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How Julius Fromm's Condom Empire Fell to the Nazis
Gotz Aly, Michael Sontheimer, Shelley Frisch
Other Press
If you wanted to buy a top-quality condom in prewar Germany, you bought Fromms Act, the first brand name condom and still a leading brand in the German market. The man behind this "pure German quality product" was Julius Fromm, …
James A. Moore
Watkins Media
This heart-pounding sequel in the grimdark Seven Forges saga sees enemies new and old, human and inhuman, converge on the crumbling Empire of Fellein The Empire of Fellein is in mourning. The Emperor is dead, and the armies of the …
Mark Twain, Howard Mittelmark, Edmund Reiss
Penguin Publishing Group
Nine tales showcase Twain's wit as he skewers greed and hypocrisyand makes a memorable, tormenting statement on evil.

View book details for A Treasury of Royal Scandals

The Shocking True Stories History's Wickedest Weirdest MostWanton Kings Queens
Michael Farquhar
Penguin Publishing Group
From Nero's nagging mother (whom he found especially annoying after taking her as his lover) to Catherine's stable of studs (not of the equine variety), here is a wickedly delightful look at the most scandalous royal doings you never learned …

View book details for The Last Good Year

Seven Games That Ended an Era
Damien Cox
Penguin Canada
Nominated for the 2019 Toronto Heritage Book AwardWe may never see a playoff series like it again.Before Gary Bettman, and the lockouts. Before all the NHL's old barns were torn down to make way for bigger, glitzier rinks. Before expansion …
Michael Reaves
Random House Publishing Group
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER For the infamous, power-hungry Sith, beholden to the dark side, the time has come to rise again. Full of lightsaber battles, the Jedi philosophy, and lots of new life-forms.Chicago Sun-TimesAfter years of waiting in the shadows, …
Charles G. West
Penguin Publishing Group
In this western from Charles G. West, a murderous gunslinger gets a taste of vigilante justice...Diminutive but deadly, Billy Ray Blevins raised hell in Dry Fork with his lightning-fast gunplay. But theres only so much cold-blooded murder a town can …
Cara Black
Soho Press
A dying woman has secret about the unsolved murder of Parisian P.I. Aimee Leducs father, but is kidnapped before she can reveal itParis, April 1999: Aimee Leduc has her work cut out for herrunning her detective agency and fighting off …
Sean McCabe
Penguin Publishing Group
The vampires call it the Cross of Ardaich: a relic thought to have been destroyed in the war between the Federation and the rebels. But it has been found, and its incredible powers could signal the end of civilization...A cannibalistic …
Ben Marcus
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
In New American Stories, the beautiful, the strange, the melancholy, and the sublime all comingle to show the vast range of the American short story . In this remarkable anthology, Ben Marcus has corralled a vital and artistically singular crowd …
Francois J. Bonnet, Peter Szendy
This study of the subtlety, complexity, and variety of modes of hearing maps out a sonorous archipelagoa heterogeneous set of shifting sonic territories shaped by the vicissitudes of desire and discourse.Profoundly intimate yet immediately giving onto distant spaces, both an …

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New Developments in Psychology, Philosophy of Mind, and Social Neuroscience
Axel Seemann
Interdisciplinary perspectives on definitional concerns, underlying mechanisms, and the functional significance of joint attention.Academic interest in the phenomenon of joint attentionthe capacity to attend to an object together with another creaturehas increased rapidly over the past two decades. Yet it …
Jonathan Kellerman
Random House Publishing Group
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER They call the ancient hills of Jerusalem the butchers theater. Here, upon this bloodstained stage, a faceless killer performs his violent specialty. The first to die brutally is a girl. She is drained of blood, then …
Nora Gaydos, B.B. Sams
Random House Children's Books
TEACH YOUR CHILD TO READ WHILE HAVING FUN! Simple, patterned stories and strong picture cues help children build essential skills in Level 1 of this award-winning learn-to-read series.The Now I'm Reading! books offer a comprehensive approach that integrates the best …

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Attack Detection and Response
Michael Rash
No Starch Press
System administrators need to stay ahead of new security vulnerabilities that leave their networks exposed every day. A firewall and an intrusion detection systems (IDS) are two important weapons in that fight, enabling you to proactively deny access and monitor …
Ali Brandon
Penguin Publishing Group
From her Brooklyn bookstore, Darla Pettistone not only sells mysteries, but solves them, aided by her big-boned black cat, Hamletwho has suddenly pounced into the spotlight after unleashing his fists of furry... After a video of Darla and Hamlet performing …

View book details for Low Power to the People

Pirates, Protest, and Politics in FM Radio Activism
Christina Dunbar-Hester
An examination of how activists combine political advocacy and technical practice in their promotion of the emancipatory potential of local low-power FM radio.The United States ushered in a new era of small-scale broadcasting in 2000 when it began issuing low-power …

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A Chief Inspector Erik Winter Novel
Ake Edwardson, Laurie Thompson
Penguin Publishing Group
From the land of the midnight sun, a compelling and dark thriller by Sweden?s master of crime fiction: The autumn gloom comes quickly on the Swedish city of Gothenburg, and for Detective Chief Inspector Erik Winter the days seem even …
Julie E. Czerneda
DAW
The second book in the hard science fiction Reunification trilogy, the thrilling conclusion to the award-winning Clan Chronicles Betrayed and attacked, the Clan fled the Trade Pact for Cersi, believing that world their long-lost home. With them went a lone …
S. K. Dunstall
Penguin Publishing Group
As the Linesman series continues, linesman Ean Lambert finds himself facing an alien ship he doesnt understandand a terrifying political threat he cannot fight... The lines. The soul of every ship. It was once thought there were only ten, but …

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John and Robert Kennedy, the Plan for a Coup in Cuba, and the Murder of JFK
Lamar Waldron, Thom Hartmann
A landmark in historical research, tying the Mafia and Cuba to the assassination of JFKupdated to reveal the role of Cuban Commander Juan Almeida. Recent revelations by the U.S. government point to Cubas former number three officialCommander Juan Almeidaas secretly …
Jen Lancaster
Penguin Publishing Group
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERNew York Times bestselling author Jen Lancaster has lived a life based on re-invention and self-improvement. From Bitter Is the New Black to The Tao of Martha, shes managed to document her (and her generations) attempts …
Katherine Dewey
Enchanting, exquisitely detailed and full of personality, Katherine Dewey's animal sculptures delight all who see them. With the friendly medium of polymer clay and the step-by-step instructions in this book, you can achieve the same magical results! Inside, Katherine leads …

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Exile and Refuge at the Borders of Europe
Daniel Trilling
Verso Books
Immersive, engrossing report on the European refugee crisisA mother puts her children into a refrigerator truck and asks, What else could I do? A runaway teenager comes of age on the streets, sleeping in abandoned buildings. A student leaves his …
Juliet Blackwell
Penguin Publishing Group
A supernatural force on the loose in San Francisco and a family reunion keeps witch and vintage storeowner Lily Ivory on her toes as she prepares to walk down the aisle... When Lily Ivory stumbles on the uniform of a …
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