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Hitler's Charisma
Leading Millions into the Abyss
Written by Laurence Rees
Format: Hardcover, 368 pages
On Sale: April 16, 2013
Price: $30.00
Fuelled by hate, incapable of forming normal human relationships, unwilling to listen to dissenting voices, Adolf Hitler seemed an unlikely leader, and yet he commanded enormous support and was able to exert a powerful influence over those who encountered him. How did Hitler become such an attractive figure to millions of... Read more >
Leading Millions into the Abyss
Written by Laurence Rees
Format: Hardcover, 368 pages
On Sale: April 16, 2013
Price: $30.00
Fuelled by hate, incapable of forming normal human relationships, unwilling to listen to dissenting voices, Adolf Hitler seemed an unlikely leader, and yet he commanded enormous support and was able to exert a powerful influence over those who encountered him. How did Hitler become such an attractive figure to millions of... Read more >
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Hitler's Charisma
Leading Millions into the Abyss
Written by Laurence Rees
Format: eBook, 384 pages
On Sale: April 16, 2013
Price: $14.99
Fuelled by hate, incapable of forming normal human relationships, unwilling to listen to dissenting voices, Adolf Hitler seemed an unlikely leader, and yet he commanded enormous support and was able to exert a powerful influence over those who encountered him. How did Hitler become such an attractive figure to millions of... Read more >
Leading Millions into the Abyss
Written by Laurence Rees
Format: eBook, 384 pages
On Sale: April 16, 2013
Price: $14.99
Fuelled by hate, incapable of forming normal human relationships, unwilling to listen to dissenting voices, Adolf Hitler seemed an unlikely leader, and yet he commanded enormous support and was able to exert a powerful influence over those who encountered him. How did Hitler become such an attractive figure to millions of... Read more >
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Parecomic
Michael Albert and the Story of Participatory Economics
Written by Sean Michael Wilson and Carl Thompson
Introduction by Noam Chomsky
Format: eBook
On Sale: April 16, 2013
Price: $18.95
Parecomic is a graphic novel about the system we live in—what’s wrong with it, and how we might be able change it for the better. The recent upsurge in popular protest around the world shows that people are not happy with the state of capitalism and desire an alternative that will... Read more >
Michael Albert and the Story of Participatory Economics
Written by Sean Michael Wilson and Carl Thompson
Introduction by Noam Chomsky
Format: eBook
On Sale: April 16, 2013
Price: $18.95
Parecomic is a graphic novel about the system we live in—what’s wrong with it, and how we might be able change it for the better. The recent upsurge in popular protest around the world shows that people are not happy with the state of capitalism and desire an alternative that will... Read more >
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The Selected Letters of Willa Cather
Written by Willa Cather
Edited by Andrew Jewell and Janis Stout
Format: eBook, 752 pages
On Sale: April 16, 2013
Price: $19.99
Written by Willa Cather
Edited by Andrew Jewell and Janis Stout
Format: eBook, 752 pages
On Sale: April 16, 2013
Price: $19.99
This first publication of the letters of one of America’s most consistently admired writers is both an exciting and a significant literary event. Willa Cather, wanting to be judged on her work alone, clearly forbade the publication of her letters in her will. But now, more than sixty-five years after her...
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The Selected Letters of Willa Cather
Written by Willa Cather
Edited by Andrew Jewell and Janis Stout
Format: Hardcover, 752 pages
On Sale: April 16, 2013
Price: $37.50
Written by Willa Cather
Edited by Andrew Jewell and Janis Stout
Format: Hardcover, 752 pages
On Sale: April 16, 2013
Price: $37.50
This first publication of the letters of one of America’s most consistently admired writers is both an exciting and a significant literary event. Willa Cather, wanting to be judged on her work alone, clearly forbade the publication of her letters in her will. But now, more than sixty-five years after her...
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Brooklyn Zoo
The Education of a Psychotherapist
Written by Darcy Lockman
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: April 9, 2013
Price: $15.95
The Education of a Psychotherapist
Written by Darcy Lockman
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: April 9, 2013
Price: $15.95
In her eye-opening, ruthlessly honest account, Darcy Lockman shares the stress, frustratation, and exhilaration of her clinical training as a psychologist in the midst of institutional dysfunction at Brooklyn’s Kings County Hospital.
