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by Michael K?ckritz (Editor)"Sheer Driving Pleasure"; a slogan associated with one brand by car fans worldwide: BMW. In his customary detailed manner, Michael K?ckritz guides his readers through all the significant points of the company's history in his latest coffee table book, "BMW Milestones". He showcases the most significant and innovative 40 models, presented in chronological order and enriched with intriguing background information. The 3 Series, 5 Series, and 7 Series are covered, al...

The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

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Report copyright infringementby Hampton Sides (Author)NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A "thrilling and superbly crafted" (The Wall Street Journal) account of the most momentous voyage of the Age of Exploration, which culminated in Captain James Cook's death in Hawaii, and left a complex and controversial legacy still debated to this day. One of The New York Times Book Review's 10 Best Books of the Year A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: THE NEW YORK TIMES, TIME, THE ECONOMIST, NPR, THE NEW YORKER, THE SMIT...

The Ecology of Freedom: The Emergence and Dissolution of Hierarchy - Paperback

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by Murray Bookchin (Author)"The very notion of the domination of nature by man stems from the very real domination of human by human." With this succinct formulation, Murray Bookchin launches his most ambitious work, The Ecology of Freedom. An engaging and extremely readable book of breathtaking scope, its inspired synthesis of ecology, anthropology and political theory traces our conflicting legacies of hierarchy and freedom from the first emergence of human culture to today's globalized cap...

Hiroshige. One Hundred Famous Views of EDO - Hardcover

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by Lorenz Bichler (Author), Melanie Trede (Author)Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) was one of the last great artists in the ukiyo-e tradition. Literally meaning "pictures of the floating world," ukiyo-e was a particular genre of art that flourished between the 17th and 19th centuries and came to characterize the Western world's visual idea of Japan. In many ways images of hedonism, ukiyo-e scenes often represented the bright lights and attractions of Edo (modern-day Tokyo): beautiful women, acto...

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by Elaine Pagels (Author)Front JacketA provocative study of the gnostic gospels and the world of early Christianity as revealed through the Nag Hammadi texts.Author BiographyElaine Pagels is the Harrington Spear Paine Foundation Professor of Religion at Princeton University. She is the author of several books, including Reading Judas: The Gospel of Judas and the Shaping of Christianity, the New York Times bestseller Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas, and The Gnostic Gospels, winner o...

Big Week: The Biggest Air Battle of World War II - Paperback

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by James Holland (Author)The vivid and largely untold story of the dramatic Allied air campaign against Germany that was a turning point in World War II and ultimately crucial to the success of D-Day and the Allied invasion of Europe During the third week of February 1944, the combined Allied air forces based in Britain and Italy launched their first round-the-clock bomber offensive against Germany. Their goal: to smash the main factories and production centers of the Luftwaffe while also dr...

Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania - Hardcover

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by Erik Larson (Author)#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From the bestselling author and master of narrative nonfiction comes the enthralling story of the sinking of the Lusitania "Both terrifying and enthralling."--Entertainment Weekly"Thrilling, dramatic and powerful."--NPR"Thoroughly engrossing."--George R.R. Martin On May 1, 1915, with WWI entering its tenth month, a luxury ocean liner as richly appointed as an English country house sailed out of New York, bound for Liverpool, carrying a rec...

Down to Earth: Nature's Role in American History - Paperback

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by Ted Steinberg (Author)In this ambitious and provocative text, environmental historian Ted Steinberg offers a sweeping history of the United States--a history that places the environment at the very center of the narrative. Now in a new edition, Down to Earth reenvisions the story of America "from the ground up." It reveals how focusing on plants, animals, climate, and other ecological factors can radically change the way that we think about the past. Examining such familiar topics as colon...

