, most of its population has fled.... |
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Strolling Through Rome: The Definitive Walking Guide to the Eternal City
Mario Erasmo - I. B. Tauris Format: Print book
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How can one visit the monuments and sites of Rome and not feel overwhelmed? Strolling Through Rome guides visitors, first-time or returning, through the streets, museums, piazze, and parks of the Eternal City. A guidebook that acts as a companion rather than an obtrusive guide, Erasmo's... |
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Moon Los Cabos: Including La Paz & Todos Santos
Nikki Goth Itoi - Moon Travel Format: Paperback
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This full-color guide to Los Cabos includes vibrant photos and helpful planning maps.Mexico enthusiast Nikki Goth Itoi knows the best ways to experience Los Cabos - from hiking in the Sierra de la Laguna to visiting the amazing Pulmo Reef, the only coral reef system in the Sea of Cortez.... |
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Rust: The Longest War
Jonathan Waldman - Simon & Schuster Format: Paperback
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Rust has been called "the great destroyer," the "pervasive menace," and "the evil." "This look at corrosion - its causes, its consequences, and especially the people devoted to combating it - is wide-ranging and consistently engrossing" (The New York... |
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Capital Dames: The Civil War and the Women of Washington, 1848-1868
Cokie Roberts - Harper Format: Hardcover
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In this engrossing and informative companion to her New York Times bestsellers Founding Mothers and Ladies of Liberty, Cokie Roberts marks the sesquicentennial of the Civil War by offering a riveting look at Washington, D.C. and the experiences, influence, and contributions of its women... |
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Looking for Hemingway: Spain, the Bullfights, and a Final Rite of Passage
Tony Castro - Lyons Pr Format: Print book
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In 1959, the most famous literary figure of his time set out in the twilight of his life to recapture his early success in the 1920s. The experience tested all the credos of bravery and grace under pressure he had lived by.Just months before turning sixty, Ernest Hemingway headed for Spain... |
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The Kelloggs: The Battling Brothers of Battle Creek
Howard Markel - Pantheon Format: Hardcover
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From the much admired medical historian, author of An Anatomy of Addiction, the story of the two Kellogg brothers: one who became America's most beloved physician between the mid-nineteenth century and World War II, a best-selling author, lecturer and health magazine publisher who was read... |
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Iraq: A History
John Robertson - ONEWorld Publications Format: Hardcover
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In this insightful analysis, highly-respected expert John Robertson canvases the entirety of Iraq's rich history, from the seminal advances of its Neolithic inhabitants to the aftermath of the American-led invasion and Iraq today. Grounded in extensive research, this balanced account... |
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The Prize: Who's in Charge of America's Schools?
Dale Russakoff - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Format: Hardcover
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"Mark Zuckerberg, Chris Christie, and Cory Booker were ready to reform our failing schools. They got an education. When Mark Zuckerberg announced in front of a cheering Oprah audience his $100 million pledge to transform the Newark Schools -- and to solve the education crisis in every... |
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Brazil's Dance with the Devil
Dave Zirin - Haymarket Books Format: Print book
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"People think speaking truth to power is easy, but if it was easy everyone would do it. This book does it. . . . It speaks truth to the powers that be, from Brazil to the US to FIFA to the IOC. It hits you like an uppercut that rattles your brain and sets it straight. I cannot recommend... |
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The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
Siddhartha Mukherjee - Scribner; 1 edition Format: Hardcover
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The Emperor of All Maladies is a magnificent, profoundly humane “biography” of cancer—from its first documented appearances thousands of years ago through the epic battles in the twentieth century to cure, control, and conquer it to a radical new understanding of its essence.... |
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Best. State. Ever.: A Florida Man Defends His Homeland
Dave Barry - G.P. Putnams Sons Format: Hardcover
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A brilliantly funny exploration of the Sunshine State from the man who knows it best: Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times-bestselling author Dave Barry. We never know what will happen next in Florida. We know only that, any minute now, something will. Every few months, Dave Barry... |
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SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
Mary Beard - Liveright Publishing Corporation Format: Print book
