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The Dead Mountaineer's Inn: One More Last Rite for the Detective Genre (Neversink)

by Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky

Published: 2015-03-17

Paperback: 256 pages

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A hilarious spoof on the classic country-house murder mystery, from the Russian masters of sci-fi—never before translated   When Inspector Peter Glebsky arrives at the remote ski chalet on vacation, the last thing he intends to do is get involved in any police work. He’s there to ski,...

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SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance

by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J Dubner

Published: 2011-05-24

Paperback: 320 pages

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Freakonomics lived on the New York Times bestseller list for an astonishing two years. Now authors Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner return with more iconoclastic insights and observations in SuperFreakonomics—the long awaited follow-up to their New York Times Notable blockbuster. B...

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Around the World in Eighty Days (Illustrated First Edition): 100th Anniversary Collection

by Jules Verne

Published: 2019-01-16

Paperback: 252 pages

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A beautiful unabridged edition with 55 illustrations from the 1873 English first edition. Use Amazon's Lookinside feature to compare this edition with others. You'll be impressed by the differences. Don't be fooled by other versions that have no illustrations or contain very small print. R...

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Weekends at Bellevue: Nine Years on the Night Shift at the Psych ER

by Julie Holland

Published: 2010-10-26

Paperback: 320 pages

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“A gem of a memoir . . . Holland takes us for a ride through the psych ER that is at once wild and poignant, a ride that leaves deep tracks in even the healthiest of minds.”—Katrina Firlik, M.D., author of Another Day in the Frontal LobeJulie Holland thought she knew what crazy was. ...

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Black Fortunes: The Story of the First Six African Americans Who Escaped Slavery and Became Millionaires

by Shomari Wills

Published: 2018-01-30

Hardcover: 320 pages

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One of Ebony Magazine's True Read picks of 2018“By telling the little-known stories of six pioneering African American entrepreneurs, Black Fortunes makes a worthy contribution to black history, to business history, and to American history.”—Margot Lee Shetterly, Author of the New Yo...

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Moscow Nights: The Van Cliburn Story--How One Man and His Piano Transformed the Cold War

by Nigel Cliff

Published: 2017-09-19

Paperback: 480 pages

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Gripping narrative nonfiction that tells the dramatic story of a remarkable young Texan pianist, Van Cliburn, who played his way through the wall of fear built by the Cold War, won the hearts of the American and Russian people, and eased tensions between two superpowers on the brink of nuc...

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Grocery: The Buying and Selling of Food in America

by Michael Ruhlman

Published: 2017-05-16

Hardcover: 288 pages

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In Grocery, bestselling author Michael Ruhlman offers incisive commentary on America's relationship with its food and investigates the overlooked source of so much of it—the grocery store. In a culture obsessed with food—how it looks, what it tastes like, where it comes from, what is ...

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The Persian Gamble

by Joel C. Rosenberg

Published: 2019-03-12

Hardcover: 448 pages

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From the New York Times bestselling author of The Kremlin Conspiracy comes this latest international thriller about a terrifying nuclear alliance among three world powers?Russia, Iran, and North Korea?and the man who must halt their deadly strategy.Shot out of the air in enemy territory in...

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Fruit of the Drunken Tree

by Ingrid Rojas Contreras

Published: 2019-06-04

Paperback: 320 pages

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“One of the most dazzling and devastating novels I’ve read in a long time...Readers of Fruit of the Drunken Tree will surely be transformed.” --San Francisco Chronicle“Simultaneously propulsive and poetic, reminiscent of Isabel Allende...Listen to this new author’s voice — sh...

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BookSmart: Hundreds of real-world lessons for success and happiness

by Frank Sonnenberg

Published: 2016-10-01

Paperback: 314 pages

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What are life’s most important lessons? It's time to get booksmart! Frank Sonnenberg, one of America’s “Top Thought Leaders” and influential small-business experts, reveals his best strategies for unleashing your full potential and achieving success and happiness in life. Sonn...