Kids
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Trail of Tears
Joseph Bruchac
In 1838, settlers moving west forced the great Cherokee Nation, and their chief John Ross, to leave their home land and travel 1,200 miles to Oklahoma.... Read More
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The Making of a Writer
Joan Lowery Nixon
Many of Joan Lowery Nixon’s readers have written to her to ask how they, too, can become published writers someday. This memoir, including anecdotes and advice,... Read More
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Anne Frank's Chestnut Tree
Jane Kohuth
Hidden away in their Secret Annex in Amsterdam during World War II, Anne Frank and her family could not breathe fresh air or see the blue... Read More
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Green Smoothie Magic
Victoria Boutenko
Victoria Boutenko responds to the crisis of childhood obesity with a story that makes children excited about nutrition, healthy foods, vegetables and fruits, green smoothies, and... Read More
Business
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Why It's Still Kicking Off Everywhere
Paul Mason
Originally published in 2012 to wide acclaim, this updated edition, Why It’s Still Kicking Off Everywhere, includes coverage of... Read More
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50 Management Ideas You Really Need to Know
Edward Russell-Walling
The fourth title in the Quercus Ideas You Really Need to Know series demystifies the management concepts that any... Read More
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The Generosity Network
Jennifer McCrea and Jeffrey C. Walker with Karl Weber
The Generosity Networkis the essential guide to the art of activating resources of every kind behind any worthy cause.Philanthropist... Read More
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Best of Both Worlds
G. Wayne Clough
Wayne Clough, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, asks “How can we prepare ourselves to reach the generation of digital natives who bring a huge appetite—and aptitude—for... Read More
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Ogilvy on Advertising
David Ogilvy
A candid and indispensable primer on all aspects of advertising from the man Time has called "the most sought after wizard in the business". 223 photos. Read More
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Thinking in New Boxes
Luc de Brabandere and Alan Iny
When BIC, manufacturer of disposable ballpoint pens, wanted to grow, it looked for an idea beyond introducing new sizes and ink colors. Someone suggested lighters.
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Before Happiness
Shawn Achor
Why are some people able to make positive change while others remain the same?
In his international bestseller, The Happiness Advantage, Harvard trained researcher Shawn Achor... Read More -
A Companion To Marx's Capital, Volume 2
David Harvey
The biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression shows no sign of coming to a close and Marx’s work... Read More
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How McGruff and the Crying Indian Changed America
Wendy Melillo
How McGruff and the Crying Indian Changed America: A History of Iconic Ad Council Campaignsdetails how public service advertising... Read More
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Mission in a Bottle
Seth Goldman and Barry Nalebuff, Illustrated by Sungyoon Choi
In an incredibly fun and accessible two-color graphic-book format, the cofounders of Honest Tea tell the engaging story of... Read More
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How to Age in Place
Mary A. Languirand, PhD, and Robert F. Bornstein, PhD
The first authoritative and comprehensive guide to "aging in place"--a burgeoning movement for those whodon'twant to rely on assisted... Read More
Biography, Memoir & History
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Book of Ages
Jill Lepore
From one of our most accomplished and widely admired historians, a revelatory portrait of Benjamin Franklin’s youngest sister and a history of history itself. Like her... Read More
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Martin Luther King
Godfrey Hodgson
Martin Luther King left an indelible mark on 20th-century American history through his leadership of the non-violent civil rights campaigns of the 1950s and 1960s. The... Read More
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The Age of Chivalry
Hywel Williams
The five hundred years that separate the mid-tenth century from the mid-15th century constitute a critical and formative period in the history of Europe.
