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A groundbreaking, freshly-researched examination of one of the most dramatic and consequential marriages in history: Henry VIII's long courtship, short union, and brutal execution of Anne Boleyn.
“Hunting the Falcon” is the story of how Henry VIII's obsessive desire for Anne Boleyn changed him and his country forever. John Guy and Julia Fox, two of the most acclaimed and distinguished historians of this period, have joined forces to present Anne...
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The extraordinary secret life of a great novelist, which his biographer could not publish while le Carré was alive.
Secrecy came naturally to John le Carré, and there were some secrets that he fought fiercely to keep. Adam Sisman's definitive biography, published in 2015, provided a revealing portrait of this fascinating man, yet some aspects of his subject remained hidden.
Nowhere was this more so than in his private life. Apparently, content...
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"A fast-paced, compelling narrative that goes far beyond the headlines." - KEVIN DONOVAN, author of The Billionaire Murders
For Joey Philion, surviving the fire was only the beginning.
On the morning of March 10th, 1988, in Orillia, Ontario, a house fire engulfed fourteen-year-old Joey Philion in flames. He suffered third degree burns on 95 percent of his body. Doctors didn't think he would make it through the night.
After the Flames is about...
44) Kansas Pacific
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Set against the backdrop of the impending Civil War, the film follows the construction of the Kansas Pacific Railway. As workers progress, they face sabotage from Southern agents, leading to a tense showdown.
1953 American Classic Western Film
Set in the 1860s, just before the Civil War, the U.S. government commissions the construction of the Kansas Pacific Railway to fasten California's ties to the Union. As the construction begins, Southern agents...
45) Cult Classic
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The ninth book of this dark urban fantasy series follows necromancer Eric Carter through a world of vengeful gods and goddesses, mysterious murders, and restless ghosts.
Eric Carter has a lot on his plate.
He's hunting the Oracle of Las Vegas, a literal talking head that manipulates the future to make its prophecies come true. But it has a new trick. It can change the past, too.
Now Jazz Age Los Angeles is invading the present. Long gone buildings...
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2022.
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Chronicles the story of the last Africans brought illegally to the United States on the Clotilda in 1860.
1859. The transatlantic slave trade has been banned for more than fifty years, and the South is facing the threat of a civil war. Timothy Maeher resents the government interference in his right to make a living. Making a bet that he can smuggle enslaved Africans into the United States without being caught, he commissions the Clotilda, and brings...
47) Dear Beast
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[2020]
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Through a series of letters, Simon, a grumpy and jealous cat, informs Baxter, his boy's new dog, that he is not welcome and should leave at once.
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[2024]
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"A clever and propulsive debut novel tracing the complicated relationship between a larger-than-life actress who refuses to abandon her career for motherhood, and the daughter she chooses to abandon instead, as they confront one another once and for all"--
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2024.
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"Young is an American Born Chinese (ABC) growing up in Queens and has been told by his beloved Su Su (uncle) that one has only seven great loves in a lifetime. Young's childhood is marked by an obsessive love of comics, music, and movies. . . as well as a parade of school-yard crushes, tantalizing pen-pal exchanges, and a lasting infatuation with Winona Ryder. But, at the end of 1995, when Young is a sophomore at NYU, he meets Erena--brilliant, charismatic,...
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2024.
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Eyes in focus? Wearing your lucky shirt? Let the games begin! In a second book of speed-search adventures, Waldo summons fans to go head-to-head with each other or to race solo against the clock. Just open the book perfectly flat, with your opponent sitting opposite--or your self-timer at the ready--and zero in on one side of an action-filled spread. Find Waldo among zany games, super sports, and comical contests, from a heated soccer match to a high-flying...
55) Built to last
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2024.
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Every creation two friends build together end up tumbling down, except their friendship.
57) Swan songs
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2024.
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"W. MAXWELL PRINCE (ICE CREAM MAN) continues to push the comics envelope with SWAN SONGS--a moving, multi-artist anthology that explores the way things END...and also how they never really do. The End of the World. The End of a Marriage. The End of Eden. The End of a Sentence. The End of Anhedonia. ...Even The End of the Sidewalk! And along for the terminal ride are some of the industry's best, brightest artists! MARTIN SIMMONDS (DEPARTMENT OF TRUTH),...
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2024.
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"The groundbreaking biography of a forgotten civil rights hero. In the tempestuous mid-19th century, as slavery consumed Congressional debate and America careened toward civil war and split apart--when the very future of the nation hung in the balance--Charles Sumner's voice rang strongest, bravest, and most unwavering. Where others preached compromise and moderation, he denounced slavery's evils to all who would listen and demanded that it be wiped...
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2024.
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"From New York Times bestselling author of Expecting Better, a guide to navigating a second pregnancy when the first did not go as planned-with Dr. Nathan Fox, Maternal Fetal Medicine specialist. In Expecting Better, Emily Oster revolutionized the pregnancy landscape with her data-driven approach. In the years since, she kept hearing questions from readers on how to approach a second pregnancy when the first has not gone as planned. The Unexpected...
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2024.
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"Unstressable is a handbook for those who realize stress isn't what happens to you; it's how you handle what happens to you. It's a left brainer's solution to a modern right-brain problem. Mo Gawdat is an engineer. What most of us see as inchoate, insurmountable problems he sees as systems overloads to tackle and solve. Unstressable breaks stress into inputs and effects, classifying human stressors as: stress to the mind, stress to emotions, stress...
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