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Ink-Stained Amazons and Cinematic Warriors
Superwomen in Modern Mythology

I.B. Tauris
In this comprehensive history, inquiry, critique, and reference guide, Stuller argues that Superwomen, from Wonder Woman to Charlie’s Angels, are more than...
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Girl Power
The Nineties Revolution in Music

Faber and Faber, Inc.
In the early nineties, riot grrrl exploded onto the underground music scene, inspiring girls to pick up an instrument, create fanzines, and become politically...
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One Dark Night
A True Story of Deceit, Desire, and Murder in a Peaceful Town

St. Martin's True Crime
Their neighbors were Bill and Hillary Clinton. Their home was Chappaqua, the upscale New York suburb famous for its tranquility—until one dark night, when a...
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The Majestic Twelve
The True Story of the Most Feared Combat Escort Unit in Baghdad

Thomas Dunne Books
As leader of the unit dubbed “The Majestic Twelve,” the author led his team on what some might call the most dangerous duty in the Iraq War—convoy escort....
  
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The Tyranny of Dead Ideas
Revolutionary Thinking for a New Age of Prosperity

Holt Paperbacks
“Offers the most plausible way to renovate our political and policy thinking to meet the challenges of the twenty-first century.”—Joe Klein, Time America is...
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They Must Be Stopped
Why We Must Defeat Radical Islam and How We Can Do It

St. Martin's Griffin
They Must Be Stopped is New York Times bestselling author Brigitte Gabriel’s warning to the world: We can no longer ignore the growth of radical Islam—we must...
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The Divorced Child
Strengthening Your Family through the First Three Years of Separation

Palgrave Macmillan
Divorce is a reality of today’s family life, but clinical research has shown that it is possible to mitigate its negative effects on children. Dr. Joseph...
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The Political Fix
Changing the Game of American Democracy, from the Grassroots to the White House

Times Books
Top political insider Douglas E. Schoen dissects the failures of modern politics and unveils the practical-minded, citizen-powered solutions that will revive...
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Wicked Intentions
A Remote Farmhouse, A Beautiful Temptress, and the Lovers She Murdered

St. Martin's True Crime
A beautiful woman in her forties, Sheila LaBarre had no problem attracting men. She preferred her lovers to be young and submissive. Once she gained a man’s...
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The Checklist Manifesto
How to Get Things Right

Metropolitan Books
The New York Times bestselling author of Better and Complications reveals the surprising power of the ordinary checklist We live in a world of great and...

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Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew America

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A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year A Washington Post Best Book of the Year A Businessweek Best Business Book of the Year A Chicago...
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Nickel and Dimed
On (Not) Getting By in America

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The bestselling, landmark work of undercover reportage, now updated Acclaimed as an instant classic upon publication, Nickel and Dimed has sold more than 1.5...
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The World Is Flat 3.0
A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century

Picador
A New Edition of the Phenomenal #1 Bestseller "One mark of a great book is that it makes you see things in a new way, and Mr. Friedman certainly...
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The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures

Farrar, Straus and Giroux Paperbacks
Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction When three-month-old Lia Lee Arrived at the county hospital emergency room in Merced,...
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The Good Soldiers

Sarah Crichton Books
It was the last-chance moment of the war. In January 2007, President George W. Bush announced a new strategy for Iraq. He called it the surge. “Many listening...
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Nemesis
The Last Days of the American Republic
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Holt Paperbacks
A New York Times bestseller, Nemesis is Chalmers Johnson’s “fiercest book—and his best” (Andrew J. Bacevich) In his prophetic book Blowback, Chalmers...
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The Shock Doctrine
The Rise of Disaster Capitalism

Picador
In this groundbreaking alternative history of the most dominant ideology of our time, Milton Friedman's free-market economic revolution, Naomi Klein challenges...
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The Wrecking Crew
How Conservatives Ruined Government, Enriched Themselves, and Beggared the Nation

Holt Paperbacks
From the most astute political scoffer since H. L. Mencken, the definitive account of the conservative reign of misrule and corruption Hailed as a “hunk of...
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Mommy's Little Girl
Casey Anthony and her Daughter Caylee's Tragic Fate

St. Martin's True Crime
When news broke of three-year-old Caylee Anthony’s disappearance from her home in Florida in July 2008, there was a huge outpouring of sympathy across the...
  
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Sophie's World
A Novel About the History of Philosophy

Farrar, Straus and Giroux Paperbacks
A page-turning novel that is also an exploration of the great philosophical concepts of Western thought, Sophie’s World has fired the imagination of readers...
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In the Middle of the Night
The Shocking True Story of a Family Killed in Cold Blood

St. Martin's True Crime
The affluent suburb of Cheshire, Connecticut, seemed like the perfect place for Dr. William Petit and his wife, Jennifer Hawke-Petit, to raise their two lovely...
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Afraid of the Dark
The True Story of a Reckless Husband, his Stunning Wife, and the Murder that Shattered a Family

St. Martin's True Crime
Detroit mortgage broker Mark Unger adored his wife Florence and their two young sons. But after a decade of marriage and increasing financial trouble, Mark’s...
  
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Hot, Flat, and Crowded
Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew America

Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Thomas L. Friedman’s phenomenal number-one bestseller The World Is Flat has helped millions of readers to see the world in a new way. In his brilliant,...
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The Limits of Power
The End of American Exceptionalism
American Empire Project

A Metropolitan/Holt Paperbacks Book
“Andrew Bacevich speaks truth to power, no matter who’s in power, which may be why those of both the left and right listen to him.”—Bill Moyers An immediate...