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To Marry an English Lord: Tales of Wealth and Marriage, Sex and Snobbery

by Gail MacColl, Carol McD. Wallace

Published: 2012-03-15

Kindle Edition: 416 pages

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“Marvelous and entertaining.” —Julian Fellowes, creator of Downton Abbey   Discover the true stories behind the women who inspired DowntonAbbey and NBC’s The Gilded Age, the heiresses—including a Vanderbilt (railroads), a LaRoche (pharmaceuticals), and a Rogers (oil)—who stake...

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by Alex Lake

Published: 2017-09-05

Paperback: 416 pages

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The gripping new psychological thriller from the bestselling author of After Anna and Killing Kate.Imitation is the most terrifying form of flattery…Which Sarah Havenant is you?When an old friend gets in touch, Sarah Havenant discovers that there are two Facebook profiles in her name. On...

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The Promise of Provence (Love in Provence)

by Patricia Sands

Published: 2015-10-06

Paperback: 448 pages

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On the evening of her twenty-second wedding anniversary, Katherine Price can’t wait to celebrate. But instead of receiving an anniversary card from her husband, she finds a note asking for a divorce.Fifty-five and suddenly alone, Katherine begins the daunting task of starting over. She h...

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Rising Strong: How the Ability to Reset Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead

by Brené Brown

Published: 2017-04-04

Paperback: 352 pages

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • When we deny our stories, they define us. When we own our stories, we get to write the ending. Don’t miss the hourlong Netflix special Brené Brown: The Call to Courage! Social scientist Brené Brown has ignited a global conversation on courage, vulne...

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All the Kremlin's Men: Inside the Court of Vladimir Putin

by Mikhail Zygar

Published: 2016-09-06

Hardcover: 400 pages

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?I read this book in one night, truly a page-turner. It leaves a profoundly scary impression: [Putin's court is the] real House of Cards.” ?Lev Lurie, writer and historianAll the Kremlin's Men is a gripping narrative of an accidental king and a court out of control. Based on an unprecede...

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Miller's Secret

by Tess Thompson

Published: 2017-01-05

Paperback: 338 pages

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In a time of heroes and heartbreak, one man has a secret that threatens to destroy all who are caught in his web. In an era when most are reeling from the impacts of World War II, Miller Dreeser is a man focused solely on an obsession born of ambition. Caroline Bennett's heart is as big a...

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The Mis-Education of the Negro

by Carter Godwin Woodson Ph.D.

Published: 2017-08-18

Paperback: 92 pages

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Carter Godwin Woodson's seminal book exploring the structural and systemic features of American education that cause entrenched and perpetuated social segregation, economic disparity, and class distinctions among people of color and white citizens. Woodson's analysis has remained germane to modern times....

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The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America

by Richard Rothstein

Published: 2017-05-02

Hardcover: 368 pages

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"Rothstein has presented what I consider to be the most forceful argument ever published on how federal, state, and local governments gave rise to and reinforced neighborhood segregation." ?William Julius WilsonIn this groundbreaking history of the modern American metropolis, Richard Roths...

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The Beautiful Struggle: A Memoir

by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Published: 2009-01-06

Paperback: 240 pages

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An exceptional father-son story from the National Book Award–winning author of Between the World and Me about the reality that tests us, the myths that sustain us, and the love that saves us.Paul Coates was an enigmatic god to his sons: a Vietnam vet who rolled with the Black Panther...

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The Open Society and Its Enemies

by Karl R. Popper

Published: 2013-04-21

Paperback: 808 pages

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One of the most important books of the twentieth century, Karl Popper's The Open Society and Its Enemies is an uncompromising defense of liberal democracy and a powerful attack on the intellectual origins of totalitarianism. Popper was born in 1902 to a Viennese family of Jewish origin. He...