Margaret Thatcher
From Grantham to the Falklands
Written by Charles Moore
Format: Hardcover, 896 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $35.00
With unequaled authority and dramatic detail, the first volume of Charles Moore’s authorized biography of Margaret Thatcher reveals as never before the early life, rise to power, and first years as prime minister of the woman who transformed Britain and the world in the late twentieth century. Moore has had unique...
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Cool War
The Future of Global Competition
Written by Noah Feldman
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $26.00
A bold and thought-provoking look at the future of U.S.-China relations, and how their coming power struggle will reshape the competitive playing field for nations around the world The Cold War seemingly ended in a decisive victory for the West. But now, Noah Feldman argues, we are entering an era...
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Yes, Chef
A Memoir
Written by Marcus Samuelsson and Veronica Chambers
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $16.00
JAMES BEARD AWARD NOMINEE • NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY VOGUE • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
“One of the great culinary stories of our time.”—Dwight Garner, The New York Times
It begins with a simple ritual: Every Saturday afternoon, a boy who loves to cook walks to his grandmother’s...
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Superman
The High-Flying History of America's Most Enduring Hero
Written by Larry Tye
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $17.00
Seventy-five years after he came to life, Superman remains one of America’s most adored and enduring heroes. Now Larry Tye, the prize-winning journalist and
New York Times bestselling author of
Satchel, has written the first full-fledged history not just of the Man of Steel but of the creators, designers, owners, and...
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Garfield Hits the Big Time
His 25th Book
Written by Jim Davis
Format: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $14.00
Garfield—Eat, Sleep, and Be Flabby! Garfield, the world’s favorite feline, marks the 25th book in his series with this special silver volume, full of side-splitting classic comics! And after all this time, Garfield’s earned some extra sleep. But he’ll still move a muscle for meals and mayhem! Whether he’s hogging...
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Predator Nation
Corporate Criminals, Political Corruption, and the Hijacking of America
Written by Charles H. Ferguson
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $15.00
Charles Ferguson, who electrified the world with his Academy Award-winning documentary, Inside Job, now reveals how rogues with influence have taken over the country and are driving it to financial and social ruin.
In
Predator Nation, Ferguson exposes the networks of academic, government, and congressional influence--in all recent administrations, including Obama's--that prepared...
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City of Fortune
How Venice Ruled the Seas
Written by Roger Crowley
Format: Trade Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $18.00
“The rise and fall of Venice’s empire is an irresistible story and [Roger] Crowley, with his rousing descriptive gifts and scholarly attention to detail, is its perfect chronicler.”—The Financial Times The
New York Times bestselling author of
Empires of the Sea charts Venice’s astounding five-hundred-year voyage to the pinnacle of...
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The Moonlight Sonata at the Mayo Clinic
Written by Nora Gallagher
Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $11.99
This taut yet lyrical memoir tells of the author’s experience with a baffling illness poised to take her sight, and gives a deeply felt meditation on vulnerability and on what it means to lose the faith you had and find something better.
One day at the end of 2009, during a...
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The Moonlight Sonata at the Mayo Clinic
Written by Nora Gallagher
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $24.00
This taut yet lyrical memoir tells of the author’s experience with a baffling illness poised to take her sight, and gives a deeply felt meditation on vulnerability and on what it means to lose the faith you had and find something better.
One day at the end of 2009, during a...
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Eat the City
A Tale of the Fishers, Foragers, Butchers, Farmers, Poultry Minders, Sugar Refiners, Cane Cutters, Beekeepers, Winemakers, and Brewers Who Built New York
Written by Robin Shulman
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $15.00
New York, the city of money, glass, and concrete, seems like no kind of place to produce food. Yet in this smart, funny, and beautifully written book, Robin Shulman places today's urban food production in the context of hundreds of years of history, tracing the changing ways we live and eat. As...
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Fodor's Essential India
with Delhi, Rajasthan, Mumbai, and Kerala
Written by Fodor's
Format: Trade Paperback, 536 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $25.99
India is a country of vibrant and enticing contrasts: exquisite palaces are juxtaposed against simple temples, and modern high-tech industry coexists with ancient customs and rituals. There's much to see and do in this vast and geographically diverse country, and
Fodor's Essential India covers the must-see sights better than anyone else.
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Convertible Crochet
Customizable Designs for Stylish Garments
Written by Doris Chan
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $21.99
Dare to Wear Crochet in More Ways Than One Convertible Crochet is a brand new way to think about crochet fashion, exploded lace motifs, and flattering silhouettes. Award-winning designer Doris Chan helps you get more out of crochet with these endlessly adaptable patterns and techniques that can work with a variety...
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Plastic Donuts
Giving That Delights the Heart of the Father
Written by Jeff Anderson
Format: Hardcover, 128 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $9.99
Once you see your gifts from God’s perspective, your giving will never be the same. When she was a toddler, Jeff Anderson’s daughter opened his eyes to how delighted God is with our gifts. She brought him a plastic donut from her play kitchen, and he was surprised by the intensity of...
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Between Giants: The Battle for the Baltics in World War II
Written by Prit Buttar
Format: Hardcover, 488 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $29.95
With the exception of Poland, no region or territory suffered more greatly during World War II than the Baltic States. Caught between the giants of the Soviet Union and the Third Reich, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia became pawns in the desperate battle for control of Eastern Europe throughout the course of...
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Bolt Action: Armies of the Soviet Union
Written by Warlord Games
Format: Trade Paperback, 152 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $24.95
Stalin's Russian Winter War against Finland, and his World War II campaigns on Nazi Germany's eastern front (around Kiev, Lenningrad, Moscow, Kharkov, Stalingrad, Kursk, Byelorussia, the Balkans, East Prussia, Warsaw, Hungary, and Berlin) constitute the largest land war in world history in terms of the number of troops engaged, and is...
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