After leaving her career in magazine journalism to become a psychotherapist, Darcy Lockman confronted a slew of challenges including...
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Dream Team
How Michael, Magic, Larry, Charles, and the Greatest Team of All Time Conquered the World and Changed the Game of Basketball Forever
Written by Jack McCallum
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: April 9, 2013
Price: $17.00
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Acclaimed sports journalist Jack McCallum delivers the untold story of the greatest team ever assembled: the 1992 U.S. Olympic Men’s Basketball Team. As a writer for Sports Illustrated, McCallum enjoyed a courtside seat for the most exciting basketball spectacle on earth, covering the Dream Team from... Read more >
How Michael, Magic, Larry, Charles, and the Greatest Team of All Time Conquered the World and Changed the Game of Basketball Forever
Written by Jack McCallum
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: April 9, 2013
Price: $17.00
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Acclaimed sports journalist Jack McCallum delivers the untold story of the greatest team ever assembled: the 1992 U.S. Olympic Men’s Basketball Team. As a writer for Sports Illustrated, McCallum enjoyed a courtside seat for the most exciting basketball spectacle on earth, covering the Dream Team from... Read more >
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Istanbul
Memories and the City
Written by Orhan Pamuk
Read by John Lee
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: April 9, 2013
Price: $24.00
A shimmering evocation, by turns intimate and panoramic, of one of the world’s great cities, by its foremost writer. Orhan Pamuk was born in Istanbul and still lives in the family apartment building where his mother first held him in her arms. His portrait of his city is thus also a... Read more >
Memories and the City
Written by Orhan Pamuk
Read by John Lee
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: April 9, 2013
Price: $24.00
A shimmering evocation, by turns intimate and panoramic, of one of the world’s great cities, by its foremost writer. Orhan Pamuk was born in Istanbul and still lives in the family apartment building where his mother first held him in her arms. His portrait of his city is thus also a... Read more >
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The Long Walk
A Story of War and the Life That Follows
Written by Brian Castner
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: April 9, 2013
Price: $15.00
Brian Castner served three tours of duty in the Middle East, two of them in Iraq as the head of an Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit. Whenever IEDs were discovered, he and his men would lead the way in either disarming the deadly devices or searching through rubble and remains for clues... Read more >
A Story of War and the Life That Follows
Written by Brian Castner
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: April 9, 2013
Price: $15.00
Brian Castner served three tours of duty in the Middle East, two of them in Iraq as the head of an Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit. Whenever IEDs were discovered, he and his men would lead the way in either disarming the deadly devices or searching through rubble and remains for clues... Read more >
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Robert A. Caro's The Years of Lyndon Johnson Set
The Path to Power; Means of Ascent; Master of the Senate; The Passage of Power
Written by Robert A. Caro
Format: Hardcover
On Sale: April 9, 2013
Price: $179.95
The political biography of our time, now available in a four-volume hardcover set. Robert A. Caro’s life of Lyndon Johnson is one of the richest, most intensive and most revealing examinations ever undertaken of an American president. It is the magnum opus of a writer perfectly suited to his task: the... Read more >
The Path to Power; Means of Ascent; Master of the Senate; The Passage of Power
Written by Robert A. Caro
Format: Hardcover
On Sale: April 9, 2013
Price: $179.95
The political biography of our time, now available in a four-volume hardcover set. Robert A. Caro’s life of Lyndon Johnson is one of the richest, most intensive and most revealing examinations ever undertaken of an American president. It is the magnum opus of a writer perfectly suited to his task: the... Read more >
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The Spark
A Mother's Story of Nurturing Genius
Written by Kristine Barnett
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: April 9, 2013
Price: $25.00
Kristine Barnett’s son Jacob has an IQ higher than Einstein’s, a photographic memory, and he taught himself calculus in two weeks. At nine he started working on an original theory in astrophysics that experts believe may someday put him in line for a Nobel Prize, and at age twelve he became... Read more >
