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The River of Doubt
The River of Doubt
Written by Candice Millard
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780767913737
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The River of Doubt
Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
Written by Candice Millard


Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: October 10, 2006
Price: $16.00

At once an incredible adventure narrative and a penetrating biographical portrait, The River of Doubt is the true story of Theodore Roosevelt’s harrowing exploration of one of the most dangerous rivers on earth.

The River of Doubt—it is a black, uncharted tributary of the Amazon that snakes through one of the most... Read more >
Who Stole the American Dream?
Who Stole the American Dream?
Written by Hedrick Smith
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781400069668
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Who Stole the American Dream?

Written by Hedrick Smith


Format: Hardcover, 592 pages
On Sale: September 11, 2012
Price: $30.00

Pulitzer Prize winner Hedrick Smith’s new book is an extraordinary achievement, an eye-opening account of how, over the past four decades, the American Dream has been dismantled and we became two Americas.
 
In his bestselling The Russians, Smith took millions of readers inside the Soviet Union. In The Power... Read more >
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A Short History of Nearly Everything
A Short History of Nearly Everything
Written by Bill Bryson
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780767916417
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A Short History of Nearly Everything

Written by Bill Bryson


Format: eBook
On Sale: May 6, 2003
Price: $12.99

One of the world’s most beloved and bestselling writers takes his ultimate journey -- into the most intriguing and intractable questions that science seeks to answer.

In A Walk in the Woods, Bill Bryson trekked the Appalachian Trail -- well, most of it. In In A Sunburned Country, he confronted some of... Read more >
Roman Legionary AD 69-161
Roman Legionary AD 69-161
Written by Ross Cowan, Illustrated by Sean O'Brogain
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781780965871
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Roman Legionary AD 69-161

Written by Ross Cowan
Illustrated by Sean O'Brogain


Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $18.95

Between AD 69 and 161 the composition of the Roman legions was transformed. Italians were almost entirely replaced by provincial recruits, men for whom Latin was at best a second language, and yet the 'Roman-ness' of these Germans, Pannonians, Spaniards, Africans and Syrians, fostered in isolated fortresses on the frontiers, was... Read more >
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A Short History of Nearly Everything
A Short History of Nearly Everything
Written by Bill Bryson
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ISBN: 9780767908184
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A Short History of Nearly Everything

Written by Bill Bryson


Format: Trade Paperback, 560 pages
On Sale: September 14, 2004
Price: $16.99

One of the world’s most beloved and bestselling writers takes his ultimate journey -- into the most intriguing and intractable questions that science seeks to answer.

In A Walk in the Woods, Bill Bryson trekked the Appalachian Trail -- well, most of it. In In A Sunburned Country, he confronted some of... Read more >
Hiroshima
Hiroshima
Written by John Hersey
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780679721031
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Hiroshima

Written by John Hersey


Format: Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: March 4, 1989
Price: $7.95

On August 6, 1945, Hiroshima was destroyed by the first atom bomb ever dropped on a city. This book, John Hersey's journalistic masterpiece, tells what happened on that day. Told through the memories of survivors, this timeless, powerful and compassionate document has become a classic "that stirs the conscience of humanity"... Read more >
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Operation Storm
Operation Storm
Written by John Geoghegan
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ISBN: 9780307464811
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Operation Storm
Japan's Top Secret Submarines and Its Plan to Change the Course of World War II
Written by John Geoghegan


Format: eBook, 528 pages
On Sale: March 19, 2013
Price: $13.99

The riveting true story of Japan's top secret plan to change the course of World War II using a squadron of mammoth submarines a generation ahead of their time
 
In 1941, the architects of Japan's sneak attack on Pearl Harbor planned a bold follow-up: a potentially devastating air raid--this time against New... Read more >
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Out of Order
Out of Order
Written by Sandra Day O'Connor
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780812993929
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Out of Order
Stories from the History of the Supreme Court
Written by Sandra Day O'Connor


Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: March 5, 2013
Price: $26.00

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

“I called this book Out of Order because it reflects my goal, which is to share a different side of the Supreme Court. Most people know the Court only as it exists between bangs of the gavel, when the Court comes to order to hear arguments or give...
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The Borgias
The Borgias
Written by G.J. Meyer
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ISBN: 9780345526939
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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 >
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Eighty Days
Eighty Days
Written by Matthew Goodman
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780345527264
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Eighty Days
Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland's History-Making Race Around the World
Written by Matthew Goodman


Format: Hardcover, 480 pages
On Sale: February 26, 2013
Price: $28.00

NATIONAL BESTSELLER

On November 14, 1889, Nellie Bly, the crusading young female reporter for Joseph Pulitzer’s World newspaper, left New York City by steamship on a quest to break the record for the fastest trip around the world. Also departing from New York that day—and heading in the opposite direction by train—was... Read more >
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