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The House of Rothschild: Volume 1: Money's Prophets: 1798-1848
Niall Ferguson
Penguin (Non-Classics)
Penguin (Non-Classics)
Founded in the late 18th century by expatriate German Jews, the London-based House of Rothschild was within decades the largest banking enterprise in the world. Its principals controlled a vast portion of the industrial world's wealth--more so,...
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A Drinking Life: A Memoir
Pete Hamill
Back Bay Books
Back Bay Books
An acclaimed author offers an honest self-portrait of coming of age in a culture that considers drinking an essential part of becoming a man and reveals how it nearly destroyed his ability to write. Reprint. 60,000 first printing. Tour. NYT.
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The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition
Caroline Alexander
Knopf
Knopf
Melding superb research and the extraordinary expedition photography of Frank Hurley, The Endurance by Caroline Alexander is a stunning work of history, adventure, and art which chronicles "one of the greatest epics of survival in the annals of...
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The Slaves' War: The Civil War in the Words of Former Slaves
Andrew Ward
Houghton Mifflin
Houghton Mifflin
The first narrative history of the Civil War told by the very people it freed Groundbreaking, compelling, and poignant, The Slaves' War delivers an unprecedented vision of the nation's bloodiest conflict. An acclaimed historian of...
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The American Journey of Barack Obama
The Editors of Life Magazine
Little, Brown and Company
Little, Brown and Company
For decades Americans have turned to LIFE to see, understand, and remember the most important events and people of our time. Just as LIFE once opened up the glittering Kennedy White House, LIFE now focuses its lens on Barack Obama. The American...
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The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn
Eric Ives
Wiley-Blackwell
Wiley-Blackwell
This definitive biography of Anne Boleyn establishes her as a figure of considerable importance and influence in her own right. * A full biography of Anne Boleyn, based on the latest scholarly research. * Focuses on Anne's life and...
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Down These Mean Streets
Piri Thomas
Vintage
Vintage
The 30th anniversary edition of this classic memoir about growing up in Spanish Harlem includes an afterword reminding us that its streets are even meaner now, thanks to crack cocaine and the dismantling of government poverty programs. As a...
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The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America
Joe Posnanski
William Morrow
William Morrow
When Legendary Negro League player Buck O'Neil asked sports columnist Joe Posnanski how he fell in love with baseball, Posnanski had to think about it. From that question was born the idea behind BASEBALL AND JAZZ. Posnanski and the 94 year old...
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White Teacher
Vivian Gussin Paley
Harvard University Press
Harvard University Press
Vivian Paley presents a moving personal account of her experiences teaching kindergarten in an integrated school within a predominantly white, middle-class neighborhood. In a new preface, she reflects on the way that even simple terminology can...
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Blue Rage, Black Redemption: A Memoir
Stanley Tookie Williams
Touchstone
Touchstone
A gripping tale of personal revolution by a man who went from Crips co-founder to Nobel Peace Prize nominee, author, and antigang activist When his L.A. neighborhood was threatened by gangbangers, Stanley Tookie Williams and a friend formed the...
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