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The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris
by David McCullough
Hardcover: May 2011
Paperback: 15 May 2012
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| The Greater Journey is the enthralling, inspiring - and until now, untold - story of the adventurous American artists, writers, doctors, politicians, architects, and others of high aspiration who set off for Paris in the years between 1830 and 1900, ambitious to excel in their work. |
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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 Best Care Possible: A Physician's Quest to Transform Care Through the End of Life
by Ira Byock
Hardcover: 15 Mar 2012
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| A palliative care doctor on the front lines of hospital care illuminates one of the most important and controversial ethical issues of our time on his quest to transform care through the end of life. |
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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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Message from an Unknown Chinese Mother: Stories of Loss and Love
by Xue Xinran
Hardcover: Mar 2011
Paperback: 6 Mar 2012
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| Message from an Unknown Chinese Mother is powered by love and by heartbreak and will stay with readers long after they have turned the final page. |
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The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin
by Masha Gessen
Hardcover: 1 Mar 2012
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| The chilling account of how Vladimir Putin, a low-level, small-minded KGB operative, ascended to the Russian presidency and destroyed years of progress to make his country once more a threat to her own people and to the world. |
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