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"Riveting….Powerful…as much about desire and what's normal as it is an exploration of why we are the way we are, whether we like it or not."
-New York Times Book Review
Subtitled "Four Journeys into the Far Realms of Lust and Longing," Daniel Bergner's The Other Side of Desire is a literary exploration of science and sex that will appeal to readers of Mary Roach and Natalie Angier. A cross between "a top-rated HBO series [with] provocatively...
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"I had an obsession with the Amish. Plan and simple. Objectively it made no sense. I, who worked hard at being special, fell in love with a people who valued being ordinary."
So begins Sue Bender's story, the captivating and inspiring true story of a harried urban Californian moved by the beauty of a display of quilts to seek out and live with the Amish. Discovering lives shaped by unfamiliar yet comforting ideas about time, work, and community,...
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A fascinating look at the O.J. Simpson murder trial from one of the original jurors.
On June 12, 1994, Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman were violently murdered, leading to the arrest and trial of former NFL player, O.J. Simpson. The " Trial of the Century" soon turned into a spectacle on both sides of the aisle- and in the jury box itself! In this personal account by a juror who was dismissed before the...
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An Unexplained Death is an obsessive investigation into a mysterious death at the Belvedere-a once-grand hotel-and a poignant, gripping meditation on suicide and voyeurism
"The poster is new. I notice it right away, taped to a utility pole. Beneath the word 'Missing,' printed in a bold, high-impact font, are two sepia-toned photographs of a man dressed in a bow tie and tux."
Most people would keep walking. Maybe they'd pay a bit closer attention...
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What if the world of the old New York waterfront was as violent and mob-controlled as it appears in Hollywood movies? Well, it really was, and the story of its downfall, told here in high style by Nathan Ward, is the original New York mob story.
New York Sun reporter Malcolm "Mike" Johnson was sent to cover the murder of a West Side boss stevedore and discovered a "waterfront jungle, set against a background of New York's magnificent skyscrapers"...
7) Bradley
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Alan Axelrod applies his signature insight and compelling prose to the life, strategy and legacy of the general Bradley who remains the model for all commanders today as the man who revolutionized the National Guard, shaped the US army's focus on the individual soldier, and emphasized cooperation and coordination among the military services--a cornerstone of modern U.S. military doctrine.
Dubbed by the World War II press as "The GI General" because...
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The dramatic story of Emperor Nicholas II and his wife Alexandra Fyodorovna, the last Tsar and Tsarina of Russia-A penetrating and deeply personal study that gives profound psychological insight into their marriage and how it shaped the events that engulfed them.
There are few characters in history about whom opinion has been more divided than the last Tsar of Russia, Nicholas II, and his wife the Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna. On one hand, they...
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When three bodies are discovered in Big Horn County, Montana, an area known as "the most dangerous place in the country" for Native American women, local authorities first ignore each death before ruling them accidental, leaving the victims' loved ones to deal both with their loss and the indifference of local law enforcement. As sorrow turns to outrage, however, a vibrant and fearless movement is formed to search for the truth and bring attention...
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