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Dear Chairman: Boardroom Battles and the Rise of Shareholder Activism

by Jeff Gramm

Published: 2016-02-23

Hardcover: 320 pages

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A sharp and illuminating history of one of capitalism’s longest running tensions—the conflicts of interest among public company directors, managers, and shareholders—told through entertaining case studies and original letters from some of our most legendary and controversial investor...

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Dear Harry: Truman's Mailroom, 1945-1953

by D.M. Giangreco, Kathryn Moore

Published: 1999-06-01

Hardcover: 512 pages

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"Taps into the Truman era in a way no other book has. It is a grand collection, lively, full of surprise, insight, humor, and humanity. In all, a very welcome event." --David McCullough

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Trapped: My Life with Cerebral Palsy

by Fran Macilvey

Published: 2014-03-04

Hardcover: 192 pages

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Living in the Belgian Congo with her husband in the 1960s, Fran’s mother became pregnant with a daughter. However, right after she gave birth in the hospital, she felt strange. Unbeknownst to anyone, another daughter was on the way, but before anybody responded, an hour had passed. Becau...

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The Association of Small Bombs: A Novel

by Karan Mahajan

Published: 2016-03-22

Hardcover: 288 pages

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Longlisted for the National Book Award & the FT/Oppenheimer Emerging Voices AwardA New York Times Editors’ ChoiceNamed a Best Book of 2016 by: Esquire, Time magazine, Vulture.com “Wonderful. . . . Smart, devastating, unpredictable, and enviably adept in its handling of tragedy and...

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The Pier Falls: And Other Stories

by Mark Haddon

Published: 2016-05-10

Hardcover: 320 pages

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From Mark Haddon, author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, A Spot of Bother, and The Red House, nine dazzling stories diverse in style but united in emotional powerThe tales in Mark Haddon’s lyrical and uncompromising new collection take many forms—Victorian adve...

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United: Thoughts on Finding Common Ground and Advancing the Common Good

by Cory Booker

Published: 2016-02-16

Hardcover: 240 pages

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A passionate new voice in American politics, United States Senator Cory Booker makes the case that the virtues of empathy, responsibility, and action must guide our nation toward a brighter future.   Raised in northern New Jersey, Cory Booker went to Stanfor...

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The Autobiography of James T. Kirk

by David A. Goodman

Published: 2015-09-08

Hardcover: 288 pages

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The Autobiography of James T. Kirk chronicles the greatest Starfleet captain's life (2233–2371), in his own words. From his birth on the U.S.S. Kelvin, his youth spent on Tarsus IV, his time in the Starfleet Academy, his meteoric raise through the ranks of Starfleet, and his illustrious...

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The Thing About Great White Sharks: and Other Stories

by Rebecca Adams Wright

Published: 2015-02-10

Paperback: 182 pages

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In this collection’s richly imagined title story, our brutal and resourceful protagonist is determined to protect her family from a murderous, shark-ridden world—at any cost. Elsewhere, an old woman uncovers a sinister plot while looking after a friend’s plants (“Orchids”), and a...

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Deliver Her: A Novel

by Patricia Perry Donovan

Published: 2016-05-01

Paperback: 350 pages

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On the night of Alex Carmody’s sixteenth birthday, she and her best friend, Cass, are victims of a terrible car accident. Alex survives; Cass doesn’t. Consumed by grief, Alex starts cutting school and partying, growing increasingly detached. The future she’d planned with her friend i...

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Where You Go Is Not Who You'll Be: An Antidote to the College Admissions Mania

by Frank Bruni

Published: 2016-03-08

Paperback: 272 pages

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Over the last few decades, Americans have turned college admissions into a terrifying and occasionally devastating process, preceded by test prep, tutors, all sorts of stratagems, all kinds of rankings, and a conviction among too many young people that their futures will be determined and ...