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Between the Lines: Stories from the Underground

Uli Beutter Cohen - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

For the better part of a decade, Uli Beutter Cohen rode the subway through New York City's underground to observe society through the lens of our most creative thinkers: the readers of books. Between the Lines is a timely collection of beloved and never-before-published stories that...
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Dronescapes: The New Aerial Photography from Dronestagram

Ayperi Karabuda Ecer - Thames & Hudson
Format: Hardcover

The ultimate collection of drone photography from around the world, sourced from the world's leading drone photography websiteOnce used only by the military for surveillance, drones are now prevalent in everyday life, used for cartography, mail delivery, and now aerial photography....
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Our Shoes, Our Selves: 40 Women, 40 Stories, 40 Pairs of Shoes

Bridget Moynahan - Abrams
Format: Hardcover

Ask any woman about her favorite pair of shoes, and you're sure to get an answer that goes beyond their material design. In Our Shoes, Our Selves: 40 Women, 40 Stories, 40 Pairs of Shoes, actress Bridget Moynahan and journalist Amanda Benchley ask 40 accomplished women to recount...
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The China Collectors: America's Century-Long Hunt for Asian Art Treasures

Karl E. Meyer - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

Thanks to Salem sea captains, Gilded Age millionaires, curators on horseback and missionaries gone native, North American museums now possess the greatest collections of Chinese art outside of East Asia itself. How did it happen? The China Collectors is the first full account of a century-long...
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Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products

Nir Eyal - Portfolio
Format: Hardcover

How do successful companies create products people can't put down?Why do some products capture widespread attention while others flop? What makes us engage with certain products out of sheer habit? Is there a pattern underlying how technologies hook us?Nir Eyal answers these questions...
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The Last Wild Men of Borneo: A True Story of Death and Treasure

Carl Hoffman - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover

Two modern adventurers sought a treasure possessed by the legendary "Wild Men of Borneo." One found riches. The other vanished forever into an endless jungle. Had he shed civilization - or lost his mind? Global headlines suspected murder. Lured by these mysteries, New York Times...
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Why? Because We Still Like You: An Oral History of the Mickey Mouse Club

Jennifer Armstrong - Grand Central Publishing; First Edition edition
Format: Book

This book will tell the behind-the-scenes story of how The Mickey Mouse Club paved the way for all that came after, from its humble beginnings as a marketing ploy, through its short but mesmerizing run, to the numerous resurrections that made it one of television's first true cult hits--all...
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The Hirschfeld Century: Portrait of an Artist and His Age

Al Hirschfeld - Knopf Publishing Group
Format: Hardcover

I am down to a pencil, a pen, and a bottle of ink. I hope one day to eliminate the pencil. Al Hirschfeld redefined caricature and exemplified Broadway and Hollywood, enchanting generations with his mastery of line. His art appeared in every major publication during nine decades of the twentieth...
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Hello World: Being Human in the Age of Algorithms

HANNAH FRY - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

A look inside the algorithms that are shaping our lives and the dilemmas they bring with them.If you were accused of a crime, who would you rather decide your sentence -- a mathematically consistent algorithm incapable of empathy or a compassionate human judge prone to bias and error? What...
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1989

Taylor Swift - Big Machine Records
Format: Audio CD

EDITORIAL REVIEWS Physical Album with 13 Songs 1 of 5 Collectible Sets of 13 Exclusive Photo Prints CD Booklet Designed by Taylor
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