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"General George B. McClellan, the self-styled American Napoleon, is one of the most controversial figures of the American Civil War. General-in-chief of the entire Union army at one point, he led the A"

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A variety of savoury and sweet ideas for breakfast, brunch, lunch, dinner.

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After 20 years of hibernation, former pool champion "Fast" Eddie Felson is now ready to regain the skills needed to compete in a world of pool that has changed dramatically since he left it behind. "The Color of Money" is the source of the 1986 film starring Paul Newman in the role he had originated in "The Hustler."

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Looks into the clamor over livestock and meat, showing consumers how they can be healthy and humane carnivores. This book educates readers about the lives of the animals, and supports their choice to eat meat.

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"Mark Twain is best known as one of this country's finest humorists and novelists. As this collection confirms, he was one of our finest essayists as well. Gathered here in a single volume, these piece"

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Everything you need to know to protect yourself and your family--from dead-bolting your door to air travel safety

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"This is the first and most complete collection of all 136 humorous sketches and tales that Samuel Clemens (1835--1910), a.k.a. Mark Twain, started writing as a young reporter for various newspapers and"

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"The major operas of Mozart-- Don Giovanni, The Marriage of Figaro, The Magic Flute, Cosifan Tutte --are well known to music listeners everywhere, having secured a permanent place in the repertoire of co"

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While Puccini wrote only twelve operas during a long life--three of them one-acters designed to be performed together--he has to be ranked today as the world's most popular composer of opera. His La Boh

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"Wagner's operas can be counted among the most important works of art of the nineteenth century. But Wagner was a composer around whom violent artistic, political, and literary controversies raged duri"

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"Scottish novelist, poet, and essayist Robert Louis Stevenson (1850--1894) was a writer of power and originality, who penned such classics as Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and The Weir of Hermiston. The e"

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"Frederick Law Olmsted (1822--1903) is best known for designing parks in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Chicago, Boston, and the grounds of the Capitol in Washington. But before he embarked upon his career as the"

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"From the field cries and work chants of Southern Negroes emerged a rich and vital music called the country blues, an intensely personal expression of the pains and pleasures of black life. This music-"

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A wise and compassionate guide to getting successfully through one of the most expensive and stressful fertility treatments

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Now completely updated: The essential guide to everything jazz and blues in more than 25 American cities

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A revised and updated edition of the definitive study of film noir--the most original genre of American cinema--with a new epilogue by the author.

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A gritty and uncompromising wake-up call to concerned citizens on what they can do to turn this country around.

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"January 1917. On the Western Front the armies of Imperial Germany, Great Britain, and France were locked in grim stalemate. Repeated attempts by both sides to achieve breakthrough in the face of machi"

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This book traces the rise and development of the blues both in relation to other forms of black music and in the context of American social history as experienced by African Americans.

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From the New York Times best-selling author of The Metabolism Miracle, a breakthrough carb-controlled diet for the prevention and management of type 2 diabetes- more effective than the ADA program.

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"Tragic, colorful, indispensable." --T.R. Fehrenbach, author of Fire and Blood: A History of Mexico

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Written by one of the world's leading experts in CFIDS, this definitive guide to the history, symptoms, effects, theories, treatment, continuing research, and recent advances covers all that anyone who has been touched by this devastating illness needs to know to understand, treat, and live with it.

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"For the Allies, D day was only the beginning. Having succeeded in that epic venture, they faced the prospect of moving beyond the beaches of France.For the Germans who had failed to halt the Allies at"