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Paris 1919
: Six Months That Changed The World
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Margaret MacMillan
Hardcover: Oct 2002
Paperback: 1 Sep 2003
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'Without question, Margaret MacMillan's Paris 1919 is the most honest and engaging history ever written about those fateful months after World War I when the maps of Europe were redrawn. Brimming with lucid analysis, elegant character sketches, and geopolitical pathos, it is essential reading.' |
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Small Wonder
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Barbara Kingsolver
Hardcover: Apr 2002
Paperback: 1 Apr 2003
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Sometimes grave, occasionally hilarious, and ultimately persuasive,
Small Wonder is a hopeful examination of the people we seem to be, and
what we might yet make of ourselves. |
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Granny D
: Walking Across America in My Ninetieth Year
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Doris Haddock
Hardcover: Apr 2001
Paperback: 1 Apr 2003
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In 2000, ninety-year-old Doris 'Granny D' Haddock completed her 3,200-mile, fourteen-month walk to Washington D.C. Along her way, her remarkable speeches, rich with wisdom, love, and political insight, transformed individuals and communities and jump-started a full-blown movement. |
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The Future of Life
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Edward O.
Wilson
Hardcover: Jan 2002
Paperback: 1 Mar 2003
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A magisterial accomplishment: both a moving description of our biosphere and a guidebook for the protection of all its species, including humankind. |
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Marie Antoinette
: The Journey
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Antonia Fraser
Hardcover: Sep 2001
Paperback: 1 Nov 2002
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Brilliantly written, a work of impeccable scholarship. An utterly riveting and intensely moving book by one of our finest biographers. |
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John Adams
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David McCullough
Hardcover: May 2001
Paperback: 1 Sep 2002
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The enthralling, often surprising story of John Adams, one of the most important and fascinating Americans who ever lived. |
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