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10 Years That Shook the World
Trade Paperback | 192 pages | Seven Stories Press | History - Modern - 21St Century
978-1-60980-413-8 (1-60980-413-9)
February 14, 2012 | $12.95
Trade Paperback | 192 pages | Seven Stories Press | History - Modern - 21St Century
978-1-60980-413-8 (1-60980-413-9)
February 14, 2012 | $12.95
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Brave Dragons
Hardcover | 320 pages | Knopf | History - China; Sports & Recreation - Basketball; Travel - Asia - China
978-0-307-27221-8 (0-307-27221-4)
February 14, 2012 | $31.00
The wonderfully original story of a struggling Chinese basketball team and its quixotic, often comical attempt to right its fortunes by copying the American stars of the NBA—a season of cultural misunderstanding that transcends sports and reveals China’s ambivalent relationship with the West.
When the Shanxi Brave Dragons, one of...
Hardcover | 320 pages | Knopf | History - China; Sports & Recreation - Basketball; Travel - Asia - China
978-0-307-27221-8 (0-307-27221-4)
February 14, 2012 | $31.00
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The wonderfully original story of a struggling Chinese basketball team and its quixotic, often comical attempt to right its fortunes by copying the American stars of the NBA—a season of cultural misunderstanding that transcends sports and reveals China’s ambivalent relationship with the West.
When the Shanxi Brave Dragons, one of...
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Enemies
Hardcover | 560 pages | Random House | History - United States - 20th Century; Law - Legal History; Political Science - Law Enforcement
978-1-4000-6748-0 (1-4000-6748-0)
February 14, 2012 | $34.00
Enemies is the first definitive history of the FBI’s secret intelligence operations, from an author whose work on the Pentagon and the CIA won him the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award.
We think of the FBI as America’s police force. But secret intelligence is the Bureau’s first and...
Hardcover | 560 pages | Random House | History - United States - 20th Century; Law - Legal History; Political Science - Law Enforcement
978-1-4000-6748-0 (1-4000-6748-0)
February 14, 2012 | $34.00
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Enemies is the first definitive history of the FBI’s secret intelligence operations, from an author whose work on the Pentagon and the CIA won him the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award.
We think of the FBI as America’s police force. But secret intelligence is the Bureau’s first and...
Mad as Hell
Trade Paperback | 544 pages | Anchor | History - United States - 20th Century; History - Social History; Political Science - Political Ideologies - Conservatism & Liberalism
978-1-4000-7724-3 (1-4000-7724-9)
February 14, 2012 | $21.50
Trade Paperback | 544 pages | Anchor | History - United States - 20th Century; History - Social History; Political Science - Political Ideologies - Conservatism & Liberalism
978-1-4000-7724-3 (1-4000-7724-9)
February 14, 2012 | $21.50
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“I’m mad as hell, and I’m not going to take it anymore!” The words of Howard Beale, the fictional anchorman in 1976’s hit film Network, struck a chord with a generation of Americans. In this colourful new history, Dominic Sandbrook ranges seamlessly over the political, economic, and cultural high (and low)...
The Pope Who Quit
Trade Paperback | 304 pages | Image | History - Medieval; History - Europe; Religion - Christian Church - History
978-0-385-53189-4 (0-385-53189-3)
February 14, 2012 | $17.00
At the close of the tumultuous Middle Ages, there lived a man who seemed destined from birth to save the world. His name was Peter Morrone, a hermit, a founder of a religious order, and, depending on whom you talk to, a reformer, an instigator, a prophet, a coward, a saint...
Trade Paperback | 304 pages | Image | History - Medieval; History - Europe; Religion - Christian Church - History
978-0-385-53189-4 (0-385-53189-3)
February 14, 2012 | $17.00
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At the close of the tumultuous Middle Ages, there lived a man who seemed destined from birth to save the world. His name was Peter Morrone, a hermit, a founder of a religious order, and, depending on whom you talk to, a reformer, an instigator, a prophet, a coward, a saint...
