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The International Bank of Bob The International Bank of Bob: Connecting Our Worlds One $25 Kiva Loan at a Time
by Bob Harris
Hardcover: 5 Mar 2013
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After making hundreds of microloans online, Bob wanted to see the results first-hand, so he travels from Peru and Bosnia, to Rwanda and Cambodia, introducing us to some of the most inspiring and enterprising people we've ever met.
How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia: A Novel
by Mohsin Hamid
Hardcover: 5 Mar 2013
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From the internationally bestselling author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist, the boldly imagined tale of a poor boy's quest for wealth and love.
The End of the Point The End of the Point
by Elizabeth Graver
Hardcover: 5 Mar 2013
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A precisely observed, superbly crafted novel, The End of the Point by Elizabeth Graver charts the dramatic changes in the lives of three generations of one remarkable family, and the summer place that both shelters and isolates them.
Animal Wise Animal Wise: The Thoughts and Emotions of Our Fellow Creatures
by Virginia Morell
Hardcover: 26 Feb 2013
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Noted science writer Virginia Morell explores the frontiers of research on animal cognition and emotion, offering a surprising and moving exploration into the hearts and minds of wild and domesticated animals.
Eighty Days Eighty Days: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland's History-Making Race Around the World
by Matthew Goodman
Hardcover: 26 Feb 2013
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1889: Two women, successful journalists and writers, set off in a desperate rate in opposite directions, each determined to outdo Jules Verne's fictional hero Phileas Fogg and circle the globe in less than eighty days.
Salt Sugar Fat Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us
by Michael Moss
Hardcover: 26 Feb 2013
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The explosive story of the rise of the processed food industry and its link to the emerging obesity epidemic.
Eleanor & Park Eleanor & Park
by Rainbow Rowell
Hardcover: 26 Feb 2013
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Set over the course of one school year in 1986, this is the story of two star-crossed misfits - smart enough to know that first love almost never lasts, but brave and desperate enough to try. When Eleanor meets Park, you'll remember your own first love - and just how hard it pulled you under.
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