A Mother's Story of Nurturing Genius
Written by Kristine Barnett
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: April 9, 2013
Price: $25.00
Kristine Barnett’s son Jacob has an IQ higher than Einstein’s, a photographic memory, and he taught himself calculus in two weeks. At nine he started working on an original theory in astrophysics that experts believe may someday put him in line for a Nobel Prize, and at age twelve he became... Read more >
The Spark
A Mother's Story of Nurturing Genius
Written by Kristine Barnett
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: April 9, 2013
Price: $12.99
Kristine Barnett’s son Jacob has an IQ higher than Einstein’s, a photographic memory, and he taught himself calculus in two weeks. At nine he started working on an original theory in astrophysics that experts believe may someday put him in line for a Nobel Prize, and at age twelve he became... Read more >
A Mother's Story of Nurturing Genius
Written by Kristine Barnett
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: April 9, 2013
Price: $12.99
Kristine Barnett’s son Jacob has an IQ higher than Einstein’s, a photographic memory, and he taught himself calculus in two weeks. At nine he started working on an original theory in astrophysics that experts believe may someday put him in line for a Nobel Prize, and at age twelve he became... Read more >
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The Spark
A Mother's Story of Nurturing Genius
Written by Kristine Barnett
Read by Kathe Mazur
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: April 9, 2013
Price: $40.00
Kristine Barnett’s son Jacob has an IQ higher than Einstein’s, a photographic memory, and he taught himself calculus in two weeks. At nine he started working on an original theory in astrophysics that experts believe may someday put him in line for a Nobel Prize, and at age twelve he became... Read more >
A Mother's Story of Nurturing Genius
Written by Kristine Barnett
Read by Kathe Mazur
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: April 9, 2013
Price: $40.00
Kristine Barnett’s son Jacob has an IQ higher than Einstein’s, a photographic memory, and he taught himself calculus in two weeks. At nine he started working on an original theory in astrophysics that experts believe may someday put him in line for a Nobel Prize, and at age twelve he became... Read more >
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The Spark
A Mother's Story of Nurturing Genius
Written by Kristine Barnett
Read by Kathe Mazur
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: April 9, 2013
Price: $20.00
Kristine Barnett’s son Jacob has an IQ higher than Einstein’s, a photographic memory, and he taught himself calculus in two weeks. At nine he started working on an original theory in astrophysics that experts believe may someday put him in line for a Nobel Prize, and at age twelve he became... Read more >
A Mother's Story of Nurturing Genius
Written by Kristine Barnett
Read by Kathe Mazur
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: April 9, 2013
Price: $20.00
Kristine Barnett’s son Jacob has an IQ higher than Einstein’s, a photographic memory, and he taught himself calculus in two weeks. At nine he started working on an original theory in astrophysics that experts believe may someday put him in line for a Nobel Prize, and at age twelve he became... Read more >
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Citizen Sherman
A Life of William Tecumseh Sherman
Written by Michael Fellman
Format: eBook, 496 pages
On Sale: April 3, 2013
Price: $11.99
Bright, compulsively articulate, famous, loved, hated, and deeply troubled, William T. Sherman was perhaps one of the most compelling personalities in American history. This groundbreaking, in-depth portrait of this significant Civil War figure reveals much about Sherman--and about the concept of manliness in his culture.
NOTE: This edition does not include... Read more >
A Life of William Tecumseh Sherman
Written by Michael Fellman
Format: eBook, 496 pages
On Sale: April 3, 2013
Price: $11.99
Bright, compulsively articulate, famous, loved, hated, and deeply troubled, William T. Sherman was perhaps one of the most compelling personalities in American history. This groundbreaking, in-depth portrait of this significant Civil War figure reveals much about Sherman--and about the concept of manliness in his culture.
NOTE: This edition does not include... Read more >
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The Complete Short Stories and Sketches of Stephen Crane
Written by Stephen Crane
Format: eBook, 800 pages
On Sale: April 3, 2013
Price: $13.99
For the first time all 112 of Stephen Crane’s short stories and sketches—including several that have not been included in any previous collection and two that are now in print for the first time—have been brought together in one volume.