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A sweeping, revisionist history of the Roman Empire from one of our foremost classicists.Ancient Rome was an imposing city even by modern standards, a sprawling imperial metropolis of more than a million inhabitants, a "mixture of luxury and filth, liberty and exploitation, civic pride... |
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Spiral : trapped in the forever war
Mark Danner - Simon & Schuster Format: Print book
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"Trapped in a forever war by 9/11, in Spiral Mark Danner describes a nation that has been altered in fundamental ways. President Bush declared a war of choice and without an exit plan, and President Obama has proven unable to take the country off what he has called its "permanent... |
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The Kingdom of Speech
Tom Wolfe - Little Brown and Company Format: Print book
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The maestro storyteller and reporter provocatively argues that what we think we know about speech and human evolution is wrong.Tom Wolfe, whose legend began in journalism, takes us on an eye-opening journey that is sure to arouse widespread debate. THE KINGDOM OF SPEECH is a captivating,... |
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God's Red Son: The Ghost Dance Religion and the Making of Modern America
Louis S. Warren - Basic Books Format: Hardcover
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In 1890, on Indian reservations across the West, followers of a new religion danced in circles until they collapsed into trances. In an attempt to suppress this new faith, the US Army killed over two hundred Lakota Sioux at Wounded Knee Creek. Louis Warren's God's Red Son offers a startling... |
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DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Cuba
DK. - DK Eyewitness Travel Format: Paperback
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Explore Cuba, the famous Caribbean island, and stop by Old Havana, visit museums, and eat authentic moros y cristianos.From top restaurants, bars, and clubs to standout scenic sites and walks, our insider tips are sure to make your trip outstanding. Whether you're looking for unique... |
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Spain in Our Hearts: Americans in the Spanish Civil War, 19361939
Adam Hochschild - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016. Format: Print book
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From the acclaimed, best-selling author Adam Hochschild, a sweeping history of the Spanish Civil War, told through a dozen characters, including Ernest Hemingway and George Orwell: a tale of idealism, heartbreaking suffering, and a noble cause that failed For three crucial years in the 1930s,... |
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Oregon Trail
Rinker Buck - Simon & Schuster, 2015. Format: Print book
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The #1 New York Times bestseller: Rinker Buck's "awe-inspiring ... charming, big-hearted, impassioned ... fun to read" (The Boston Globe) account of traveling the length of the Oregon Trail the old-fashioned way - in a covered wagon with a team of mules.Acclaimed... |
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The French Revolution: From Enlightenment to Tyranny
Ian Davidson - Pegasus Books Format: Print book
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A vital and illuminating look at this profoundly important (and often perplexing) historical moment, by former Financial Times chief foreign affairs columnist Ian Davidson. The French Revolution casts a long shadow, one that reaches into our own time and influences our debates on freedom,... |
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Hidden Figures: The Story of the African-American Women Who Helped Win the Space Race
Margot Lee Shetterly - William Morrow Format: Hardcover
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The #1 New York Times bestseller-WINNER OF ANISFIELD-WOLF AWARD FOR NONFICTION-WINNER BLACK CAUCUS OF AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION BEST NONFICTION BOOK-WINNER NAACP IMAGE AWARD BEST NONFICTION BOOK-WINNER NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES, ENGINEERING AND MEDICINE COMMUNICATION AWARDThe phenomenal... |
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The Last Fighter Pilot: The True Story of the Final Combat Mission of World War II
Don Brown - Regnery History Format: Hardcover
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From April to August of 1945, Captain Jerry Yellin and a small group of fellow fighter pilots flew dangerous bombing and strafe missions out of Iwo Jima over Japan. Even days after America dropped the atomic bombs - on Hiroshima on August 6 and Nagasaki on August 9 - the pilots continued... |
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Songs of the Doomed: More Notes on the Death of the American Dream
Hunter S Thompson - Simon & Schuster Audio Format: Audiobook
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In this third and most extraordinary volume of the Gonzo Papers, Dr. Hunter S. Thompson recalls high and hideous moments in his 30 years in the passing lane - and no one is safe from his hilarious, remarkably astute social commentary. With Thompsons trademark insight and passion about... |
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Finders Keepers: A Tale of Archaeological Plunder and Obsession
Craig Childs - Little, Brown and Company; First Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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To whom does the past belong? Is the archeologist who discovers a lost tomb a sort of hero--or a villain? If someone steals a relic from a museum and returns it to the ruin it came from, is she a thief? Written in his trademark lyrical style, Craig Childs's riveting new book is a ghost... |
