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Birdseye: The Adventures of a Curious Man
by Mark Kurlansky
Hardcover: 8 May 2012
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| The first biography of Clarence Birdseye, the eccentric genius inventor whose fast-freezing process revolutionized the food industry and American agriculture. |
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Lost in Shangri-La: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II
by Mitchell Zuckoff
Hardcover: May 2011
Paperback: 24 Apr 2012
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| Lost in Shangri-La recounts the incredible true-life adventure of twenty-four officers and enlisted men and women who boarded a transport plane for a sightseeing trip , which became an unforgettable battle for survival when the plane crashed. |
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An Economist Gets Lunch: New Rules for Everyday Foodies
by Tyler Cowen
Hardcover: 12 Apr 2012
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| Provocative, incisive, and as enjoyable as a juicy, grass-fed burger, An Economist Gets Lunch will influence what you'll choose to eat today and how we're going to feed the world tomorrow. |
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The Great Northern Express: A Writer's Journey Home
by Howard F. Mosher
Hardcover: 6 Mar 2012
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| From bestselling, nationally celebrated author Howard Frank Mosher, a wildly funny and deeply personal account of his three-month, 20,000-mile sojourn to discover what he loved enough to live for. |
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The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan
by Kim Barker
Hardcover: Mar 2011
Paperback: 6 Mar 2012
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| A true-life Catch-22 set in the deeply dysfunctional countries of Afghanistan and Pakistan, by one of the region's longest-serving correspondents. |
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Fire Season: Field Notes from a Wilderness Lookout
by Philip Connors
Hardcover: Apr 2011
Paperback: 28 Feb 2012
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| A decade ago Philip Connors left work as an editor at the Wall Street Journal and talked his way into a job as one of the last fire lookouts in America. Fire Season is Connors's remarkable reflection on work, our place in the wild, and the charms of solitude. |
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Travels in Siberia
by Ian Frazier
Hardcover: Oct 2010
Paperback: 27 Sep 2011
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| A dazzling Russian travelogue from the bestselling author of Great Plains |
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The Third Wave: A Volunteer Story
by Alison Thompson
Hardcover: 12 Jul 2011
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| The Third Wave tells the inspiring story of how volunteering changed Thompson’s life, and provides an invaluable inside glimpse into what really happens on the ground after a disaster—and a road map for what anyone can do to help. |
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