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The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
Now a Major Motion Picture Directed by George Clooney The #1 New York Times-bestselling story about the American Olympic rowing triumph in Nazi Germany--from the author of Facing the Mountain. For readers of Unbroken, out of the depths of the Depression comes an irresistible story about beating the odds and finding hope in the most desperate of times--the improbable, intimate account of how nine working-class boys from the American West showed the world at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin what true grit really meant. It was an unlikely quest from the start. With a team composed of the sons of loggers, shipyard workers, and farmers, the University of Washington's eight-oar crew team was never expected to defeat the elite teams of the East Coast and Great Britain, yet they did, going on to shock the world by defeating the German team rowing for Adolf Hitler. The emotional heart of the tale lies with Joe Rantz, a teenager without family or prospects, who rows not only to regain his shattered self-regard but also to find a real place for himself in the world. Drawing on the boys' own journals and vivid memories of a once-in-a-lifetime shared dream, Brown has created an unforgettable portrait of an era, a celebration of a remarkable achievement, and a chronicle of one extraordinary young man's personal quest.
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The Briar Club
"Quinn evocatively balances the outward cheerfulness of the 1950s with historical observations exploring racism, misogyny, homophobia and political persecution in this sharply drawn, gripping novel." - People MagazineThe New York Times bestselling author of The Diamond Eye and The Rose Code returns with a haunting and powerful work of historical fiction, a story of female friendships and secrets in a Washington, DC, boardinghouse during the McCarthy era.In this gripping women's fiction novel, everyone keeps to themselves at Briarwood House, a down-at-the-heels all-female boardinghouse in the heart of the nation's capital where secrets hide behind white picket fences. But when the lovely, mysterious widow Grace March moves into the attic room, she draws her oddball collection of neighbors into unlikely friendship: poised English beauty Fliss, whose facade of perfect wife and mother covers gaping inner wounds; policeman's daughter Nora, who finds herself entangled with a shadowy gangster; frustrated baseball star Beatrice, whose career has come to an end along with the women's baseball league of WWII; and poisonous, gung-ho Arlene, who has thrown herself into McCarthy's Red Scare.Grace's weekly attic-room dinner parties and window-brewed sun tea become a healing balm on all their lives, but she hides a terrible secret of her own. When a shocking act of violence tears the house apart, the Briar Club women must decide once and for all: who is the true enemy in their midst?Capturing the paranoia of the McCarthy era and evoking the changing roles for women in postwar America, The Briar Club is an intimate and thrilling historical mystery of secrets and loyalty put to the test.A beautiful, foil cover, first edition.
$30.00
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The Bridesmaid
From the acclaimed author of The Clinic comes a pulse-pounding thriller about a society wedding turned deadly, for fans of The Unwedding.The Kensingtons invite you to the society wedding of the decade. There's just one hitch. You might not make it out alive. When a celebrity bridesmaid is murdered weeks before an exclusive society wedding, forensic attorney Holly Stone is drafted as an unlikely undercover replacement. As she works to unpick the lives of the notoriously private Kensington family, glamour-averse Holly discovers a new worst enemy in bridezilla Adrianna. Heir to a multimillion dollar fortune, Adrianna is set on throwing the event of the decade, and she won't let anything get in her way.But beneath the veneer of poise and sophistication, Adrianna and her bridesmaids have secrets worth killing for. As the wedding day gets closer, it's clear that one of the five hand-picked bridesmaids has committed murder - and a destination wedding is a perfect place to strike again. Soon, Holly finds herself on the playground of the rich and famous, but if she wants to find answers, she'll have to make it out alive.
$32.99
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The British Music Invasion: Collectors Quick Reference -Revised - Updated - Color Edition: Collectors Quick Reference -Revised - Updated - Color Edition
This is the Revised - Updated - Color edition of the 2015 release. Covers the British Invasion Artists U.S. vinyl discography of the '60s; from The Animals to The Zombies - 42 total. The book includes 45 singles, LPs, EP's and even Flexi-Disc with color photos and short bio's of each artist. You'll also find, a Grade Guide, Record Collecting Tips, Terminology and Record Label info. 8.5 x 11 paperback - perfect bound.
$105.39
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The Brothers: The Road to an American Tragedy: The Road to an American Tragedy
WINNER OF THE 2026 PULITZER PRIZE FOR OPINION WRITING "A gripping narrative and a stunning piece of investigative journalism... [that] gives us the human side to the story of two young men who must be understood as more than monsters" (Christian Science Monitor) The National Book Award winning journalist recounts how the American dream went wrong for two immigrants, and the nightmare that resulted On April 15, 2013, two homemade bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston marathon, killing three people and wounding more than 264 others. In the ensuing manhunt, Tamerlan Tsarnaev died, and his younger brother, Dzhokhar, was captured and brought to trial. Yet even after the guilty verdict and the death sentence, what we didn't know was why. Why did the American Dream go so wrong for two immigrants? How did such a nightmare come to pass? Acclaimed Russian-American journalist Masha Gessen is uniquely able to tell us. A teenage immigrant themself, they returned to Russia to cover firsthand the transformations that wracked the region from the 1990s on. It is there that Gessen begins their astonishing account of the Tsarnaev brothers, descendants of ethnic Chechens deported to Central Asia in the Stalin era. Following the family in their futile attempts to make a life for themselves in one war-torn locale after another and then, as new émigrés, in an utterly disorienting new world, Gessen reconstructs the brothers' struggle between assimilation and alienation, which incubated a deadly sense of mission and traces how such a split in identity can fuel the metamorphosis into a new breed of homegrown terrorist, with feet on American soil but sense of self elsewhere.
