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Stranger in the Desert: A Family Story
Jordan Salama - Catapult Format: Hardcover
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Inspired by family lore, a young writer embarks on an epic quest through the Argentine Andes in search of a heritage spanning hemispheres and centuries, from the Jewish Levant to turn-of-the-century trade routes in South America. One Thanksgiving afternoon at his grandparents' house,... |
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Royal Audience: 70 Years, 13 Presidents--One Queen's Special Relationship with America
David Charter - G.P. Putnam's Sons Format: Hardcover
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70 years on the throne. 13 American presidents. One extraordinary queen.. From the moment she first enchanted the world as a youthful princess, Queen Elizabeth II found a unique place in American hearts - and she also played an unprecedented role in forging transatlantic ties. Over her seventy-year... |
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The Black Box: Writing the Race
Henry Louis Gates Jr. - Penguin Audio Format: Hardcover
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A magnificent, foundational reckoning with how Black Americans have used the written word to define and redefine themselves, in resistance to the lies of racism and often in heated disagreement with each other, over the course of the country's history. Distilled over many years from... |
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Strong Passions: A Scandalous Divorce in Old New York
Barbara Weisberg - W. W. Norton & Company Format: Hardcover
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Shocking revelations of a wife's adultery explode in an incendiary nineteenth-century trial, exposing upper-crust New York society and its secrets.What could possibly go wrong in a wealthy matriarch's country home when her dilettante son, his restless wife, and his widowed brother... |
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