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A Dawn Like Thunder: The True Story of Torpedo Squadron Eight by Robert J. Mrazek
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A Dawn Like Thunder: The True Story of Torpedo Squadron Eight by Robert J. Mrazek
$21.30One of the great untold stories of World War II finally comes to light in this thrilling account of Torpedo Squadron Eight and their heroic efforts in helping an outmatched U.S. fleet win critical victories at Midway and Guadalcanal. These 35 American men–many flying outmoded aircraft–changed the course of history, going on to become the war’s most decorated naval air squadron, while suffering the heaviest losses in U.S. naval aviation history.
Mrazek paints moving portraits of the men in the squadron, and exposes a shocking cover-up that cost many lives. Filled with thrilling scenes of battle, betrayal, and sacrifice, A DAWN LIKE THUNDER is destined to become a classic in the literature of World War II.
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A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future by Sir David Attenbourough
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A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future by Sir David Attenbourough
$23.40I am 93. I’ve had an extraordinary life. It’s only now that I appreciate how extraordinary.
I have been witness to this decline. A Life on Our Planet is my witness statement, and my vision for the future. It is the story of how we came to make this, our greatest mistake — and how, if we act now, we can yet put it right.
We have one final chance to create the perfect home for ourselves and restore the wonderful world we inherited.
All we need is the will to do so.
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Cloud Cuckoo Land: A Novel – Anthony Doerr
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Cloud Cuckoo Land: A Novel – Anthony Doerr
$18.57Thirteen-year-old Anna, an orphan, lives inside the formidable walls of Constantinople in a house of women who make their living embroidering the robes of priests. Restless, insatiably curious, Anna learns to read, and in this ancient city, famous for its libraries, she finds a book, the story of Aethon, who longs to be turned into a bird so that he can fly to a utopian paradise in the sky. This she reads to her ailing sister as the walls of the only place she has known are bombarded in the great siege of Constantinople. Outside the walls is Omeir, a village boy, miles from home, conscripted with his beloved oxen into the invading army. His path and Anna’s will cross.
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Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age by Annalee Newitz
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Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age by Annalee Newitz
$16.29Newitz travels to all four sites and investigates the cutting-edge research in archaeology, revealing the mix of environmental changes and political turmoil that doomed these ancient settlements. Tracing the early development of urban planning, Newitz also introduces us to the often anonymous workers―slaves, women, immigrants, and manual laborers―who built these cities and created monuments that lasted millennia.
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Indian Horse: A Novel by Richard Wagamese
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Indian Horse: A Novel by Richard Wagamese
$12.99Alone in the world and placed in a horrific boarding school, Saul is surrounded by violence and cruelty. At the urging of a priest, he finds a tentative salvation in hockey. Rising at dawn to practice alone, Saul proves determined and undeniably gifted. His intuition and vision are unmatched. His speed is remarkable. Together they open doors for him: away from the school, into an all-Ojibway amateur circuit, and finally within grasp of a professional career. Yet as Saul’s victories mount, so do the indignities and the taunts, the racism and the hatred―the harshness of a world that will never welcome him, tied inexorably to the sport he loves.
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Isaac’s Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History – Erik Larson
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Isaac’s Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History – Erik Larson
$14.99From the bestselling author of The Devil in the White City, here is the true story of the deadliest hurricane in history.
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River of the Gods: Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile by Candice Millard
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River of the Gods: Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile by Candice Millard
$18.00The harrowing story of one of the great feats of exploration of all time and its complicated legacy—from the New York Times bestselling author of The River of Doubt and Destiny of the Republic
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t’s Not How SMART You Are It’s HOW You Are Smart by Jeanne Anne Craig
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t’s Not How SMART You Are It’s HOW You Are Smart by Jeanne Anne Craig
$4.75Star Performers in all arenas possess the most important key to success: Emotional Intelligence. In a fun, easy-to-read format, this book demonstrates why it is important to develop emotional intelligence and then shows how we all can do it. Readers will learn the basics of EQ development as well as:
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* how to manage emotions,
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* how to improve relationships,
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* how to plug energy drains,
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* how to deal with criticism,
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* the importance of life-long learning and much more.
