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  • THE CRUSADER ARMIES
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    THE CRUSADER ARMIES
    STEVE TIBBLE
    A major new history of the Crusades that illuminates the strength and sophistication of the Western and Muslim armies During the Crusades, the Western and Muslim armies developed various highly sophisticated strategies of both attack and defense, which evolved during the course of the battles. In this ambitious new work, Steve Tibble draws on a wide range of Muslim texts and ar...

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  • PIRATES
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    PIRATES
    PETER LEHR
    A global account of pirates and their modus operandi, from the Middle Ages to the present day In the twenty-first century piracy has regained a central place in Western culture, thanks to a surprising combination of Johnny Depp and the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise as well as the dramatic rise of modern-day piracy around Somalia and the Horn of Africa. In this global histo...

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  • SAINTS AND SINNERS
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    SAINTS AND SINNERS
    EAMON DUFFY
    The latest edition of “the most comprehensive single-volume history of the popes,” updated to cover the election of Pope Francis (Sunday Telegraph).   This engrossing book, from a professor of the history of Christianity at Cambridge, encompasses the extraordinary story of the papacy, from its beginnings to the present day, as empires rose and fell around it. This new edition c...

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  • HANNIBAL
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    HANNIBAL
    EVE MACDONALD
    The life of the great Carthaginian general who marched into Rome during the Second Punic War is reexamined in this revealing and scholarly biography.   Once of the greatest military minds of the Ancient World, Hannibal Barca lived a life of daring and survival, massive battles, and ultimate defeat. A citizen of Carthage and military commander in Punic Spain, he famously marched...

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  • MOURNING LINCOLN
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    MOURNING LINCOLN
    MARTHA HODES
    A historian examines how everyday people reacted to the president’s assassination in this “highly original, lucidly written book” (James M. McPherson, author of Battle Cry of Freedom).   The news of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination on April 15, 1865, just days after Confederate surrender, astounded a war-weary nation. Massive crowds turned out for services and ceremonies. Countl...

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  • LEARNING BY DOING
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    LEARNING BY DOING
    JAMES BESSEN
    “Bessen sets out to refute the arguments of . . . techno-pessimists, relying on economic analysis and on a fresh reading of history” (The Wall Street Journal).   Technology is constantly changing our world, leading to more efficient production. But where once technological advancements dramatically increased wages, the median wage has remained stagnant over the past three decad...

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  • BLACK HOLE
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    BLACK HOLE
    MARCIA BARTUSIAK
    The award-winning science writer “packs a lot of learning into a deceptively light and enjoyable read” exploring the contentious history of the black hole (New Scientist). For more than half a century, physicists and astronomers engaged in heated dispute over the possibility of black holes in the universe. The strange notion of a space-time abyss from which not even light escap...

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  • THE HOUSE OF OWLS
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    THE HOUSE OF OWLS
    TONY ANGELL
    “A charming personal account, accompanied by nearly 100 illustrations, that underscores how owls and other birds enrich our lives.”—Kirkus Reviews   Winner of the National Outdoor Book Award   For a quarter of a century, Tony Angell and his family shared the remarkable experience of closely observing pairs of western screech owls that occupied a nesting box outside the window o...

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  • THE MOST GOOD YOU CAN DO
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    THE MOST GOOD YOU CAN DO
    PETER SINGER
    An argument for putting sentiment aside and maximizing the practical impact of our donated dollars: “Powerful, provocative” (Nicholas Kristof, The New York Times).   Peter Singer’s books and ideas have been disturbing our complacency ever since the appearance of Animal Liberation. Now he directs our attention to a challenging new movement in which his own ideas have played a cr...

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  • TACTICS AND THE EXPERIENCE OF BATTLE IN THE AGE OF NAPOLEON
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    TACTICS AND THE EXPERIENCE OF BATTLE IN THE AGE OF NAPOLEON
    RORY MUIR
    This historical study of Napoleonic battles and tactics examines firsthand accounts from soldiers’ memoirs, diaries, and letters: “A major work” (David Seymour, Military Illustrated).   In this illuminating volume, historian Rory Muir explores what actually happened in battle during the Napoleonic Wars, putting special focus on how the participants’ feelings and reactions influ...

