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View book details for It's a Jungle Out There
The Feminist Survival Guide to Politically Inhospitable Environments
Da Capo Press
For all of you humming I Will Survive while watching the political debacles gracing the evening news, when getting an earful from your Limbaugh-loving brother-in-law, or as youre ducking into the bathroom to avoid the date espousing the wisdom of …
View book details for The Practical Progressive
How to Build a Twenty-first Century Political Movement
PublicAffairs
Underneath today's elections is a fierce battle for power driven not by the country's elected officials, but by organizations and people you have never heard of. Since the 1964 Goldwater defeat, conservative philanthropists have built a set of ideologically-aligned institutions …
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The Women Who Made Sixteenth-Century Europe
Basic Books
"Sarah Gristwood has written a masterpiece that effortlessly and enthrallingly interweaves the amazing stories of women who ruled in Europe during the Renaissance period." -- Alison Weir Sixteenth-century Europe saw an explosion of female rule. From Isabella of Castile, and …
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My Life with a Transgender Husband
Da Capo Press
Helen Boyd's husband, who had long been open about being a cross-dresser, was considering living as a woman full time. Suddenly, Boyd was confronted with the reality of what it would mean if her husband were actually to become a …
View book details for Locust
The Devastating Rise and Mysterious Disappearance of the Insect that Shaped the American Frontier
Basic Books
Throughout the nineteenth century, swarms of locusts regularly swept across the continent, turning noon into dusk, demolishing farm communities, and bringing trains to a halt as the crushed bodies of insects greased the rails. In 1876, the U.S. Congress declared …
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An Erotic Memoir
Da Capo Press
Krissy Kneen loves sex . . . and shes not afraid to talk about it. In this sometimes hilarious, sometimes poignant, and sometimes terrifying memoir, she traces the arc of her sexual life from her childhood in a sexless household …
View book details for Ballad of the Anarchist Bandits
The Crime Spree that Gripped Belle Epoque Paris
PublicAffairs
The thrilling story of the Bonnot Gang, a band of anarchist bank robbers whose crimes terrorized Belle A?oque Paris, and whose escapades reflected the fast-paced, dizzyingly modern, and increasingly violent period on the eve of World War I. For six …
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Political Paranoia and the Creation of the Modern State, 1789-1848
Basic Books
For the ruling and propertied classes of the late eighteenth century, the years following the French Revolution were characterized by intense anxiety. Monarchs and their courtiers lived in constant fear of rebellion, convinced that their power-and their heads-were at risk. …
Basic Books
In ruling against the controversial historian David Irving in his libel suit against the American historian Deborah Lipstadt, last April 2000, the High Court in London labeled him a falsifier of history. No objective historian, declared the judge, would manipulate …
View book details for To Follow the Water
Exploring the Ocean to Discover Climate
Basic Books
In To Follow the Water, critically acclaimed author Dallas Murphy artfully recasts the story of human expansion and cultural development with the ocean playing the central role. Applying a novelist's eye for detail and a historian's drive for perspective, he …
View book details for Power in Numbers
UNITAID, Innovative Financing, and the Quest for Massive Good
PublicAffairs
The story of UNITAID begins with two world leaders but quickly becomes a lesson in popular philanthropy, involving millions of people each making a small contribution to a program aimed at treating and ultimately eliminating the threat of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis …
Little, Brown and Company
A glittering book from the author hailed by the Chicago Tribune as "unique, intriguing, and often hilarious." Here are the events that make up a life: a junior high school fashion crisis, a best friend's betrayal, substance abuse, recovery, finding …
Little, Brown and Company
Can a little black dress help a New York magazine editor live out her wildest fantasies . . . or will it be her downfall?Magazine editor Jane Avery spends her nights alone with Netflix and Oreos-until the Dress turns her …
Little, Brown and Company
New York Times bestselling author and photographer Seth Casteel's follow-up to the phenomenal Underwater Dogs -- now with puppies! The world fell in love with swimming canines in Seth Casteel's first book, Underwater Dogs. Now, in more than 80 previously …
Orbit
A new heroine hits the urban fantasy scene in this spectacular series about an exorcist by New York Times bestselling author, Lilith Saintcrow. When things go bump in the night, I bump back. Hard.Every city has a hunter -- someone …
Little, Brown and Company
In this dazzling debut novel about love and betrayal, a young couple moves to New York City in search of success-only to learn that the lives they dream of may come with dangerous strings attached. Julia and Evan fall in …
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The Bruce Edwards Story
Little, Brown and Company
Beyond golf's polished surface there lies a world not often seen by the average fan. The caddy sees everything - the ambition, the strategy, the rivalries, the jealousies - that occurs behind the scenes. Award-winning John Feinstein, America's favourite sportswriter, …
Little, Brown and Company
When a lawyer discovers the possible existence of a lost, secret second novel from America's favorite writer, all hell breaks loose.For years, Frederick Lowell has quietly managed the estate of the revered novelist Edward Goodwin. Though the author of only …
Orbit
The West is a wild place, where the poison wind blows and the dead walk. But there is gold, and whiskey, and enough room for a man to forget what he once was -- until he no longer can.Jack Gabriel's …
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A True Story of Friendship and Survival
Little, Brown and Company
On January 19, 2000, a fire raged through Seton Hall University's freshman dormitory, killing three students and injuring 58 others. Among the victims were Shawn Simons and Alvaro Llanos, roommates from poor neighborhoods who made their families proud by getting …
Little, Brown and Company
Alex Cross has Washington, D. C. The Women's Murder Club has San Francisco. Detective Michael Bennett has all of New York City, chaos capital of the world.The son of one of New York's wealthiest families is snatched off the street …
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A Sports Doctor's Complete Guide for Parents
Little, Brown and Company
Metzl, medical director, sports Medicine Institute for Young Athletes, and Shookhoff, a writer specializing in education issues, want parents and young athletes to keep a sensible perspective on the benefits of organized sports. They offer information on preventing injuries, recognizing …
Orbit
A novel set in the magical offices of The Portable Door, now a majorly fantastical film starring Christoph Waltz, Sam Neill, and Miranda Otto. Tom Holt may be the most imaginative satirist to land on our shores since Douglas Adams. …
View book details for Just Let Me Lie Down
Necessary Terms for the Half-Insane Working Mom
Little, Brown and Company
Kristin van Ogtrop knows she's lucky-fulfilling career, great husband, three healthy kids, and, depending on the hamster count, an impressive roster of pets. You could also say she's half-insane, but name one working mom who isn't. Using stories and insights …
Little, Brown and Company
I knew I was in Paris, I knew that was the Seine beneath me, the sky above, but when I looked around for help, the grand apartment buildings of the Quai Voltaire stared back at me, indifferent. Alicia Drake, author …
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