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The Feminine Mystique
A 50th-anniverary edition of Betty Friedan's groundbreaking book, with an introduction by Gail Collins and an afterword by Anna Quindlen.
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In The Shadow Of The Sword
The Birth of Islam and the Rise of the Global Arab Empire
In this sweeping history, Tom Holland reexamines the rise of Islam and places it within the context of the Roman and Persian empires.
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Detroit
An American Autopsy
When he returned to his old hometown, Detroit, Charlie LeDuff was horrified to see how far the city had fallen. He used his reporting experience to try to uncover what had happened to what was once America's richest city.NPR Bestseller
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In the House of the Interpreter
A Memoir
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Klansville, U.S.A.
The Rise and Fall of the Civil Rights-Era Ku Klux Klan
David Cunningham looks at the rise of KKK activity during the Civil Rights Movement of the 60s, focusing especially on the disproportionately large amount of Klan members in North Carolina.
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Help, Thanks, Wow
The Three Essential Survival Prayers
Help, Thanks, Wow describes the three simple prayers — asking for assistance from a higher power, expressing gratitude and feeling awe — that help to deal with the hardships of daily life.NPR Bestseller
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Going Clear
Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief
Based on more than 200 personal interviews with current and former Scientologists, both famous and less well-known, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Lawrence Wright uses his investigative ability to uncover the inner workings of the Church of Scientology.NPR Bestseller
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The World Until Yesterday
What Can We Learn From Traditional Societies?
Jared Diamond uses decades of fieldwork in the Pacific Islands and other world regions to explore the degree to which modern society draws from earlier and ancient cultures. NPR Bestseller
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Behind The Beautiful Forevers
Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
A profile of everyday life in the settlement of Annawadi as experienced by a Muslim teen, an ambitious rural mother and a young scrap-metal thief, illuminating the way their efforts to build better lives are challenged by religion, caste and economic tensions.NPR Bestseller
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In The Garden Of Beasts
Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin
The best-selling author of Devil in the White City documents the efforts of William E. Dodd, the first American ambassador to Hitler's Germany, to acclimate to a residence in an increasingly violent city where he is forced to associate with the Nazis while his daughter pursues a relationship with Gestapo chief Rudolf Diels. NPR Bestseller
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Team Of Rivals
The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
An analysis of Abraham Lincoln's political talents identifies the strengths and abilities that enabled his election and describes how he used those same abilities to rally former opponents to win the Civil War.NPR Bestseller
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The Swerve
How the World Became Modern
A humanities professor describes the impact of the translation of the last remaining manuscript of On the Nature of Things by Roman philosopher Lucretius, which fueled the Renaissance and inspired artists, great thinkers and scientists.NPR Bestseller, Literary Award Winner
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This Is the Day
The March on Washington
Compiles the photographs taken by Leonard Freed of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, during which Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech.
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Noble Savages
My Life Among Two Dangerous Tribes — the Yanomamo and the Anthropologists
The anthropologist author of the best-selling Yanomamö describes his controversial life-long research among the Yanomamö tribe in the Amazon region. His conclusions about the evolutionary advantages of their inherent violence caused an uproar within the scientific community.
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Thrive
Finding Happiness the Blue Zones Way
The first book to identify demographically proven "happiness hotspots" worldwide documents the happiest people on Earth and reveals how people can create their own happy zones.
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The Terror Courts
Rough Justice at Guantanamo Bay
When the United States captured hundreds of suspected terrorists and imprisoned them at Guantanamo Bay, the detainment of these individuals was just the start of the story. The Terror Courts describes the legal, political, and moral issues that arose when Americans attempted to prosecute these men, and describes the consequences of creating a parallel system for legal justice.
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Erasing Death
The Science That Is Rewriting the Boundaries Between Life and Death
Drawing from meticulous research, one of the world's leading experts on the scientific study of death, the human mind-brain relationship and near-death experiences demystifies what happens to human consciousness during and after death.
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The Cleanest Race
How North Koreans See Themselves - and Why It Matters
North Korea analyst B.R. Myers presents a view of North Korea through the eyes of its citizens. He argues that the late Kim Jong Il guided his regime through a paranoid, race-based nationalism with roots in Japanese fascist thought.
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