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  • DO GUNS MAKE US FREE?
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    DO GUNS MAKE US FREE?
    FIRMIN DEBRABANDER
    This study investigates the relationship between gun ownership and democracy, exposing the dubious claims of the NRA and other gun rights supporters. One of the most vital and polarizing debates in American society today concerns the Second Amendment of the Constitution and the rights of citizens to bear arms. The core argument of gun advocates like the National Rifle Associati...

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  • STALIN
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    STALIN
    OLEG V. KHLEVNIUK
    An engrossing biography of the notorious Russian dictator by an author whose knowledge of Soviet-era archives far surpasses all others. Josef Stalin exercised supreme power in the Soviet Union from 1929 until his death in 1953. During that quarter-century, by Oleg Khlevniuk’s estimate, he caused the imprisonment and execution of no fewer than a million Soviet citizens per year....

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  • WELLINGTON: WATERLOO AND THE FORTUNES OF PEACE 1814–1852
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    WELLINGTON: WATERLOO AND THE FORTUNES OF PEACE 1814–1852
    RORY MUIR
    The preeminent Wellington biographer presents a fascinating reassessment of the Duke’s most famous victory and his political career after Waterloo. The Duke of Wellington’s momentous victory over Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo was the culminating point of a brilliant military career. Yet Wellington’s achievements were far from over. He commanded the allied army of occupatio...

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  • FORGOTTEN CONTINENT
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    FORGOTTEN CONTINENT
    MICHAEL REID
    The bestselling primer on the social, political, and economic challenges facing Central and South America by The Economist editor and author of Brazil.   Latin America has often been condemned to failure. Neither poor enough to evoke Africa’s moral crusade, nor as explosively booming as India and China, it has largely been overlooked by the West. Yet this vast continent, home t...

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  • THE HOLLYWOOD SIGN
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    THE HOLLYWOOD SIGN
    LEO BRAUDY
    The story behind the massive white block letters set into a steep Los Angeles hillside—and the city and culture they represent: “Terrific.”—San Francisco Chronicle   To so many who see its image, the Hollywood sign represents the earthly home of that otherwise ethereal world of fame, stardom, celebrity—the American and worldwide aspiration to be in the limelight, to be, like th...

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  • JOURNEY OF THE UNIVERSE
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    JOURNEY OF THE UNIVERSE
    BRIAN THOMAS SWIMME / MARY EVELYN TUCKER
    The basis for the Emmy-winning film. “A wonderful, highly readable account of the history of the universe from the Big Bang through the present moment.”—Thomas Lovejoy, University Professor in Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University   Through the astonishing combined achievements of natural scientists worldwide, we now have a detailed account of how galaxies a...

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  • THE THEORY THAT WOULD NOT DIE
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    THE THEORY THAT WOULD NOT DIE
    SHARON BERTSCH MCGRAYNE
    "This account of how a once reviled theory, Baye’s rule, came to underpin modern life is both approachable and engrossing" (Sunday Times).   A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice Bayes' rule appears to be a straightforward, one-line theorem: by updating our initial beliefs with objective new information, we get a new and improved belief. To its adherents, it is an elegan...

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  • LOVE
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    LOVE
    SIMON MAY
    “What is love? May plunders Western poetry, philosophy and psychology to find answers . . . Thought-provoking stuff” (The Sunday Telegraph).   Love—unconditional, selfless, unchanging, sincere, and totally accepting—is worshipped today as the West’s only universal religion. To challenge it is one of our few remaining taboos. In this path-breaking and superbly written book, phil...

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  • MILK
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    MILK
    DEBORAH VALENZE
    The illuminating history of milk, from ancient myth to modern grocery store. How did an animal product that spoils easily, carries disease, and causes digestive trouble for many of its consumers become a near-universal symbol of modern nutrition? In the first cultural history of milk, historian Deborah Valenze traces the rituals and beliefs that have governed milk production an...

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  • THE NEW UNIVERSE AND THE HUMAN FUTURE
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    THE NEW UNIVERSE AND THE HUMAN FUTURE
    NANCY ELLEN ABRAMS / JOEL R. PRIMACK
    A cultural philosopher and an astrophysicist attempt to decipher how we fit into the universe, and the impact our placement has on us. After a four-century rupture between science and the questions of value and meaning, this groundbreaking book presents an explosive and potentially life-altering idea: if the world could agree on a shared creation story based on modern cosmology...

