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The Gardner Heist: The True Story of the World's Largest Unsolved Art Theft - Paperback

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by Ulrich Boser (Author)"Boser cracks the cold case of the art world's greatest unsolved mystery."-- Vanity FairOne museum, two thieves, and the Boston underworld: the riveting story of the 1990 Gardner Museum robbery, the largest unsolved art theft in history. Perfect for fans of the Netflix series This is a Robbery: The World's Biggest Art Heist!Shortly after midnight on March 18, 1990, two men broke into the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston and committed the largest art heist in h...

Parallel and Separate: The Tale of Two Sisters

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Report copyright infringementby Beverly Park Williams (Author)Parallel and Separate - This is the story of two sisters who were separated at birth, to be reunited 70 years later. The details of each sister were indeed parallel to the other as they grew up in the same city of Cincinnati, one living on the west side and the other on the east side. Despite many opportunities to cross paths, neither sister was aware of the existence or proximity of the other until the internet research of their c...

All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake - Hardcover

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by Tiya Miles (Author)NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER - NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A renowned historian traces the life of a single object handed down through three generations of Black women to craft a "deeply layered and insightful" (The Washington Post) testament to people who are left out of the archives. WINNER: Frederick Douglass Book Prize, Harriet Tubman Prize, PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award, Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, Ralph Waldo Emerson Prize, Lawrence W. Levine Award, Darlene Clark H...

McMillions: The Absolutely True Story of How an Unlikely Pair of FBI Agents Brought Down the Most Supersized Fraud in Fast Food Hi - Hardcover

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by James Lee Hernandez (Author), Brian Lazarte (Author)In this stranger than fiction story of the massive crime network that rigged the McDonald's monopoly game for decades, unlock new, exclusive interviews and stories that couldn't make it into the HBO docuseries, McMillion$. Perfect for readers of Argo, The Wizard of Lies, and Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room. In March of 2001, Federal prosecutor Mark Devereaux cold-called Rob Holm, the head of security for McDonald's Corporation. With...

Brought Forth on This Continent: Abraham Lincoln and American Immigration - Hardcover

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by Harold Holzer (Author)From acclaimed Abraham Lincoln historian Harold Holzer, a groundbreaking account of Lincoln's grappling with the politics of immigration against the backdrop of the Civil War. In the three decades before the Civil War, some ten million foreign-born people settled in the United States, forever altering the nation's demographics, culture, and--perhaps most significantly--voting patterns. America's newest residents fueled the national economy, but they also wrought enorm...

Farming the Dust Bowl: A First-Hand Account from Kansas - Paperback

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by Lawrence Svobida (Author) Number of Pages: 256 Dimensions: 0.54 x 8.48 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: April 14, 1986

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by Christopher Hodapp (Author)Unravel the mysteries of the Masons All the myths and rumors about Masonic organizations probably have you wondering "what do Masons really do?" Questions like this one are a natural by-product of being the oldest and largest "secret society" in the world. This book is an ideal starting place to find answers to your questions about the secret and not-so-secret things about Freemasonry. Now in its third edition, this international best-seller peeks behind the door...

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by Ocean Vuong (Author)The New York Times-bestselling collection of poems from the award-winning writer Ocean Vuong"Take your time with these poems, and return to them often." --The Washington Post How else do we return to ourselves but to fold The page so it points to the good part In this deeply intimate second poetry collection, Ocean Vuong searches for life among the aftershocks of his mother's death, embodying the paradox of sitting within grief while being determined to survive beyond ...

The Thirteenth Tribe: The Khazar Empire and its Heritage - Paperback

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by Arthur Koestler (Author)All original edition. Nothing added, nothing removed. This book traces the history of the ancient Khazar Empire, a major but almost forgotten power in Eastern Europe, which in the Dark Ages became converted to Judaism. Khazaria was finally wiped out by the forces of Genghis Khan, but evidence indicates that the Khazars themselves migrated to Poland and formed the cradle of Western Jewry. To the general reader the Khazars, who flourished from the 7th to 11th century,...

