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The Art of Power By Nancy Pelosi

THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe most powerful woman in American political history tells the story of her transformation from housewife to House Speaker – how she became a master legislator, a key partner to presidents,...

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The Chain Love Betrayal and the Sisterhood That Heals Us By Chimene Suleyman

In January 2017, Chimene Suleyman was on her way to an abortion clinic in Queens, New York with her boyfriend, the father of her nascent child. It was the last day they would spend together....

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Go Woke, Go Broke By Charles Gasparino

A riveting and smashmouth journalistic deep-dive into the progressive madness that has infected and corrupted the world’s biggest corporations, threatening the stability of the global economy—and life as we know it.   Intimidated by activists on...

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Cocktails with George and Martha By Philip Gefter

An award-winning writer reveals the behind-the-scenes story of the provocative play, the groundbreaking film it became, and how two iconic stars changed the image of marriage forever.From its debut in 1962, Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid...

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The Talented Mrs Mandelbaum By Margalit Fox

A Jewish mother of four, a gracious society hostess, a beloved member of her community—and the first widely renowned crime boss in America. Discover the true story from the bestselling author of The Confidence Men.In...

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What Have We Here By Billy Dee Williams

A film legend recalls his remarkable life of nearly eight decades—a heralded actor who's played the roles he wanted, from Brian’s Song to Lando in the Star Wars universe—unchecked by the racism and typecasting so...

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Colorful By Iris Apfel

Iris Apfel’s legacy29 August 1921 to 1 March 2024.In the summer of 2023, as Iris Apfel welcomed her 102nd birthday, she put pen to paper to write this very special what Iris called her legacy...

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The British Oskar Schindler By Edward Abel Smith

When Nicholas Winton canceled his skiing holiday in favor of going to Prague to visit a friend, little did he know this decision would change the course of thousands of lives, including his own. As...

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Short Walks to Curious Places By Roly Smith

Embark on an extraordinary journey through the British countryside, leading to mysterious sites, ancient wonders and legendary landscapes to uncover 50 of the most intriguing walks in Britain.Discover the Green Chapel of Arthurian legend deep...

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Who Owns This Sentence By David Bellos

A fascinating and original history of an idea that now controls and monetizes almost everything we do. Copyright is everywhere. Your smartphone incorporates thousands of items of intellectual property. Someone owns the reproduction rights to...

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A History of Modern Linguistics By James McElvenny

In this book, McElvenny offers a concise history of modern linguistics from its emergence in the early nineteenth century up to the end of World War II. Written as a collective biography of the field,...

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The World and Us By Roberto Mangabeira Unger

A radical re-envisioning of the human condition by the acclaimed Brazilian philosopher and politicianIn The World and Us, Roberto Mangabeira Unger sets out to reinvent philosophy. His central theme is our transcendence, everything in our...

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Kissing Girls on Shabbat By Sara Glass

A moving coming-of-age memoir in the vein of Unorthodox and Brazen , about one young woman’s desperate attempt to protect her children and family while also embracing her queer identity in a controlling Hasidic community.Growing...

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Hardy Women By Paula Byrne

Thomas Hardy once received a fan letter from a young woman in New York, who had read Tess of the D’Urbervilles: “I wonder at your complete understanding of a woman’s soul.” And yet his first...

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Truth Is the Arrow, Mercy Is the Bow By Steve Almond

The long-awaited book about the craft of creative writing from Steve Almond, beloved teacher, mentor, and author.From the acclaimed author of twelve books of fiction and nonfiction, including  All the Secrets of the World  and...

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Making It in America By Rachel Slade

A moving and eye-opening look at the story of manufacturing in America, whether it can ever successfully return to our shores, and why our nation depends on it, told through the experience of one young...

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The Mysterious Mrs. Nixon By Heath Hardage Lee

A new, revolutionary look into the brilliant life of Pat Nixon.In America’s collective consciousness, Pat Nixon has long been perceived as enigmatic. She was voted “Most Admired Woman in the World” in 1972 and made...

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Everything Is Predictable By Tom Chivers

A captivating and user-friendly tour of Bayes’s theorem and its global impact on modern life from the acclaimed science writer and author of The Rationalist’s Guide to the Galaxy .At its simplest, Bayes’s theorem describes...

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The Movement By Clara Bingham

A comprehensive and engaging oral history of the decade that defined the feminist movement, including interviews with living icons and unsung heroes—from former Newsweek reporter and author of the “powerful and moving” ( New York...

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Slouch By Beth Linker

The strange and surprising history of the so-called epidemic of bad posture in modern America—from eugenics and posture pageants to today’s promoters of “paleo posture”In 1995, a scandal erupted when the New York Times revealed...

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A Body Made of Glass By Caroline Crampton

Part cultural history, part literary criticism, and part memoir,  A Body Made of Glass is a definitive biography of hypochondria. Caroline Crampton’s life was upended at the age of seventeen, when she was diagnosed with...

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Deterring Armageddon By Peter Apps

'HUGELY IMPRESSIVE' - THE INDEPENDENT'AN ASTONISHINGLY FINE HISTORY' - COUNTRY LIFE'FASCINATING' - DAILY MAILThe history of the world's most successful military alliance, from the wrecked Europe of 1945 to Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine.As they...

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The Untold Story of Books By Michael Castleman

“People don’t read books anymore. Who has the time nowadays?” –Lesley’s Weekly (1913)From Gutenberg to Amazon, Michael Castleman’s The Untold Story of Books is the first and only history of publishing told from a veteran...

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American Zion By Benjamin E. Park

The first major history of Mormonism in a decade, drawing on newly available sources to reveal a profoundly divided faith that has nevertheless shaped the nation. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints was...