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The Rights of the People
Trade Paperback | 496 pages | Vintage | Political Science - Civil Rights; History - United States
978-1-4000-7928-5 (1-4000-7928-4)
February 14, 2012 | $19.95
Trade Paperback | 496 pages | Vintage | Political Science - Civil Rights; History - United States
978-1-4000-7928-5 (1-4000-7928-4)
February 14, 2012 | $19.95
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An impassioned, incisive look at the violations of civil liberties in the United States that have accelerated over the past decade—and their direct impact on our lives.
How have our rights to privacy and justice been undermined? What exactly have we lost? Pulitzer Prize–winner David K. Shipler searches for the answers to...
Women's History For Beginners
Trade Paperback | 208 pages | For Beginners | Social Science - Women's Studies; History - Social History
978-1-934389-60-7 (1-934389-60-9)
February 14, 2012 | $18.99
Trade Paperback | 208 pages | For Beginners | Social Science - Women's Studies; History - Social History
978-1-934389-60-7 (1-934389-60-9)
February 14, 2012 | $18.99
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Once Upon a Secret
Hardcover | 208 pages | Random House | Biography & Autobiography - Women; History - United States - 20th Century; Family & Relationships - Marriage
978-1-4000-6910-1 (1-4000-6910-6)
February 8, 2012 | $29.95
Hardcover | 208 pages | Random House | Biography & Autobiography - Women; History - United States - 20th Century; Family & Relationships - Marriage
978-1-4000-6910-1 (1-4000-6910-6)
February 8, 2012 | $29.95
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In the summer of 1962, nineteen-year-old Mimi Beardsley arrived by train in Washington, D.C., to begin an internship in the White House press office. The Kennedy Administration had reinvigorated the capital and the country—and Mimi was eager to contribute. For a young woman from a privileged but sheltered upbringing, the job...
Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom
Hardcover | 512 pages | Knopf | History - China; History - Military; History - Asia
978-0-307-27173-0 (0-307-27173-0)
February 7, 2012 | $34.00
A gripping account of China’s nineteenth-century Taiping Rebellion, one of the largest civil wars in history. Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom brims with unforgettable characters and vivid re-creations of massive and often gruesome battles—a sweeping yet intimate portrait of the conflict that shaped the fate of modern China.
The story...
Hardcover | 512 pages | Knopf | History - China; History - Military; History - Asia
978-0-307-27173-0 (0-307-27173-0)
February 7, 2012 | $34.00
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A gripping account of China’s nineteenth-century Taiping Rebellion, one of the largest civil wars in history. Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom brims with unforgettable characters and vivid re-creations of massive and often gruesome battles—a sweeping yet intimate portrait of the conflict that shaped the fate of modern China.
The story...
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Behind the Beautiful Forevers
Hardcover | 288 pages | Random House | Social Science - Poverty; Social Science - Third World Development; History - India
978-1-4000-6755-8 (1-4000-6755-3)
February 7, 2012 | $32.00
From Pulitzer Prize-winner Katherine Boo, a landmark work of narrative nonfiction that tells the dramatic and sometimes heartbreaking story of families striving toward a better life in one of the twenty-first century’s great, unequal cities.
In this brilliantly written, fast-paced book, based on three years of uncompromising reporting, a bewildering...
Hardcover | 288 pages | Random House | Social Science - Poverty; Social Science - Third World Development; History - India
978-1-4000-6755-8 (1-4000-6755-3)
February 7, 2012 | $32.00
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From Pulitzer Prize-winner Katherine Boo, a landmark work of narrative nonfiction that tells the dramatic and sometimes heartbreaking story of families striving toward a better life in one of the twenty-first century’s great, unequal cities.
In this brilliantly written, fast-paced book, based on three years of uncompromising reporting, a bewildering...
Killing the Messenger
Hardcover | 464 pages | Crown | History - United States - 21St Century
978-0-307-71755-9 (0-307-71755-0)
February 7, 2012 | $31.00
When a nineteen-year-old member of a Black Muslim cult assassinated Oakland newspaper editor Chauncey Bailey in 2007—the most shocking killing of a journalist in the United States in thirty years—the question was, Why? “I just wanted to be a good soldier, a strong soldier,” the killer told police. A strong soldier...
