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Why Read Moby-Dick?A "brilliant and provocative" (The New Yorker) celebration of Melville's masterpiece--from the bestselling author of In the Heart of the Sea, Valiant Ambition, and In the Hurricane's Eye One of the greatest American novels finds its perfect contemporary champion in Why Read Moby-Dick?, Nathaniel...
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The State and RevolutionIn July 1917, when the Provisional Government issued a warrant for his arrest, Lenin fled from Petrograd; later that year, the October Revolution swept him to supreme power. In the short intervening period he spent in Finland, he wrote his impassioned, never-completed masterwork The...
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Mrs. Dalloway: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)A stunning new edition of Virginia Woolf's engulfing portrait of one day in a woman's life, featuring a new foreword by Jenny Offill, the New York Times bestselling author of Weather and Dept. of Speculation A Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, with flaps and deckle-edged...
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Arkansas BlackA haunting tale of brotherhood, betrayal, and resilience in the face of defeat.Arkansas, 1927. When a late spring frost decimates the apple harvest, the Fitch family orchard collapses under the weight of ruin. Jesse Fitch, weary and pragmatic, prepares to leave the land behind...
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A Nation of Immigrants"In this timeless book, President Kennedy shows how the United States has always been enriched by the steady flow of men, women, and families to our shores. It is a reminder that America's best leaders have embraced, not feared, the diversity which makes America...
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Folded CornersKnocknashee, County Kerry, Ireland1941For twenty-one-year-old Grace Fitzgerald, life is finally looking bright. Orphaned as a child and later struck down by polio, she then endured years of cold indifference at the hands of her sister Agnes. Now, with Agnes finally gone, Grace has found...
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Waltraud: A True Story of Growing Up in Nazi GermanyA gripping tale of love, survival, and quiet resistance, based on the true story of a German girl turned courageous young woman named Waltraud. The Nazis tried to break her, but her very name means strength. Germany 1937. Tucked away in northern Germany, young...
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Liquid Rules: The Delightful and Dangerous Substances That Flow Through Our LivesSometimes explosive, often delicious, occasionally poisonous, and always fascinating: the New York Times bestselling author of Stuff Matters offers an "entertaining discussion of the various ways our lives are enriched by fluids" (The Wall Street Journal). We know that we need water to survive,...
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The Black CarnivalThe year is 1886 in New Sarum, England, and Atherton Graves only knows a life surrounded by corpses. Amidst a rash of child deaths, he alone suspects they are the product of murder. At least, that's what the ghosts in his mortuary tell him....
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Ranger McIntyre: Unmentionable MurdersIn 1920, Rocky Mountain National Park is only five years old. With the Great War finally over and the automobile readily available, many Americans are motoring to the National Parks for vacation. Ranger McIntyre's main job is to protect the wilderness from the campers...
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The Seamstress of Auschwitz: A WWII Historical Fiction NovelGermany. 1932. Sara Schönflies, a young Jewish woman from a line of gifted tailors and seamstresses, finds her world shattered by the rise of the Nazi regime. Her family is separated when the women are sent to Ravensbrück. Ultimately, Sara and her sisters are...
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The Threads Remain"An exceptional talent for storytelling" KIRKUS REVIEWS5* Reader Reviews: "Will touch your soul.""Exceptional.""Heartbreaking.""Must-Read" "Wow! This book had me hooked from the very first chapter which was heartbreaking.""What a great book! One of the best I have read for ages.""Amazing book. Easy five stars! I...
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I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive"Steve Earle brings to his prose the same authenticity, poetic spirit, and cinematic energy he projects in his music. I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive is like a dream you can't shake, offering beauty and remorse, redemption in spades." --Patti Smith "Shot...
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Baker TowersIn a stunning follow-up to her best-selling debut, Mrs. Kimble, Jennifer Haigh′s second novel, BAKER TOWERS, is a compelling story of love and loss in a western Pennsylvania mining town in the years after World War II. Bakerton is a company town, built on...
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True Blue: The Dramatic History of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Told by the Men Who Lived ItIn 1957 the Dodgers broke the hearts of blue-collar Brooklyn for the embrace of booming Los Angeles. Thus began a new era for the fabled Bums, whose exploits inside -- and outside -- the white lines have intrigued generations. A fascinating and colorful history...
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Born on the Fourth of July"Classic and timeless!" --New York Times"As relevant as ever, this book is an education. Ron is a true American, and his great heart and hard-won wisdom shine through these pages." --Oliver Stone, filmmakerThis New York Times best seller (more than one million copies sold),...
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A Narco History: How the United States and Mexico Jointly Created the Mexican Drug WarThe term "Mexican Drug War" misleads. It implies that the ongoing bloodbath, which has now killed well over 100,000 people, is an internal Mexican affair. But this diverts attention from the U.S. role in creating and sustaining the carnage. It's not just that Americans...
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Finding My OlympiaGreek-American Yianna embarks on a desperate quest in 1955 Woodland, California to find her missing sister and discovers her own sense of purpose and the profound significance of family, love, and forgiveness.Woodland, California, 1955. A career and independence feel worlds away for 18-year-old Greek-American...
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Edith Stein: The Life and Legacy of St. Teresa Benedicta of the CrossIn the wake of World War I when neither Jews nor women were widely accepted in academia, Edith Stein rose to prominence as a leading philosopher who thrived in the intellectual community in Germany. She shocked both her Jewish family and her academic friends...
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Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile CrisisDuring the thirteen days in October 1962 when the United States confronted the Soviet Union over its installation of missiles in Cuba, few people shared the behind-the-scenes story as it is told here by the late Senator Robert F. Kennedy. In this unique account,...
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