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Based on decades of his own research, a pioneering epidemiologist reveals the surprising factors behind who lives longer and why You probably didn't realize that when you graduated from college you increased your lifespan, or that your co-worker w...

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PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST WINNER OF THE RIDENHOUR PRIZE Anand Gopal's No Good Men Among the Living stunningly lays bare the workings of America's longest war and the truth behind its prolonged agony. "e;Essential rea...

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In a remarkable pairing, two renowned social critics offer a groundbreaking anthology that examines the unexplored consequences of globalization on the lives of women worldwideWomen are moving around the globe as never before. But for every female...

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A landmark study of Turkish involvement in the Armenian genocide: A "e;groundbreaking and lucid account by a prominent Turkish scholar"e; (Publishers Weekly, starred review).In 1915, under the cover of a world war, some one million Armenia...

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"e;Read it, please. Straight through to the end. Whatever else you were planning to do next, nothing could be more important."e; -Barbara KingsolverTwenty years ago, with The End of Nature, Bill McKibben offered one of the earliest warning...

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The High King by Lloyd AlexanderWhen the most powerful weapon in the land of Prydain falls into the hands of Arawn, Lord of the Land of Death, Taran and Prince Gwydion rally an army to stand up to the dark forces.The companions' last and greatest ...

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A riveting account of how the Nazi Party came to power and how the failures of the Weimar Republic and the shortsightedness of German politicians allowed it to happen.Why did democracy fall apart so quickly and completely in Germany in the 1930s? ...

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Gwen has a destiny to fulfill, but no one will tell her what it is. She's only recently learned that she is the Ruby, the final member of the time-traveling Circle of Twelve, and since then nothing has been going right. She suspects the founder of...

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Gwen's life has been a rollercoaster since she discovered she was the Ruby, the final member of the secret time-traveling Circle of Twelve. In between searching through history for the other time-travelers and asking for a bit of their blood (gros...

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Gwyneth Shepherd's sophisticated, beautiful cousin Charlotte has been prepared her entire life for traveling through time. But unexpectedly, it is Gwyneth who in the middle of class takes a sudden spin to a different era!Gwyneth must now unearth t...

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Published with a new afterword from the author-the classic, bestselling account of how the modern Middle East was createdThe Middle East has long been a region of rival religions, ideologies, nationalisms, and ambitions. All of these conflicts-inc...

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Taran Wanderer, the fourth book in Lloyd Alexander's The Chronicles of PrydainTaran is an Assistant Pig-Keeper no longer--he has become a hero. Now he dreams of winning the hand of Princess Eilonwy, but how can someone who has spent his whole life...

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See the Grishaverse come to life on screen with the Netflix series, Shadow and Bone -- Season 2 streaming now!Discover the adventure that started it all and meet Alina, Mal, and the Darkling in Shadow and Bone from #1 bestselling author, Leigh Bar...

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The maverick politician from Georgia who rode the post- Watergate wave into office but whose term was consumed by economic and international crises A peanut farmer from Georgia, Jimmy Carter rose to national power through mastering the strategy of...

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"The images Sacco draws are so powerful that they burn deep into your retina and reconfigure how you see the world... Journalism displays Sacco at the top of his game."- National Post (Toronto) Over the past decade, Joe Sacco has increas...

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An unparalleled exploration of the mysteries underlying women's sexuality that rivals the culture-shifting Kinsey Report, from two of America's leading research psychologists Do women have sex simply to reproduce or display their affection? When U...

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Told in an inimitable voice, Leaving Breezy Street is the stunning account of Brenda Myers-Powell's brutal and beautiful life."e;Careful-don't think prostitution is just about money. It's never just the money. It's about slipping in at all the...

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This Spanish edition of "Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?" allows Spanish-speaking and bilingual children and their parents to follow the rhythmic text to chant along with the sounds of the animals in the zoo. Full-color illustr...

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While enjoying a sunny day in his small boat, Mr. Gumpy is inundated by rowdy friends who cause a spill. No one minds getting wet on a nice day, though, especially since Mr. Gumpy invites them to his house for tea. Full color.

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Drawing on extensive interviews with dozens of porters and their descendants, Tye reconstructs the complicated world of the Pullman porter and the vital cultural, political, and economic roles they played as forerunners of the modern black middle ...

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Elliot lives in America, and Kailash lives in India. They are pen pals. By exchanging letters and pictures, they learn that they both love to climb trees, have pets, and go to school. Their worlds might look different, but they are actually simila...

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The sequel to Mantel's 2009 Man Booker Prize winner and "New York Times"-bestseller "Wolf Hall" delves into the heart of Tudor history with the downfall of Anne Boleyn.

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A compelling sympathy of the faiths that fill the gap between who we set out to be and who we ultimately becomeA powerful debut novel about a priest who has lost his church, his mentor, and, most upsetting, his ability to pray. How can Father Domi...

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"e;The richest, deepest, most far-ranging, continuously and delightfully surprising book about a single work of theatrical art I've ever encountered."e; -Tony Kushner, Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winnerIn the half-century since its premi...

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In this intimate portrait of an extraordinary father-son relationship, Mark K. Shriver discovers the moral principles that guided his legendary father and applies them to his own lifeWhen Sargent "e;Sarge"e; Shriver-founder of the Peace Co...

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This stunning debut novel-drawn from the author's own life experience-tells the moving story of a family of eleven in the American Midwest, bound together and torn apart by their faith The Rovaniemis and their nine children belong to a deeply trad...

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A gripping debut novel about friendship, loss and love; a confession of what passed between two women who met as girls in 1960s Pasadena, CaliforniaComing of age in the patrician neighborhood of Pasadena, California during the 1960s, Rebecca Madde...

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"e;An invaluable primer for anyone seeking to understand why our networked world isn't all that it is cracked up to be."e; -The GuardianThe Internet has been hailed as an unprecedented democratizing force, a place where everyone can be hea...

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A masterful new novel from the winner of the 2009 Nobel Prize, hailed for depicting the "e;landscape of the dispossessed"e; with "e;the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose"e; (Nobel Prize Committee)It was an icy morn...

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Based on classified documents and first-person interviews, a startling history of the American war on Vietnamese civiliansThe American Empire ProjectWinner of the Ridenhour Prize for Reportorial DistinctionAmericans have long been taught that even...

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