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As Texas Goes...: How the Lone Star State Hijacked the American Agenda

by Gail Collins

Published: 2013-03-04

Paperback: 304 pages

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“Gail Collins is the funniest serious political commentator in America. Reading As Texas Goes . . . is pure pleasure from page one.” —Rachel MaddowAs Texas Goes . . . provides a trenchant yet often hilarious look into American politics and the disproportional influence of Texas, wh...

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As the Crow Dies

by Ken Casper

Published: 2011-05-10

Paperback: 266 pages

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"A must-read book. Both poignant and realistic." Brenda Novak, New York Times bestselling author of BODY HEATA "JASON CROW" WEST TEXAS MYSTERY. Vietnam took his legs. A murderer took his father. Somehow, Jason Crow has to take a stand.Jason Crow comes home to Texas on clumsy, prosthetic le...

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As the Crow Flies

by Jeffrey Archer

Published: 2004-05-16

Mass Market Paperback: 800 pages

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Growing up in the slums of East End London, Charlie Trumper dreams of someday running his grandfather's fruit and vegetable barrow. That day comes suddenly when his grandfather dies leaving him the floundering business. With the help of Becky Salmon, an enterprising young woman, Charlie se...

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As the Romans Do: An American Family's Italian Odyssey

by Alan Epstein

Published: 2001-06-01

Paperback: 304 pages

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A celebration of the character and style of one of the world's most spectacular cities! This vibrant insider's view of the most mature city on earth is the perfect companion for anyone who loves anything Italian. In 1995, after a twenty-year love affair with Italy, Alan Epstein fulfilled h...

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As The Twig Is Bent

by Joe Perrone Jr.

Published: 2009-01-02

Paperback: 312 pages

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A serial killer is roaming the Internet, using sex chat rooms to find his victims. The only clues: a signature heart carved into each victim's breast (inside are the initials "J.C." and those of the deceased); copies of the New Testament (with underlined passages referring to infidelity);...

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As They See 'Em: A Fan's Travels in the Land of Umpires

by Bruce Weber

Published: 2009-03-17

Hardcover: 352 pages

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Millions of American baseball fans know, with absolute certainty, that umpires are simply overpaid galoots who are doing an easy job badly. Millions of American baseball fans are wrong.As They See 'Em is an insider's look at the largely unknown world of professional umpires, the small grou...

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As You Like It (Arden Shakespeare: Third Series)

by William Shakespeare

Published: 2006-06-30

Paperback: 472 pages

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With its explorations of sexual ambivalence, As You Like It speaks directly to the twenty-first century. Juliet Dusinberre demonstrates that Rosalind's authority in the play grows from new ideas about women and reveals that Shakespeare's heroine reinvents herself for every age. But the play is also deeply...

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Ascend (A Trylle Novel)

by Amanda Hocking

Published: 2012-04-24

Paperback: 326 pages

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Ascend... The final chapter in the Trylle Trilogy.With a war looming on the horizon, Wendy's fate seems sealed. But everything she sacrificed might be in vain if she can?t save the ones she loves. Her whole life has been leading up to this, and it's all coming to an end. ...

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Ascent of Money

by Niall Ferguson

Published: 2009-09-01

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This is a financial history of the world and a major Channel 4 series. Bread, cash, dosh, dough, loot: Call it what you like, it matters. To Christians, love of it is the root of all evil. To generals, it's the sinews of war. To revolutionaries, it's the chains of labour. But in "The Ascent of Money",...

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The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World

by Niall Ferguson

Published: 2008-11-13

Hardcover: 442 pages

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Niall Ferguson follows the money to tell the human story behind the evolution of finance, from its origins in ancient Mesopotamia to the latest upheavals on what he calls Planet Finance. Bread, cash, dosh, dough, loot, lucre, moolah, readies, the wherewithal: Call it what you like, it matt...