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Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones
Dolly Parton - Ten Speed Press
Format: Hardcover
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A beautiful celebration of Dolly Parton's iconic sense of style through entertaining personal stories and 450 full-color photographs, including exclusive images from her private costume archive. In Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones, global superstar Dolly Parton shares, for the first... |
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Alexander the Great: His Life and His Mysterious Death
Anthony Everitt - Random House
Format: Hardcover
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What can we learn from the stunning rise and mysterious death of the ancient world's greatest conqueror? An acclaimed biographer reconstructs the life of Alexander the Great in this magisterial revisionist portrait. More than two millennia have passed since Alexander the Great built an empire... |
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The Hotel on Place Vendome: Life, Death, and Betrayal at the Hotel Ritz in Paris
Tilar J. Mazzeo - Harper
Format: Hardcover
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Set against the backdrop of the Nazi occupation of World War II, The Htel on Place Vendme is the captivating history of Paris's world-famous Htel Ritz - a breathtaking tale of glamour, opulence, and celebrity; dangerous liaisons, espionage, and resistance - from Tilar J. Mazzeo, the New York... |
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The Inheritors: An Intimate Portrait of South Africa's Racial Reckoning
Eve Fairbanks - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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A dozen years in the making, The Inheritors weaves together the stories of three ordinary South Africans over five tumultuous decadesin a sweeping and exquisite look at what really happens when a country resolves to end white supremacy. Dipuo grew up on the south side of a mine dump that... |
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Geniuses at War: Bletchley Park, Colossus, and the Dawn of the Digital Age
David A. Price - Knopf
Format: Hardcover
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comes the dramatic, untold story of the brilliant team who built the world's first digital electronic computer at Bletchley Park, during a critical time in World War II.Decoding the communication of the Nazi high command was imperative for the success of the Allied invasion of Normandy.... |
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Nuts and Bolts: Seven Small Inventions That Changed the World in a Big Way
Roma Agrawal - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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A structural engineer examines the seven most basic building blocks of engineering that have shaped the modern world.Some of humanity's mightiest engineering achievements are small in scale -- and, without them, the complex machinery on which our modern world runs would not exist. In Nuts... |
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The Best Land Under Heaven: The Donner Party in the Age of Manifest Destiny
Michael Wallis - Liveright Publishing Corp
Format: Print book
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Cutting through 160 years of mythmaking, best-selling historian Michael Wallis presents the ultimate cautionary tale of America's westward expansion."WESTWARD HO! FOR OREGON AND CALIFORNIA!"In the eerily warm spring of 1846, George Donner placed this advertisement in a local newspaper... |
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