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  • CAPTAIN COOK
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    CAPTAIN COOK
    FRANK MCLYNN
    This “thoroughly researched and sharply opinionated” biography presents a nuanced portrait of the renowned 18th century navigator (The Wall Street Journal).   The age of discovery was at its peak in the eighteenth century, with bold adventurers charting the furthest reaches of the globe. Foremost among these explorers was Captain James Cook of the British Royal Navy. Recent wri...

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  • MOZART AND THE NAZIS
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    MOZART AND THE NAZIS
    ERIK LEVI
    A music historian uncovers Nazi Germany’s use of Mozart as a WWII propaganda tool in this “intriguing study [that] comprehends a range of vital topics” (Choice).   As the Nazi war machine expanded its bloody ambitions across Europe, the Third Reich sought to promote a sophisticated and even humanitarian image of German culture through the tireless promotion of Mozart’s music. I...

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  • THE HUNDRED YEARS WAR
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    THE HUNDRED YEARS WAR
    DAVID GREEN
    What life was like for ordinary French and English people, embroiled in a devastating century-long conflict that changed their world. The Hundred Years War (1337–1453) dominated life in England and France for well over a century. It became the defining feature of existence for generations. This sweeping book is the first to tell the human story of the longest military conflict ...

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  • HISTORY OF ROCK 'N' ROLL IN TEN SONGS
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    HISTORY OF ROCK 'N' ROLL IN TEN SONGS
    GREIL MARCUS
    The legendary critic and author of Mystery Train “ingeniously retells the tale of rock and roll” (Publishers Weekly, starred review).   Unlike previous versions of rock ’n’ roll history, this book omits almost every iconic performer and ignores the storied events and turning points everyone knows. Instead, in a daring stroke, Greil Marcus selects ten songs and dramatizes how ea...

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  • THOSE WHO HOLD BASTOGNE
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    THOSE WHO HOLD BASTOGNE
    PETER SCHRIJVERS
    The acclaimed World War II historian delivers “a panoramic and compelling boots-on-the-ground illumination of one of the Bulge’s most epic battles” (Patrick K. O’Donnell, author of Washington’s Immortals).   Hitler’s last gamble, the Battle of the Bulge, was intended to push the Allied invaders of Normandy all the way back to the beaches. The plan nearly succeeded, and almost c...

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  • EUGENE O'NEILL
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    EUGENE O'NEILL
    ROBERT M. DOWLING
    An “absorbing” biography of the playwright and Nobel laureate that “unflinchingly explores the darkness that dominated O’Neill’s life” (Publishers Weekly).   This extraordinary biography fully captures the intimacies of Eugene O’Neill’s tumultuous life and the profound impact of his work on American drama, innovatively highlighting how the stories he told for the stage interwea...

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  • SPEED LIMITS
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    SPEED LIMITS
    MARK C. TAYLOR
    A contemplation on “the durability of our fast-tracked, multitasked modern world . . . a stimulating cautionary report for the digital age.”—Kirkus Reviews   We live in an ever-accelerating world: faster computers, markets, food, fashion, product cycles, minds, bodies, kids, lives. When did everything start moving so fast? Why does speed seem so inevitable? Is faster always bet...

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  • THE EDGE OF REASON
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    THE EDGE OF REASON
    JULIAN BAGGINI
    An urgent defense of reason, the essential method for resolving—or even discussing—divisive issues: “A timely masterpiece.”—Patricia S. Churchland, author of Touching a Nerve Reason, long held as the highest human achievement, is under siege. According to Aristotle, the capacity for reason sets us apart from other animals, yet today it has ceased to be a universally admired fac...

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  • SUDAN
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    SUDAN
    RICHARD COCKETT
    The story of a nation in turmoil on its way to splitting in two: “Thoroughly absorbing” (The Wall Street Journal). In recent decades, the situation in Africa’s largest country, Sudan, progressively deteriorated into a failed state, with a war in Darfur claiming hundreds of thousands of lives. President Bashir was indicted by the International Criminal Court, and after South Sud...

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  • FUTURE HUMANS
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    FUTURE HUMANS
    SCOTT SOLOMON
    An evolutionary biologist provides surprising insights into the changing nature of Homo sapiens in this “important and an entertaining read" (Choice). In Future Humans, evolutionary biologist Scott Solomon draws on recent discoveries to examine the future evolution of our species. Combining knowledge of our past with current trends, Solomon offers convincing evidence that evolu...

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