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The Best American Short Stories - Geraldine Brooks
Edited by the award-winning, best-selling author Geraldine Brooks, this year's collection will be another "sure bet for gripping, emotional challenging reading" (San Diego Union-Tr... -
The Best American Science and N - Freeman Dyson
The author of the National Book Critics Circle Award-winning Weapons and Hope edits a collection of the finest science and nature writing. Original. 30,000 first printing. -
The Best American Crime Writing - Mark Bowden
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The Battle of Midway - Craig L. Symonds
Review"[W]holly satisfying . . . a lucid, intensely researched, mildly revisionist account of a significant moment in American military history." --Kirkus Reviews, starred re... -
The Audacity of Hope - Barack Obama
“A government that truly represents these Americans–that truly serves these Americans–will require a different kind of politics. That politics will need to reflect our lives as the... -
The Art of the Moving Picture - Vachel Lindsay
Product Description"In the field of film aesthetics, it is the first important American work, still important--The Art of the Moving Picture is astonishing."--Stanley Kauffmann <..... -
The Art of Choosing - Sheena Iyengar
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. Choice, perhaps the highest good in the American socioeconomic lexicon, is a very mixed blessing, according to this fascinating study of decis... -
The Americans_ The Democratic E - Daniel Boorstin
The third and final volume in Daniel Boorstin's award-winning trilogy, The Americans: The Democratic Experience wraps up his remarkable exploration of the American character. Begin... -
The American Way to Change - Shirley Sagawa
How ordinary citizens dedicated to service can change the face of America's most critical issues What if the nation were able to capitalize on the energy of Americans willing to .... -
The American Way of Death Revis - Jessica Mitford
"Mitford's funny and unforgiving book is the best memento mori we are likely to get. It should be updated and reissued each decade for our spiritual health."--The New York Review o...