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The Astronaut Wives' Club
As America's Mercury Seven astronauts were launched on death-defying missions, television cameras focused on the brave smiles of their young wives. Overnight, these women were tran... -
Strange Medicine A Shocking History of Real Medical Practices Through the Ages - Nathan Belofsky
More information to be announced soon on this forthcoming title from Penguin USA. ReviewPublishers Weekly-Belofsky (The Book of Strange and Curious Legal Oddities) conjures... -
Steven D. Levitt - SuperFreakonomics
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Stephen Colbert - I am America (and so can You!)
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Si-cology 1 Tales and Wisdom from Duck Dynasty's Favorite Uncle - Si Robertson
You know him from the hit A&E show Duck Dynasty—now you can enjoy Uncle Si’s tall tales, crazy exploits, and quirky one-liners in one raucous collection!“These hands are so... -
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Sacks, Oliver - Oaxaca Journal (Vintage, 2012)
"I have been an inveterate keeper of journals since I was 14 especially at times of adventure and crisis and travel. Here, for the first time, such a journal made its way to public... -
Sacks, Oliver - Island of the Colorblind (Knopf, 1997)
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Physics of the Impossible_ A Scientific - Michio Kaku
From Publishers WeeklyIn this latest effort to popularize the sciences, City University of New York professor and media star Kaku (_Hyperspace_) ponders topics that many people reg... -
No Easy Day The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden by Kevin Maurer
For the first time anywhere, the first-person account of the planning and execution of the Bin Laden raid from a Navy Seal who confronted the terrorist mastermind and witnessed his...