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 | 30,000 Years of Art: The Story of Human Creativity Across Time and Space
Posted on May 2, '08 4:30 PM for everyone
""This enormous, extraordinary collection brings together 1000 high-quality color illustrations, showcasing the evolution of creative arts over diverse cultures from prehistoric to ..."
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 | Return to Dragon Mountain: Memories of a Late Ming Man by Jonathan Spence
Posted on May 2, '08 4:28 PM for everyone
"A renowned historian captures a critical moment in Chinese history. Zhang Dai is recognized as one of the finest historians and essayists of China's Ming dynasty. When he was born..."
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 | Death in a Prairie House: Frank Lloyd Wright and the Taliesin Murders by William Drennan
Posted on May 2, '08 4:24 PM for everyone
" The most pivotal and yet least understood event of Frank Lloyd Wright’s celebrated life involves the brutal murders in 1914 of seven adults and children dear to the ar..."
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 | A Boy Named Shel by Lisa Rogak
Posted on May 2, '08 4:21 PM for everyone
"In A Boy Named Shel Lisa Rogak tells the full story of a life as antic and adventurous as any of his creations. A man with an incurable case of wanderlust, Shel kept homes on both ..."
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 | The Thing About Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead by David Shields
Posted on May 2, '08 4:19 PM for everyone
"After you turn 7, your risk of dying doubles every eight years." By your 80s, you "no longer even have a distinctive odor ... You're vanishing." "The brain of a 90-year-old is the ..."
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 | Do Travel Writers Go to Hell?: A Swashbuckling Tale of High Adventures, Questionable ...
Posted on May 2, '08 4:16 PM for everyone
"After pursuing an advanced degree in Latin American studies, Kohnstamm reluctantly took a position as a researcher at a large Wall Street firm. The restless author quickly tired of..."
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 | Manic: A Memoir by Terri Cheney
Posted on May 2, '08 4:14 PM for everyone
"On the outside, Terri Cheney was a highly successful, attractive Beverly Hills entertainment lawyer. But behind her seemingly flawless façade lay a dangerous secret—for the better ..."
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 | Hope's Boy by Andrew Bridge
Posted on May 2, '08 4:12 PM for everyone
"Filled with vivid scenes and empathetic description, refreshingly free of the self-absorption that mars so many horrendous childhood sagas, Hope's Boy is compulsively readable BIOG..."
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 | Listening Is an Act of Love: A Celebration of American Life from the StoryCorps Project...
Posted on May 2, '08 4:10 PM for everyone
"From more than ten thousand interviews, StoryCorps-the largest oral history project in the nation's history-presents a tapestry of American stories, told by the people who lived th..."
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 | Way off the Road by Bill Geist
Posted on May 2, '08 4:07 PM for everyone
"CBS roving correspondent and author Geist offers up an amusing and expansive collection of America's quirky, strange and offbeat nooks. The "Land of Lost Luggage" in Scottsboro, Al..."
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 | The Age of American Unreasonby Susan Jacoby
Posted on May 2, '08 4:05 PM for everyone
"Inspired by Richard Hofstadter's trenchant 1963 cultural analysis Anti-Intellectualism in American Life, Jacoby (Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism) has produced an eng..."
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 | This Republic of Suffering by Drew Faust
Posted on May 2, '08 4:03 PM for everyone
"Battle is the dramatic centerpiece of Civil War history; this penetrating study looks instead at the somber aftermath. Historian Faust (Mothers of Invention) notes that the Civil W..."
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 | National Geographic Guide to Scenic Highways and Byways : The 275 Best Drives in the ...
Posted on May 2, '08 4:01 PM for everyone
"This is the book for those who want...to take the slow route...get out of the car and walk around and look and talk to the people." —Times-Picayune Expanded to include all U.S. des..."
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 | Milk Eggs Vodka: Grocery Lists Lost and Found by Bill Keaggy
Posted on May 2, '08 3:58 PM for everyone
"Features over 150 found grocery lists including everything from the mundane to the marginally insane—a one-of-a-kind glimpse into everyday American life *Based on an established W..."
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 | Due Considerations: Essays and Criticism by John Updike
Posted on May 2, '08 3:54 PM for everyone
"John Updike is one of the two or three best American novelists of his generation, and he might just be the best book critic as well: a wise and canny professional, he brings a symp..."
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 | : Ten Things All Sports Fans Should Do Before They Die by Jim Gorant
Posted on May 2, '08 3:52 PM for everyone
"When Jim Gorant, a Sports Illustrated staffer and lifelong sports fan, discovered that he had never attended a single one of sports' most iconic events, he wondered, What kind of s..."
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 | Long After Midnight at the Nino Bien : A Yanqui's Missteps in Argentina by Brian Wi...
Posted on May 2, '08 3:49 PM for everyone
"An American reporter in Argentina struggles to learn the tango by night, while by day covering the country as it slides into financial crisis and revolution 793.33 WINTER"
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 | Felt Frenzy by Heather Brack
Posted on May 2, '08 3:47 PM for everyone
"Designed with the absolute beginner in mind, this project collection explores all the major feltmaking techniques, from knit-and-shrink to wet felting, needlefelting, and "recycled..."
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 | The Authentic Garden: Five Principles for Cultivating A Sense of Place by Claire Sawyers
Posted on May 2, '08 3:46 PM for everyone
"English cottage borders, Japanese serenity havens, classic Italian vistas: all have been primary sources of inspiration for America's public and private gardens, yet there is no ne..."
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 | Consumer Guide to Home Energy Savings, 9th Edition: Save Money, Save the Earth by J...
Posted on May 2, '08 3:43 PM for everyone
"How efficient are front-load washing machines? When is it time to replace your old refrigerator? These questions and many more are answered in The Consumer Guide to Home Energy Sav..."
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