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The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story by Nikole Hannah-Jones
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The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story by Nikole Hannah-Jones
$30.99In late August 1619, a ship arrived in the British colony of Virginia bearing a cargo of twenty to thirty enslaved people from Africa. Their arrival led to the barbaric and unprecedented system of American chattel slavery that would last for the next 250 years. This is sometimes referred to as the country’s original sin, but it is more than that: It is the source of so much that still defines the United States.
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The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777 (The Revolution Trilogy, 1) by Rick Atkinson
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The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777 (The Revolution Trilogy, 1) by Rick Atkinson
$20.49From the bestselling author of the Liberation Trilogy comes the extraordinary first volume of his new trilogy about the American Revolution
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The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race by Walter Isaacson
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The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race by Walter Isaacson
$21.49When Jennifer Doudna was in sixth grade, she came home one day to find that her dad had left a paperback titled The Double Helix on her bed. She put it aside, thinking it was one of those detective tales she loved. When she read it on a rainy Saturday, she discovered she was right, in a way. As she sped through the pages, she became enthralled by the intense drama behind the competition to discover the code of life. Even though her high school counselor told her girls didn’t become scientists, she decided she would.
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The Four Winds: A Novel by Kristin Hannah
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The Four Winds: A Novel by Kristin Hannah
$11.54The Four Winds is a rich, sweeping novel that stunningly brings to life the Great Depression and the people who lived through it―the harsh realities that divided us as a nation and the enduring battle between the haves and the have-nots. A testament to hope, resilience, and the strength of the human spirit to survive adversity, The Four Winds is an indelible portrait of America and the American dream, as seen through the eyes of one indomitable woman whose courage and sacrifice will come to define a generation.
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The Lincoln Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill America’s 16th President–and Why It Failed by Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch
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The Lincoln Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill America’s 16th President–and Why It Failed by Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch
$14.99Everyone knows the story of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination in 1865, but few are aware of the original conspiracy to kill him four years earlier in 1861, literally on his way to Washington, D.C., for his first inauguration. Had the assassination succeeded, there would have been no Lincoln Presidency, and the course of the Civil War and American history would have forever been altered.
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The Nine: The True Story of a Band of Women Who Survived the Worst of Nazi Germany by Gwen Strauss
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The Nine: The True Story of a Band of Women Who Survived the Worst of Nazi Germany by Gwen Strauss
$19.00The nine women were all under thirty when they joined the resistance. They smuggled arms through Europe, harbored parachuting agents, coordinated communications between regional sectors, trekked escape routes to Spain and hid Jewish children in scattered apartments. They were arrested by French police, interrogated and tortured by the Gestapo. They were subjected to a series of French prisons and deported to Germany. The group formed along the way, meeting at different points, in prison, in transit, and at Ravensbrück. By the time they were enslaved at the labor camp in Leipzig, they were a close-knit group of friends. During the final days of the war, forced onto a death march, the nine chose their moment and made a daring escape.
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The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz by Erik Larson
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The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz by Erik Larson
$19.20#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The author of The Devil in the White City and Dead Wake delivers an intimate chronicle of Winston Churchill and London during the Blitz—an inspiring portrait of courage and leadership in a time of unprecedented crisis
One of Chicago Tribune’s Best Books of the Year So Far • “A bravura performance by one of America’s greatest storytellers.”—NPR
“Churchill’s lessons of resilience and his style of steady-handed leadership are essential to the state of mind of American readers.”—Vanity Fair
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The Water Dancer: A Novel by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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The Water Dancer: A Novel by Ta-Nehisi Coates
$16.77#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • From the National Book Award–winning author of Between the World and Me, a boldly conjured debut novel about a magical gift, a devastating loss, and an underground war for freedom.
This is the dramatic story of an atrocity inflicted on generations of women, men, and children—the violent and capricious separation of families—and the war they waged to simply make lives with the people they loved. Written by one of today’s most exciting thinkers and writers, The Water Dancer is a propulsive, transcendent work that restores the humanity of those from whom everything was stolen.
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