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Franklin and Lucy: Mrs. Rutherfurd and the Other Remarkable Women in Roosevelt's Life

by Joseph E. Persico

Published: 2009-05-12

Paperback: 464 pages

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In Franklin and Lucy, acclaimed author and historian Joseph E. Persico explores FDR's romance with Lucy Rutherfurd. Persico's provocative conclusions about their relationship are informed by a revealing range of sources, including never-before-published letters and documents from Lucy Ruth...

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Franklin and Winston: An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship

by Jon Meacham

Published: 2004-10-12

Paperback: 512 pages

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The most complete portrait ever drawn of the complex emotional connection between two of history's towering leadersFranklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill were the greatest leaders of ?the Greatest Generation.? In Franklin and Winston, Jon Meacham explores the fascinating relationship bet...

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The Frankston Serial Killer

by Vikki Petraitis

Published: 2012-04-19

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In 1993, the unthinkable happened ? a serial killer began killing young women on the streets around Frankston. Read the incredible story about the hunt and capture of Paul Denyer, the 21-year-old responsible, and the lives that were ruined as a result of his crimes.

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Franny and Zooey

by J. D. Salinger

Published: 2001-01-30

Paperback: 208 pages

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The author writes: FRANNY came out in The New Yorker in 1955, and was swiftly followed, in 1957 by ZOOEY. Both stories are early, critical entries in a narrative series I'm doing about a family of settlers in twentieth-century New York, the Glasses. It is a long-term project, patently an ambiguous one,...

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Franny Parker

by Hannah Roberts McKinnon

Published: 2009-05-26

Hardcover: 160 pages

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?Rings on a tree tell a story,? Franny Parker tells Lucas Dunn. ?They tell you about its seasons, if they?ve been plentiful or not.? So far, the rings of Franny's life have been marked by her family, their farm, their dusty little Oklahoma town ? all of it so familiar. But in the summer of...

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The Frantic Woman's Guide to Life: A Year's Worth of Hints, Tips, and Tricks

by Mary Jo Rulnick, Judith Burnett Schneider

Published: 2004-01-01

Paperback: 416 pages

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Heloise meets The Sidetracked Home Executives in this funny yet practical, month-by-month guide for helping busy women strike a balance between family, work, and home. Juggling family, work, and home can knock anyone off their feet....so here come authors Mary Jo Rulnick and Judith Burnett Schneider...

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Fraternity: In 1968, a visionary priest recruited 20 black men to the College of the Holy Cross and changed their lives and the course of history.

by Diane Brady

Published: 2012-01-03

Hardcover: 256 pages

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The inspiring true story of a group of young men whose lives were changed by a visionary mentor   On April 4, 1968, the death of Martin Luther King, Jr., shocked the nation. Later that month, the Reverend John Brooks, a professor of theology at the College of the Holy Cross who shared Dr....

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Freak Show

by James St. James

Published: 2008-10-02

Paperback: 304 pages

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Freakonomics

by Stephen J. Dubner

Published: 2006-02-28

Hardcover: 300 pages

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Freakonomics Rev Ed: (and Other Riddles of Modern Life) (P.S.)

by Steven D. Levitt

Published: 2009-08-25

Paperback: 315 pages

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Which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool? What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common? How much do parents really matter? These may not sound like typical questions for an economist to ask. But Steven D. Levitt is not a typical economist. He studies the riddles of eve...