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In the Body of the World
In the Body of the World
by Eve Ensler
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From the bestselling author of The Vagina Monologues and one of Newsweeks 150 Women Who Changed the World, a visionary memoir of separation and connection—to the body, the self, and the world Playwright, author, and activist Eve Ensler has... (read more)

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Frozen in Time CD: Frozen in Time CD
Frozen in Time CD: Frozen in Time CD
by Mitchell Zuckoff
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On November 5, 1942, a U.S. cargo plane slammed into the Greenland ice cap. Four days later, a B-17 on the search-and-rescue mission also crashed. Miraculously, all nine men on the B-17 survived. The U.S. military launched a second daring rescue... (read more)

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Sugar in the Blood: A Family's Story of Slavery and Empire
Sugar in the Blood: A Family's Story of Slavery and Empire
by Andrea Stuart
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In the late 1630s, lured by the promise of the New World, Andrea Stuart's earliest known maternal ancestor, George Ashby, set sail from England to settle in Barbados. He fell into the life of a sugar plantation owner by mere chance, but by the time he... (read more)

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Blackett's War: The Men Who Defeated the Nazi U-Boats and Brought Science to the Art of Warfare
Blackett's War: The Men Who Defeated the Nazi U-Boats and Brought Science to the Art of Warfare
by Stephen Budiansky
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In March 1941, after a year of unbroken and devastating U-boat onslaughts, the British War Cabinet decided to try a new strategy in the foundering naval campaign. To do so, they hired an intensely private, bohemian physicist who was also an ardent... (read more)

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Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat
Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat
by Bee Wilson
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Since prehistory, humans have braved the business ends of knives, scrapers, and mashers, all in the name of creating something delicious-or at least edible. In Consider the Fork, award-winning food writer and historian Bee Wilson traces the ancient... (read more)

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Sugar in the Blood: A Family's Story of Slavery and Empire
Sugar in the Blood: A Family's Story of Slavery and Empire
by Andrea Stuart
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In the late 1630s, lured by the promise of the New World, Andrea Stuart's earliest known maternal ancestor, George Ashby, set sail from England to settle in Barbados. He fell into the life of a sugar plantation owner by mere chance, but by the time he... (read more)

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Blackett's War: The Men Who Defeated the Nazi U-Boats and Brought Science to the Art of Warfare
Blackett's War: The Men Who Defeated the Nazi U-Boats and Brought Science to the Art of Warfare
by Stephen Budiansky
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In March 1941, after a year of unbroken and devastating U-boat onslaughts, the British War Cabinet decided to try a new strategy in the foundering naval campaign. To do so, they hired an intensely private, bohemian physicist who was also an ardent... (read more)

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Underdogs: The Making of the Modern Marine Corps
Underdogs: The Making of the Modern Marine Corps
by Aaron B. O'connell
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The Marine Corps has always considered itself a breed apart. Since 1775, America's smallest armed service has been suspicious of outsiders and deeply loyal to its traditions. Marines believe in nothing more strongly than the Corps' uniqueness and... (read more)

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Trickle Down Tyranny Low Price CD: Trickle Down Tyranny Low Price CD
Trickle Down Tyranny Low Price CD: Trickle Down Tyranny Low Price CD
by Michael Savage
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Trickle Down Tyranny is the single book you need to stop Obama's emerging dictatorship before we lose all of our constitutional, God-given rights. These pages show you the dangerous laws and powergrabs of the Obama administration … and what we... (read more)

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Blackett's War: The Men Who Defeated the Nazi U-Boats and Brought Science to the Art of Warfare
Blackett's War: The Men Who Defeated the Nazi U-Boats and Brought Science to the Art of Warfare
by Stephen Budiansky
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In March 1941, after a year of unbroken and devastating U-boat onslaughts, the British War Cabinet decided to try a new strategy in the foundering naval campaign. To do so, they hired an intensely private, bohemian physicist who was also an ardent... (read more)

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King's Speech: How One Man Saved the British Monarchy
King's Speech: How One Man Saved the British Monarchy
by Mark Logue
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The King's Speech was written by London Sunday Times journalist Peter Conradi and Mark Logue-grandson of Lionel Logue, whose recently discovered diaries and correspondence contain fascinating details about these true events. At the urging of his wife... (read more)

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A History of the World in 100 Objects
A History of the World in 100 Objects
by Neil Macgregor
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In 2010, the BBC and the British Museum embarked on an ambitious project: to tell the story of two million years of human history using one hundred objects selected from the Museums vast and renowned collection. Presented by the British Museums Director... (read more)

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Underdogs: The Making of the Modern Marine Corps
Underdogs: The Making of the Modern Marine Corps
by Aaron B. O'connell
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The Marine Corps has always considered itself a breed apart. Since 1775, America's smallest armed service has been suspicious of outsiders and deeply loyal to its traditions. Marines believe in nothing more strongly than the Corps' uniqueness and... (read more)

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The Last Days of the Incas
The Last Days of the Incas
by Kim Macquarrie
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In 1532, the fifty-four-year-old Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro led a force of 167 men, including his four brothers, to the shores of Peru. Unbeknownst to the Spaniards, the Inca rulers of Peru had just fought a bloody civil war in which the... (read more)

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Hunting Che: How A U.S. Special Forces Team Helped Capture the World's Most Famous Revolutionary
Hunting Che: How A U.S. Special Forces Team Helped Capture the World's Most Famous Revolutionary
by Mitch Weiss
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By the mid-1960s, Guevera had become famous for his outspoken criticism of the United States and his support for armed Communist insurgencies. He had been one of the architects of the Cuban Revolution, and was attempting to repeat his success throughout... (read more)

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Shakespeare's Restless World
Shakespeare's Restless World
by Neil (nrt) Macgregor
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Neil MacGregor, the Director of the British Museum, looks at the world through the eyes of Shakespeare's audience by exploring objects from that turbulent period. Examining these objects, Neil discusses how Shakespeare's audiences understood and made... (read more)

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American Heroes: In the Fight Against Radical Islam (War Stories)
American Heroes: In the Fight Against Radical Islam (War Stories)
by Oliver North
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In American Heroes, New York Times bestselling author Oliver North offers an inspiring, first-hand account of the extraordinary young American volunteers defending us against radical Islamic terror. Since 9-11-01, North and his award-winning War Stories... (read more)

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Insurgents: David Petraeus and the Plot to Change the American Way of War
Insurgents: David Petraeus and the Plot to Change the American Way of War
by Fred Kaplan
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Based on previously unavailable documents and interviews with more than one hundred key players, including General David Petraeus, The Insurgents unfolds against the backdrop of two wars waged against insurgencies in Iraq and Afghanistan. But the main... (read more)

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Inside the Kingdom: Kings, Clerics, Modernists, Terrorists, and the Struggle for Saudi Arabia
Inside the Kingdom: Kings, Clerics, Modernists, Terrorists, and the Struggle for Saudi Arabia
by Robert Lacey
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Saudi Arabia is a country defined by paradox. It is a modern state driven by contemporary technology and possessed of vast oil deposits, yet its powerful religious establishment would have its customs and practices rolled back a thousand years to match... (read more)

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Gulag: A History
Gulag: A History
by Anne Applebaum
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The Gulag - a vast array of Soviet concentration camps that held millions of political and criminal prisoners - was a system of repression and punishment that terrorized the entire society, embodying the worst tendencies of Soviet communism. In this... (read more)

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