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Argo
How the CIA and Hollywood Pulled Off the Most Audacious Rescue in History
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2012
The true, declassified account of CIA operative Tony Mendez's daring rescue of American hostages from Iran that inspired the critically-acclaimed film directed by and starring Ben Affleck, and co-starring John Goodman, Alan Arkin, and Bryan Cranston.
On November 4, 1979, Iranian militants stormed...
Midnight in Peking
How the Murder of a Young Englishwoman Haunted the Last Days of Old China
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2012
Winner of the both the Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime and the CWA Non-Fiction Dagger from the author of City of Devils
Chronicling an incredible unsolved murder, Midnight in Peking captures the aftermath of the brutal killing of a British schoolgirl in January 1937. The mutilated body of Pamela...
This Town
Two Parties and a Funeral--Plus Plenty of Valet Parking!--in America's Gilded Capital
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2013
**A #1 New York Times bestseller!
From the New York Times bestselling author of** Big Game: The NFL in Dangerous Times
Washington D.C. might be loathed from every corner of the nation, yet these are fun and busy days at this nexus of big politics, big money, big media, and big vanity....
Call the Midwife
A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2012
The highest-rated drama in BBC history, Call the Midwife will delight fans of Downton Abbey
Viewers everywhere have fallen in love with this candid look at post-war London. In the 1950s, twenty-two-year-old Jenny Lee leaves her comfortable home to move into a convent and become a midwife in...
Double Down
Game Change 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times:
"Those hungry for political news will read Double Down for the scooplets and insidery glimpses it serves up about the two campaigns, and the clues it offers about the positioning already going on among Republicans and Democrats for 2016 ... The book testifies...
The Healing of America
A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2010
A New York Times Bestseller, with an updated explanation of the 2010 Health Reform Bill
Bringing to bear his talent for explaining complex issues in a clear, engaging way, New York Times bestselling author T. R. Reid visits industrialized democracies around the world--France, Britain, Germany,...
Carthage Must Be Destroyed
The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Civilization
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2011
The first full-scale history of Hannibal's Carthage in decades and "a convincing and enthralling narrative." (The Economist )
Drawing on a wealth of new research, archaeologist, historian, and master storyteller Richard Miles resurrects the civilization that ancient Rome struggled...
by Henry Kissinger
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2011
"Fascinating, shrewd . . . The book deftly traces the rhythms and patterns of Chinese history."—Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
In this sweeping and insightful history, Henry Kissinger turns for the first time at book length to a country he has known intimately for decades...
Marriage, a History
How Love Conquered Marriage
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2006
Just when the clamor over "traditional" marriage couldn’t get any louder, along comes this groundbreaking book to ask, "What tradition?" In Marriage, a History, historian and marriage expert Stephanie Coontz takes readers from the marital intrigues of ancient Babylon to the torments...
The Party Is Over
How Republicans Went Crazy, Democrats Became Useless, and the Middle Class Got Shafted
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2012
The New York Times bestselling exposé of what passes for business as usual in Washington today
There was a time, not so very long ago, when perfectly rational people ran the Republican Party. So how did the party of Lincoln become the party of lunatics? That is what this book aims to answer....
The Slave Ship
A Human History
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2007
“Masterly.”—Adam Hochschild, The New York Times Book Review
In this widely praised history of an infamous institution, award-winning scholar Marcus Rediker shines a light into the darkest corners of the British and American slave ships of the eighteenth century. Drawing on thirty years...
The Boys in the Boat
Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2013
The #1 New York Times–bestselling story about American Olympic triumph in Nazi Germany and now the inspiration for the PBS documentary “The Boys of ‘36'.”
For readers of Unbroken, out of the depths of the Depression comes an irresistible story about beating the odds and finding hope...
LeBron's Dream Team
How Four Friends and I Brought a Championsip Home
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2010
The DREAM TEAM was a bunch of kids from Akron, Ohio-LeBron James and his best friends-who first met on a youth basketball team of the same name when they were ten and eleven years old. United by their love of the game and their yearning for companionship, they quickly forged a bond which would carry...
by David Byrne
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2010
**A round-the-world bicycle tour with one of the most original artists of our day. **
Urban bicycling has become more popular than ever as recession-strapped, climate-conscious city dwellers reinvent basic transportation. In this wide-ranging memoir, artist/musician and co-founder of Talking...