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Mad Wife By Kate Hamilton

Submitting to unwanted sex destroyed Kate’s love for her husband, but she considered killing herself before she could imagine leaving.In this electrifying literary memoir, Kate Hamilton deftly traces her complicated journey from loving wife to...

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We Refuse By Kellie Carter Jackson

A radical reframing of the past and present of Black resistance—both nonviolent and violent—to white supremacy.Black resistance to white supremacy is often reduced to a simple binary, between Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s nonviolence and...

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Land Between the Rivers By Bartle Bull

Land Between the Rivers is the result of ten years of research, writing, and thinking about the subject. It is an enormous topic: five thousand years, beginning with Gilgamesh at the edge of historical time. It...

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They Were Here Before Us By Eyal Halfon

An epic and highly readable investigation into our very earliest ancestors, focusing on the land corridor thorough which humans passed from Africa to Europe and the evidence left behind of their lives and deaths, struggles...

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Shame on You By Melissa Petro

In the spirit of Rebecca Traister's Good and Mad and Roxane Gay's Bad Feminist comes a courageous, in-depth investigation into the modern epidemic of shame in our society—what it is, why women are uniquely susceptible, and...

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Some Men in London By Peter Parker

The first part of a major new anthology which uncovers the rich reality of life for queer men in LondonIn the 1940s, it was believed that homosexuality had been becoming more widespread in the aftermath...

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Rational Accidents By John Downer

An unflinching look at the unique challenges posed by complex technologies we cannot afford to let fail—and why the remarkable achievements of civil aviation can help us understand those challenges.Nuclear reactors, deep-sea drilling platforms, deterrence...

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Bite by Bite By Aimee Nezhukumatathil

From the New York Times bestselling author of World of Wonders, a lyrical book of short essays about food offering a banquet of tastes, smells, memories, associations, and little-known facts about natureIn Bite by Bite, poet and essayist Aimee...

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A Walk in the Park By Kevin Fedarko

A deeply moving account ever of walking the Grand Canyon, a highly dangerous, life-changing 750-mile trek.The Grand Canyon is an American treasure, visited by more than 6 million people a year, many of whom are...

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Wise Animals By Tom Chatfield

'Powerful, profound and completely engrossing, this is a multitudinous meditation on not only technology but also history, culture, ideas, ethics, psychology and, above all, what it means to be human.' – Michael Bhaskar, co-author of The...

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The Wives By Simone Gorrindo

A captivating memoir that tells the story of one woman’s experience of joining a community of army wives after leaving her New York City job—a profoundly intimate look at marriage, friendship, and the power of...

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Wronged By Lilie Chouliaraki

Why is being a victim such a potent identity today? Who claims to be a victim, and why? How have such claims changed in the past century? Who benefits and who loses from the struggles...

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Around the World in 80 Games By Marcus du Sautoy

Why do some games seem to be universal while others have a particular connection to the culture of the people playing them?Around the World in 80 Games is about the mathematics of chance, game theory,...

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The Age of Grievance By Frank Bruni

From bestselling author and longtime New York Times columnist Frank Bruni comes a lucid, powerful examination of the ways in which grievance has come to define our current culture and politics, on both the right...

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Frostbite By Nicola Twilley

An engaging and far-reaching exploration of refrigeration, tracing its evolution from scientific mystery to globe-spanning infrastructure, and an essential investigation into how it has remade our entire relationship with food—for better and for worse.How often...

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The Other Ancient Civilisations By Raven Todd DaSilva

Discover Other Civilisations and Cultures With Rich and Unique HistoriesJourney through 15,000 years of history and discover fascinating ancient civilisations and cultures that may have been overlooked in history class with Raven Todd DaSilva, award-winning...

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Countdown By Sarah Scoles

For fans of Oppenheimer, a riveting investigation into the modern nuclear weapons landscape and its future.The average person thinks about nuclear weapons less than they did during the mid-20th century. Yet we live in a time when...

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The Making of a King By Robert Hardman

The dramatic story of the new king’s evolution over the past year from Prince of Wales to King Charles III, from one of the most acclaimed royal biographers writing today.No British monarch has had a...

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Why Can't I Let You Go By Michelle Skeen

Break free from trauma bonds and develop the healthy, secure, and loving relationships you deserve! If you experienced physical or emotional abuse, neglect, or abandonment as a child, you may struggle with unhealthy relationships as...

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The Friday Afternoon Club By Griffin Dunne

At nine, Sean Connery saved him from drowning. At thirteen, desperate to hook up with Janis Joplin, he attended his aunt Joan Didion's legendary L.A. party for the publication of Tom Wolfe's The Electric Kool-Aid...

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Understanding Imperiled Earth By Todd J. Braje

A unique introduction to how understanding archaeology can support modern-day sustainability efforts, from restoring forested land to developing fire management strategiesAn essential and hopeful book for climate-conscious readersThe world faces an uncertain future with the...

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With Love, Mommie Dearest By A. Ashley Hoff

When she died in 1977, Joan Crawford was remembered as an icon of Hollywood's Golden Age—until publication the following year of her daughter’s memoir, Mommie Dearest .Christina Crawford’s book was an immediate bestseller, addressing the...

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The Siege By Ben Macintyre

A thrilling tick-tock recounting one of the most harrowing hostage situations and daring rescue attempts of our time—from true-life espionage master and New York Times bestselling author of Operation Mincemeat and The Spy and the...

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Where Are the Fellows Who Cut the Hay By Robert Ashton

Where Are the Fellows Who Cut the Hay? is an ode to rural life, charting traditions of the past, how they were lost and why we need to reconnect.Exploring the relationship between everyday items and...

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