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The Third Reich
Richard Overy
The Third Reich was the name Hitler and the Nazi Party gave to the dictatorship that began in 1933 and ended twelve years later with the... Read More
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Gautama Buddha
Vishvapani Blomfield
The words and example of Gautama (often known by the title, "Buddha") have affected billions of people. But what do we really know about him? While... Read More
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Edith Cavell
Diana Souhami
Edith Cavell was born on 4th December 1865, daughter of the vicar of Swardeston in Norfolk, and shot in Brussels on 12th October 1915 by the... Read More
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Lines in Long Array
David C. Ward and Frank H. Goodyear III
Lines in Long Array demonstrates the enduring impact of the Civil War on American culture by presenting poems and... Read More
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Miss Shirley Bassey
John L. Williams
From "Hot from Harlem" to "Goldfinger," the story of how a two-bit jazz singer from Cardiff became an immortal icon: In 1954, Shirley Bassey was seventeen... Read More
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Roads to Berlin
Cees Nooteboom
Roads to Berlin maps the changing landscape of post-World-War-II Germany, from the period before the fall of the Berlin Wall to the present. Written and updated... Read More
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Shaping Our Nation
Michael Barone
It is often said that America has become culturally diverse only in the past quarter century. But from the country’s beginning, cultural variety and conflict have... Read More
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Running with Monsters
Bob Forrest with Michael Albo
Celebrity Rehabstar and Thelonious Monster frontmanBob Forrest's memoir about his drug-fueled life in the L.A. indie rock scene of the '80s and '90s and his life-changing... Read More
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One Summer
Bill Bryson
In One Summer Bill Bryson, one of our greatest and most beloved nonfiction writers, transports readers on a journey back to one amazing season in American... Read More
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The Story of Che Guevara
Lucia Alvarez de Toledo
Che Guevara is something of a symbol in the West, a representative of Sixties counterculture and the face adorning the T-shirts of a million student radicals.... Read More
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Dallas, November 22, 1963
Robert A. Caro
This account of the Kennedy assassination ("the most riveting ever," says The New York Times) is taken from Robert A. Caro's brilliant and best-selling The Passage... Read More
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Why It's Still Kicking Off Everywhere
Paul Mason
Originally published in 2012 to wide acclaim, this updated edition, Why It’s Still Kicking Off Everywhere, includes coverage of... Read More
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Thomas Jefferson's Qur'an
Denise A. Spellberg
In this original and illuminating book, Denise A. Spellberg reveals a little-known but crucial dimension of the story of American religious freedom—a drama in which Islam... Read More
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The Faithful Scribe
Shahan Mufti
A journalist explores his family’s history to reveal the hybrid cultural and political landscape of Pakistan, the world’s first Islamic democracy
Shahan Mufti’s family history, which... Read More -
Cracking the AP European History Exam, 2014 Edition
The Princeton Review
THE PRINCETON REVIEW GETS RESULTS. Get all the prep you need to ace the AP European History Exam with... Read More
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Cracking the AP World History Exam, 2014 Edition
The Princeton Review
THE PRINCETON REVIEW GETS RESULTS. Get all the prep you need to ace the AP World History Exam with... Read More
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Cracking the AP U.S. History Exam, 2014 Edition
The Princeton Review
THE PRINCETON REVIEW GETS RESULTS. Get all the prep you need to ace the AP U.S. History Exam with... Read More
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A Good Day's Work
John DeMont
A Good Day's Work is a lyrical journey through a semi-mythological place: the Canada of our imagination. It is the Canada of the day before yesterday.... Read More
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Catastrophe 1914
Max Hastings
From the acclaimed military historian, a new history of the outbreak of World War I: the dramatic stretch from the breakdown of diplomacy to the battles—the... Read More
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The Devil's Chariots: The origins and secret battles of tanks in the First World War
John Glanfield
The Devil’s Chariotsis the product of six years of research by author John Glanfield, who wanted to tell the... Read More
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Jim Henson
Brian Jay Jones
For the first time ever—a comprehensive biography of one of the twentieth century’s most innovative creative artists: the incomparable, irreplaceable Jim Henson
He was a gentle... Read More -
The Dogs Are Eating Them Now
Graeme Smith
For readers of War by Sebastian Junger, We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families by Philip Gourevitch, and The... Read More
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Brave Genius
Sean B. Carroll
The never-before-told account of the intersection ofsome of the most insightful minds of the 20th century, and a fascinating look at how war, resistance, and friendship... Read More
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The Blood Telegram
Gary J. Bass
A riveting history—the first full account—of the involvement of Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger in the 1971 atrocities in Bangladesh that led to war between India... Read More
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Spying in World War I: The true story of Margriet Ballegeer
Janet Dean
In 1914 Margriet Ballegeer, a young women from Contich, near Antwerp, joined the resistance in order to help sabotage... Read More
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Levels of Life
Julian Barnes
Julian Barnes, author of the Man Booker Prize–winning novel The Sense of an Ending, gives us his most powerfully moving book yet, beginning in the nineteenth... Read More
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Wellington's Guns
Nick Lipscombe
The history books have forgotten the artillery of Wellington's army during the Napoleonic Wars, but in this book Nick Lipscombe offers a study of the gunners... Read More
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Fighting for Life
S. Josephine Baker
New York’s Lower East Side was said to be the most densely populated square mile on earth in the 1890s. Health inspectors called the neighborhood “the... Read More
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Burt Lancaster
Kate Buford
Startlingly handsome, witty, fanatically loyal, charming, scary, and intensely sexual, Burt Lancaster was the quintessential bête du cinéma, one of Hollywood's great stars. He was, as... Read More
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A Doctor at War
Matthew Hall
Doctor at Warcharts the fascinating account of one man's wartime experiences. Born in Geneva in 1909, Colonel Martin Herford served in the Spanish Civil War, then,... Read More
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Wild Tales
Graham Nash
This ebook includes 4 videos, 34 audio clips, and 11 additional photos from Graham Nash’s personal collection. Audio and video content does not play on all... Read More
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Blue Division Soldier 1941-45
Carlos Caballero Jurado
Osprey's survey of the Blue Division soldiers of World War II (1939-1945). The all-volunteer 'Blue Division' was a formation that allowed Franco's technically neutral Spain to... Read More
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Pegasus Bridge - Benouville D-Day 1944
Will Fowler
The night before D-Day, men of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, accompanied by a detachment of Royal Engineers,... Read More
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Aces of the 78th Fighter Group
Thomas McKelvey Cleaver
Eighth Air Force 78th FG flew P-38 Lightning, P-47 Thunderbolt, and P-51 Mustang fighters in air combat against German Luftwaffe Me-109, Fw-190, and Me-262 aircraft.
