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Ours Was the Shining Future: The Story of the American Dream
David Leonhardt - Random House
Format: Hardcover
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The clear-eyed, definitive history of the modern American economy and the decline of the American Dream, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist behind The New York Times's "The Morning" newsletter.. "With the even-handed incisiveness that has made him one of the country's... |
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Gator Country: Deception, Danger, and Alligators in the Everglades
Rebecca Renner - Flatiron Books
Format: Hardcover
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A New York Times Editors' Choice"Delivers everything its title promises and much more." - NPR"Remarkable... Every species, and every person who fights for its continued existence, deserves a book like this." -- The New York Times"This nail-biter account has the intensity... |
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Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever
Matt Singer - G.P. Putnam's Sons
Format: Hardcover
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Once upon a time, if you wanted to know if a movie was worth seeing, you didn't check out Rotten Tomatoes or IMDB.. You asked whether Siskel & Ebert had given it "two thumbs up.". On a cold Saturday afternoon in 1975, two men (who had known each other for eight years before... |
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November 1942: An Intimate History of the Turning Point of World War II
Peter Englund - Knopf
Format: Hardcover
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The New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice * An intimate history of the most important month of World War II, completely based on the diaries, letters and memoirs of the people who lived through it. At the beginning of November 1942, it looked as if the Axis powers could still... |
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American Gun: The True Story of the AR-15
Cameron McWhirter - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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American Gun: The True Story of the AR-15 presents the epic history of America's most controversial weapon.In the 1950s, an obsessive firearms designer named Eugene Stoner invented the AR-15 rifle in a California garage. High-minded and patriotic, Stoner sought to devise a lightweight,... |
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While Idaho Slept: The Hunt for Answers in the Murders of Four College Students
J. Reuben Appelman - Harper Paperbacks
Format: Paperback
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The author of the acclaimed true-crime memoir, The Kill Jar, tells the inside story of the "University of Idaho Murders," offering a memorable, thoughtful dive into our societal fascination with true crime, the media's seeming blood-frenzy, and the future of homicide investigations,... |
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The Constitution of the United States and Other Patriotic Documents
Gregg Jarrett - Broadside Books
Format: Hardcover
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A collection of some of the most important documents and speeches that have shaped America, with commentary and insights from Fox News star and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Russia Hoax, Gregg Jarrett.In this volume, the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence... |
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Einstein in Time and Space: A Life in 99 Particles
Samuel Graydon - Scribner
Format: Hardcover
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Walter Isaacson's Einstein meets Craig Brown's 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret, in this innovative biography of the famous physicist told in ninety-nine dazzling vignettes.. Most of us would agree that Albert Einstein's name is synonymous with "genius" and that his likeness... |
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