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William Henry Harrison
The American Presidents Series: The 9th President,1841
The American Presidents

Times Books
The president who served the shortest term—just a single month—but whose victorious election campaign rewrote the rules for candidates seeking America's...
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The Real Elizabeth
An Intimate Portrait of Queen Elizabeth II

Henry Holt and Co.
A surprising and very personal biography of a woman who may be the world's last great queen, published to coincide with the sixtieth anniversary of her...
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Padre Pio
Miracles and Politics in a Secular Age

Picador
The first historical appraisal of the astonishing life and times of a controversial twentieth-century saint Padre Pio is one of the world's most beloved holy...
  
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Kingdom Under Glass
A Tale of Obsession, Adventure, and One Man's Quest to Preserve the World's Great Animals

Picador
In this epic account of an extraordinary life lived during remarkable times, Jay Kirk follows the adventures of legendary explorer and taxidermist Carl Akeley,...
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Kosher Chinese
Living, Teaching, and Eating with China's Other Billion

Holt Paperbacks
An irreverent tale of an American Jew serving in the Peace Corps in rural China, which reveals the absurdities, joys, and pathos of a traditional society in...
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The Woman Who Shot Mussolini

Picador
At 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, April 7, 1926, a woman stepped out of the crowd on Rome’s Campidoglio Square and shot Mussolini at point-blank range. He escaped...
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India Calling
An Intimate Portrait of a Nation's Remaking

Times Books
Reversing his parents' immigrant path, a young American-born writer returns to India and discovers an old country making itself new Anand Giridharadas sensed...
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Talk Show
Confrontations, Pointed Commentary, and Off-Screen Secrets

Times Books
The legendary talk show host's humorous reminiscences and pointed commentary on the great figures he has known, and culture and politics today For years, Dick...
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The Elephant to Hollywood

Henry Holt and Co.
Charming, engaging, and surprisingly forthright, Michael Caine gives us his insider's view of Hollywood and the story of his brilliant second act When he was...
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Jimmy Carter
The American Presidents

Times Books
The maverick politician from Georgia who rode the post- Watergate wave into office but whose term was consumed by economic and international crises A peanut...
  

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Catch a Fire
The Life of Bob Marley

Holt Paperbacks
The classic biography of reggae legend Bob Marley, updated and revised for the twenty-fifth anniversary of his death Bob Marley left an indelible mark on...
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A Woman in Berlin
Eight Weeks in the Conquered City: A Diary

Picador
A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice For eight weeks in 1945, as Berlin fell to the Russian army, a young woman kept a daily record of life in...
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Churchill
A Life

Holt Paperbacks
Distilled from years of meticulous research and documentation, filled with material unavailable when the earliest books of the official biography's eight...
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Etty Hillesum
An Interrupted Life and Letters from Westerbork

Picador
For the first time, Etty Hillesum's diary and letters appear together to give us the fullest possible portrait of this extraordinary woman. In the darkest...
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Mockingbird
A Portrait of Harper Lee

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"A fine, well-rounded portrait of Harper Lee. Mockingbird is good reading."—Star-Tribune (Minneapolis) To Kill a Mockingbird—the twentieth century's most...
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The Short Bus
A Journey Beyond Normal

Holt Paperbacks
“What makes this journey so inspiring is Mooney’s transcendent humor; the self he has become does not turn away from old pain but can laugh at it, make fun of...
  
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Daniel Boone
The Life and Legend of an American Pioneer

Holt Paperbacks
Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History for 1993 In the first and most reliable biography of Daniel Boone in more than fifty years,...
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Chanel
A Woman of her Own

Holt Paperbacks
Alex Madsen brings to life Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, the queen of fashion who revolutionized women's styles forever.
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The Last Men Out
Life on the Edge at Rescue 2 Firehouse

Holt Paperbacks
"An insightful, dramatic and emotional tale that deserves a place alongside Dennis Smith's classic firefighting memoir, Report from Engine Co. 82." -Terry...
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John Marshall
Definer of a Nation

Holt Paperbacks
A New York Times Notable Book of 1996 It was in tolling the death of Chief Justice John Marshall in 1835 that the Liberty Bell cracked, never to ring again....
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On the Wild Edge
In Search of a Natural Life

A John Macrae/Holt Paperbacks Book
“Opinionated and iconoclastic, Petersen writes with humor and a well-honed craft that will delight fans of Edward Abbey.” —Library Journal (starred review) ...
  
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A Great Improvisation
Franklin, France, and the Birth of America

Holt Paperbacks
In this dazzling work of history, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author follows Benjamin Franklin to France for the crowning achievement of his career In December...
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Queen of Fashion
What Marie Antoinette Wore to the Revolution

Picador
A Washington Post Book World Best Book of the Year When her carriage first crossed over from her native Austria into France, fourteen-year-old Marie...
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Chester Alan Arthur
The American Presidents Series: The 21st President, 1881-1885
The American Presidents

Times Books
The Gilded Age bon vivant who became America's unlikeliest chief executive-and who presided over a sweeping reform of the system that nurtured him Chester...