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Beautifully designed and carefully curated, a fascinating collection of the things that shaped the way we live and play in America

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Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca was sent to claim for Spain a vast area of today's southern United States. Cabeza de Vaca ultimately wrote an extraordinary chronicle of his journey. This work conjoins the facts recounted by Cabeza with the author's own research in the history and culture of 16th century North America to describe this epic journey.

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A lively introduction to opera, from the Renaissance to the twenty-first century

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"A brilliant work that speaks in eloquent and human terms.... A major contribution to the literature of mental illness."-William Styron, author of Darkness Visible

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A concise new history of the United States revealing that crises - not unlike those of the present day - have determined our nation's course from the start

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From an award-winning historian, a magisterial account of the revolution that created the modern world

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How George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and John Adams navigated the nation through four major crises and caused the first stirrings of American nationalism

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"A moving call to recommit to the great project of our common life." (Wall Street Journal)

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A leading conservative intellectual argues that to renew America we must recommit to our institutions

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Why understanding evolutionthe most reviled branch of sciencecan help us all, from fighting pandemics to undoing racism

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To those interested in a life in science, Sir Peter Medawar, Nobel laureate, deflates the myths of invincibility, superiority, and genius; instead, he demonstrates it is common sense and an inquiring mind that are essential to the scientist's calling.

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A mathematician reveals the hidden beauty, power, and-yes-fun of algebra

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"Nobody has ever articulated so passionately and intelligently what we're doing to ourselves by substituting technologically mediated social interaction. Equipped with penetrating intelligence and a sense of humor, Turkle surveys the front lines of the social-digital transformation." - Lev Grossman, TIME

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The remarkable story of how African Americans transformed Atlanta, the former heart of the Confederacy, into today's Black mecca

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From a renowned historian, the story of a prosperous early American family and the great middle class land grab that propelled the nation's staggering economic and territorial growth

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A top conservative scholar reveals the Constitution's remarkable power to repair our broken civic culture, rescue our malfunctioning politics, and unify a fractious America

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The first biography of Missy Meloney, the most important woman you've never heard of

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An award-winning historian presents a cultural history of German-occupied Europe during World War II, as told through the writings of civilians who experienced the horrors of war firsthand.

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A prize-winning historian offers a major new history of the United States, placing faith and oil at the center of America's rise to global power

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From a bestselling and beloved author, an intensely personal collection of poetry "rich with political and human resonance." (Ursula K. LeGuin)

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A biologist-turned-philosopher shows how scientific discoveries can help resolve some of philosophy's longest-debated issues

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The widely acclaimed "father of cognitive psychotherapy" adds a new introduction to the gold-standard book on anxiety disorders and phobias

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Now revised and updated--the acclaimed companion volume to the hugely successful Basic Economics, by one of America's most revered economists.

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"Boys will be boys," the saying goes -- but what does that actually mean A leading anthropologist investigates