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PACIFIC, THE

HUGH AMBROSE

Description: Between America's retreat from China in late November 1941 and the moment General MacArthur's airplane touched down on the Japanese mainland in August of 1945, five men connected by happenstance fought the key battles of the war against Japan. From the debacle in Bataan, to the miracle at Midway and the relentless vortex of Guadalcanal, their solemn oaths to their country later led one to the Great Marianas Turkey Shoot and the others to the coral strongholds of Peleliu, the black terraces of Iwo Jima and the killing fields of Okinawa, until at last the survivors enjoyed a triumphant, yet uneasy, return home.

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I AM AN EMOTIONAL CREATURE

EVE ENSLER

Description: In this daring, provocative, and insightful book, bestselling author and internationally acclaimed playwright Eve Ensler writes fictional monologues and stories inspired by girls around the globe. Moving through a world of topics and emotions, these voices are fierce, alive, tender, complicated, imaginative, and smart.

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WE WERE THERE

ROBERT FOX

Description: An Eyewitness History of the Twentieth Century: An Eyewitness History of the Long Twentieth Century.

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THINGS I'VE BEEN SILENT ABOUT

AZAR NAFISI

Description: In Azar Nafisi's personal story of growing up in Iran, she shares her memories of a life lived in thrall to a powerful and complex mother, against the background of a country’s political revolution.

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YOU ARE HERE

CHRISTOPHER POTTER

Description: It is the story of how something evolved from nothing, and how something became everything. It is the story of science: the greatest story ever told.

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REALITY HUNGER

DAVID SHIELDS

Description: Reality Hunger is a manifesto for a burgeoning group of interrelated but unconnected artists who, living in an unbearably artificial world, are breaking ever larger chunks of 'reality' into their work. The questions Shields explores – the bending of form and genre, the lure and blur of the real – play out constantly around us, and Reality Hunger is a radical reframing of how we might think about this 'truthiness': about literary licence, quotation, and appropriation in television, film, performance art, rap, and graffiti, in lyric essays, prose poems, and collage novels.

Drawing on myriad sources, Shields takes an audacious stance on issues that are being fought over now and will be fought over far into the future. Converts will see Reality Hunger as a call to arms; detractors will view it as an occasion to defend the status quo. It is certain to be one of the most controversial and talked about books of the season.

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GREAT POWERS

THOMAS P.M. BARNETT

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RENEGADE

RICHARD WOLFFE

Description: Written by British political reporter Richard Wolffe, Renegade is an election epic as well as an insightful biography of the new President of the United States. During the presidential campaign, Barack Obama told Wolffe that, ‘You’ll get more access than anyone else’, resulting in a riveting first-hand account of the 21-month journey from candidate to president. Wolffe covers the campaign in untold detail as well as revealing how Obama learned his personal and political skills in his youth and early career, which led him from his university lecturer’s office in Iowa, to his nomination as the Democratic candidate, and finally to the Oval Office in Washington.

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CARTHAGE MUST BE DESTROYED

RICHARD MILES

Description: The devastating struggle to the death between the Carthaginians and the Romans was one of the defining dramas of the Ancient World. This title presents this lost empire - from its origins among the Phoenician settlements of Lebanon to its apotheosis as the greatest sea-power in the Mediterranean.

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WHY MANNERS MATTER

LUCINDA HOLDFORTH

Description: In this age of global warming and warfare, aren't manners frivolous? Do manners really matter? Yes! Lucinda Holdforth passionately exclaims.

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SECRET HISTORY OF THE WORLD, THE

MARK BOOTH

Description: From the esoteric account of the evolution of the species to the occult roots of science, from the secrets of the Flood to the esoteric motives behind American foreign policy, here is a narrative history that shows the basic facts of human existence on this planet can be viewed from a very different angle.

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GOOGLED

KEN AULETTA

Description: The fullest account ever published of Google's rise - already being hailed as the definitive work on Google.

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WHAT COLOR IS YOUR PARACHUTE? 2010

RICHARD N. BOLLES

Description: What Color Is Your Parachute? has been the bestselling job-hunting book in the world for more than three decades, in good times and bad, and it continues to be a fixture on best-seller lists, from New York Times to BusinessWeek.

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A SHRINE FOR TIBET

MARILYN RHIE

Description: The Alice S. Kandell Collection of Tibetan Sacred Art.

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MESSI

LUCA CAILIO

Description: Brilliant popular biography of the winner of the Ballon d'Or, the 2009 European Footballer of the Year Lionel Messi.

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1492

FELIP FERNANDEZ-ARMESTO

Description: A vivid new book from an established and bestselling historian

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13 THINGS THAT DON'T MAKE SENSE

MICHAEL BROOKS

Description: Will we ever find the ninety-six percent of the universe that is missing? Will tomorrow bring an answer to the scientific mysteries of today? While taking readers on an entertaining tour d’horizon of today’s strangest scientific findings, Michael Brooks argues that the things we don’t understand are the key to what we are about to discover.

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GREEN ZONE (FILM), THE

RAJIV CHANDRASEKARAN

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LITTLE BOOK OF BIG IDEAS GRAPHIC DESIGN

ANNA GERBER

Description: This is a comprehensive introduction to the world's most important graphic designers and various movements in the field.

