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Manhunt
: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer
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James L.
Swanson
Hardcover: Feb 2006
Paperback: 6 Feb 2007
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A fascinating tale of murder, intrigue, and betrayal. A gripping hour-by-hour account told through the eyes of the hunted and the hunters, this is history as you've never read it before. |
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Enrique's Journey
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Sonia Nazario
Hardcover: Feb 2006
Paperback: 2 Jan 2007
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A true story from award-winning journalist Sonia Nazario recounting the odyssey of a Honduran boy who braves hardship and peril to reach his mother in the United States. |
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1491
: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
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Charles C.
Mann
Hardcover: Aug 2005
Paperback: 21 Oct 2006
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A groundbreaking study that
radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of the
Europeans in 1492. |
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Garbage Land
: On the Secret Trail of Trash
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Elizabeth Royte
Hardcover: Jul 2005
Paperback: 29 Aug 2006
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A brilliant exploration into the soiled heart of the American trash can. |
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The Dancing Girls of Lahore
: Selling Love and Saving Dreams in Pakistan's Ancient Pleasure District
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Louise Brown
Hardcover: Aug 2005
Paperback: 1 Jul 2006
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With beautiful understatement, Louise Brown turns a
novelist's eye on a true story that beggars the imagination - the lives of the
'dancing girls' of Lahore, Parkistan. |
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Radical Evolution
: The Promise and Peril of Enhancing Our Minds, Our Bodies -- and What It Means to Be Human
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Joel Garreau
Hardcover: May 2005
Paperback: 9 May 2006
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Taking us behind the scenes with today's foremost researchers and pioneers, Garreau reveals that the super powers of our comic-book heroes already exist, or are in development in hospitals, labs, and research facilities around the
country -- from the revved up reflexes and speed of Spider-Man and Superman, to the enhanced mental acuity and memory capabilities of an advanced species. |
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