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Shade: A Tale of Two Presidents

Pete Souza - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover

From Pete Souza, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Obama: An Intimate Portrait, comes a potent commentary on the Presidency--and our country. As Chief Official White House Photographer, Pete Souza spent more time alongside President Barack Obama than almost anyone...
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New and Selected Stories

Cristina Rivera Garza - ?Dorothy, a publishing project
Format: Paperback

A story collection drawn from across her career brings into English for the first time the extraordinary stylistic and thematic range of the Mexican writer and MacArthur "genius" Cristina Rivera Garza."One of Mexico's greatest living writers," wrote Jonathan Lethem...
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Raising the Barre: Big Dreams, False Starts, and My Midlife Quest to Dance the Nutcracker

Lauren Kessler - Da Capo Press
Format: Hardcover

When I was six, my father nicknamed me Laurisa Kesslova because, he said, all great dancers were Russians, and since I was going to be a great dancer, I needed a Russian name. I aim to reclaim that name.When Lauren Kessler was twelve, her ballet instructor crushed not just her dreams...
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Six Words Fresh Off the Boat: Stories of Immigration, Identity, and Coming to America

Larry Smith - Kingswell
Format: Hardcover

Six Words Fresh Off the Boat marries the phenomenon of Larry Smith's successful Six-Word Memoirs with ABC and 20th Century Fox Television's hit comedy Fresh Off the Boat. The book captures hundreds of takes on the immigration experience, from every-day people as well as world-famous...
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1968 in America: Music, Politics, Chaos, Counterculture, and the Shaping of a Generation

Charles Kaiser - Grove Press
Format: Paperback

1968 was the year that defined the decade -- Martin Luther King, Jr. and Bobby Kennedy were assassinated, unprecedented antiwar riots disrupted the Democratic National Convention, and the Tet Offensive in Vietnam changed the course of the war. With this political unrest came a breakthrough...
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The Sci-Fi Movie Guide: The Universe of Film from Alien to Zardoz

Chris Barsanti - Visible Ink Press; Second Edition edition
Format: Paperback

Once upon a time, science fiction was only in the future. It was the stuff of drive-ins and cheap double-bills. Then, with the ever-increasing rush of new, society-altering technologies, science fiction pushed its way to the present, and it busted out of the genre ghetto of science fiction...
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Dylan Goes Electric!: Newport, Seeger, Dylan, and the Night That Split the Sixties

Elijah Wald - Tantor Audio
Format: Hardcover

On the evening of July 25, 1965, Bob Dylan took the stage at Newport Folk Festival, backed by an electric band, and roared into his new rock hit, "Like a Rolling Stone". The audience of committed folk purists and political activists who had hailed him as their acoustic prophet...
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The Photographer’s Ipad: The ultimate guide to managing, editing and displaying photos using your iPad

Frank Gallagher - ilex, 2015.
Format: Print book

The iPad is the perfect photographer's companion. With its amazing screen and apps ranging from free photo filters to professional programs like Lightroom, it just begs to be used by photographers at all levels, and it's become a fixture in their workflow and kit bags alike. This completely...
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Secrets of the Elephants

Paula Kahumbu - National Geographic
Format: Hardcover

Companion to the National Geographic television series, this book reveals the remarkable intelligence, family loyalty, unique personalities, and fascinating behaviors of elephants.. As big as a bus, weighing up to 11 tons, elephants have fascinated us for centuries, but only recently have...
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