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HOUSE OF WISDOM, THE

JONATHAN LYONS

Description: Offers credit to the Arab thinkers of the past, explores and reveals the extent of their learning and describes the intrepid adventures of those who went in search of it and who, in doing so, laid the foundations of the Renaissance.

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LONDON CALLING

BARRY MILES

Description: A travel guide that includes maps and coverage of London's unforgettable attractions. From the big hitters like the Tower of London and the London Eye to hidden gems like the Sir John Soane's Museum and Highgate Cemetery, it steers you to the unmissable s

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THE PATTERN IN THE CARPET

MARGARET DRABBLE

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BECAUSE I AM A GIRL

VARIOUS AUTHORS

Description: Eight authors have visited eight different countries and spoken to young women and girls about their lives, struggles and hopes. This book presents a collection of their writings that are not only about prejudice, abuse, and neglect, but also about courag

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GO-GIVERS SELL MORE

BURG AND MANN

Description: The sequel to the international bestseller The Go-Giver, applying its inspirational approach to real-world challenges.
The Go-Giver took the business world by storm with its message that giving is the simplest, most fulfilling, and most effective path to success. It has inspired hundreds of thousands of readers; but some have wondered how the story's lessons stand up to the tough challenges of everyday, real-world business.
Bob Burg and John David Mann answer that question in Go-Givers Sell More, a practical guide that turns giving into the cornerstone of a powerful and effective approach to selling.

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JUSTICE

MICHAEL SANDEL

Description: Considering the role of justice in our society and our lives, Michael Sandel reveals how an understanding of philosophy can help to make sense of politics, religion, morality - and our own convictions. Breaking down hotly contested issues, from abortion, euthanasia and same-sex marriage, to patriotism, dissent and affirmative action, Sandel shows how the biggest questions in our civic life can be broken down and illuminated through reasoned debate.

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SHAPED BY WAR

DON MCCULLIN

Description: Don McCullin has held many exhibitions over the years, including his first landmark show at the V&A in London. As the greatest war photographer of his time, it is no surprise that his work is the subject of a huge exhibition organized by the Imperial War

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SHOULD YOU JUDGE THIS BOOK BY ITS COVER?

JULIAN BAGGINI

Description: This is another rapid-fire selection of short, stimulating and entertaining capsules of philosophy from the master of the genre. This time Baggini applies his philosophical scalpel to famous sayings, proverbs and pieces of homespun wisdom. Should you really do as the Romans do when in Rome and practice what you preach? Is the grass always in fact greener on the other side of the fence, and is there ever smoke without fire? Is beauty always in the eye of the beholder and is it actually better to be safe than sorry? Baggini's approach is as witty and deeply thought provoking as ever.

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THE BOOK OF FIRSTS

PETER D'EPIRO

Description: The Book of Firsts is an entertaining, enlightening, and highly browsable tour of the major innovations of the past twenty centuries and how they shaped our world.

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CHALLENGE FOR AFRICA, THE

WANGARI MAATHAI

Description: Agues that Africans need to revive their sense of identity, their cultural inheritance, and a shared sense of common purpose to face the challenges posed by endemic corruption, the legacies of colonialism and the Cold and civil wars, poverty, and - most u

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SHALL THE RELIGIOUS INHERIT THE EARTH?

ERIC KAUFMANN

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COLTRANE

BEN RATLIFF

Description: Few other jazz musicians have proved so inspirational and so fascinating as Coltrane. This book offers a narrative of Coltrane's life and also discusses this saxophonist's unique sound.

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CRISIS ECONOMICS

NOURIEL ROUBINI

Description: One man saw it coming. As far back as 2005, Professor Nouriel Roubini – aka 'Dr Doom' – warned that the US housing bubble was set to crash, and what would begin as a national disease would soon spread overseas resulting in a deep recession. Free market fundamentalism would fail and we’d be faced with the worst economic crisis in history, crippling our global economy and bringing the world’s financial systems to a shuddering halt. Sound familiar?

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MY MOTHER'S CLOTHES

JEANNETTE MONTGOMERY BARRON

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DIGITAL ART REVOLUTION

SCOTT LIGON

Description: In this book, digital artist and arts educator Scott Ligon demonstrates the varied and amazing creative potential of digital art, all from a truly ""fine art"" perspective. Beginning with an overview of the fundamentals of visual language and how to apply those principals to digital art, Ligon then details a step-by-step summary of the basics of the Photoshop environment.

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FACTS ARE SUBVERSIVE

TIMOTHY GARTON

Description: For more than thirty years, Timothy Garton Ash has traveled among truth tellers and political charlatans to record, with scalpel-sharp precision, what he has found. "Facts are Subversive", which collects his writings since the millennium, addresses some of the crucial questions of our time: what happens to people who have endured long dictatorships when they try to found a democratic state? How can freedom from tyranny be won?

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EARTHQUAKE HAITI

FROM THE EDITORS OF TIME MAGAZINE

Description: Tragedy often has a way of visiting those who can bear it least. This is what has happened in Haiti.
TIME will donate a share of all proceeds from this book to Haitian relief efforts.

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