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Skies of Thunder: The Deadly World War II Mission Over the Roof of the World - Hardcover

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by Caroline Alexander (Author)From the New York Times bestselling author, a breathtaking account of combat and survival in one of the most brutally challenging and rarely examined campaigns of World War II In April 1942, the Imperial Japanese Army steamrolled through Burma, capturing the only ground route from India to China. Supplies to this critical zone would now have to come from India by air--meaning across the Himalayas, on the most hazardous air route in the world. SKIES OF THUNDER is ...

The Improbable Victoria Woodhull: Suffrage, Free Love, and the First Woman to Run for President

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Report copyright infringementby Eden Collinsworth (Author)From the acclaimed author of What the Ermine Saw and Behaving Badly, a portrait of Victoria Woodhull, a celebrated and maligned 19th-century businesswoman and activist, and a leader in the fight for women's suffrage and labor reforms. In 1894, a remarkably self-possessed American woman, with no formal education to speak of, stood before a British court seeking damages for libel from the trustees of the British Museum. It was yet anothe...

Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat - Paperback

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by Bee Wilson (Author)Award-winning food writer Bee Wilson's secret history of kitchens, showing how new technologies - from the fork to the microwave and beyond - have fundamentally shaped how and what we eat. Since prehistory, humans have braved sharp knives, fire, and grindstones to transform raw ingredients into something delicious -- or at least edible. But these tools have also transformed how we consume, and how we think about, our food. In Consider the Fork, award-winning food writer...

Palestine 1936: The Great Revolt and the Roots of the Middle East Conflict - Hardcover

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by Oren Kessler (Author)"Kessler's history is key to understanding the current situation between Israelis and Palestinians." --Booklist, Starred Review "[Kessler] has done an exceptional job and opened new vistas on troubles past and present." -- Wall Street Journal A gripping, profoundly human, yet even-handed narrative of the origins of the Middle East conflict, with enduring resonance and relevance for our time. In spring 1936, the Holy Land erupted in a rebellion that targeted both the lo...

Murder Maps USA: Crime Scenes Revisited; Bloodstains to Ballistics, 1865 -1939 - Hardcover

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by Adam Selzer (Author)The most sensational and intriguing murders from across the United States are reexamined in this disquieting volume, which introduces readers to the most lethal killers from every state. Uncovering homicides from a seminal period of American criminal history, this compendium covers from the end of the Civil War to the beginning of WWII, the era that saw the first murderer convicted using fingerprints and the birth of the FBI laboratory.Every murder case is accompanied b...

Leonardo's Notebooks: Writing and Art of the Great Master - Paperback

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by Leonardo Da Vinci (Author), H. Anna Suh (Editor)Leonardo's Notebooks is a biography of the genius in his own words, connecting moments of his life to artistic accomplishments through his writings, drawings, and intimate thoughts. Leonardo da Vinci -- artist, inventor, and prototypical Renaissance man -- is a perennial source of fascination. His astonishing intellect and boundless curiosity about both the natural and man-made world influenced his numerous works of art, theories, and sentim...

The Great War: A Combat History of the First World War - Paperback

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by Peter Hart (Author)Named one of the Ten Best Books of 2013 by The Economist World War I altered the landscape of the modern world in every conceivable arena. Millions died; empires collapsed; new ideologies and political movements arose; poison gas, warplanes, tanks, submarines, and other technologies appeared. "Total war" emerged as a grim, mature reality. In The Great War, Peter Hart provides a masterful combat history of this global conflict. Focusing on the decisive engagements, Hart ...

The Clockwork of Civilization, How History, Technology, and Philosophy Shape Human Progress

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Report copyright infringementby Emmanuel Joseph Joseph (Author)The Clockwork of Civilization: How History, Technology, and Philosophy Shape Human ProgressIn "The Clockwork of Civilization," readers embark on an enlightening journey through the pivotal moments and forces that have shaped human history. Spanning from the dawn of civilization to the digital age, this book delves into the intricate interplay of history, technology, and philosophy that drives human progress.Each chapter provides a...

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Report copyright infringementby Stephanie Azzarone (Author), Robert F. Rodriguez (Photographer)A stunning exploration of New York's most enchanting fountains New York City's fountains are more than just decorative features--they are historical landmarks, cultural icons, and dynamic works of art that shape the city's landscape. In Fabulous Fountains of New York, award-winning author and native New Yorker Stephanie Azzarone takes readers on a captivating journey through the artistry, history, ...

The Outlier: The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter - Paperback

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by Kai Bird (Author)"Important . . . [a] landmark presidential biography . . . Bird is able to build a persuasive case that the Carter presidency deserves this new look."--The New York Times Book Review An essential re-evaluation of the complex triumphs and tragedies of Jimmy Carter's presidential legacy--from the expert biographer and Pulitzer Prize-winning co-author of American PrometheusFour decades after Ronald Reagan's landslide win in 1980, Jimmy Carter's one-term presidency is often la...

