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The Man from the Train: Discovering America's Most Elusive Serial KillerAn Edgar Award finalist for Best Fact Crime, The Man from the Train is an "impressive...open-eyed investigative inquiry wrapped within a cultural history of rural America" (The Wall Street Journal). In this groundbreaking work of historical true crime, legendary statistician and baseball writer Bill...
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Bubble in the Sun: The Florida Boom of the 1920s and How It Brought on the Great DepressionChristopher Knowlton, author of Cattle Kingdom and former Fortune writer, takes an in-depth look at the spectacular Florida land boom of the 1920s and shows how it led directly to the Great Depression. The 1920s in Florida was a time of incredible excess, immense...
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Code Name HélèneFrom the New York Times bestselling author of The Frozen River, this thrilling novel about a daring socialite spy chronicles the true wartime exploits of a woman who deserves to be a household name. "Will fascinate readers of World War II history and thrill...
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The Volunteer: The True Story of the Resistance Hero Who Infiltrated AuschwitzCOSTA BOOK AWARD WINNER: BOOK OF THE YEAR - #1 SUNDAY TIMES (UK) BESTSELLER"Superbly written and breathtakingly researched, The Volunteer smuggles us into Auschwitz and shows us--as if watching a movie--the story of a Polish agent who infiltrated the infamous camp, organized a rebellion,...
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Abandoning the Script"Engaging and immersive, Rosen delivers a deeply moving plot with a heartfelt conclusion." -Rochelle Weinstein, bestselling author of We Are Made of StarsLucy never wanted the life that's been thrust upon her-the wedding band or the baby in the crib. A woman of ambition,...
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Reminiscences of My Life in Camp with the 33D United States Colored Troops, LateReminiscences of My Life in Camp with the 33D United States Colored Troops, Late 1St S. C. Volunteers is the amazing story of Susie Taylor, a woman born into slavery in Georgia. She married Edward King of the 33rd U.S. Colored Infantry and served...
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Life Aboard the RMS Titanic: The Maiden Voyage Before the Sinking of the World's Most Famous Ship*Includes pictures *Includes accounts by passengers describing what life on the Titanic was like *Includes a bibliography for further reading "Titanic started a voyage through history when it sailed away. One century later, there is still no port at sight." - Marina Tavares Dias...
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What They Didn't Teach You about World War IIPacked with personal anecdotes and details you won't find anywhere else, this is the secret history of World War II. "A fast-moving overview stuffed with interesting factoids and historical tidbits . . . Casual readers will find themselves carried along, and hardened military buffs...
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The Storm of the Century: Tragedy, Heroism, Survival, and the Epic True Story of America's Deadliest Natural Disaster: The Great Gulf Hurricane of 190In this gripping narrative history, Al Roker from NBC's Today and the Weather Channel vividly examines the deadliest natural disaster in American history--a haunting and inspiring tale of tragedy, heroism, and resilience that is full of lessons for today's new age of extreme weather.On...
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The Great EasternFrom the shipyards of London to the ports of New York, from the undersea abyss to the halls of empire, The Great Eastern is a sweeping tale of invention, rebellion, and the war between creation and destruction. A vast iron ship. Two legendary captains....
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn American Classics Edition"For a hundred years, the argument that this novel is has been identified, reidentified, examined, waged and advanced. What it cannot be is dismissed. It is classic literature, which is to say it heaves, manifests and lasts." -- Toni MorrisonIn celebration of the 250th...
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Liberty StreetFrom the #1 internationally bestselling author of Looking for Jane comes a riveting novel about one journalist's harrowing journey into an infamous real-life 1960s women's prison--and the detective who uncovers her story decades later. "Heather Marshall's latest is dynamite . . . A tale...
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Destiny ExpressHailed by Thomas Pynchon as "daringly imagined and darkly romantic--a moral thriller," Destiny Express captures both the glamour and the terror of an era, dramatizing the perilous moment when art, politics, and destiny converged on the tracks out of Berlin. Berlin, the last day...
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The Listeners"Around every corner of this richly imagined world, we discover some new wonder. . . . Stiefvater's prose is as pungent as the sweetwater, with a snap that suggests the whimsy of a veteran storyteller." --The New York Times #1 New York Times bestselling...
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The Chateau on SunsetA sheltered young woman living at the Chateau Marmont falls under the spell of a scandalous, secretive man as all of Hollywood's glamour swirls around her--a stunning feminist reimagining of Jane Eyre from the New York Times bestselling author of The Paris Seamstress. "A...
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The Martha's Vineyard Beach and Book ClubNATIONAL BESTSELLER - Two sisters living on Martha's Vineyard during World War II find hope in the power of storytelling when they start a wartime book club for women in this spectacular novel inspired by true events, from the New York Times bestselling author...
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The Beast in the Clouds: The Roosevelt Brothers' Deadly Quest to Find the Mythical Giant PandaA New York Public Library Best Nonfiction Book of 2025 - A New York Times Book Review Critics' Pick - A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of 2025 - Shortlisted for the Boardman Tasker Award for Mountain Literature "A thrilling work of history that's...
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Into the WildernessCould there be two people more different? It's 1964, and Rose Mayer is recently widowed, a Democrat, and Jewish. When she meets Percy Mendell, a born and bred Vermonter who has never married and never voted for a Democrat, they clash before a surprising...
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I Have a Dream American Classics EditionIn celebration of the 250th anniversary of the United States, HarperCollins is proud to present this library of American classics drawn from our storied catalog. A beautiful collectible edition of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's legendary speech at the March on Washington, with forewords...
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Forever Free: The Story of Emancipation and ReconstructionFrom one of our most distinguished historians comes a groundbreaking new examination of the myths and realities of the period after the Civil War. Drawing on a wide range of long-neglected documents, Eric Foner places a new emphasis on black experiences and roles during...
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