Whiskey Master Class: The Ultimate Guide to Understanding Scotch, Bourbon, Rye, and More - Hardcover

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by Lew Bryson (Author), Bill Lumsden (Foreword by)Go beyond the glass and discover the secrets behind your favorite style of whiskey. Over the past three decades, Lew Bryson has been one of the most influential voices in whiskey--a longtime editor of Whisky Advocate and author of the definitive guide Tasting Whiskey. In this book, Lew shares everything he's learned on his journey through the worlds of bourbon, Scotch, rye, Japanese whiskey, and more (yes, there are tasty Canadian and Irish w...

The Drawing Book for Kids: 365 Daily Things to Draw, Step by Step (Art for Kids, Cartoon Drawing) - Paperback

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by Woo! Jr. Kids Activities (Author)A Children's Drawing Book for Creative Kids#1 Best Seller in Conceptual Arts and Children's Drawing BooksThis bestselling step-by-step drawing guide is essential for all kids! With 365 things to draw for every day of the year, kids will be entertained while learning a new skill. The Drawing Book for Kids makes learning how to draw easy!Turn creativity into ability. The activities in The Drawing Book for Kids book help kids turn their love of drawing into sk...

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by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara (Author), Gee Fan Eng (Illustrator)In this international bestseller from the critically acclaimed Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Frida Kahlo, the world-renowned painter. When Frida was a teenager, a terrible road accident changed her life forever. Unable to walk, she began painting from her bed. Her self-portraits, which show her pain and grief, but also her passion for life and instinct for survival, have made her one of the most famous...

50 States, 5,000 Facts: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know - And More! - Paperback

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by National Geographic (Author)From the team that created the national bestseller 50 States, 5,000 Ideas, this engaging treasure trove of trivia boasts interesting tidbits about the United States and is perfect for trivia buffs, history lovers, and fact-finders. Did you know that there is a floating post office in Michigan? Or that a library book checked out by George Washington was returned to a New York City library 221 years late? Maybe you'd be amazed to discover that the ink used to prin...

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by John Lewis (Author), Andrew Aydin (Author), L. Fury (Illustrator)RUN, the Eisner Award-Winner for Best Graphic Memoir, is one of the most heralded books of the year including being named a: New York Times Top 5 YA Books of the Year - Top 10 Great Graphic Novels for Teens (Young Adult Library Services Association) -Washington Post Best Books of the Year -Variety Best Books of the Year -School Library Journal Best Books of the Year -Kirkus Reviews Best Books of the Year - Amazon Best Histor...

Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead - Hardcover

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by Jim Mattis (Author), Bing West (Author)#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A clear-eyed account of learning how to lead in a chaotic world, by General Jim Mattis--the former Secretary of Defense and one of the most formidable strategic thinkers of our time--and Bing West, a former assistant secretary of defense and combat Marine. "A four-star general's five-star memoir."--The Wall Street Journal Call Sign Chaos is the account of Jim Mattis's storied career, from wide-ranging leadership roles i...

The King James Study Bible, Hardcover, Full-Color Edition - Hardcover

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by Thomas Nelson (Author)The full text of the classic King James Version with robust study notes, vibrant full-color images, and dozens of study resources to help you grow deeper in your faith. Published in large easy-to-read print type. Standing apart from all other KJV study Bibles on the market, The King James Study Bible, Full Color Edition is the only Bible featuring over half-a-million words of commentary, doctrinal notes, archaeological insights, and time-tested study aids developed ex...

KJV, Gift and Award Bible, Imitation Leather, White, Red Letter Edition - Imitation Leather

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by Thomas Nelson (Author)Commemorate a special accomplishment or event with a gift to be treasured for years to come. This edition is published in large KJV Comfort Print type, which was designed exclusively for Thomas Nelson to be the most readable at any size.Featuring the beautiful and trustworthy KJV translation, the KJV Gift and Award Bible is a special-occasion Bible that is given to recognized individuals or groups. The affordable price of this Bible makes it convenient to buy in bulk ...

