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The Divine Comedy (The Inferno, The Purgatorio, and The Paradiso)

by Dante Alighieri

Published: 2003-05-27

Paperback: 928 pages

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The authoritative translations of The Inferno, The Purgatorio, and The Paradiso—together in one volume.Belonging in the immortal company of the great works of literature, Dante Alighieri’s poetic masterpiece, The Divine Comedy, is a moving human drama, an unforgettable visionary journe...

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Hearts West: True Stories Of Mail-Order Brides On The Frontier

by Chris Enss

Published: 2005-06-01

Paperback: 128 pages

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Complete with actual advertisements from both women seeking husbands and males seeking brides, New York Times bestselling book Hearts West includes twelve stories of courageous mail order brides and their exploits. Some were fortunate enough to marry good men and live happily ever after; s...

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The Desert and the Sea: 977 Days Captive on the Somali Pirate Coast

by Michael Scott Moore

Published: 2018-07-24

Hardcover: 464 pages

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Michael Scott Moore, a journalist and the author of Sweetness and Blood, incorporates personal narrative and rigorous investigative journalism in this profound and revelatory memoir of his three-year captivity by Somali pirates—a riveting,thoughtful, and emotionally resonant exploration ...

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Homeplace: A Southern Town, a Country Legend, and the Last Days of a Mountaintop Honky-Tonk

by John Lingan

Published: 2018-07-17

Hardcover: 272 pages

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An intimate account of country music, social change, and a vanishing way of life as a Shenandoah town collides with the twenty-first century Winchester, Virginia is an emblematic American town. When John Lingan first traveled there, it was to seek out Jim McCoy: local honky-tonk owner and ...

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Valley of Genius: The Uncensored History of Silicon Valley, as Told by the Hackers, Founders, and Freaks Who Made It Boom

by Adam Fisher

Published: 2018-07-10

Hardcover: 512 pages

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A candid, colorful, and comprehensive oral history that reveals the secrets of Silicon Valley -- from the origins of Apple and Atari to the present day clashes of Google and Facebook, and all the start-ups and disruptions that happened along the way.Rarely has one economy asserted itself a...

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Memoirs of a Polar Bear

by Yoko Tawada

Published: 2016-11-08

Paperback: 288 pages

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The Memoirs of a Polar Bear stars three generations of talented writers and performers?who happen to be polar bearsThe Memoirs of a Polar Bear has in spades what Rivka Galchen hailed in the New Yorker as “Yoko Tawada’s magnificent strangeness”?Tawada is an author like no other. Th...

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Finish: Give Yourself the Gift of Done

by Jon Acuff

Published: 2017-09-12

Hardcover: 208 pages

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Year after year, readers pulled me aside at events and said, “I’ve never had a problem starting. I’ve started a million things, but I never finish them. Why can’t I finish?According to studies, 92 percent of New Year’s resolutions fail. You’ve practically got a better shot at g...

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Heads of the Colored People: Stories

by Nafissa Thompson-Spires

Published: 2018-04-10

Hardcover: 224 pages

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Longlisted for the National Book Award for Fiction and Kirkus Prize FinalistCalling to mind the best works of Paul Beatty and Junot Díaz, this collection of moving, timely, and darkly funny stories examines the concept of black identity in this so-called post-racial era.A stunning new ta...

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Loving Our Enemies: Reflections on the Hardest Commandment

by Jim Forest

Published: 2014-09-10

Paperback: 160 pages

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Not everything Jesus taught must be regarded as a commandment. Counsels on voluntary poverty or celibacy, for instance, have been seen as an option for a small minority of Christ’s followers. The same cannot be said about the love of enemies. This does not fall in the “if you would be perfect”...

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Justice League/Power Rangers (Jla (Justice League of America))

by Tom Taylor

Published: 2017-12-12

Hardcover: 160 pages

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It’s team-up time! Two of pop culture’s greatest teams collide in the graphic novel you thought you’d never see in JUSTICE LEAGUE/POWER RANGERS! The Justice League have never met heroes like these teenagers with attitude before!   When a teleporter accident brings the Mighty Morphin...