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Prisoners of Geography

Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World

by Tim Marshall ...

Series series Politics of Place
UPDATED TO REFLECT CURRENT EVENTS! In this fascinating New York Times bestseller—fully revised to reflect the events of our current world—award-winning journalist Tim Marshall uses ten maps of crucial regions to explain how physical landscapes influence geopolitical strategies of world leaders, showing “how geography shapes not just history but destiny” (Newsweek).Maps have always captivated us, ... Read more

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UPDATED TO REFLECT CURRENT EVENTS! In this fascinating New York Times bestseller—fully revised to reflect the events of our current world—award-winning journalist Tim Marshall uses ten maps of crucial regions to explain how physical landscapes influence geopolitical strategies of world leaders, showing “how geography shapes not just history but destiny” (Newsweek).Maps have always captivated us,
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Wildwood

by Colin Meloy ...

Illustrated by Carson Ellis ...

Series Book 1 - Wildwood Chronicles
Now a major motion picture from LAIKA, the studio behind Coraline.The first book in the New York Times best-selling fantasy series full of magic, wonder, and danger from Colin Meloy, lead singer of the highly celebrated band the Decemberists, and Carson Ellis, the award-winning illustrator of Du Is Tak and Home.Prue McKeel’s life is ordinary. She lives in Portland, Oregon, where it rains a lot. ... Read more

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Now a major motion picture from LAIKA, the studio behind Coraline.The first book in the New York Times best-selling fantasy series full of magic, wonder, and danger from Colin Meloy, lead singer of the highly celebrated band the Decemberists, and Carson Ellis, the award-winning illustrator of Du Is Tak and Home.Prue McKeel’s life is ordinary. She lives in Portland, Oregon, where it rains a lot.
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The Canterbury Tales

A Retelling

by Peter Ackroyd, Geoffrey Chaucer ...

Narrated by Ron Keith, Toby Leonard Moore, Colin McPhillamy, John Curless, John Keating, Graeme Malcolm, Davina Porter, Steven Crossley, Tim Gerard Reynolds, Bianca Amato ...

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16 hours 45 min

Author Peter Ackroyd has won the Somerset Maugham Award, the Whitbread Novel of the Year, and the Guardian Fiction Prize, and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Based on Geoffrey Chaucer's immortal work, this retelling of The Canterbury Tales follows a party of travelers as they tell stories amongst themselves about love and chivalry, saints and legends, travel and adventure. Through allegory, ... Read more

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Author Peter Ackroyd has won the Somerset Maugham Award, the Whitbread Novel of the Year, and the Guardian Fiction Prize, and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Based on Geoffrey Chaucer's immortal work, this retelling of The Canterbury Tales follows a party of travelers as they tell stories amongst themselves about love and chivalry, saints and legends, travel and adventure. Through allegory,
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Legacy of Ashes (National Book Award Winner)

The History of the CIA

by Tim Weiner ...

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • With shocking revelations that made headlines all across the country, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Tim Weiner gets at the truth behind the CIA and uncovers why nearly every CIA director has left the agency in worse shape than he found it, and how these profound failures jeopardize our national security.*"*For anyone interested in the ... Read more

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**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • With shocking revelations that made headlines all across the country, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Tim Weiner gets at the truth behind the CIA and uncovers why nearly every CIA director has left the agency in worse shape than he found it, and how these profound failures jeopardize our national security.*"*For anyone interested in the
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Florida Roadkill

A Novel

by Tim Dorsey ...

Series Book 1 - Serge Storms
Sunshine State trivia buff Serge A. Storms loves eliminating jerks and pests. His drug-addled partner Coleman loves cartoons. Hot stripper Sharon Rhodes loves cocaine, especially when purchased with rich dead men's money.On the other hand, there's Sean and David, who love fishing and are kind to animals -- and who are about to cross paths with a suitcase filled with $5 million in stolen insurance ... Read more

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Sunshine State trivia buff Serge A. Storms loves eliminating jerks and pests. His drug-addled partner Coleman loves cartoons. Hot stripper Sharon Rhodes loves cocaine, especially when purchased with rich dead men's money.On the other hand, there's Sean and David, who love fishing and are kind to animals -- and who are about to cross paths with a suitcase filled with $5 million in stolen insurance
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Fight to the Finish

Canadians in the Second World War, 1944-1945

by Tim Cook ...

