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A Nervous Splendor: Vienna 1888-1889

by Frederic Morton

Published: 1980-10-30

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On January 30, 1889, at the champagne-splashed hight of the Viennese Carnival, the handsome and charming Crown Prince Rudolf fired a revolver at his teenaged mistress and then himself. The two shots that rang out at Mayerling in the Vienna Woods echo still.Frederic Morton, author of the b...

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Lonely Planet Cambodia (Travel Guide)

by Lonely Planet, Nick Ray, Greg Bloom

Published: 2014-09-01

Paperback: 368 pages

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#1 best-selling guide to Cambodia Lonely Planet Cambodia is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Explore the magnificent temples of Angkor, experience the best and worst of Cambodian history at the capital, or...

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Everything I Need To Know I Learned From a Little Golden Book (Little Golden Books (Random House))

by Diane Muldrow

Published: 2013-09-24

Hardcover: 96 pages

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A humorous "guide to life" for grown-ups! One day, Diane Muldrow, a longtime editor of the iconic Little Golden Books, realized that, despite their whimsical appearance, there was hardly a real-life situation that hadn't been covered in the more than 70-year-old line of children's books—...

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Intellectuals

by Paul Johnson

Published: 1989-02

Hardcover: 385 pages

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This eye-opening sketch of the minds that have shaped the modern world is an assessment of the moral and judgmental credentials of intellectuals who have advised the human race. 13 cassettes.

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Crime and Punishment (Vintage Classics)

by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Published: 2012-08-08

Kindle Edition: 591 pages

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With the same suppleness, energy, and range of voices that won their translation of The Brothers Karamazov the PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Prize, Pevear and Volokhonsky offer a brilliant translation of Dostoevsky's classic novel that presents a clear insight into this astounding psychological thriller....

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Time Will Darken It

by William Maxwell

Published: 1997-02-04

Paperback: 368 pages

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Pregnant with her second child, Martha King finds her marriage to lawyer Austin King more and more frustrating when her husband befriends his young foster cousin, Nora, and, in the process, unwittingly jeopardizes his marriage, career, and place in the community. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.

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Picaflor: Finding Home in South America

by Jessica Talbot

Published: 2014-06-01

Kindle Edition: 260 pages

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‘Picaflor, that’s what they call a hummingbird here: a snacker, nibbler, pecker of flowers. Is that what I am? A restless searcher of sweet nectar?’ In Picaflor, a true story, Jessica Talbot invites the reader to travel beside her as she searches for love and meaning, while trav...

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Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes

by Maria Konnikova

Published: 2013-12-31

Paperback: 288 pages

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The New York Times bestselling guide to thinking like literature's greatest detectiveNo fictional character is more renowned for his powers of thought and observation than Sherlock Holmes. But is his extraordinary intellect merely a gift of fiction, or can we learn to cultivate these abili...

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How It Went Down

by Kekla Magoon

Published: 2014-10-21

Hardcover: 336 pages

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A 2015 Coretta Scott King Author Honor BookWhen sixteen-year-old Tariq Johnson dies from two gunshot wounds, his community is thrown into an uproar. Tariq was black. The shooter, Jack Franklin, is white.In the aftermath of Tariq's death, everyone has something to say, but no two accounts o...

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The Killing Room

by Christobel Kent

Published: 2014-07-03

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"When private investigator Sandro Cellini is invited to attend a glamorous launch party for a luxury residence overlooking the glittering expanse of Florence, he has no idea what he's walking into. Behind the ancient and luxurious facade of Palazzo San Giorgio, there lies a series of terrible secrets;...