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Linda Joan Smith
The Peach Thief

The night that workhouse orphan Scilla Brown dares to climb the Earl of Havermore's garden wall, she wants only to steal a peach---the best thing she's ever tasted in her hard, hungry life. But when she's…

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Linda Joan Smith
The Peach Thief

"Nuanced, richly atmospheric, and exquisitely written." ---Kirkus Reviews (starred review) This shimmering middle-grade debut set in 1850s Lancashire, England, explores longing, belonging, and t…

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Caleb Everett
A Myriad of Tongues

Exploring breakthroughs in language and cognition research, Caleb Everett finds that fundamentals of human perception are culturally encoded by the words and sentences we use. The experience of time, spac…

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Peter S Soppelsa
Paris After Haussmann

Modern Paris is often hailed as a capital of urban infrastructure. Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann's rebuilding of Paris in 1853-1870, branded "Haussmannization," helped define urban modernity fo…

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Emile Chabal
The Age of Hobsbawm

An intellectual biography of Eric Hobsbawm, one of the most influential thinkers of the twentieth century.Eric Hobsbawm (1917-2012) was one of the foremost European intellectuals of the twentieth century.…

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Laurence Bergreen
Jules Verne and the Invention of the Future

From the acclaimed biographer of explorers Magellan, Columbus, and Francis Drake comes a unique exploration of life and influence of Jules Verne, the novelist whose mind spun the greatest adventures ever …

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James Owen
The Times Churchill

A must-read for anyone with an interest in history, politics, or the fascinating story and enduring legacy of an extraordinary figure: Winston Churchill.

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Laurence Bergreen
Jules Verne and the Invention of the Future

From the acclaimed biographer of explorers Magellan, Columbus, and Francis Drake comes a unique exploration of life and influence of Jules Verne, the novelist whose mind spun the greatest adventures ever …

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Ngugi Wa Thiong'O
Decolonizing Language and Other Revolutionary Ideas

A Literary Hub Most Anticipated Book Brilliant thoughts on modern African literature and postcolonial literary criticism from one of the giants of contemporary letters "One of the greatest writers of…

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Jaime Moreno-Tejada
World Historical Geography

A groundbreaking guide to world history through regional geography and interdisciplinary insightWorld Historical Geography: Regional Trends and Global Themes examines world history through the lens of geo…

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Caro Sand
New Lendt - Hidden City Beyond Time

Separated by centuries, united by a common goal: Liv and Adrian risk everything to save a life Liv wants only one thing: to save her sick father from death. A clue leads her to an alchemist from a bygone …

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Mario Bertolotti
The Photon

This book explains in an accessible way how the concept of the photon was introduced by Einstein who also helped discover many of its properties, and how it interacted with many physical phenomena while r…

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Thomas E Patterson
American Populist

Thomas E. Patterson's monumental biography of Huey Long is a profound reevaluation of his life and legacy, recognizing him as an inspirational progressive thinker, populist hero, and radical influence on …

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Marshall C Eakin
Empires and Exploration

Empires and Explorations interweaves nineteenth-century Brazilian history, the extraordinary life of Richard Francis Burton, and the use of travel writing by historians. Burton witnessed the origins of th…

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Muharem Bazdulj
Byron and the Beauty

Byron and the Beauty is very loosely based on Byron's biography and takes place during two weeks of October 1809, during his visit to the Balkans. Besides being great love story, this is also a novel abou…

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Paul W Posner
Rethinking Latin America's Left Turn

Around the turn of the century, a wave of leftist governments spread across Latin America. Paul W. Posner revisits this movement and diagnoses the reasons for its failure to achieve traditional leftist go…

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Rosie Grant
To Die for

**A USA Today Bestseller** An inspiring collection of recipes preserved on gravestones, with fascinating interviews from the families, celebrating the beloved food legacies of their dearly departed.For so…

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Ross Perlin
Language City

From the co-director of the Endangered Language Alliance, a captivating portrait of contemporary New York City through six speakers of little-known and overlooked languages, diving into the incredible his…

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Francine Prose
1974

"In this remarkable memoir, the qualities that have long distinguished Francine Prose's fiction and criticism---uncompromising intelligence, a gratifying aversion to sentiment, the citrus bite of iro…

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Earl Swift
Hell Put to Shame

A Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award Finalist (Best Fact Crime) * A Virginia Literary Awards Finalist"A haunted, historical legal thriller." --- Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionFrom the acclaime…

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