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The History of Rock 'n' Roll in Ten Songs

by Greil Marcus

Published: 2014-09-02

Hardcover: 320 pages

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Unlike all previous versions of rock ’n’ roll history, this book omits almost every iconic performer and ignores the storied events and turning points that everyone knows. Instead, in a daring stroke, Greil Marcus selects ten songs recorded between 1956 and 2008, then proceeds to drama...

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Constructive Living (Kolowalu Books)

by David K. Reynolds

Published: 1984-04-01

Paperback: 120 pages

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Constructive Living combines two of the most popular forms of therapy in Japan into one profoundly effective approach that will not only enhance your productivity but bring a flexible, responsive mind – a Zen-like tranquility – to your personal and professional life. Discover the life-...

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The Decameron (Penguin Classics)

by Giovanni Boccaccio

Published: 2003-04-29

Paperback: 1072 pages

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A complete edition of the hilarious, bawdy, irreverent masterpiece of medieval Italy—and the inspiration for the film The Little Hours—in an acclaimed translation In the summer of 1348, as the Black Death ravages their city, ten young Florentines take refuge in the countryside. They am...

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Snow Hunters: A Novel

by Paul Yoon

Published: 2014-08-19

Paperback: 224 pages

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Winner of the Young Lions Fiction Award, Snow Hunters is “a subtle, elegant, poignant read” (Oprah.com), featuring a Korean War refugee who emigrates to Brazil to become a tailor’s apprentice and confronts the wreckage of his past.“Exquisitely enigmatic…a small but radiant star i...

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On the Map: A Mind-Expanding Exploration of the Way the World Looks

by Simon Garfield

Published: 2013-11-05

Paperback: 464 pages

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Cartography enthusiasts rejoice: the bestselling author of the Just My Type reveals the fascinating relationship between man and map. Simon Garfield’s Just My Type illuminated the world of fonts and made everyone take a stand on Comic Sans and care about kerning. Now Garfield takes on a...

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A Possible Life: A Novel in Five Love Stories

by Sebastian Faulks

Published: 2013-11-26

Paperback: 304 pages

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FIVE TRANSPORTING STORIES AND FIVE UNFORGETTABLE LIVES, LINKED ACROSS CENTURIESThroughout this masterpiece of fiction, exquisitely drawn and unforgettable characters risk their bodies, hearts, and minds in pursuit of the manna of human connection. Between soldier and lover, parent and chil...

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On Extinction: How We Became Estranged from Nature

by Melanie Challenger

Published: 2012-12-11

Hardcover: 352 pages

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Realizing the link between her own estrangement from nature and the cultural shifts that led to a dramatic rise in extinctions, award-winning writer Melanie Challenger travels in search of the stories behind these losses. From an exploration of an abandoned mine in England to an Antarctic ...

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The Double Game (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)

by Dan Fesperman

Published: 2013-05-21

Paperback: 368 pages

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A Seattle Times Best Mystery of the YearA Times of London Best Crime/Thriller Book of the YearA few years before the fall of the Berlin Wall, spook-turned-novelist Edwin Lemaster reveals to up-and-coming journalist Bill Cage that he’d once considered spying for the enemy. For Cage, a fa...

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The Accidental City: Improvising New Orleans

by Lawrence N. Powell

Published: 2013-10-14

Paperback: 448 pages

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America's most beguiling metropolis started out as a snake-infested, hurricane-battered swamp. Through intense imperial rivalries and ambitious settlers who risked their lives to succeed in colonial America, the site became a crossroads for the Atlantic world. Powell gives us the full sweep of the city's...

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Stylized: A Slightly Obsessive History of Strunk & White's The Elements of Style

by Mark Garvey

Published: 2009-10-06

Hardcover: 240 pages

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A LIVELY, WITTY, AND PASSIONATE CELEBRATION OF THE "LITTLE BOOK" THAT HAS DONE MORE TO SHAPE WRITING IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE THAN ANY OTHER GUIDE IN MODERN TIMES Since 1959, The Elements of Style has been required reading for aspiring writers, English majors, and anyone with a love of lang...