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The China Mirage: The Hidden History of
James Bradley - Little, Brown and Company Format: Hardcover
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From the bestselling author of Flags of our Fathers, Flyboys, and The Imperial Cruise, a spellbinding history of turbulent U.S.-China relations from the 19th century to World War II and Mao's ascent.In each of his books, James Bradley has exposed the hidden truths behind America's... |
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Shadow Wars: The Secret Struggle for the Middle East
Christopher Davidson - Oneworld Publications Format: Print book
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"Davidson is especially dogged at 'following the money' - e.g., the rise of crony-capitalist networks in the Gulf monarchies and the financing of al-Qaida and Islamic State ... An exhaustively researched account." - Kirkus Reviews The brief euphoria that followed the 'Arab... |
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Family Guide London
DK Publishing - DK Travel; Reprint edition Format: Paperback
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A family-focused guidebook to London for traveling with children ages 4 to 12. DK Eyewitness Travel: Family Guide London gives parents with children ages four to twelve the specific, family-friendly information they need to plan a vacation to a city with an abundance of history, outstanding... |
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The Vanishing of Flight MH370
Quest, Richard Format: electronic resource
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CNN Aviation Correspondent Richard Quest offers a gripping and definitive account of the disappearance of Malaysian Airline Flight MH370 in March 2014.
On March 8, 2014, Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 disappeared with barely a trace, carrying 239 people on board—seemingly... |
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Navy SEALs: Their Untold Story
William Doyle - William Morrow Format: Hardcover
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The most complete history of the U.S. Navy SEALs - from their roots in World War II to their celebrated efforts in the War on Terror - written with the unprecedented cooperation of the Naval Special Warfare community. The book will tie-in with a fall 2014 PBS series.Over the last fifty... |
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Why?: Explaining the Holocaust
Peter Hayes - W.W. Norton & Company Format: Print book
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A bold new exploration that answers the most commonly asked questions about the Holocaust.Despite the outpouring of books, movies, museums, memorials, and courses devoted to the Holocaust, a coherent explanation of why such ghastly carnage erupted from the heart of civilized Europe in the twentieth... |
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Where Divers Dare: The Hunt for the Last U-Boat
Randall S Peffer - Berkley Calibre Format: Print book
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In the tradition of Shadow Divers, this is the gripping true account of the search for German U-boat U-550, the last unfound, diveable wreck of a U-boat off the United States coast, and the battle in which it was sunk. On April 16, 1944, the SS Pan Pennsylvania was torpedoed and sunk... |
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SHOT DOWN: The true story of pilot Howard Snyder and the crew of the B-17 Susan Ruth
Steve Snyder - Sea Breeze Publishing LLC; First edition Format: Hardcover
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Belgium ... February 8, 1944 ... Shot Down and Alive For the first time, the full and complete story of the B-17 Flying Fortress Susan Ruth is shared in unbelievable detail. Author Steve Snyder's story of his father, Lieutenant Howard Snyder, and the Susan Ruth crew, provides in-depth... |
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Ice Ghosts: The Epic Hunt for the Lost Franklin Expedition
Paul Watson - W. W. Norton & Company Format: Hardcover
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The spellbinding true story of the greatest cold case in Arctic history -- and how the rare mix of marine science and Inuit knowledge finally led to the recent discovery of the shipwrecks.Spanning nearly 200 years, Ice Ghosts is a fast-paced detective story about Western science, indigenous... |
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Hue 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam
Mark Bowden - Atlantic Monthly Press Format: Hardcover
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Not since his #1 New York Times bestseller Black Hawk Down has Mark Bowden written a book about a battle. His most ambitious work yet, Hue 1968 is the story of the centerpiece of the Tet Offensive and a turning point in the American War in Vietnam. By January 1968,... |
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On the Burning Edge: A Fateful Fire and the Men Who Fought It
Kyle Dickman - Ballantine Books Format: Print book
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NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY MEN'S JOURNAL * In the tradition of Sebastian Junger's The Perfect Storm and Robert Kurson's Shadow Divers comes a true and heartbreaking tale of courage, difficult decisions, and ultimate sacrifice. On the Burning Edge,... |
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Boko Haram: Inside Nigeria's Unholy War
Mike Smith - I.B. Tauris Format: Print book
