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The Last Stone: A Masterpiece of Criminal Interrogation

by Mark Bowden

Published: 2019-04-02

Hardcover: 304 pages

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On March 29, 1975, sisters Katherine and Sheila Lyons, age 10 and 12, vanished from a shopping mall in suburban Washington, D.C. As shock spread, then grief, a massive police effort found nothing. The investigation was shelved, and mystery endured. Then, in 2013, a cold case squad detectiv...

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Running on Red Dog Road: And Other Perils of an Appalachian Childhood

by Drema Hall Berkheimer

Published: 2016-04-12

Kindle Edition: 197 pages

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Publishers Weekly:  Berkheimer candidly brings her personality to the page in this incredible journey from naivete to wide-eyed maturity.  (April 2016)Library Journal:  Berkheimer's homespun memoir provides a wistful look back at a simpler time. An appealing counterbalance to more dre...

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Mary Poppins (illustrated gift edition)

by Dr. P. L. Travers

Published: 2018-10-23

Hardcover: 248 pages

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A stunning, full-color illustrated edition of the classic novel about the magical nanny who has delighted children and adults the world over. Experience the fantastical adventures of the magical nanny who inspired the classic film, stage show, and young imaginations the world over in a who...

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The Country of the Pointed Firs and Other Stories (Signet Classics)

by Sarah Orne Jewett

Published: 2009-11-03

Mass Market Paperback: 272 pages

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A rich collection of classic American literature potraying the beauty of a 19th-century New England town.A female writer comes one summer to Dunnet Landing, a Maine seacoast town, where she follows the lonely inhabitants of once-prosperous coastal communities. Here, lives are molded by the...

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Unbowed: A Memoir

by Wangari Muta Maathai

Published: 2007-09-04

Paperback: 326 pages

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In "Unbowed," Nobel Prize winner Wangari Maathai recounts her extraordinary journey from her childhood in rural Kenya to the world stage. When Maathai founded the Green Belt Movement in 1977, she began a vital poor people's environmental movement, focused on the empowerment of women, that soon spread...

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QB: My Life Behind the Spiral

by Steve Young, Jeff Benedict

Published: 2017-10-10

Paperback: 416 pages

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "This book is gold.”—Peter King “Intense.”—San Francisco Chronicle “Steve Young is a hero of mine, and his story is a source of inspiration for me. His perseverance, intelligence, and, most of all, grace under pressure NFL-style, make this book a fasci...

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Madonna of the Seven Hills: A Novel of the Borgias

by Jean Plaidy

Published: 2011-01-18

Kindle Edition: 322 pages

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The most beautiful woman in Rome, Lucrezia Borgia, was born into a family—and a destiny—she could not hope to escape . . .Fifteenth-century Rome: The Borgia family is on the rise. Lucrezia’s father, Pope Alexander VI, places his illegitimate daughter and her only brothers, Cesare, Gi...

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Down the River unto the Sea

by Walter Mosley

Published: 2018-02-20

Kindle Edition: 337 pages

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"Mosley writes with great power here about themes that have permeated his work: institutional racism, political corruption, and the ways that both of these issues affect not only society at large but also the inner lives of individual men and women." --Booklist (starred review)NATIONAL BES...

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Underground: A Human History of the Worlds Beneath Our Feet

by Will Hunt

Published: 2019-01-29

Kindle Edition: 275 pages

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A panoramic investigation of the subterranean landscape, from sacred caves and derelict subway stations to nuclear bunkers and ancient underground cities—an exploration of the history, science, architecture, and mythology of the worlds beneath our feet When Will Hunt was sixteen years ol...

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Beeline: What Spelling Bees Reveal About Generation Z's New Path to Success

by Shalini Shankar

Published: 2019-04-30

Hardcover: 336 pages

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An anthropologist uses spelling bees as a lens to examine the unique and diverse traits of Generation Z--and why they are destined for successAt first glance, Generation Z (youth born after 1997) seems to be made up of anxious overachievers, hounded by Tiger Moms and constantly tracked on ...