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"Mike Tyson is boxing's most beloved bad boy. With a history of street-gang violence, juvenile prison, sexual scandal, marital strife, courtroom battles, and imprisonment for rape, he has become one of"

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A ballet-based fitness and well-being program--from the personal trainer to Natalie Portman for her Academy Award-winning performance in Black Swan

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Maryland and Delaware troops sacrificed themselves to cover Washington's retreat from Long Island in one of the most desperate battles in American history.

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The U.S. Army regards the Hurtgen Forest as one of the most desperate battles it has ever fought. Flanking the key German city of Aachen, the forest was one of the formidable natural barriers interspersed with German fortifications in the West Wall in September 1944.

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"Herman Melville (1819-1891) stopped writing fiction after the publication of The Confidence Man: His Masquerade ] in 1857; as he entered his forties, he turned to poetry as his literary avocation. Hi"

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An electric, definite anthology of writings set at the seashore, this book brings together, for the first time, the very best in beach-set literary tradition, including stories, novel excerpts, and narrative nonfiction.

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The first in-depth biography of the formative years of the greatest electric guitarist of all time, with 25 rare photos, complete sessionography, and tour itinerary

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For the married or soon-to-be-married couple-simple, effective techniques to strengthen the relationship

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What's safe--and what isn't--to put on your body during pregnancy and nursing, from the founder of Belli, the leading skincare line for new moms

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Twelfth in the acclaimed series of annual collections celebrating the best writing on every style of music, from rock to hip-hop, R&B to jazz, pop to blues, and more

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A revealing and in-depth look at the classic rivalry between Joe Montana and Steve Young- a competition for the quarterback position that would propel both men to remarkable heights and forge one of the greatest football dynasties of all time

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An invaluable guide on how to feel better and improve behaviour by recognizing and breaking patterns of negative thinking.

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From Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporter Steve Fainaru comes an unforgettable journey into Iraq's parallel war,a world filled with tens of thousands of armed men roaming Iraq with impunity, doing jobs the military can't or won't do. Fainaru reveals in gritty and shocking detail what drives these men to do the world's most dangerous work.

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An analysis of the process of composition, learning and performance of the Southern folk blues of black America. This musical form has not previously been examined in such a scrupulous fashion. This book was the winner of the University of Chicago Folklore Prize.

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The national best-selling autobiography of Bill Graham, the colorful, larger-than-life architect of the modern concert industry

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Based on unrivaled access to archival interviews with those who knew her at every stage of her life, the most revealing biography of the incomparable Lady Day

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"Anyone who has ever heard a Billie Holiday record knows the sound of her voice--sad, sexy, always relaxed but securely aware of the beat. Conveying a poignancy that cut to the heart of a song, she rede"

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From a leading child psychiatrist, a comprehensive parents' guide to understanding--and managing--pediatric bipolar disorder

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"While much is known about the white men and women who were involved in the anti-slavery movement, the black abolitionists have been largely ignored. This book, written by one of America's leading blac"

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"Black Rebellion, a fascinating account of five slave insurrections, among them the story of the Maroons, escaped slaves in the West Indies and South America who successfully resisted larger British a"

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"Black Music--whether it be jazz, blues, r&b, gospel, or soul--has always expressed, consciously or not, its African "oral" heritage, reflecting the conditions of a minority culture in the midst of a whi"

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The first unauthorized biography of "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott, the revered guitarist of Pantera, who was murdered onstage at the age of thirty-eight

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First time in paperback: A unique portrait of American military action through the stories of the seventy-one U.S. destroyers sunk in World War II.