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An insurgency in Nigeria by the Islamist extremist group Boko Haram has left thousands dead, shaken Africa's biggest country and worried the world. Yet they remain a mysterious -- almost unknowable -- organisation. Through exhaustive on-the-ground reporting, M.J. Smith takes readers inside... |
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The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine
Serhii Plokhy - Basic Books (AZ) Format: Hardcover
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Ukraine is currently embroiled in a tense fight with Russia to preserve its territorial integrity and political independence. But today's conflict is only the latest in a long history of battles over Ukraine's territory and its existence as a sovereign nation. As the award-winning... |
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Building the H Bomb: A Personal History
Kenneth W Ford - World Scientific Publishing Co Format: Print book
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In this engaging scientific memoir, Kenneth Ford recounts the time when, in his mid-twenties, he was a member of the team that designed and built the first hydrogen bomb. He worked with and relaxed with scientific giants of that time such as Edward Teller, Enrico Fermi, Stan Ulam, John... |
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The Making of Home: The 500-Year Story of How Our Houses Became Our Homes
Judith Flanders - Thomas Dunne Books Format: Hardcover
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The 500-year story of how, and why, our homes have come to be what they are, from the critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of The Invention of Murder and The Victorian CityThe idea that home is a special place, a separate place, a place where we can be our true selves,... |
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The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve
STEPHEN GREENBLATT - W. W. Norton & Company Format: Hardcover
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Stephen Greenblatt -- Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-winning author of The Swerve and Will in the World -- investigates the life of one of humankind's greatest stories.Bolder, even, than the ambitious books for which Stephen Greenblatt is already renowned, The Rise and Fall of Adam... |
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The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story
Douglas Preston - Grand Central Publishing Format: Hardcover
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The #1 New York Times and #1 Wall Street Journal bestseller! A five-hundred-year-old legend. An ancient curse. A stunning medical mystery. And a pioneering journey into the unknown heart of the world's densest jungle.Since the days of conquistador Hernn Corts, rumors have circulated about... |
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The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America's First Serial Killer
Skip Hollandsworth - Henry Holt and Co., 2016. Format: Print book
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A sweeping narrative history of a terrifying serial killer--America's first--who stalked Austin, Texas in 1885In the late 1800s, the city of Austin, Texas was on the cusp of emerging from an isolated western outpost into a truly cosmopolitan metropolis. But beginning in December 1884, Austin... |
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Edward VII: The Prince of Wales and the Women He Loved
Catharine Arnold - St. Martins Press Format: Hardcover
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"Victorian England: We know what that was supposed to mean -- all priggish prudery and "we-are-not-amused" harrumphing. Except now we know it wasnt all that . . . [Catharine Arnolds] new biography focuses -- deliciously -- on the women who shared the scandalously plentiful... |
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Barracoon: The Story of the Last Slave
ZORA NEALE HURSTON - Amistad Format: Hardcover
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New York Times Bestseller"A profound impact on Hurston's literary legacy." - New York Times"One of the greatest writers of our time." - Toni Morrison"Zora Neale Hurston's genius has once again produced a Maestrapiece." - Alice WalkerA major literary event:... |
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To Hell and Back: Europe 1914-1949
Ian Kershaw - Viking Format: Print book
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"Chilling... To Hell and Back should be required reading in every chancellery, every editorial cockpit and every place where peevish Euroskeptics do their thinking ... . Kershaw documents each and every 'ism' of his analysis with extraordinary detail and passionate humanism."... |
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Angels in the Sky: How a Band of Volunteer Airmen Saved the New State of Israel
Robert L Gandt - W. W. Norton & Company Format: Hardcover
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The gripping story of how an all-volunteer air force helped defeat five Arab nations and protect the fledgling Jewish state.In 1948, only three years after the Holocaust, the newly founded nation of Israel came under siege from a coalition of Arab states. The invaders vowed to annihilate... |
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The Third Reich at War
Richard J Evans - Penguin Press Format: Book
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The final volume in Richard J. Evans's masterly trilogy on the history of Nazi Germany traces the rise and fall of German military might, the mobilization of a "people's community" to serve a war of conquest, and Hitler's campaign of racial subjugation and genocide... |