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by James Lovell (Author), Jeffrey Kluger (Author)NATIONAL BESTSELLER. Astronaut Jim Lovell and coauthor Jeffrey Kluger's harrowing account of the Apollo 13 disaster. Serving as the basis for Ron Howard's blockbuster Apollo 13, the book reveals true details not shown in the movie. Thrilling and evocative, you feel as though you're alongside Lovell in the lunar module. Written with all the color and drama of the best fiction, Apollo 13 tells the full story of the moon shot that almost ended in...

American Saint: Francis Asbury and the Methodists - Paperback

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by John Wigger (Author)English-born Francis Asbury was one of the most important religious leaders in American history. Asbury single-handedly guided the creation of the American Methodist church, which became the largest Protestant denomination in nineteenth-century America, and laid the foundation of the Holiness and Pentecostal movements that flourish today. In American Saint, John Wigger has written the definitive biography of Asbury and, by extension, a revealing interpretation of the ea...

American History: A Visual Encyclopedia - Paperback

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by Dk (Author)Uncover the key moments that shaped American history in this extensive history encyclopedia for children. This complete encyclopedia of American history showcases the incredible journey the United States of America has made to become the major 21st-century power it is today. American History: A Visual Encyclopedia is the ultimate reference tool for children aged 9+ to explore the history of one of the most remarkable nations in the world. Get the background on the Battle of York...

The Company: The Rise and Fall of the Hudson's Bay Empire - Paperback

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by Stephen Bown (Author)NATIONAL BESTSELLER A thrilling new telling of the story of modern Canada's origins. The story of the Hudson's Bay Company, dramatic and adventurous and complex, is the story of modern Canada's creation. And yet it hasn't been told in a book for over thirty years, and never in such depth and vivid detail as in Stephen R. Bown's exciting new telling. The Company started out small in 1670, trading practical manufactured goods for furs with the Indigenous inhabitants of i...

Not Your China Doll: The Wild and Shimmering Life of Anna May Wong - Hardcover

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by Katie Gee Salisbury (Author)"Enlightening, nuanced, and honest."--Lisa See Set against the glittering backdrop of Los Angeles during the gin-soaked Jazz Age and the rise of Hollywood, this debut book celebrates Anna May Wong, the first Asian American movie star, to bring an unsung heroine to light and reclaim her place in cinema history. One of Entertainment Weekly's "Books We Are Excited to Read in 2024" Before Constance Wu, Sandra Oh, Awkwafina, or Lucy Liu, there was Anna May Wong. In ...

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by Susan Kushner Resnick (Author)One morning in 1943, close to eighty men descended into the Smith coal mine in Bearcreek, Montana. Only three came out alive. "Goodbye wifes and daughters . . ." wrote two of the miners as they died. The story of that tragic day and its aftermath unfolds in this book through the eyes of those wives and daughters--women who lost their husbands, fathers, and sons, livelihoods, neighbors, and homes, yet managed to fight back and persevere. Susan Kushner Resnick h...

How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective - Paperback

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by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor (Editor)"If Black women were free, it would mean that everyone else would have to be free." -Combahee River Collective StatementAuthor BiographyKeeanga-Yamahtta Taylor writes on Black politics, social movements, and racial inequality in the United States. Her book From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation won the 2016 Lannan Cultural Freedom Award for an Especially Notable Book. Her articles have been published in Souls: A Critical Journal of Black Politics, Cultur...

Samurai Swords - A Collector's Guide: A Comprehensive Introduction to History, Collecting and Preservation - Of the Japanese Sword - Hardcover

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by Clive Sinclaire (Author)Japanese swords, particularly those wielded by famous samurai warriors, hold a continuing fascination for collectors of fine arts and historical military weapons. This book is designed to enhance one's appreciation for the wide variety of Japanese swords (as well as their related polearms), their manufacture and their preservation. A fascinating opening chapter explains how the elite Samurai class dominated Japan for more than a thousand years, how technological and...