Hardcover | 464 pages | Crown | History - United States - 21St Century
978-0-307-71755-9 (0-307-71755-0)
February 7, 2012 | $31.00
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When a nineteen-year-old member of a Black Muslim cult assassinated Oakland newspaper editor Chauncey Bailey in 2007—the most shocking killing of a journalist in the United States in thirty years—the question was, Why? “I just wanted to be a good soldier, a strong soldier,” the killer told police. A strong soldier...
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The Lady in Gold
Hardcover | 368 pages | Knopf | Art - History - Modern (Late 19Th Century To 1945); History - Jewish; Art - History - Contemporary (1945-)
978-0-307-26564-7 (0-307-26564-1)
February 7, 2012 | $35.00
The spellbinding story, part fairy tale, part suspense, of Gustav Klimt’s Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer, one of the most emblematic portraits of its time; of the beautiful, seductive Viennese Jewish salon hostess who sat for it; the notorious artist who painted it; the now vanished turn-of-the-century Vienna that shaped it; and...
Hardcover | 368 pages | Knopf | Art - History - Modern (Late 19Th Century To 1945); History - Jewish; Art - History - Contemporary (1945-)
978-0-307-26564-7 (0-307-26564-1)
February 7, 2012 | $35.00
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The spellbinding story, part fairy tale, part suspense, of Gustav Klimt’s Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer, one of the most emblematic portraits of its time; of the beautiful, seductive Viennese Jewish salon hostess who sat for it; the notorious artist who painted it; the now vanished turn-of-the-century Vienna that shaped it; and...
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The New Hate
Hardcover | 384 pages | Pantheon | History - United States; Political Science - Political Ideologies - Conservatism & Liberalism
978-0-307-37969-6 (0-307-37969-8)
February 7, 2012 | $32.00
Hardcover | 384 pages | Pantheon | History - United States; Political Science - Political Ideologies - Conservatism & Liberalism
978-0-307-37969-6 (0-307-37969-8)
February 7, 2012 | $32.00
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From “Birthers” who claim that Barack Obama was not born in the United States to counter-jihadists who believe that the Constitution is in imminent danger of being replaced with Sharia law, conspiratorial beliefs have become an increasingly common feature of our public discourse. In this deeply researched, fascinating exploration of the...
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On an Irish Island
Hardcover | 336 pages | Knopf | History - Ireland; History - Social History; Literary Criticism & Collections - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
978-0-307-26959-1 (0-307-26959-0)
February 7, 2012 | $32.00
On an Irish Island is a love letter to a vanished way of life, in which Robert Kanigel, the highly praised author of The Man Who Knew Infinity and The One Best Way, tells the story of the Great Blasket, a wildly beautiful island off the west coast of Ireland, renowned...
Hardcover | 336 pages | Knopf | History - Ireland; History - Social History; Literary Criticism & Collections - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
978-0-307-26959-1 (0-307-26959-0)
February 7, 2012 | $32.00
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On an Irish Island is a love letter to a vanished way of life, in which Robert Kanigel, the highly praised author of The Man Who Knew Infinity and The One Best Way, tells the story of the Great Blasket, a wildly beautiful island off the west coast of Ireland, renowned...
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On Gold Mountain
Trade Paperback | pages | Vintage | Biography & Autobiography - Historical; History - United States - 19th Century; History - United States - 20th Century
978-0-307-95039-0 (0-307-95039-5)
February 7, 2012 | $18.95
Trade Paperback | pages | Vintage | Biography & Autobiography - Historical; History - United States - 19th Century; History - United States - 20th Century
978-0-307-95039-0 (0-307-95039-5)
February 7, 2012 | $18.95
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In 1867, Lisa See's great-great-grandfather arrived in America, where he prescribed herbal remedies to immigrant laborers who were treated little better than slaves. His son Fong See later built a mercantile empire and married a Caucasian woman, in spite of laws prohibiting interracial marriage. Lisa herself grew up playing in her...
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