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The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire That Saved America by Timothy Egan Staff Pick In this remarkable tale of the nation's largest forest fire ... (read more) List Price $27.00 Your price: $18.50 Used - Hardcover 
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Zeitoun by Dave Eggers Staff Pick Dave Eggers wowed even his most ardent skeptics with What Is the What, the "autobiography" of a Sudanese immigrant that Eggers wrote based on interviews with Valentino Achak Deng. Now Eggers is back with Zeitoun, which examines the disappearance of a... (read more) Your price: $24.00 New - Hardcover
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Worst Hard Time: Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl (06 Edition) by Timothy Egan Publisher Comments The dust storms that terrorized the High Plains in the darkest years of the Depression were like nothing ever seen before or since. Timothy Egan's critically acclaimed account rescues this iconic chapter of American history from the shadows in a tour de... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey by Candice Millard Staff Pick Well researched and skillfully written, this commanding account of achievement and calamity retraces Roosevelt's perilous expedition of the uncharted Amazon. A dazzling gem of history, Millard's impeccable narrative brims with imagery and tension.... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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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 "I was mesmerized by this book. It was a deliciously creepy read, made more creepy for being true. Several times in the course of reading it, I had to keep reminding myself that the events really happened."... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Foxfire 12 by Kaye Carver Collins Publisher Comments For more than thirty years, Foxfire books have brought the philosophy of simple living to hundreds of thousands of readers, teaching creative-self-sufficiency, the art of natural remedies, home crafts, and preserving the stories and customs of Appalachia.... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 453-465) and index.... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Zookeeper's Wife: a War Story (08 Edition) by Diane Ackerman Publisher Comments 'When Germany invaded Poland, Stuka bombers devastated Warsaw'"and the city's zoo along with it. With most of their animals dead, zookeepers Jan and Antonina Zabinski began smuggling Jews into empty cages. Another dozen "guests" hid inside the Zabinskis'... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Collector: David Douglas and the Natural History of the Northwest by Jack Nisbet Review "[A]n entertaining portrait of the unfettered determination that drove one of the giants in the field...and infused the young nation he viewed with a keen and zealous spirit... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann Staff Pick Grann's riveting new book, The Lost City of Z, delves into the intrepid life and mysterious disappearance of legendary British explorer Percy Fawcett. Armchair travelers will be whisked away to the Amazon on a wild ride with a surprising finish.... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price: $19.95 Used - Hardcover
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L.A. Noir: The Struggle for the Soul of America's Most Seductive City by John Buntin Publisher Comments Other cities have histories. Los Angeles has legends. Picture midcentury Los Angeles — a land of orange groves, sunshine, and Hollywood stars — protected by the world's most famous police force, the LAPD. But behind the image was a hidden... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $18.20 Sale - Hardcover
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Massacred for Gold: The Chinese in Hells Canyon by R. Gregory Nokes Publisher Comments In 1887, more than thirty Chinese gold miners were massacred on the Oregon side of Hells Canyon, the deepest canyon in North America. Massacred for Gold, the first authoritative account of the unsolved crime, unearths the evidence that points to an... (read more) Your price: $18.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell Publisher Comments In this New York Times bestseller, the author of Assassination Vacation brings the [Puritan] era wickedly to life (Washington Post). To this day, America views itself as a Puritan nation, but Sarah Vowell investigates what that means — and what it... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Ground Truth: The Untold Story of America Under Attack on 9/11 by John Farmer Publisher Comments From the senior counsel to the 9/11 Commission, a mesmerizing real-time portrayal of that day, why we weren't told the truth, and why our nation is still at risk. As one of the primary authors of the 9/11 Commission Report, John Farmer is proud of his... (read more) Your price: $26.95 New - Hardcover
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Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond Publisher Comments "I've set myself the modest task of trying to explain the broad pattern of human history, on all the continents, for the last 13,000 years. Why did history take such different evolutionary courses for peoples of different continents? This problem has... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover
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Color: A Natural History of the Palette by Victoria Finlay Publisher Comments In this vivid and captivating journey through the colors of an artist's palette, Victoria Finlay takes us on an enthralling adventure around the world and through the ages, illuminating how the colors we choose to value have determined the history of... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World by Niall Ferguson Publisher Comments A richly original look at the origins of money and how it makes the world go 'round Niall Ferguson follows the money to tell the human story behind the evolution of our financial system, from its genesis in ancient Mesopotamia to the latest upheavals on... (read more) Your price: $16.00 New - Trade Paper
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Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World by Mark Kurlansky Publisher Comments A delightful romp through history with all its economic forces laid bare, Cod is the biography of a single species of fish, but it may as well be a world history with this humble fish as its recurring main character. Cod, it turns out, is the reason... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Oregon Companion: An Historical Gazetteer of the Useful, the Curious, and the Arcane by Richard H. Engeman Synopsis What's the connection between Ken Kesey and Nancy's Yogurt? How about the difference between a hoedad and a webfoot? What became of the Pixie Kitchen and the vanished Lambert Gardens? The Oregon Companion is an A-Z handbook of over 1000 people, places... (read more) Your price: $27.95 New - Trade Paper
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Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Charles Mackay Publisher Comments A complete repackaging of the classic work about grand-scale madness, major schemes, and bamboozlement — and the universal human susceptibility to all three. This informative, funny collection encompasses a broad range of manias and deceptions... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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