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Milton Friedman: The Last Conservative
Jennifer Burns - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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The first full biography of America's most renowned economist.. Milton Friedman was, alongside John Maynard Keynes, the most influential economist of the twentieth century. His work was instrumental in the turn toward free markets that defined the 1980s, and his full-throated defenses... |
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The Manuscripts Club: The People Behind a Thousand Years of Medieval Manuscripts
Christopher de Hamel - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover
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The acclaimed author of Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts introduces us to the extraordinary keepers and companions of medieval manuscripts over a thousand years of history. The illuminated manuscripts of the Middle Ages are among the greatest works of European art and literature. We are dazzled... |
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Outrageous: A History of Showbiz and the Culture Wars
Kliph Nesteroff - Abrams Press
Format: Hardcover
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From the preeminent historian of modern comedy comes an expansive history of showbiz and the culture wars There is a common belief that we live in unprecedented times, that people are too sensitive today, that nobody objected to the actions of actors, comedians, and filmmakers in the past.... |
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Starkweather: The Untold Story of the Killing Spree That Changed America
Harry N MacLean - Counterpoint LLC
Format: Hardcover
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The definitive story of Charles Starkweather, often considered to be the first mass killer in the modern age of AmericaOn January 21, 1958, nineteen-year-old Charles Starkweather changed the course of crime in the United States when he murdered the parents and sister of his fourteen-year-old... |
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UFO: The Inside Story of the US Government's Search for Alien Life Here?and Out There
Garrett M. Graff - Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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From Garrett M. Graff, New York Times bestselling author of Raven Rock, The Only Plane in the Sky, and Pulitzer Prize finalist for history Watergate, comes the first comprehensive and eye-opening exploration of our government's decades-long quest to solve one of humanity's greatest... |
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