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Alexander Hamilton
Unabridged Edition
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Ron Chernow now brings to startling life the man who was arguably the most important figure in American history, who never attained the presidency...
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American Theocracy
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In his two most recent New York Times best-selling books, American Dynasty and Wealth and Democracy, Kevin Phillips established himself as a powerful critic of the political and economic forces that are ruling, and imperiling, the United States.
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Atlas Shrugged
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Atlas Shrugged is the "second most influential book for Americans today" after the Bible, according to a joint survey conducted by the Library of Congress and the Book of the Month Club.
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Bad Money: Reckless Finance, Failed Politics, and the Global Crisis of American Capitalism
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The New York Times–bestselling author cautions against the current financial practices of American capitalism and explains why they are bringing about our downfall.
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Blade Runner
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It was January 2021, and Rick Deckard had a license to kill.
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Blue Like Jazz
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Donald Miller's fresh and original voice may change the way Christians view the "status quo" faith and build a bridge to seekers who believe that organized religion doesn't meet their spiritual needs.
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The Botany of Desire
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In The Botany of Desire, Michael Pollan ingeniously demonstrates how people and domesticated plants have formed a similarly reciprocal relationship.
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Clash of the Titans
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The two most influential media moguls of all time: two billionaires, two fascinating stories that often intersect.
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The Classic Continental Traveler's Companion
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This brief collection of travel writings from the nineteenth century marries excellent writing with competent readers.
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: And Other Stories
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F. Scott Fitzgerald makes anti-bellum Baltimore his setting for “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” a fantastical tale with some Poe-like overtones about a baby born at age seventy who then lives life in reverse…
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The Devil in the White City
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Thrilling tale of murder, mayhem, and the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition.
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Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
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A respected lawyer, Utterson, hears this story and begins to unravel the seemingly manic behavior of his best friend, Dr. Henry Jekyll, and his connection with Hyde.
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Emperors and Idiots
Unabridged Edition
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The New York Yankees. The Boston Red Sox. For a hundred years, no two teams have locked horns as fiercely....
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Ethan Frome
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Ethan Frome, a poor, downtrodden New England farmer, is trapped in a loveless marriage to his invalid wife...
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Fallen Founder: The Life of Aaron Burr
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This definitive biography of the revolutionary era villain overturns every myth and image people have of him.
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The Graduate
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The basis for Mike Nichols' acclaimed 1967 film starring Dustin Hoffman this classic novel about a nave college graduate adrift in the shifting social and sexual mores of the 1960s captures with hilarity and insight the alienation of youth and the disillusionment of an era.
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The Great Influenza
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No disease the world has ever known even remotely resembles the great influenza epidemic of 1918. It killed more people in 20 weeks than AIDS has killed in 20 years.
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Heart of Darkness
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Horror awaits Marlow, a seaman assigned by an ivory company to retrieve a cargo boat and one of its employees, Mr. Kurtz who is stranded in the heart of the Africa, deep in the Belgian Congo.
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Hollywood Animal
Unabridged Edition
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This is a book that will shock you and make you laugh, anger you and move you to tears....
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In Cold Blood
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As Truman Capote reconstructs the murder and the investigation that led to the capture, trial, and execution of the killers, he generates both mesmerizing suspense and astonishing empathy. In Cold Blood is a work that transcends its moment, yielding poignant insights into the nature of American violence.
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In Defense of Food
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What to eat, what not to eat, and how to think about health: a manifesto for our times.
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The Invisible Man
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At a time when science fiction was depicting what wonders the future would bring, H. G. Wells was one of the first writers to explore the dark side of science, and portray how easily mortal man could be corrupted when tempted by seemingly unlimited power.
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The Knowledge of the Holy
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An Inspiring Classic on the Nature of God! What is the nature of God? How can we recapture a real sense of God's majesty and truly live in the Spirit?
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Land's End
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Michael Cunningham, author of the best-selling, Pulitzer Prize-winning The Hours, brings us Provincetown, one of the most idiosyncratic and extraordinary towns in the United States, perched on the sandy tip at the end of Cape Cod.
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Leonardo da Vinci
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In Leonardo da Vinci, Sherwin Nuland completes his 20-year quest to understand an unlettered man who was a painter, architect, engineer, philosopher, mathematician, and scientist....
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