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The Country Railway
Tim Bryan
While the coming of the railways to Britain's towns and cities in the nineteenth century transformed their fortunes and gave urban dwellers new opportunities to travel... Read More
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The Longbow
Mike Loades
Boasting a rate of shooting not seen again in English hands until the late 19th century, the longbow was the weapon at the heart of the... Read More
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Italian Blackshirt 1935-45
Pier Paolo Battistelli
The Blackshirt legions were raised under army control from 1928, and were employed in 1933 in Libya in counterinsurgency operations against the Senussi tribes; from 1935... Read More
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Fashion in the Time of the Great Gatsby
LaLonnie Lehman
The Great Gatsby is that rare classic that inescapably defines the age from which it sprang: the Roaring ‘20s,... Read More
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Imperial Japanese Navy Destroyers 1919-45 (2)
Mark Stille
During the Pacific War, at Java Sea, Coral Sea, Midway, Guadalcanal, throughout the Solomons, Marianas, Leyte Gulf, Iwo Jima,... Read More
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Russian Battleship vs Japanese Battleship
Robert Forczyk
The first major clash between a European and Asian state in the modern era signalled the beginning of Japan's... Read More
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V1 Flying Bomb Aces
Andrew Thomas
Shortly after the Allied landings in France the Germans unleashed the first of their so-called 'revenge weapons' against London, the V1 flying bomb. Launched from specially... Read More
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The Salvation Army
Susan Cohen
Best known for their brass bands and uniformed officers, the Salvation Army is uniquely recognizable worldwide. What is less known is the extent of their work... Read More
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American Barns
Jan Corey Arnett
The heart of every working farm and ranch, the barn is an icon of rural America. This book chronicles – and celebrates – all the main... Read More
Cooking
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Put an Egg on It
Lara Ferroni
Eggs are among the staples in most households around the world because they're nutritious, a great source of protein, readily available, and affordable. They also happen... Read More
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Martha Stewart's Cakes
Editors of Martha Stewart Living
A one-stop resource for cakes--birthday, chocolate, coffee, Bundt, upside-down, loaf, and more. From pound cake and angel food (with... Read More
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Trophy Cupcakes and Parties!
Jennifer Shea
Seattle's favorite cupcake bakery, Trophy Cupcakes and Party, is adored for its mouthwatering cupcakes and charming party favors. It’s also the go-to place for anyone looking... Read More
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Notes from the Larder
Nigel Slater
Following on the success ofTenderandRipe, this companion to the bestsellingKitchen Diariesis a beautiful, inspiring chronicle of a year in food from beloved food writer Nigel Slater.
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The New Midwestern Table
Amy Thielen
“The Midwest is rising,” writes Minnesota native Amy Thielen—and her engaging, keenly American debut cookbook, with 200 recipes that herald a revival in heartland cuisine, is... Read More
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Backyard Farming: Home Harvesting
Kim Pezza
Backyard Farming: Home Harvesting is the ideal resource for the new farmer looking to make the most of his... Read More
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Sunny's Kitchen
Sunny Anderson
From the host of the Food Network’s Cooking for Real and Home Made in America, and frequent guest on Rachael Ray and Today, here is Sunny... Read More
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In The Charcuterie
Taylor Boetticher and Toponia Miller
A definitive resource for the modern meat lover, with 125 recipes and fully-illustrated step-by-step instructions for making brined, smoked,... Read More
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Sweet Cravings
Kyra Bussanich
The first gluten-free baker to win the Food Network'sCupcake Warsshares her indulgent recipes for cakes, muffins, scones, cookies, brownies, cobblers, buckles, tarts, and more.
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The Mushroom Hunters
Langdon Cook
In the tradition of Michael Pollan’s The Omnivore’s Dilemma, Susan Orlean’s The Orchid Thief, and Mark Kurlansky’s Cod—a renowned culinary adventurer goes into the woods with... Read More
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How to Feed a Family
Ceri Marsh & Laura Keogh
**Breakfast**Brunch**The Lunch Box**Snack Attack**Dinners**Desserts**
What could be more important to parents than a healthy, well-fed family? As two urban, working moms, Ceri Marsh and Laura Keogh learned... Read More -
Michael Symon's 5 in 5
Michael Symon, cohost of The Chew with Douglas Trattner
Cohost of The Chew and Food Network Iron Chef Michael Symon shares 120 superfast easy recipes for busy cooks--perfect... Read More
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The Vegan Stoner Cookbook
Sarah Conrique and Graham I. Haynes
A collection of vegan recipes so simple to make that even a stoner could prepare them, this highly illustrated... Read More
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Ottolenghi
Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi
Available for the first time in an American edition, this debut cookbook, from bestselling authors Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami... Read More