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by David Halberstam (Author)David Halberstam's masterpiece, the defining history of the making of the Vietnam tragedy, with a new Foreword by Senator John McCain. "A rich, entertaining, and profound reading experience."--The New York Times Using portraits of America's flawed policy makers and accounts of the forces that drove them, The Best and the Brightest reckons magnificently with the most important abiding question of our country's recent history: Why did America become mired in Vietnam...

A World Lit Only by Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance: Portrait of an Age - Paperback

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by William Manchester (Author)Updated with a new foreword by Tom Hanks: acclaimed historian William Manchester A World Lit Only by Fire is a "captivating and marvelously vivid" popular history of the Middle Ages (Publishers Weekly). From tales of chivalrous knights to the barbarity of the Inquisition and the misery of the Black Death, no era has been a greater source of awe, horror, and wonder than the Middle Ages. In graceful prose, and with the authority of his extraordinary gift for narra...

Roman Lives: A Selection of Eight Lives - Paperback

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by Plutarch (Author), Robin Waterfield (Translator), Philip A. Stadter (Introduction by)'I treat the narrative of the Lives as a kind of mirror...The experience is like nothing so much as spending time in their company and living with them: I receive and welcome each of them in turn as my guest.'In the eight lives of this collection Plutarch introduces the reader to the major figures and periods of classical Rome. He portrays virtues to be emulated and vices to be avoided, but his purpose is ...

The Year of Living Constitutionally: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Constitution's Original Meaning

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Report copyright infringementby A. J. Jacobs (Author)The New York Times bestselling author of The Year of Living Biblically chronicles his hilarious adventures in attempting to follow the original meaning of the Constitution, as he searches for answers to one of the most pressing issues of our time: How should we interpret America's foundational document? "I don't know how I learned so much while laughing so hard."--Andy Borowitz A.J. Jacobs learned the hard way that donning a tricorne hat an...

Victorian Parlour Games: A Modern Host's Guide to Classic Fun for Everyone - Hardcover

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by Chronicle Chronicle Books (Author), Ned Wolfe (Author)Bring a piece of history into your game night with this collection of fun and playable Victorian-era party games. Victorian Parlour Games is a beautifully designed and compact hardcover volume full of the classic, often silly, games played in the late 19th century. The Victorians loved fun and played hundreds and hundreds of party games. This endlessly delightful party games book collects some of the very best for your reference and pl...

Kinky History: A Rollicking Journey Through Our Sexual Past, Present, and Future - Hardcover

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by Esm? Louise James (Author)A provocative journey through human sexual history, packed with fun factoids and forgotten stories, from the historian and storyteller behind Kinky History, @esme.louisee on TikTok Contrary to popular belief, our predecessors had all sorts of obscene hobbies long before Christian Grey hit the scene. In this enlightening romp, learn about the first instances of homosexuality on record from the ancient world and the diverse history of nonbinary gender; encounter a t...

The Norse Myths: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes Vividly Retold - Paperback

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by Tom Birkett (Author)The great Norse Myths are among the most dramatic and unforgettable stories in all human history. These fascinating, fantastical tales have inspired centuries of art, culture and literature, including the storytelling of Tolkien, Neil Gaiman, George R. R. Martin's Game of Thrones, Wagner's Ring Cycle and Marvel Comics. The Norse Myths takes us on a thrilling journey through the Norse cosmos, from the creation of the world to Ragnarok, the final world-destroying conflict...

Obras escogidas de Augustín de Hipona, Tomo 1: La verdadera religión. La utilidad de creer. El Enquiridion - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Alfonso Ropero (Author)Agustín de Hipona es un fenómeno único en la historia de la filosofia y la teologia.En este Tomo I incluye tres obras fundamentales de su producción literaria: La verdadera religión, en la que plantea la búsqueda de la verdad trascende; La utilidad de creer, donde explica el asentimiento personal a la fe; y El Enquiridion: tratado de la fe, la esperanza y la caridad, que cubre los aspectos dogmáticos y morales de esa fe revelada. Admirado...