Communities of Computing: Computer Science and Society in the ACM

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Report copyright infringementby Thomas J Misa (Editor)Communities of Computing is the first book-length history of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), founded in 1947 and with a membership today of 100,000 worldwide. It profiles ACM's notable SIGs, active chapters, and individual members, setting ACM's history into a rich social and political context. The book's 12 core chapters are organized into three thematic sections. "Defining the Discipline" examines the 1960s and 1970s when ...

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The Time Traveler's Guide to Regency Britain: A Handbook for Visitors to 1789-1830 - Paperback

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by Ian Mortimer (Author)A vivid and immersive history of Georgian England that gives its reader a firsthand experience of life as it was truly lived during the era of Jane Austen, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and the Duke of Wellington. This is the age of Jane Austen and the Romantic poets; the paintings of John Constable and the gardens of Humphry Repton; the sartorial elegance of Beau Brummell and the poetic license of Lord Byron; Britain's military triumphs at Trafalgar and Waterloo; the threat o...

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by John Dougill (Author)Kyoto, the ancient former capital of Japan, breathes history and mystery. Its temples, gardens and palaces are testimony to many centuries of aristocratic and religious grandeur. Under the veneer of modernity, the city remains filled with countless reminders of a proud past. John Dougill explores this most venerable of Japanese cities, revealing the spirit of place and the individuals that have shaped its often dramatic history. Courtiers and courtesans, poets and prie...

Righteous Rebels [Revised Edition]: AIDS Healthcare Foundation's Crusade to Change the World - Hardcover

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by Patrick Range McDonald (Author)In a riveting portrait of the world's largest HIV/AIDS medical-care provider, award-winning journalist Patrick Range McDonald reveals AIDS Healthcare Foundation's unlikely rise from a feisty grassroots organization during the height of 1980s AIDS crisis to its position today as a global leader in the fight to control HIV and AIDS. This untold story highlights AHF's bold history of activism, its hard-charging advocacy on the behalf of vulnerable people, and it...

Wonders in the Sky: Unexplained Aerial Objects from Antiquity to Modern Times - Paperback

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by Jacques Vallee (Author), Chris Aubeck (Author)One of the most ambitious works of paranormal investigation of our time, here is an unprecedented compendium of pre-twentieth-century UFO accounts, written with rigor and color by two of today's leading investigators of unexplained phenomena. In the past century, individuals, newspapers, and military agencies have recorded thousands of UFO incidents, giving rise to much speculation about flying saucers, visitors from other planets, and alien ...

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by Janet Malcolm (Author), Janet Malcolm (Afterword by)Includes an afterword by the author In the Freud Archives tells the story of an unlikely encounter among three men: K. R. Eissler, the venerable doyen of psychoanalysis; Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, a flamboyant, restless forty-two-year-old Sanskrit scholar turned psychoanalyst turned virulent anti-Freudian; and Peter Swales, a mischievous thirty-five-year-old former assistant to the Rolling Stones and self-taught Freud scholar. At the cent...

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by Augustine (Author), R. S. Pine-Coffin (Translator), R. S. Pine-Coffin (Introduction by)The son of a pagan father and a Christian mother, Saint Augustine spent his early years torn between conflicting faiths and world views. His Confessions, written when he was in his forties, recount how, slowly and painfully, he came to turn away from his youthful ideas and licentious lifestyle, to become instead a staunch advocate of Christianity and one of its most influential thinkers. A remarkably hon...

Plunder and Survival: Stories of Theft, Loss, Recovery, and Migration of Nazi Uprooted Art

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Report copyright infringementby Suzanne Loebl (Author), Abigail Wilentz (Author)Written by a Holocaust survivor whose family collected art, Plunder and Survival tells the stories of principal figures, events, and artworks that contribute to the intricate story of the ruthless Nazi attack on modern art and the art world's subsequent repositioning in America.Each chapter focuses on a selection of artworks, the individuals who owned or acquired them, and those who decided their fate. Since the b...

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by William Dalrymple (Author)Finalist for the Cundill History Prize ONE OF PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY The Wall Street Journal and NPR "Superb ... A vivid and richly detailed story ... worth reading by everyone." --The New York Times Book Review From the bestselling author of Return of a King, the story of how the East India Company took over large swaths of Asia, and the devastating results of the corporation running a country. In Augu...

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Report copyright infringementby Kevin Bergin (Author), Andrew Lacey (Author)This is the collector's hardback edition of the Amstrad Games Book.First published in 1985, the Amstrad Games Book helped owners of the CPC464 and CPC664 home computers to learn more about their machines, including how to program a range of games. For many readers, their Amstrad would be the first computer they would ever use in their lives, meaning the book had a very important job to do - to introduce people to the ...

The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry - Paperback

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by Jon Ronson (Author)In this madcap journey, a bestselling journalist investigates psychopaths and the industry of doctors, scientists, and everyone else who studies them. The Psychopath Test is a fascinating journey through the minds of madness. Jon Ronson's exploration of a potential hoax being played on the world's top neurologists takes him, unexpectedly, into the heart of the madness industry. An influential psychologist who is convinced that many important CEOs and politicians are, i...