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Shoot Like a Girl: One Woman's Dramatic Fight in Afghanistan and on the Home Front
Mary Jennings Hegar - New American Library Format: Hardcover
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SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE"Shoot Like a Girl is a must-read about an American patriot whose courage and determination will have a lasting impact on the future of our Armed Forces and the nation." - Senator John McCainOn June 29, 2009, Air National Guard major Mary... |
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Infamy: The Shocking Story of the Japanese American Internment in World War II
Richard Reeves - Henry Holt and Company, 2015. Format: Print book
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A LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER * A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITOR'S CHOICE * Bestselling author Richard Reeves provides an authoritative account of the internment of more than 120,000 Japanese-Americans and Japanese aliens during World War IILess than three months after Japan bombed... |
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I, Who Did Not Die
Zahed Haftlang - Regan Arts Format: Print book
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Khorramshahr, Iran, May 1982 - It was the bloodiest battle of one of the most brutal wars of the twentieth century, and Najah, a twenty-nine-year-old wounded Iraqi conscript, was face to face with a thirteen-year-old Iranian child soldier who was ordered to kill him. Instead, the boy committed... |
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Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets
Svetlana Alexievich - Random House Format: Hardcover
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The magnum opus and latest work from Svetlana Alexievich, the 2015 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature - a symphonic oral history about the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the emergence of a new RussiaNAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR... |
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The Home That Was Our Country: A Memoir of Syria
Alia Malek - Nation Books Format: Print book
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At the Arab Spring's hopeful start, Alia Malek returned to Damascus to reclaim her grandmother's apartment, which had been lost to her family since Hafez al-Assad came to power in 1970. Its loss was central to her parent's decision to make their lives in America. In chronicling the people... |
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A Brief History of Creation: Science and the Search for the Origin of Life
Bill Mesler - W. W. Norton & Company Format: Print book
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The epic story of the scientists through the ages who have sought answers to life's biggest mystery: How did it begin?How did life begin?It is perhaps the most important question science has ever asked. Over the centuries, the search for an answer has been entwined with some of science's... |
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Gettysburg Rebels: Five Native Sons Who Returned to Fight as Confederate Soldiers
TOM MCMILLAN - Regnery History Format: Hardcover
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Gettysburg Rebels is the gripping true story of five young men who grew up in Gettysburg, moved south to Virginia in the 1850s, joined the Confederate army - and returned "home" as foreign invaders for the great battle in July 1863. Drawing on rarely-seen documents and family... |
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DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Mexico
DK Publishing - DK Eyewitness Travel; Rep Rev edition Format: Print book
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DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Mexico is your indispensable guide to this beautiful part of the world. The fully updated guide includes unique cutaways, floor plans and reconstructions of the must-see sites, plus street-by-street maps of all the fascinating cities and towns, from Mexico City... |
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White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America
Nancy Isenberg - Penguin Books Format: eBook
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The New York Times bestseller A New York Times Notable and Critics' Top Book of 2016Longlisted for the PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for NonfictionOne of NPR's 10 Best Books Of 2016 Faced Tough Topics Head OnNPR's Book Concierge Guide To 2016's Great ReadsSan Francisco... |
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The World of Lore: Monstrous Creatures
AARON MAHNKE - Del Rey Format: Hardcover
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A fascinating, beautifully illustrated guide to the monsters that are part of our collective psyche, from the host of the hit podcast Lore, soon to be an online streaming series.They live in shadows - deep in the forest, late in the night, in the dark recesses of our minds. They're spoken... |
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The Rise of Athens: The Story of the World's Greatest Civilization
Anthony Everitt - Random House Format: Print book
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A magisterial account of how a tiny city-state in ancient Greece became history's most influential civilization, from the bestselling author of acclaimed biographies of Cicero, Augustus, and Hadrian Filled with tales of adventure and astounding reversals of fortune, The Rise of Athens... |
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