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Da Vinci's Ghost
Genius, Obsession, and How Leonardo Created the World in His Own Image
Da Vinci's Ghost recounts the intellectual journey behind the creation of Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man and how the drawing represents the momentous period in Western history when the Middle Ages gave way to the Renaissance.
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Oddly Normal
One Family's Struggle to Help Their Teenage Son Come to Terms With His Sexuality
Sharing his family's own struggles within a culture that is quickly changing, a national correspondent for The New York Times and father of a gay teen offers crucial lessons about helping gay kids and how to cope in a potentially hostile world.
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The Lakota Way of Strength and Courage
Lessons in Resilience from the Bow and Arrow
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Race-Baiter
How the Media Wields Dangerous Words to Divide a Nation
A prominent media critic demonstrates how the media manipulates language to incite cultural divides, tracing the history of "race-baiting" while revealing how tactics that deliberately play on prejudice and fear are used to secure audiences and demonize opposing groups.
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The Generals
American Military Command from World War II to Today
The Generals describes the values, strategic thinking and leadership qualities of military leaders from World War II to the present day and how the widening separation between performance and accountability has not resulted in any recent Marshalls, Eisenhowers or Pattons.
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Mind and Cosmos
Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature Is Almost Certainly False
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I Want My MTV
The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution
I Want My MTV shows how the channel grew from a radical programming concept to a defining network for a generation and a force in the worlds of music, television, sports, fashion and politics.
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Muck City
Winning and Losing in Football's Forgotten Town
Muck City traces the intertwined stories of an orphaned quarterback, a celebrated football coach and an aspiring medical student whose prospects were collectively shaped by the formidable challenges, shameful history and football enthusiasm of their hometown in the Florida Everglades.
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From Dawn to Decadence
500 Years of Western Cultural Life
Showcases the triumphs and defeats of 500 years of Western cultural history, highlighting the contributions of women and arguing that decadence is required in order to spark creativity in the next era.
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Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher
The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis
Timothy Egan recounts the pioneering photographer Edward Curtis' life-risking effort to document the disappearing North American Indian nation, offering insight into the danger and resolve behind his venture, his elevation to an impassioned advocate, and the posthumous discovery of his achievements.NPR Bestseller
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How Children Succeed
Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character
How Children Succeed challenges conventional views about standardized testing to argue that success is more determined by self-discipline, character and optimism. Paul Tough describes the work of pioneering researchers and educators whose insights into childhood stress and economic disadvantages have enabled effective new teaching methods.NPR Bestseller
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Killing Lincoln
The Shocking Assassination That Changed America Forever
Fox News host Bill O'Reilly and writer Martin Dugard focus on the life, death and legacy of the 16th president in their book Killing Lincoln. The authors reconstruct the final days of Lincoln's life and examine the plot against the president at the end of the Civil War in April 1865.NPR Bestseller
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The Signal And The Noise
Why So Many Predictions Fail — But Some Don't
The founder of FiveThirtyEight.com challenges myths about predictions in subjects ranging from the financial market and weather to sports and politics, profiling the world of prediction to explain how to distinguish true signals from hype.NPR Bestseller
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Dangerous Work
Diary of an Arctic Adventure
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Master of the Mountain
Thomas Jefferson And His Slaves
A reassessment of the third president draws on new archaeological studies and previously disregarded personal records to explore his contradictory views on slavery while examining what is revealed by his monetary records.
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The Gershwins and Me
A Personal History in Twelve Songs
A five-time Grammy nominee presents an illustrated tribute to the lives and legacies of the Gershwins that is presented through the stories of 12 of their most enduring songs, including "Strike Up the Band" and "Love Is Here to Stay," in a volume that is complemented by a CD of original recordings.
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The Ghost Map
A historical chronicle of Victorian London's worst cholera outbreak traces the day-by-day efforts of Dr. John Snow, who put his own life on the line in his efforts to prove his previously dismissed contagion theory about how the epidemic was spreading. Reprint.
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The Wisdom Of Crowds
Looks at the theory that large groups have more collective intelligence than a smaller number of experts, drawing on a wide range of disciplines to offer insight into such topics as politics, business, and the environment.