Frédéric Chaubin. Cccp. Cosmic Communist Constructions Photographed. 45th Ed. - Hardcover

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by Frédéric Chaubin (Author)Elected the architectural book of the year by the International Artbook and Film Festival in Perpignan, France, Frédéric Chaubin's Cosmic Communist Constructions Photographed explores 90 buildings in 14 former Soviet Republics. Each of these structures expresses what Chaubin considers the fourth age of Soviet architecture, an unknown burgeoning that took place from 1970 until 1990. Contrary to the 1920s and 1950s, no "school" or main trend emerges here. These buil...

Nkjv, Personal Size Reference Bible, Sovereign Collection, Leathersoft, Brown, Red Letter, Comfort Print: Holy Bible, New King James Version - Imitation Leather

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by Thomas Nelson (Author)This elegant Bible edition honors the beauty and richness of the New King James Version in a convenient portable size with essential study tools and traditional red-letter text for the Words of Christ.The New King James Version in the Sovereign Collection reflects the legacy and majesty of the King James Version Bible produced more than 400 years ago, but in language updated for today. This beautiful Bible, which contains design flourishes that pay tribute to the Bibl...

Meanwhile Back on Earth . . .: Finding Our Place Through Time and Space - Hardcover

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by Oliver Jeffers (Author)A spectacular new picture book from the creator of international bestsellers Here We Are and What We'll Build that will give readers perspective on our place in space. A father takes his two children on a thrilling out-of-this-world adventure into space and invites them to look back at Earth and the conflicts that have taken place since the beginning of time. This becomes a brief history of the world and a guide to the universe, told with Oliver Jeffers's inimitable ...

Obras Escogidas Tertuli SC: Apología contra gentiles. Exhortación a los Mártires. Virtud de la Paciencia. La oración cristiana. La respuesta a los Jud - Paperback

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by Alfonso Ropero (Author)El presente volumen presenta las cuatro obras que se consideran básicas en su producción literaria: Apología contra los gentiles en la que defiende la fe cristiana contra las calumnias de los paganos que acusaban a los creyentes de la Iglesia Primitiva de rendir «culto a un asno . Exhortación a los mártires, un mensaje de consuelo a los presos destinados a morir en el circo romano, y que contiene una de sus frases más famosas: «La sangre de los mártires es la semill...

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by Rainer Zerbst (Author)Antoni Gaudí merged Orientalism, natural forms, and new materials into a unique Modernista aesthetic that put Barcelona on the global architecture map. With brand-new photography, plans and drawings by Gaudí himself, as well as an extensive appendix of all his works including furniture and unfinished projects, this book takes us through the... Number of Pages: 512 Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: July 06, 2020

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by Samuel Pagán (Author)En Historia de Israel Bíblico Samuel Pagán comparte su profundo conocimiento del campo, y ofrece un excelente análisis y presentación de la historia del pueblo de Israel en el período Bíblico. Pagán logra comunicar su contenido de forma clara al público lector. Esta magnífica obra de pertenencia teológica es de gran valor histórico tanto para entornos educativos como para comunidades de Fe. Incluye: Amplia introducción. Narraciones históricas y teológicas. Mapas, ilu...

William Blake. Dante's 'Divine Comedy'. the Complete Drawings - Hardcover

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by Maria Antonietta Terzoli (Author), Sebastian Schütze (Author)Celebrated around the world as a literary monument, The Divine Comedy, completed in 1321 and written by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), is widely considered the greatest work ever composed in the Italian language. The epic poem describes Dante's journey through Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven, representing, on a deeper level, the soul's path towards salvation. In the last few years of his life, Romantic poet and artist William Blake (17...

