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The Cure for Anything Is Salt Water
How I Threw My Life Overboard and Found Happiness at Sea
by Mary South
ISBN: 9780060747022
$23.95 Hardcover
HarperCollins
The Cure for Anything Is Salt Water traces Mary South's voyage from the charming Americana of Florida's Intracoastal Waterway out into the often stormy waters of the Atlantic. South grapples not only with whatever Poseidon throws her way, but also with the ghosts of family and loves lost. For anyone with a secret dream that's gone unfulfilled, here is a reckoning of what's really involved in casting off an old life and making a new one.
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Machiavelli: Philosopher of Power
Eminent Lives Series
by Ross King
ISBN: 9780060817176
$21.95 Hardcover
HarperCollins Publishers
The Prince, Niccolò Machiavelli's handbook on power--how to get it and how to keep it--has been enormously influential in the centuries since it was written, garnering a heady mixture of admiration, fear, and contempt. Ross King rescues Machiavelli's legacy from caricature, detailing the vibrant political and social context that influenced his thought and underscoring the humanity of one of history's finest political thinkers.
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The Berlin Wall
A World Divided, 1961-1989
by Frederick Taylor
ISBN: 9780060786137
$27.95 Hardcover
HarperCollins
In this captivating work, Frederick Taylor weaves together official history, archival materials, and personal accounts to tell the complete story of the Berlin Wall's rise and fall, from the postwar political tensions that created a divided Berlin to the internal and external pressures that led to the Wall's demise. The Berlin Wall is the first comprehensive account of a divided city and its people in a time when the world seemed to stand permanently on the edge of destruction.
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The Card
Collectors, Con Men, and the True Story of History's Most Desired Baseball Card
by Michael O'Keeffe & Teri Thompson
ISBN: 9780061123924
$24.95 Hardcover
William Morrow & Company
Now for the first time, award-winning investigative reporters Michael O'Keeffe and Teri Thompson follow the trail of T206 Wagner card from a Florida flea market to the hands of the world's most prominent collectors. They delve into a world of counterfeiters and con men and look at the people who profit from what used to be a kids' pastime, as they bring to light ongoing investigations into sports collectibles.
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The Snoring Bird
My Family's Journey Through a Century of Biology
by Bernd Heinrich
ISBN: 9780060742157
$29.95 Hardcover
Ecco
In this remarkable memoir, the award-winning author shares the ways in which his relationship with his father, combined with his unique childhood, molded him into the scientist, and man, he is today. From his dad's days as a soldier in Europe to the family's daring escape from the Red Army in 1945 to the rustic Maine farm they came to call home, Bernd Heinrich relates it all in his trademark style, making science accessible and awe-inspiring.
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