Critics call Stephen Crane, who is best known for his Civil... Read more >
Written by Stephen Crane
Format: eBook, 800 pages
On Sale: April 3, 2013
Price: $13.99
For the first time all 112 of Stephen Crane’s short stories and sketches—including several that have not been included in any previous collection and two that are now in print for the first time—have been brought together in one volume.
Critics call Stephen Crane, who is best known for his Civil... Read more >
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The Gentleman Boss
Written by Thomas Reeves
Format: eBook
On Sale: April 3, 2013
Price: $19.99
“ ‘Chet’ Arthur President of the United States. Good God!” was perhaps the most pithy contemporary reaction to the accession of the twenty-first Chief Executive. It has certainly been the most enduring, even though Arthur himself has remained an enigma—in large part because this shrewd, secretive New Yorker saw to it... Read more >
Written by Thomas Reeves
Format: eBook
On Sale: April 3, 2013
Price: $19.99
“ ‘Chet’ Arthur President of the United States. Good God!” was perhaps the most pithy contemporary reaction to the accession of the twenty-first Chief Executive. It has certainly been the most enduring, even though Arthur himself has remained an enigma—in large part because this shrewd, secretive New Yorker saw to it... Read more >
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Uncle Tom or New Negro?
African Americans Reflect on Booker T. Washington and UP FROM SLAVERY 100 Years Later
Written by Rebecca Carroll
Format: eBook, 512 pages
On Sale: April 3, 2013
Price: $11.99
On the ninetieth anniversary of Booker T. Washington’s death comes a passionate, provocative dialogue on his complicated legacy, including the complete text of his classic autobiography, Up from Slavery.
Booker T. Washington was born a slave in 1858, yet roughly forty years later he had established the Tuskegee Institute. Befriended by a... Read more >
African Americans Reflect on Booker T. Washington and UP FROM SLAVERY 100 Years Later
Written by Rebecca Carroll
Format: eBook, 512 pages
On Sale: April 3, 2013
Price: $11.99
On the ninetieth anniversary of Booker T. Washington’s death comes a passionate, provocative dialogue on his complicated legacy, including the complete text of his classic autobiography, Up from Slavery.
Booker T. Washington was born a slave in 1858, yet roughly forty years later he had established the Tuskegee Institute. Befriended by a... Read more >
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The Borgias
The Hidden History
Written by G.J. Meyer
Format: Hardcover, 512 pages
On Sale: April 2, 2013
Price: $30.00
The startling truth behind one of the most notorious dynasties in history is revealed in a remarkable new account by the acclaimed author of The Tudors and A World Undone. Sweeping aside the gossip, slander, and distortion that have shrouded the Borgias for centuries, G. J. Meyer offers an unprecedented portrait... Read more >
The Hidden History
Written by G.J. Meyer
Format: Hardcover, 512 pages
On Sale: April 2, 2013
Price: $30.00
The startling truth behind one of the most notorious dynasties in history is revealed in a remarkable new account by the acclaimed author of The Tudors and A World Undone. Sweeping aside the gossip, slander, and distortion that have shrouded the Borgias for centuries, G. J. Meyer offers an unprecedented portrait... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download and an
eBook.
The Borgias
The Hidden History
Written by G.J. Meyer
Format: eBook, 512 pages
On Sale: April 2, 2013
Price: $14.99
The startling truth behind one of the most notorious dynasties in history is revealed in a remarkable new account by the acclaimed author of The Tudors and A World Undone. Sweeping aside the gossip, slander, and distortion that have shrouded the Borgias for centuries, G. J. Meyer offers an unprecedented portrait... Read more >
The Hidden History
Written by G.J. Meyer
Format: eBook, 512 pages
On Sale: April 2, 2013
Price: $14.99
The startling truth behind one of the most notorious dynasties in history is revealed in a remarkable new account by the acclaimed author of The Tudors and A World Undone. Sweeping aside the gossip, slander, and distortion that have shrouded the Borgias for centuries, G. J. Meyer offers an unprecedented portrait... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download and a
hardcover.