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by Magdalena Droste (Author)In a fleeting 14-year period between two world wars, Germany's Bauhaus school of art and design changed the face of modernity. With utopian ideas for the future, the school developed a pioneering fusion of fine art, craftsmanship, and technology, which they applied across media and practices from film to theater, and sculpture to ceramics. This best-selling reference work is made in collaboration with the Bauhaus-Archiv/Museum für Gestaltung in Berlin, the world's ...

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks - Hardcover

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by Rebecca Skloot (Author)#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "The story of modern medicine and bioethics--and, indeed, race relations--is refracted beautifully, and movingly."--Entertainment Weekly NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM HBO(R) STARRING OPRAH WINFREY AND ROSE BYRNE - ONE OF THE "MOST INFLUENTIAL" (CNN), "DEFINING" (LITHUB), AND "BEST" (THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER) BOOKS OF THE DECADE - ONE OF ESSENCE'S 50 MOST IMPACTFUL BLACK BOOKS OF THE PAST 50 YEARS - WINNER OF THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE HEART...

In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin - Hardcover

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by Erik Larson (Author)"Larson is a marvelous writer...superb at creating characters with a few short strokes."--New York Times Book Review Erik Larson has been widely acclaimed as a master of narrative non-fiction, and in his new book, the bestselling author of Devil in the White City turns his hand to a remarkable story set during Hitler's rise to power. The time is 1933, the place, Berlin, when William E. Dodd becomes America's first ambassador to Hitler's Germany in a year that proved to ...

Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights March - Paperback

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by Lynda Blackmon Lowery (Author), Elspeth Leacock (With), Susan Buckley (With)A memoir of the Civil Rights Movement from one of its youngest heroes--now in paperback will an all-new discussion guide. As the youngest marcher in the 1965 voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Albama, Lynda Blackmon Lowery proved that young adults can be heroes. Jailed eleven times before her fifteenth birthday, Lowery fought alongside Martin Luther King, Jr. for the rights of African-Americans. In this...

Marvel's Iron Man Goes Magnetic (National Geographic Kids Readers, Level 2) - Paperback

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by National Geographic Kids (Author)National Geographic Kids and Marvel combine forces on this leveled reader series featuring magnets and kids' all-time favorite super hero, Iron Man. It's time to assemble some magnets--Avenger style! Join Iron Man in his lab as he marvels at the mystery of his favorite suit going ... magnetic! Discover what makes some metals magnetic and how they work. With engaging photographs, iconic illustrated Marvel Comics character guides, and hilarious commentary by ...

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by Joseph Leo Koerner (Author)An art historical epic for dangerous times What do artworks look like in extreme cases of collective experience? What signals do artists send when enemies are at the city walls and the rule of law breaks down, or when a tyrant suspends the law to attack from inside? Art in a State of Siege tells the story of three compelling images created in dangerous moments and the people who experienced them--from Philip II of Spain to Carl Schmitt--whose panicked gaze turned...

Freedom and Power in Classical Athens - Hardcover

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by Naomi T. Campa (Author)Athenian democracy was distinguished from other ancient constitutions by its emphasis on freedom. This was understood, Naomi T. Campa argues, as being able to do 'whatever one wished, ' a widely attested phrase. Citizen agency and power constituted the core of democratic ideology and institutions. Rather than create anarchy, as ancient critics claimed, positive freedom underpinned a system that ideally protected both the individual and the collective. Even freedom, h...

The Book of Mysteries, Magic, and the Unexplained - Hardcover

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by Tamara MacFarlane (Author), Kristina Kister (Illustrator)A fascinating look into the secrets of the supernatural world for curious children obsessed with magic and mystery. Featuring bright and bold illustrations, Mysteries, Magic, and the Unexplained traces the story of myth and magic from ancient superstitions to medieval alchemy and divination to the modern-day fascination with UFOs. This book for children aged 7-9 explores every aspect of magic through the ages and across many cultures...