$27.00
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The Bulge and Beyond: The Things Our Fathers Saw-The Untold Stories of the World War II Generation-Volume VI: The Things Our Fathers Saw-The Untold Stories of the World War II Generation-Volume VI
THE NEW BOOK from MATTHEW ROZELL in the best-selling 'THE THINGS OUR FATHERS SAW' World War II oral history series.In THE BULGE AND BEYOND, you will be with the soldiers going into the heart of the bloodiest single battle fought by the US Army in American history, the so-called 'Battle of the Bulge'.VOLUME 6 OF THE BEST SELLING 'THE THINGS OUR FATHERS SAW' SERIESFrom the Great Depression to Pearl Harbor, from high school to the combat zone, from boot camp to the end of the Third Reich and Imperial Japan, here are more of the stories that we can't afford not to hear, from a vanishing generation speaking to America today.In 'THE BULGE AND BEYOND', you will be among the columns of young, tired men slogging it out in the malevolent forest, cold, dark, and medieval. You will walk the with the scout to his targeted outpost. You will lay in a freezing minefield by day, hoping to elude the sniper's bullet, and forever experience the complete inability to ever again feel warm. Nineteen thousand American GIs never saw their mothers again; tens of thousands more were wounded or taken prisoner in Hitler's last great counter-offensive that shocked the world. In 'THE BULGE AND BEYOND', our veterans sit down and speak to you directly about what they experienced. World War II brought out the worst in humanity, but it also brought out the best; in these narratives you will draw your own lessons. Here are the stories that a special generation of Americans told us for the future when we took the time to be still, to listen, and to draw strength.19,000 American GIs never saw their mothers again.- "Hell came in like a freight train. I heard an explosion and went back to where my friend was. His legs were blown off-he bled to death in my arms."Maybe our veterans did not volunteer to tell us their stories; perhaps we were too busy with our own lives to ask. But they opened up to a younger generation, when a history teacher taught his students to engage.As we forge ahead as a nation, do we owe it to ourselves to become reacquainted with a generation that is fast leaving us, who asked for nothing but gave everything, to attune ourselves as Americans to a broader appreciation of what we stand for?This is the sixth book in the masterful WWII oral history series, but you can read them in any order.It's time to listen to them. REMEMBER how a generation of young Americans truly saved the world.Or maybe it was all for nothing?Dying for freedom isn't the worst that could happen. Being forgotten is.- "A must-read in every high school in America. It is a very poignant look back at our greatest generation; maybe it will inspire the next one."Reviewer, Vol. I
$34.99
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The Bullet That Missed: A Thursday Murder Club Mystery: A Thursday Murder Club Mystery
The third installment in the beloved and New York Times bestselling series from Richard Osman, now streaming on Netflix "The quartet of aging amateur sleuths...remain wonderful company." --The New York Times Book ReviewIt is an ordinary Thursday, and things should finally be returning to normal. Except trouble is never far away where the Thursday Murder Club are concerned. A decade-old cold case--their favorite kind--leads them to a local news legend and a murder with no body and no answers. Then a new foe pays Elizabeth a visit. Her mission? Kill or be killed. Suddenly the cold case has become red hot. While Elizabeth wrestles with her conscience (and a gun), Joyce, Ron, and Ibrahim chase down the clues with help from old friends and new. But can the gang solve the mystery and save Elizabeth before the murderer strikes again? From an upmarket spa to a prison cell complete with espresso machine to a luxury penthouse high in the sky, this third adventure of the Thursday Murder Club is full of the cleverness, intrigue, and irresistible charm that readers have come to expect from Richard Osman's bestselling series. "The Bullet That Missed hits on every front." --the Wall Street Journal
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The Business of Bioscience: What Goes Into Making a Biotechnology Product (2009): What Goes Into Making a Biotechnology Product
My journey into this fascinating field of biotechnology started about 26 years ago at a small biotechnology company in South San Francisco called Genentech. I was very fortunate to work for the company that begat the biotech industry during its formative years. This experience established a solid foundation from which I could grow in both the science and business of biotechnology. After my fourth year of working on Oyster Point Boulevard, a close friend and colleague left Genentech to join a start-up biotechnology company. Later, he approached me to leave and join him in of all places - Oklahoma. He persisted for at least a year before I seriously considered his proposal. After listening to their plans, the opportunity suddenly became more and more intriguing. Finally, I took the plunge and joined this ent- preneurial team in cofounding and growing a start-up biotechnology company. Making that fateful decision to leave the security of a larger company was extremely difficult, but it turned out to be the beginning of an entrepreneurial career that forever changed how I viewed the biotechnology industry. Since that time, I have been fortunate to have cofounded two other biotechnology com- nies and even participated in taking one of them public. During my career in these start-ups, I held a variety of positions, from directing the science, operations, regulatory, and marketing components, to subsequently becoming CEO.
