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Empire of the Elite: Inside Condé Nast, the Media Dynasty That Reshaped AmericaFrom a New York Times media correspondent, a dishy history of the Condé Nast magazine empire, home of Vogue, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, and more, focusing on its glitzy heyday from the 1980s through the 2000s. For decades, Condé Nast and its glittering...
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Empire of the Elite: Inside Condé Nast, the Media Dynasty That Reshaped AmericaFrom a New York Times media correspondent, a dishy history of the Condé Nast magazine empire, home of Vogue, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, and more, focusing on its glitzy heyday from the 1980s through the 2000s. For decades, Condé Nast and its glittering...
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Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World"Monumental . . . [Ostler's] massive overview of major languages in world history puts the current global spread of English in perspective."--Chicago TribuneIn this linguistic Thousand and One Nights, Nicholas Ostler creates the first history of the world's great languages, gloriously celebrating the wonder...
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Enduring Legacies: People of the 1926 Barnes-Hecker Mine DisasterOn November 3, 1926, catastrophe struck the Barnes-Hecker mine near the small town of Ishpeming in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. In less than fifteen minutes, the mine caved in when a torrent of mud, water and debris collapsed, taking the lives of fifty-one men. Forty-one...
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Escape from Pompeii: The Great Eruption of Mount Vesuvius and Its SurvivorsA story of triumph out of tragedy, uncovered in the ashes of Vesuvius The archaeological park of Pompeii is one of the most famous sites of destruction anywhere in the world. From the time of the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 CE until the...
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Estuche Harari (Contiene: Sapiens; Homo Deus; 21 Lecciones Para El Siglo XXI) / Yuval Noah Harari Books Set (Sapiens, Homo Deus, 21 Lessons for 21st CEste estuche es una oportunidad única para hacerse con la trilogía de Harari, el fenómeno global que ha cautivado a millones de lectores. Sapiens es un recorrido por nuestro pasado, Homo Deus, una mirada a nuestro futuro, 21 lecciones para el siglo XXI es...
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Europe Without Borders: A HistoryThe contested creation of free movement--for people and goods--in the Schengen area of Europe Europe is a place of free movement among nations--or is it? The Schengen area, established in 1985 and today encompassing twenty-nine European countries, allows people, goods, and capital to cross...
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Everything Is Now: The 1960s New York Avant-Garde--Primal Happenings, Underground Movies, Radical PopA groundbreaking cultural history of 1960s New York, from the legendary writer on art and film Like Paris in the 1920s, New York City in the 1960s was a cauldron of avant-garde ferment and artistic innovation. Boundaries were transgressed and new forms created. Drawing...
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Everything Is Now: The 1960s New York Avant-Garde--Primal Happenings, Underground Movies, Radical PopA groundbreaking cultural history of 1960s New York, from the legendary writer on art and film Like Paris in the 1920s, New York City in the 1960s was a cauldron of avant-garde ferment and artistic innovation. Boundaries were transgressed and new forms created. Drawing...
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Everything Must Go: The Stories We Tell about the End of the WorldA rich, captivating, and darkly humorous look into the evolution of apocalyptic thought, exploring how film and literature interact with developments in science, politics, and culture, and what factors drive our perennial obsession with the end of the world. As Dorian Lynskey writes, "People...
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Everything Must Go: The Stories We Tell about the End of the WorldA rich, captivating, and darkly humorous look into the evolution of apocalyptic thought, exploring how film and literature interact with developments in science, politics, and culture, and what factors drive our perennial obsession with the end of the world. As Dorian Lynskey writes, "People...
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Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America: A Recent HistoryNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - When did America give up on fairness? The author of Fantasyland tells the epic history of how America decided that big business gets whatever it wants, only the rich get richer, and nothing should ever change--and charts a way...
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Exhumed: Unearthing the History of the American VampireAn engrossing and macabre exploration of the folklore and early medical practices that led to the New England Vampire Panic in the 1890s, from critically acclaimed podcaster and bestselling author Aaron Mahnke. What would drive a man to exhume the body of his daughter...
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Exit Stalin: The Soviet Union as a Civilization, 1953-1991To those of us in the West, the Soviet Union is synonymous with Stalinism. The common view of the USSR is of a brutal regime that squelched dissent and oversaw a drab, terrified society. Yet as Cambridge historian Mark B. Smith demonstrates in Exit...
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Exploring Mid-Michigan: A Guide to Flint, the Saginaw Valley, and the ThumbInspired by the iconic American Guide Series published by the Federal Writers Project in the 1930s, this new guide to Flint, the Saginaw Valley, and the Thumb showcases the industrial-agricultural heart of Michigan, which has been beating irregularly for the last three decades, but...
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Fabric: The Hidden History of the Material WorldA magnificent work of original research that unravels history through textiles and cloth--how we make it, use it, and what it means to us. A New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice How is a handmade fabric helping save an ancient forest? Why is...
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Fabulosa!: The Story of Polari, Britain's Secret Gay LanguageA Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year "Richly evocative and entertaining."--Guardian "An essential book for anyone who wants to Polari bona!"--Attitude "Exuberant, richly detailed. . . . A delightful read."--Tatler Polari is a language that was used chiefly by gay men in the...
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Faith, Family, and Flag: Branson Entertainment and the Idea of AmericaSons of Britches. The Great American Chuckwagon Dinner Show. The Haygoods. The Grand Jubilee. These are just a couple of the many shows performed in Branson, MO, Branson, Missouri, the Ozark Mountain mecca of wholesome entertainment, has been home to countless stage shows espousing...
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Faithful Unto Death: Pet Cemeteries, Animal Graves, and Eternal DevotionWhen a little dog named Cherry died in 1881, his owners arranged for a grave in a nearby gatekeeper's garden in London. At this time, the idea that a pet, even one that had lived as a family member, might be given a dignified...
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Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire: A 500-Year HistoryNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From the acclaimed author of Evil Geniuses comes an electrifying, provocative history of American delusion--"an important book for understanding America in the age of Trump" (Walter Isaacson, author of Elon Musk). "A frighteningly convincing and sometimes uproarious picture of...
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