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The Borgias
The Hidden History
Written by G.J. Meyer
Read by Enn Reitel
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: April 2, 2013
Price: $25.00
The startling truth behind one of the most notorious dynasties in history is revealed in a remarkable new account by the acclaimed author of The Tudors and A World Undone. Sweeping aside the gossip, slander, and distortion that have shrouded the Borgias for centuries, G. J. Meyer offers an unprecedented portrait... Read more >
The Hidden History
Written by G.J. Meyer
Read by Enn Reitel
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: April 2, 2013
Price: $25.00
The startling truth behind one of the most notorious dynasties in history is revealed in a remarkable new account by the acclaimed author of The Tudors and A World Undone. Sweeping aside the gossip, slander, and distortion that have shrouded the Borgias for centuries, G. J. Meyer offers an unprecedented portrait... Read more >
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Brothers Emanuel
A Memoir of an American Family
Written by Ezekiel J. Emanuel
Read by Ezekiel J. Emanuel
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: April 2, 2013
Price: $40.00
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
For years, people have been asking Ezekiel “Zeke” Emanuel, the brash, outspoken, and fiercely loyal eldest brother in the Emanuel clan, the same question: What did your mom put in the cereal? Middle brother Rahm is the mayor of Chicago, erstwhile White House chief of staff, and one of the... Read more >
A Memoir of an American Family
Written by Ezekiel J. Emanuel
Read by Ezekiel J. Emanuel
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: April 2, 2013
Price: $40.00
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
For years, people have been asking Ezekiel “Zeke” Emanuel, the brash, outspoken, and fiercely loyal eldest brother in the Emanuel clan, the same question: What did your mom put in the cereal? Middle brother Rahm is the mayor of Chicago, erstwhile White House chief of staff, and one of the... Read more >
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Mom & Me & Mom
Written by Maya Angelou
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: April 2, 2013
Price: $22.00
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
The story of Maya Angelou’s extraordinary life has been chronicled in her multiple bestselling autobiographies. But now, at last, the legendary author shares the deepest personal story of her life: her relationship with her mother.
For the first time, Angelou reveals the triumphs and struggles of being... Read more >
Written by Maya Angelou
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: April 2, 2013
Price: $22.00
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
The story of Maya Angelou’s extraordinary life has been chronicled in her multiple bestselling autobiographies. But now, at last, the legendary author shares the deepest personal story of her life: her relationship with her mother.
For the first time, Angelou reveals the triumphs and struggles of being... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook and in
large print trade paperback.
Mom & Me & Mom
Written by Maya Angelou
Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: April 2, 2013
Price: $10.99
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
The story of Maya Angelou’s extraordinary life has been chronicled in her multiple bestselling autobiographies. But now, at last, the legendary author shares the deepest personal story of her life: her relationship with her mother.
For the first time, Angelou reveals the triumphs and struggles of being... Read more >
Written by Maya Angelou
Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: April 2, 2013
Price: $10.99
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
The story of Maya Angelou’s extraordinary life has been chronicled in her multiple bestselling autobiographies. But now, at last, the legendary author shares the deepest personal story of her life: her relationship with her mother.
For the first time, Angelou reveals the triumphs and struggles of being... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
hardcover and in
large print trade paperback.
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Mom & Me & Mom
Written by Maya Angelou
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: April 2, 2013
Price: $22.00
The story of Maya Angelou’s extraordinary life has been chronicled in her multiple bestselling autobiographies. But now, at last, the legendary author shares the deepest personal story of her life: her relationship with her mother.
For the first time, Angelou reveals the triumphs and struggles of being the daughter of Vivian Baxter... Read more >
Written by Maya Angelou
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: April 2, 2013
Price: $22.00
The story of Maya Angelou’s extraordinary life has been chronicled in her multiple bestselling autobiographies. But now, at last, the legendary author shares the deepest personal story of her life: her relationship with her mother.
For the first time, Angelou reveals the triumphs and struggles of being the daughter of Vivian Baxter... Read more >