Neptune's Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal - Paperback

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by James D. Hornfischer (Author)"A literary tour de force that is destined to become one of the . . . definitive works about the battle for Guadalcanal . . . James D.] Hornfischer deftly captures the essence of the most pivotal naval campaign of the Pacific war."--San Antonio Express-News The Battle of Guadalcanal has long been heralded as a Marine victory. Now, with his powerful portrait of the Navy's sacrifice, James D. Hornfischer tells for the first time the full story of the men who fo...

Rebel Angel: The Life and Times of Annemarie Schwarzenbach

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Report copyright infringementby Padraig Rooney (Author)Annemarie Schwarzenbach was one of the twentieth century's most remarkable women, possibly the greatest sexual and political radical of the 1930s. But until now she's been largely ignored. Born to a wealthy family in Switzerland, as a teenager she rebelled against her domineering pro-Nazi mother. She immersed herself in the antifascist, queer and artistic circles of the German diaspora of the 1930s. Her edgy glamour and androgynous beau...

The Castle on Sunset: Life, Death, Love, Art, and Scandal at Hollywood's Chateau Marmont - Paperback

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by Shawn Levy (Author)The definitive--and salacious--history of the iconic hotel that Hollywood stars have called a home away from home for almost a century. "Fascinating, dishy, and glimmering with insight.... This is the definitive book about Hollywood's most storied hotel." --Cheryl Strayed, bestselling author of Wild Since 1929, Hollywood's brightest stars have flocked to the Chateau Marmont as if it were a second home. An apartment building-turned-hotel, the Chateau has been the backdrop...

Nkjv, Precious Moments Small Hands Bible, Pink, Hardcover, Comfort Print: Holy Bible, New King James Version - Hardcover

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by Thomas Nelson (Author)The Precious Moments Small Hands Bible makes an ideal gift for a special child with the sweet "small hands" size accompanied with classic full-color illustrations. For more than 40 years, Precious Moments(R) characters have captured the hearts of many with their heartwarming depiction of faith, family and friends. These soulful characters have come to personify biblical values of loving, caring and sharing.It's no wonder, then, that Precious Moments Bibles have become...

London: The Hidden Corners for Curious Wanderers: The Sunday Times Bestseller

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Report copyright infringementby Jack Chesher (Author)From the alleyways of Soho to the medieval remains of Moorgate, the new book by Sunday Times bestselling author Jack Chesher takes you on a journey through London and its history, showing you its hidden corners. Explore the fascinating history of the city with the creator of the ever-popular @LivingLondonHistory. Have you ever wondered where a notorious Victorian murderer was captured? Or in which backstreet you can find the pub that hid th...

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by Sei Shonagon (Author), Meredith McKinney (Translator), Meredith McKinney (Introduction by)The classic portrayal of court life in tenth-century Japan Written by the court gentlewoman Sei Shonagon, ostensibly for her own amusement, The Pillow Book offers a fascinating exploration of life among the nobility at the height of the Heian period, describing the exquisite pleasures of a confined world in which poetry, love, fashion, and whim dominated, while harsh reality was kept firmly at a dist...

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by Helen L. Wilbur (Author), Jeannie Brett (Illustrator)State birds, flowers, trees, and animals brought to board book form for the youngest book lovers. Toddlers will delight in these books filled with rhyming riddles framed by brightly painted clues, introducing elements that make each state so special. Number of Pages: 20 Dimensions: 0.6 x 5 x 7 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: February 04, 2010

What the F: What Swearing Reveals about Our Language, Our Brains, and Ourselves - Paperback

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by Benjamin K. Bergen (Author)It may be starred, beeped, and censored -- yet profanity is so appealing that we can't stop using it. In the funniest, clearest study to date, Benjamin Bergen explains why, and what that tells us about our language and brains. Nearly everyone swears-whether it's over a few too many drinks, in reaction to a stubbed toe, or in flagrante delicto. And yet, we sit idly by as words are banned from television and censored in books. We insist that people excise profanit...

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by Campbell Books (Author), David Partington (Illustrator)Author BiographyDavid Partington is an illustrator based in Bristol, UK. His influences range from midcentury design to Saturday morning cartoons. As part of Peski Studio he enjoys screen printing, a process which often informs his approach to illustration. David's work can be seen on children's books, food packaging and jumbo floor puzzles around the world. He especially enjoys creating characters. Diplodocus and Tyrannosaurus rex, pa...

The History of Computing: A fascinating and engaging book that traces the evolution of computing from ancient times to the present day. Learn ab

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Report copyright infringementby Edward Franklin (Author), Madison Matti Charlton (Cover Design by)"The History of Computing" is a captivating journey through the evolution of computing, from ancient abacuses to the cutting-edge advancements in quantum computing and artificial intelligence. Delve into the lives of pioneers, discover transformative inventions, and unravel the social and ethical implications of technology. This engaging exploration is brought to life with illustrations, timeline...