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Pilgrim's Wilderness: A True Story of Faith and Madness on the Alaska Frontier by Tom Kizzia Publisher Comments Into the Wild meets Helter Skelter in this riveting true story of a modern-day homesteading family in the deepest reaches of the Alaskan wilderness — and of the chilling secrets of its maniacal, spellbinding patriarch. When Papa... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $17.50 Used - Hardcover
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This Town: Two Parties and a Funeral--Plus, Plenty of Valet Parking!--In America's Gilded Capital by Mark Leibovich Publisher Comments One of the nation's most acclaimed journalists, The New York Times's Mark Leibovich, presents a blistering, penetrating, jaw-dropping and often hysterical look at Washington's incestuous media industrial complex.” The great... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $18.95 Used - Hardcover
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Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East by Scott Anderson Publisher Comments A thrilling and revelatory narrative of one of the most epic and consequential periods in 20th century history — the Arab Revolt, and the secret game to control the Middle East. The Arab Revolt against the Turks in World War One was, in the words... (read more) Your price: $28.95 New - Hardcover
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The Swerve: How the World Became Modern by Stephen Greenblatt Publisher Comments One of the world's most celebrated scholars, Stephen Greenblatt has crafted both an innovative work of history and a thrilling story of discovery, in which one manuscript, plucked from a thousand years of neglect, changed the course of human thought and... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America by George Packer Publisher Comments A riveting examination of a nation in crisis, from one of the finest political journalists of our generation American democracy is beset by a sense of crisis. Seismic shifts during a single generation have created a country of winners and losers... (read more) List Price $27.00 Your price: $18.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson Staff Pick An amazing history that recounts the inconceivable events surrounding the Chicago World's Fair in 1893, Larson's tale captures a time and place that vividly come to life. The central characters in this tale are Daniel H. Burnham, the architect... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital by Sheri Fink Publisher Comments Pulitzer Prize-winner Sheri Fink’s landmark investigation into the deaths of patients at a New Orleans hospital ravaged by Hurricane Katrina, a gripping portrayal of unfolding calamity, vital choices and the suspenseful quest for truth and justice.... (read more) List Price $27.00 Your price: $18.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Invention of Murder: How the Victorians Revelled in Death and Detection and Created Modern Crime by Judith Flanders Publisher Comments In this fascinating exploration of murder in the nineteenth century, Judith Flanders examines some of the most gripping cases that captivated the Victorians and gave rise to the first detective fiction. Murder in the nineteenth century was rare. But... (read more) Your price: $26.99 New - Hardcover
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I Wear the Black Hat: Grappling with Villains (Real and Imagined) by Chuck Klosterman Publisher Comments Chuck Klosterman has walked into the darkness. As a boy, he related to the cultural figures who represented goodness — but as an adult, he found himself unconsciously aligning with their enemies. This was not because he necessarily liked what they... (read more) Your price: $25.00 New - Hardcover
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The Liberty Amendments by Mark R. Levin Publisher Comments The long-awaited new book on how to fix our broken government by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Liberty and Tyranny and Ameritopia.... (read more) Your price: $26.99 New - Hardcover
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Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety by Eric Schlosser Publisher Comments The author of Fast Food Nation blends a riveting minute-by-minute account of an H-bomb accident with a chilling assessment of the grave threat we face from nuclear weapons. At the height of the cold war in the American heartland, a combination of human... (read more) Your price: $36.00 New - Hardcover
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The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945 (Liberation Trilogy #3) by Rick Atkinson Publisher Comments The magnificent conclusion to Rick Atkinson's acclaimed Liberation Trilogy about the Allied triumph in Europe during World War II. It is the twentieth century's unrivaled epic: at a staggering price, the United States and its allies liberated Europe and... (read more) List Price $40.00 Your price: $27.50 Used - Hardcover
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Thank You, Anarchy: Notes from the Occupy Apocalypse by Nathan Schneider Publisher Comments "Objective journalism, this is not."The New York Observer "The balanced book on Occupy I've been waiting for: sharp journalistic observation and insider knowledge, big picture knowledge of movement dynamics and attention to the telling details... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Trade Paper
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Humboldt: Life on America's Marijuana Frontier by Emily Brady Publisher Comments Like in Deborah Feldman's Unorthodox and Susan Orlean's The Orchid Thief, journalist Emily Brady journeys into a unique, secretive subculture — a place that marijuana built. Say the words "Humboldt County" to a stranger and you might receive a... (read more) List Price $27.00 Your price: $18.50 Used - Hardcover
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American Savage: Insights, Slights, and Fights on Faith, Sex, Love, and Politics by Dan Savage Publisher Comments On the heels of his Emmy-winning It Gets Better campaign, columnist and provocateur Dan Savage weighs in on such diverse issues as healthcare, gun control, and marriage equality with characteristic straight talk and humor. Dan Savage has always had a... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $17.50 Used - Hardcover
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The End of the Suburbs: Where the American Dream Is Moving by Leigh Gallagher Publisher Comments The government in the past created one American Dream at the expense of almost all others: the dream of a house, a lawn, a picket fence, two children, and a car. But there is no single American Dream anymore.” For nearly 70 years, the suburbs... (read more) Your price: $25.95 New - Hardcover
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Countdown: Our Last, Best Hope for a Future on Earth? by Alan Weisman Publisher Comments A powerful investigation into the chances for humanity's future from the author of the bestseller The World Without Us. In his bestselling book The World Without Us, Alan Weisman considered how the Earth could heal and even refill empty niches if... (read more) List Price $28.00 Your price: $19.60 Sale - Hardcover
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Miss Anne in Harlem: The White Women of the Black Renaissance by Carla Kaplan Publisher Comments New York City in the Jazz Age was host to a pulsating artistic and social revolution. Uptown, an unprecedented explosion in black music, literature, dance, and art sparked the Harlem Renaissance. While the history of this African-American awakening has... (read more) Your price: $28.99 New - Hardcover
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The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772-1832 by Alan Taylor Publisher Comments Frederick Douglass recalled that slaves living along Chesapeake Bay longingly viewed sailing ships as “freedom’s swift-winged angels.” In 1813 those angels appeared in the bay as British warships coming to punish the Americans for... (read more) Your price: $35.00 New - Hardcover
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Spirit Level by Kate Pickett Publisher Comments It is a well-established fact that in rich societies the poor have shorter lives and suffer more from almost every social problem. The Spirit Level, based on thirty years of research, takes this truth a step further. One common factor links the... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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