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2006
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"No matter what they say about my mom, all she ever does is teach the world good things that will help them in life. So what if she shows you the perfect way to do it? Would you want your professor at school to do anything less in any other subject? Her fans know what she's all about."—Alexis Stewart, Martha's daughter
When Martha Stewart was on trial for insider trading, the media served up countless gratuitous stories lambasting her character.
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Ever since he was young, John Robison longed to connect with other people, but by the time he was a teenager, his odd habits-an inclination to blurt out non sequiturs, avoid eye contact, dismantle radios, and dig five-foot holes (and stick his younger brother, Augusten Burroughs, in them)-had earned him the label "social deviant." It was not until he was forty that he was diagnosed with a form of autism called Asperger's syndrome. That understanding...
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An acclaimed historian presents a revelatory look at the greatest statesman of the twentieth century... Soldier parliamentarian Prime Minister orator painter writer husband and leader - all of these facets combine to make Winston Churchill one of the most complex and fascinating personalities in history. As no biographer before him Paul Johnson applies a wide lens and an unconventional approach to show how Churchill's immense adaptability combined...
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2009.
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Renowned New Deal historian Leuchtenburg offers a frank, thoughtful portrait of the lifelong public servant, and shrewdly assesses Hoover's policies and legacy in the face of one of the darkest periods of American history--the Great Depression.
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Thorndike Press
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2010.
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In World War II, no theater of operations was more dangerous than the skies above Nazi-occupied Europe. This is a collection of previously untold personal accounts of combat and camaraderie aboard the B-17 bombers that flew countless sorties against the enemy, as related by the men who lived and fought in the air - and survived. They are stories of heroism, sacrifice, miraculous survival, and merciless warfare. And they should all be remembered.
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The towering figure who sought to transform America into a "Great Society" but whose ambitions and presidency collapsed in the tragedy of the Vietnam War. Few figures in American history are as compelling and complex as Lyndon Baines Johnson, master of the U.S. Senate in the 1950s and successor to President John F. Kennedy after his assassination. Part of the Kennedy-Johnson administration from 1961 to 1968, political observer Charles Peters offers...
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He believed the dog was immortal. So begins this powerfully moving story of Rin Tin Tin's journey from orphaned puppy to movie star and international icon. From the moment in 1918 when Corporal Lee Duncan discovers Rin Tin Tin on a World War I battlefield, he recognizes something in the pup that he needs to share with the world. Rin Tin Tin is the ultimate must-read for anyone who loves great dogs or great yarns.
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When the Navy sends their elite, they send the SEALS. When the SEALS send their elite, they send SEAL Team Six. SEAL Team Six is a secret unit tasked with counterterrorism, hostage rescue, and counterinsurgency. Now Howard Wasdin takes readers deep into their world - beginning with the toughest and longest military training in the world. Wasdin's dramatic combat tales combine with his story of becoming one of the world's deadliest snipers to make...
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On a February morning in 2008, Joyce Carol Oates drove her ailing husband, Raymond Smith, to the emergency room where he was diagnosed with pneumonia. Both Joyce and Ray expected him to be released in a day or two. But in less than a week, Ray was dead from a hospital-acquired virulent infection, and Joyce was suddenly faced with the stunning reality of a life absent of the partnership that had sustained her for nearly half a century. (Bestseller)...
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Drawing on numerous interviews and never-before-revealed documents, acclaimed biographer Sally Bedell Smith pulls back the curtain to show in intimate detail the public and private lives of Queen Elizabeth II, who has led her country and Commonwealth through the wars and upheavals of the last sixty years with unparalleled composure, intelligence, and grace.
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Thorndike Press
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[2012]
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Born at the start of the Civil War, Juliette Gordon Low grew up in Georgia restless in the life of a good Southern belle. "Daisy" married a British aristocrat and moved to England. Ultimately betrayed by her husband, Daisy was dissatisfied by the aimlessness of privileged life. Her search for a greater purpose ended when she met Robert Baden-Powell, adventurer, war hero, and founder of the Boy Scouts. Daisy aimed to do the same for young girls.
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Thorndike Press
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2012.
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Novelist Matt Whyman enjoyed a quiet writer's life in the English countryside until his wife, Emma, discovered the existence of a pig said to fit inside a handbag. She thought not one but two would be a perfect addition to the Whyman clan. Nobody could anticipate the trials and misadventures two riotous, raucous little piglets could bring. Funny, touching, and endlessly entertaining, Oink charts their battle of hearts, minds, and snouts.
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