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Discover old books and books of old at our online bookstore. Shop old classic books, best-selling books, and timeless treasures—perfect for collectors and book lovers alike!
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Globemaster Down: Soviet Espionage and the Doomed American Attempt to Sneak Nukes Into EuropeJust in time for the 75th anniversary comes the first book-length investigation into one of the great unsolved mysteries from the early days of the Cold War, when an American cargo plane allegedly carrying an atomic bomb over the Atlantic Ocean disappeared, along with...
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Carlo Gambino: Boss of BossesThe stunning blood-soaked saga of a real-life Godfather--Don Carlo Gambino--the quiet gangster with a whispery voice who struck fear into his enemies as he rose to the top of the Mafia family ladder, told by an insider who lived in that world, knew those...
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Paradiso 17LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE - The intimate, sweeping tale of one Palestinian man's restless search for home the world over, as the pendulum of fate swings between loss and life, grief and euphoria, regret and hope "Generations are captured here, loss and pain...
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Where the Girls WereThey were sent away to be forgotten. This is their story. In this electrifying historical novel about coming of age in tumultuous 1960s San Francisco, a pregnant teenager reckons with womanhood and agency after being sent to a home for unwed mothers. "Thrilling, propulsive,...
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On Both Sides of the Wall: A Resistance Fighter's Firsthand Account of the Warsaw GhettoThe essential new edition of one of the earliest eyewitness accounts of the Holocaust and the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, On Both Sides of the Wall, which recounts one woman's harrowing experiences as a courier for the Jewish underground, is a testament to the ordinary...
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Partisan Song: A Holocaust Story of Resilience, Resistance, and RevengeThe inspiring, previously untold tale of survival, defiance, heroism, and an unlikely hero - the Jewish civil engineer and musician who led the extraordinarily successful guerilla war to liberate Ukraine from Nazi occupation during World War II. Written by the National Jewish Book Award-winning...
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Watching Over HerFrom French literary talent and Prix Goncourt winner Jean-Baptiste Andrea, a "sprawling fresco and star-crossed love story" (The New York Times) following a dwarf and skilled sculptor as he recounts the moments in his life that inspired his mysteriously powerful masterpiece--perfect for readers of...
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The Architect of New YorkA transportive work of historical fiction chronicling the life, loves, and iconic successes of Rafael Guastavino, the influential yet largely forgotten Spanish architect of New York's Gilded Era Iconoclast. Genius. Womanizer. Architect Rafael Guastavino's signature vaulted tile ceilings revolutionized Gilded Age New York City....
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The Madstone"A wonderfully transporting tale of love in the Old West" (People Magazine) and "a brilliant, beautiful page-turner" (Chris Bohjalian, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Double Blind) about a pregnant young mother, her child, and the frontier tradesman who helps them flee...
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Mafia Secrets: Untold Tales from the Hollywood GodfatherA Mafia insider and authentic Hollywood tough guy reveals the explosive secrets he's learned (and kept) for decades in this shocking tell all that unveils the hidden worlds of film and organized crime--from who shot JFK and murdered Jimmy Hoffa to the truth about...
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The Fortunes of Ashmore CastleThe fourth novel in the Ashmore Castle series, perfect for fans of DOWNTON ABBEY, from the author of the hugely successful MORLAND DYNASTY novels Behind the doors of the magnificent Ashmore Castle, secrets are waiting to be uncovered . . .Author: Cynthia Harrod-EaglesPublisher: SpherePublished:...
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Beyond the Veil: The Victorian Obsession with Death and MourningBeyond the Veil is a visual tour through the curious history of how we deal with death--the grief and mourning, the funerals, symbols, and ceremonies. From Victorian England across to the US, learn about the often peculiar and at times macabre ways of how...
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Plunder and Survival: Stories of Theft, Loss, Recovery, and Migration of Nazi Uprooted ArtWritten by a Holocaust survivor whose family collected art, Plunder and Survival tells the stories of principal figures, events, and artworks that contribute to the intricate story of the ruthless Nazi attack on modern art and the art world's subsequent repositioning in America.Each chapter...
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A Place to HideFrom the winner of the National Jewish Book AwardTheodore "Teddy" Hartigan is the scion of a wealthy Washington, D.C. family who place him into a comfortable job at the State Department and a placid diplomat's career. In 1938, as Hitler's inexorable rise continues, Teddy...
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In the Ghost Shadows: The Untold Story of Chinatown's Most Powerful Crime BossA never-before-seen glimpse into the rarefied world of the Ghost Shadows, New York's powerful Chinese crime organization of the 1970s and '80s--written by the young leader who ran it: reformed gangster Peter Chin. Only in fairy tales can a poor orphan become royalty. But...
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Only the Brave#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From bestselling author Danielle Steel comes a powerful, sweeping historical novel about a courageous woman in World War II Germany. Sophia Alexander, the beautiful daughter of a famous surgeon in Berlin, has had to grow up faster than...
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The Wingmen: The Unlikely, Unusual, Unbreakable Friendship Between John Glenn and Ted WilliamsCASEY Award Finalist for Best Baseball Book of the Year The untold story of the unique fifty-year friendship between two American icons: John Glenn, the unassailable pioneer of space exploration and Ted Williams, indisputably the greatest hitter in baseball history. It was 1953, the...
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Meet the Kellys: The True Story of Machine Gun Kelly and His Moll Kathryn ThorneGangsters. Lovers. Legends. Meet the Kellys--the bootlegging, bank-robbing, husband-wife duo known as "Machine Gun" Kelly and Kathyrn Thorne--who masterminded one of the most infamous kidnappings in American crime . . . How did a small-time, hip-pocket bootlegger become one of the most notorious gangsters...
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Stone AngelsIn this "riveting [and] unforgettable" novel, a forty-year-old woman journeys to her cultural homeland--and uncovers a harrowing secret that makes her rethink everything she thought she knew about her mother (Jimin Han, author of The Apology). Angelina Lee feels like she doesn't belong. Newly...
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The English ProblemA young Indian man is tapped to help his country's fight for freedom--but his heart engages him in a different war. "Grand, sweeping, mesmerizing . . . a richly detailed, politically profound story of love, of migration, of individuals caught up in the great...
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