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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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"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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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"

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Just in time for Bob Dylan's 60th birthday in May 2001-a multifaceted look at the man, his music, and his influence

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A ground-breaking and crucial guide to healthy eating after alcoholism-broadening the goals of sobriety to include the repair of physical damage

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The epic and heroic story of how Raoul Wallenberg out-dueled Adolph Eichmann and saved more than 100,000 Jews in Budapest from the Nazi death camps

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A scathing critique of the self-esteem movement in American public education, complete with practical solutions to counter its ill effects.

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Eric and Jane Lawson present a unique treatment of the air actions of World War I as a single grand campaign, with both sides striving for mastery using new technology and new tactics.

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"In the childhood of every human being and at the dawn of human history there is an amazing and, until now, unexplained leap from simple genetically programmed behavior to language, symbolic thinking,"

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An essential guide for managing all aspects of a child's autism in the crucial stage after diagnosis, from the founder of the national nonprofit organization First Signs

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America's leading child psychiatrist reveals how parents can give young children the very best start while maintaining their working lives

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A classic, indispensable, and entertaining reference work covering every command-level combat general at the battle of Gettysburg.