God's Soldiers - Roman Catholicism and Freemasonry - Paperback

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by Michael R. Poll (Introduction by), Dudley Wright (Author)Some say that the only force powerful enough to destroy the Knights Templar was the Roman Catholic Church. Alarmed by the persistent reports that Freemasonry was the rebirth of the Templars, the Church took deadly aim at this seemingly innocent organization. Noted Masonic scholar Dudley Wright recounts the events of the Church's history of attacks and persecution of Freemasonry. It is a story that must be read. Included in this revis...

Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers Into Leaders - Hardcover

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by L. David Marquet (Author), Stephen R. Covey (Foreword by)"One of the 12 best business books of all time.... Timeless principles of empowering leadership." - USA Today "The best how-to manual anywhere for managers on delegating, training, and driving flawless execution." --FORTUNE Since Turn the Ship Around! was published in 2013, hundreds of thousands of readers have been inspired by former Navy captain David Marquet's true story. Many have applied his insights to their own organizations, ...

Obras Escogidas de Augustín de Hipona, Tomo 3: La Ciudad de Dios 3 - Paperback

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by Alfonso Ropero (Author)El valor trascendente de La Ciudad de Dios parte de que es la única obra que analiza la problemática de las relaciones entre el cristianismo y la sociedad secular; y plantea una nueva forma de sociedad civil basada en impulsar los valores de la humanidad en virtud de vivir conforme a la doctrina cristiana. Un tema de la más absoluta actualidad. El editor Alfonso Ropero con su amplia experiencia en el ramo de la filosofía hace un trabajo excelente en la recopilación d...

History Comics: The Roanoke Colony: America's First Mystery - Paperback

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by Chris Schweizer (Author)Turn back the clock with History Comics! In this graphic novel, investigate one of America's oldest and most intriguing mysteries. Over a hundred years before the pilgrims, the very first English settlers arrived on Roanoke Island. But without warning, these colonists abandoned their new home and disappeared without a trace. What happened to the colonists? To figure it out, we'll need to investigate how these missing settlers got to Roanoke in the first place, and w...

National Geographic Kids United States Atlas 7th Edition - Paperback

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by National Geographic (Author)Discover and explore the U.S.A. in the fully updated seventh edition of this award-winning atlas, created especially for kids by the world-renowned National Geographic cartographers. Celebrate America's grandeur and diversity with more than 75 National Geographic maps, more than 350 color images, 50-plus attention-grabbing graphics, and more. Each state has its own detailed, easy-to-read map plus a brief essay, facts at a glance about population, state capital, ...

She Persisted Around the World: 13 Women Who Changed History - Hardcover

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by Chelsea Clinton (Author), Alexandra Boiger (Illustrator)The companion to Chelsea Clinton & Alexandra Boiger's #1 New York Times bestseller, She Persisted. Perfect for tiny activists, mini feminists and little kids who are ready to take on the world. Women around the world have long dreamed big, even when they've been told their dreams didn't matter. They've spoken out, risen up and fought for what's right, even when they've been told to be quiet. Whether in science, the arts, sports or...

The Orthodox Church: An Introduction to Eastern Christianity - Paperback

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by Timothy Ware (Author)The readable, deeply authoritative and bestselling book on the Orthodox Church, in a fully updated and revised Third Edition.'Orthodoxy claims to be universal . . .' Since its first publication fifty years ago, Timothy Ware's book has become established throughout the English-speaking world as the standard introduction to the Orthodox Church. Orthodoxy continues to be a subject of enormous interest among western Christians, and the author believes that an understandin...

Introduction to Classical Chinese - Paperback

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by Kai Vogelsang (Author)This textbook provides a comprehensive scholarly introduction to Classical Chinese and its texts. Classical Chinese is the language of Confucius and Mencius and their contemporaries, who wrote the seminal texts of Chinese philosophy more than 2,000 years ago. Although it was used as a living language for only a relatively short time, it was the foundation of Chinese education throughout the Imperial age, and formed the basis of a literary tradition that continues to t...