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Once Upon a Time: A Short History of Fairy Tale

Marina Warner - Oxford University Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

From wicked queens, beautiful princesses, elves, monsters, and goblins to giants, glass slippers, poisoned apples, magic keys, and mirrors, the characters and images of fairy tales have cast a spell over readers and audiences, both adults and children, for centuries. These fantastic stories...
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Without You, There Is No Us: My Time with the Sons of North Korea's Elite

Suki Kim - Crown Pub
Format: Print book

A haunting memoir of teaching English to the sons of North Korea's ruling class during the last six months of Kim Jong-il's reign Every day, three times a day, the students march in two straight lines, singing praises to Kim Jong-il and North Korea: Without you, there is no motherland....
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Machiavelli: A Portrait

Christopher Celenza - Harvard University Press
Format: Hardcover

Machiavellianused to describe the ruthless cunning of the power-obsessed and the pitilessis never meant as a compliment. But the man whose name became shorthand for all that is ugly in politics was more engaging and nuanced than his reputation suggests. Christopher S. Celenzas Machiavelli...
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The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women across the Ancient World

Adrienne Mayor - Princeton University Press; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Amazons--fierce warrior women dwelling on the fringes of the known world--were the mythic archenemies of the ancient Greeks. Heracles and Achilles displayed their valor in duels with Amazon queens, and the Athenians reveled in their victory over a powerful Amazon army. In historical times,...
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Kidnapped by the Taliban: A Story of Terror, Hope, and Rescue by SEAL Team Six

James Lund - Thomas Nelson
Format: Hardcover

Back Cover CopyAm I About to Die?On December 5, 2012, American medical doctor Dilip Joseph and two colleagues are driving back to Kabul, Afghanistan, after serving villagers that morning at a rural clinic. Suddenly a man waving an AK-47 blocks their path. More armed men jump out of hiding....
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Leonardo's Brain: Understanding Da Vinci's Creative Genius

Leonard Shlain - Lyons Press; First edition
Format: Hardcover

Best-selling author Leonard Shlain explores the potential for humankind through the life, art, and mind of the first true Renaissance man, Leonardo da Vinci. The author hypothesizes that da Vinci's staggering range of achievements demonstrates a harbinger of the future of our species. Da Vinci's...
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Unaccountable: How Elite Power Brokers Corrupt our Finances, Freedom, and Security

Janine Wedel - Pegasus; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

A groundbreaking book that challenges Americans to reevaluate our views on how a new and more sophisticated style of corruption and private interests have infiltrated every level of society.From the Tea Party to Occupy Wall Street, however divergent their political views, these groups seem...
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Lone Star Nation: How Texas Will Transform America

Richard Parker - Pegasus; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

A provocative and eye-opening look at the most explosive and controversial state in America, where everything is bigger, bolder—and shaping our nation's future in surprising waysTo most Americans, Texas has been that love-it-or-hate it slice of the country that has sparked controversy,...
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The Undocumented Mark Steyn

Mark Steyn - Regnery Publishing; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover

Hes brash, brilliant, and drawn to controversy like a moth to a flame. For decades, Mark Steyn has dazzled readers around the world with his raucous wit and brutal honesty. Whether hes sounding off on the tyranny of political correctness, the existential threat of Islamic extremism, the nationalization...
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