$199.99
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The Cadottes: A Fur Trade Family on Lake Superior: A Fur Trade Family on Lake Superior
The Great Lakes fur trade spanned two centuries and thousands of miles, but the story of one particular family, the Cadottes, illuminates the history of trade and trapping while exploring under-researched stories of French-Ojibwe political, social, and economic relations. Multiple generations of Cadottes were involved in the trade, usually working as interpreters and peacemakers, as the region passed from French to British to American control. Focusing on the years 1760 to 1840--the heyday of the Great Lakes fur trade--Robert Silbernagel delves into the lives of the Cadottes, with particular emphasis on the Ojibwe-French Canadian Michel Cadotte and his Ojibwe wife, Equaysayway, who were traders and regional leaders on Madeline Island for nearly forty years. In The Cadottes: A Fur Trade Family on Lake Superior, Silbernagel deepens our understanding of this era with stories of resilient, remarkable people.
$26.95
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The Cairo Affair
The Cairo Affair by Olen Steinhauer — A New York Times Bestselling Spy Thriller A standalone espionage novel of betrayal, deception, and dangerous secrets set against the backdrop of the Arab Spring. When Sophie Kohl confesses to her husband — a mid-level American diplomat stationed in Budapest — that she had an affair during their time in Cairo, she expects anger, tears, maybe the end of a marriage. What she doesn't expect is a bullet. Minutes after her confession, her husband is shot in the head and killed. Olen Steinhauer Instead of flying his body home to Boston, Sophie bolts to Cairo — the scene of the diplomat's last posting — seeking help from her former lover, CIA agent Stan Bertolli, to unravel the mystery behind her husband's assassination. But the deeper she digs, the more dangerous the truth becomes. American analyst Jibril Aziz knows more about Stumbler — a covert operation rejected by the CIA — than anyone. When it appears someone else has obtained a copy of the blueprints, Jibril alone understands the full danger it represents. Meanwhile, Omar Halawi, a veteran of Egyptian intelligence who knows exactly how to play the game, finds that the murder of a diplomat in Hungary sends ripples all the way to Cairo — and he must follow the fallout wherever it leads. Three players. One city. A whole world of political games in which allegiances are never clear, and outcomes are never guaranteed. Amazon Set against the turbulent backdrop of the Arab Spring — WikiLeaks revelations, the fall of Gaddafi, and a region on the brink — The Cairo Affair is emotionally rich and layered with intrigue, weaving a portrait of a shattered marriage into a labyrinthine geopolitical thriller that spans Budapest, Cairo, Libya, and beyond. Amazon What readers and critics are saying: "Elaborate, sophisticated… a long, twisty road full of cleverly placed potholes and unexpected turns." — The New York Times "It has become de rigueur to compare Steinhauer to le Carré, but it's nearly time to pass the torch." — Booklist "A genuine page-turner — cleverly conceived and intricately plotted. Steinhauer juggles political and personal loyalties with a master storyteller's sleight of hand." — Joseph Kanon About the Author Olen Steinhauer is the New York Times bestselling author of the Milo Weaver series, a Dashiell Hammett Award winner, a two-time Edgar Award finalist, and the creator of the EPIX TV series Berlin Station. The Cairo Affair is a standalone novel — the perfect entry point for new readers and a masterclass in modern espionage fiction. Amazon Perfect for fans of: John le Carré, Daniel Silva, Jason Matthews, Charles McCarry, and Alan Furst. Details: Paperback | Publisher: Picador | Publication Date: March 18, 2014 | ISBN: 978-1-250-03613-1
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The Camel Club
After witnessing a shocking murder, four conspiracy theorists team up with a Secret Service agent to uncover the government corruption that threatens to cause an international terrorism crisis in this New York Times bestselling thriller. Welcome to The Camel Club. Existing at the fringes of Washington, D.C., the Club consists of four eccentric members. Led by a mysterious man known as "Oliver Stone," they study conspiracy theories, current events, and the machinations of government to discover the "truth" behind the country's actions. Their efforts bear little fruit--until the group witnesses a shocking murder ... and becomes embroiled in an astounding, far-reaching conspiracy. Now the Club must join forces with a Secret Service agent to confront one of the most chilling spectacles ever to take place on American soil-an event that may trigger the ultimate war between two different worlds. And all that stands in the way of this apocalypse is five unexpected heroes.
$19.99
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The Case of the Underwater Aliens: Book 3: Book 3
Strange glowing aliens have been spotted near Seagull Island! A fisherman claims he saw a mysterious underwater creature near the shore. He believes it's an extraterrestrial, so he asks the Mystery Science Detectives to take the case. It's a smart call since the after-school club can solve any mystery using the power of science! But when the mysteries begin to multiply, the team wonders if they're in over their heads this time.
$30.65
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