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Summer at Tiffany by Marjorie Hart Publisher Comments New York City, 1945. Marjorie Jacobson and her best friend, Marty Garrett, arrive fresh from the Kappa house at the University of Iowa hoping to find summer positions as shopgirls. Turned away from the top department stores, they miraculously find jobs... (read more) List Price $12.99 Your price: $6.98 Sale - Trade Paper 
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Gomorrah: A Personal Journey Into the Violent International Empire of Naples' Organized Crime System by Roberto Saviano Publisher Comments A New York Times Notable Book of the Year A groundbreaking, unprecedented bestseller in Italy, Roberto Saviano's insider account traces the decline of the city of Naples under the rule of the Camorra, an organized crime network more powerful and violent... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom by Slavomir Rawicz Publisher Comments MORE THAN HALF A MILLION COPIES SOLD The classic adventure story that inspired the new major motion picture The Way Back, directed by Peter Weir *** I hope The Long Walk will remain as a memorial to all those who live and die for freedom, and for all... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Undaunted Courage by Stephen E. Ambrose About the Author Dr. Stephen Ambrose was a renowned historian and acclaimed author of more than 30 books. Among his New York Times best-sellers are: Nothing Like It in the World, Citizen Soldiers, Band of Brothers, D-Day - June 6, 1944, and Undaunted Courage. He was not... (read more) Your price: $7.98 Sale - Book Club Paperback
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Band of Brothers by Stephen E. Ambrose Publisher Comments As good a rifle company as any in the world, Easy Company, 506th Airborne Division, U.S. Army, kept getting the tough assignments -- responsible for everything from parachuting into France early D-Day morning to the capture of Hitler's Eagle's Nest at... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Notes from No Man's Land: American Essays by Eula Biss Publisher Comments Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism Winner of the Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize A frank and fascinating exploration of race and racial identity In a book that begins with a series of lynchings and ends with a series of... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America by Rick Perlstein Publisher Comments Told with urgency and sharp political insight, Nixonland recaptures America's turbulent 1960s and early 1970s and reveals how Richard Nixon rose from the political grave to seize and hold the presidency. Perlstein's epic account begins in the blood and... (read more) List Price $20.99 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East by Robin Wright Publisher Comments A magnificent reckoning with the extraordinary changes engulfing the Middle East, by one of our greatest reporters on the region Robin Wright first landed in the Middle East on October 6, 1973, the day the fourth Middle East war erupted. She has covered... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Obama: From Promise to Power by David Mendell Publisher Comments Barack Obama is arguably the most dynamic political figure to grace the American stage since John F. Kennedy. His meteoric rise from promise to power has stunned even the cynics and inspired a legion of devout followers. For anyone who wants to know... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.95 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Invention of Air: A Story of Science, Faith, Revolution, and the Birth of America by Steven Johnson Publisher Comments Bestselling author Steven Johnson recounts in dazzling, multidisciplinary fashion, the story of the brilliant man who embodied the relationship between science, religion, and politics for America's Founding Fathers. The Invention of Air is a book of... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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American Insurgents, American Patriots: The Revolution of the People by T H Breen Publisher Comments Before there could be a revolution, there was a rebellion; before patriots, there were insurgents. Challenging and displacing decades of received wisdom, T. H. Breen's strikingly original book explains how ordinary Americans--most of them members of farm... (read more) List Price $27.00 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Mrs. Astor Regrets: The Hidden Betrayals of a Family Beyond Reproach by Meryl Gordon Publisher Comments UPDATED WITH NEW MATERIAL FROM INSIDE THE BROOK ASTOR TRIAL "An even-handed and fascinating portrait of a wealthy family torn apart by money, jealousy, and emotional distance." —USA Today "Spellbinding." —Town & Country The fate of... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Longest War: The Enduring Conflict Between America and Al-Qaeda by Peter Bergen Publisher Comments TEN YEARS HAVE PASSED since the shocking attacks on the World Trade Center, and after seven years of conflict, the last U.S. combat troops left Iraq—only to move into Afghanistan, where the ten-year-old fight continues: the war on terror rages... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Smash the Church, Smash the State!: The Early Years of Gay Liberation by Tomm Avicolli Mecca Publisher Comments This anthology by former members of the Gay Liberation Front (GLF) captures the history and spirit of the revolutionary time just after Stonewall, when thousands came out of the closet to claim their sexuality, and when queer resistance coalesced into a... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Hunting Eichmann: How a Band of Survivors and a Young Spy Agency Chased Down the World's Most Notorious Nazi by Neal Bascomb Publisher Comments Hunting Eichmann is the first complete narrative of a relentless and harrowing international manhunt. When the Allies stormed Berlin in the last days of the Third Reich, Adolf Eichmann shed his SS uniform and vanished. Following his escape from two... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride (P.S.) by Daniel James Brown Publisher Comments In April of 1846, twenty-one-year-old Sarah Graves, intent on a better future, set out west from Illinois with her new husband, her parents, and eight siblings. Seven months later, after joining a party of emigrants led by George Donner, they reached... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Seize the Fire: Heroism, Duty, and Nelson's Battle of Trafalgar (P.S.) by Adam Nicolson Publisher Comments In October 1805 Lord Horatio Nelson, the most brilliant sea commander who ever lived, led the British Royal Navy to a devastating victory over the Franco-Spanish fleets at the great battle of Trafalgar. It was the foundation of Britain's nineteenth... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Apache: Inside the Cockpit of the World's Most Deadly Fighting Machine by Ed Macy Synopsis Apache is the incredible true story of Ed Macy, a decorated Apache helicopter pilot, that takes you inside the cockpit of the world’s most dangerous war machine. A firsthand account of the exhilaration and ferocity of war, Apache chronicles a... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Quartered Safe Out Here: A Harrowing Tale of World War II by George Macdonald Fraser Publisher Comments George MacDonald Fraser--beloved for his series of Flashman historical novels--offers an action-packed memoir of his experiences in Burma during World War II. Fraser was only 19 when he arrived there in the war's final year, and he offers a first-hand... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The People Reloaded: The Green Movement and the Struggle for Iran's Future by Nader Hashemi Publisher Comments A definitive collection of essays and documents on the movement behind Iran's mass protests Since June of 2009, the Islamic Republic of Iran has seen the most dramatic political upheaval in its three decades of rule. What began as a series of mass... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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