Series Book 4 - Canadians Fighting
**Winner of the 2016 Ottawa Book AwardThe magisterial second volume of Tim Cook's definitive account of Canadians fighting in the Second World War.**Historian Tim Cook displays his trademark storytelling ability in the second volume of his masterful account of Canadians in World War II. Cook combines an extraordinary grasp of military strategy with a deep empathy for the soldiers on the ground, at ... Read more

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**Winner of the 2016 Ottawa Book AwardThe magisterial second volume of Tim Cook's definitive account of Canadians fighting in the Second World War.**Historian Tim Cook displays his trademark storytelling ability in the second volume of his masterful account of Canadians in World War II. Cook combines an extraordinary grasp of military strategy with a deep empathy for the soldiers on the ground, at
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Three Ordinary Girls

The Remarkable Story of Three Dutch Teenagers Who Became Spies, Saboteurs, Nazi Assassins–and WWII Heroes

by Tim Brady ...

**“The book's teenage protagonists and their bravery will enthrall young adults, who may find themselves inspired to take up their own causes.” —Washington PostAn astonishing World War II story of a trio of fearless female resisters whose youth and innocence belied their extraordinary daring in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands. It also made them the underground’s most invaluable commodity.**May 10, ... Read more

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**“The book's teenage protagonists and their bravery will enthrall young adults, who may find themselves inspired to take up their own causes.” —Washington PostAn astonishing World War II story of a trio of fearless female resisters whose youth and innocence belied their extraordinary daring in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands. It also made them the underground’s most invaluable commodity.**May 10,
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The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory

American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism

by Tim Alberta ...

Instant New York Times BestsellerOne of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of the YearAn Economist and *Air Mail*Best Book of the Year"Brave and absorbing." — New York Times"Alberta is not just a thorough and responsible reporter but a vibrant writer, capable of rendering a farcical scene in vivid hues." — Washington Post<... ... Read more

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Instant New York Times BestsellerOne of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of the YearAn Economist and *Air Mail*Best Book of the Year"Brave and absorbing." — New York Times"Alberta is not just a thorough and responsible reporter but a vibrant writer, capable of rendering a farcical scene in vivid hues." — Washington Post<...
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A Very Punchable Face

A Memoir

by Colin Jost ...

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In these hilarious essays, the Saturday Night Live head writer and Weekend Update co-anchor learns how to take a beating.“I always wanted to punch his face before I read this book. Now I just want to kick him in the balls.”—Larry David**A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Cosmopolitan, Vulture, ParadeIf there’s one trait that makes someone well suited to comedy, it’s being able ... Read more

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**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In these hilarious essays, the Saturday Night Live head writer and Weekend Update co-anchor learns how to take a beating.“I always wanted to punch his face before I read this book. Now I just want to kick him in the balls.”—Larry David**A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Cosmopolitan, Vulture, ParadeIf there’s one trait that makes someone well suited to comedy, it’s being able
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Last Bus to Woodstock

The First Case in the Classic Inspector Morse Series

by Colin Dexter ...

Series Book 1 - Inspector Morse Mysteries
The first intriguing case that began Colin Dexter’s phenomenally successful Inspector Morse series. As portrayed by John Thaw in ITV's Inspector Morse.‘Do you think I'm wasting your time, Lewis?’Lewis was nobody’s fool and was a man of some honesty and integrity.‘Yes, sir.’An engaging smile crept across Morse’s mouth. He thought they could get on well together . . .The death of Sylvia Kaye fi... ... Read more

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The first intriguing case that began Colin Dexter’s phenomenally successful Inspector Morse series. As portrayed by John Thaw in ITV's Inspector Morse.‘Do you think I'm wasting your time, Lewis?’Lewis was nobody’s fool and was a man of some honesty and integrity.‘Yes, sir.’An engaging smile crept across Morse’s mouth. He thought they could get on well together . . .The death of Sylvia Kaye fi...
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Last Seen Wearing

The Second Case in the Classic Inspector Morse Series

by Colin Dexter ...

Series Book 2 - Inspector Morse Mysteries
**‘A giant among fictional detectives’ – The TimesLast Seen Wearing is the second Inspector Morse novel in Colin Dexter's Oxford-set detective series.**Why now? Why Friday 12th September – two years, three months and two days after Valerie Taylor had left home to return to afternoon school?He frowned. ‘Something’s turned up, I suppose.’Strange nodded. ‘Yes.’After leaving her home in Oxford to ... Read more

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**‘A giant among fictional detectives’ – The TimesLast Seen Wearing is the second Inspector Morse novel in Colin Dexter's Oxford-set detective series.**Why now? Why Friday 12th September – two years, three months and two days after Valerie Taylor had left home to return to afternoon school?He frowned. ‘Something’s turned up, I suppose.’Strange nodded. ‘Yes.’After leaving her home in Oxford to
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The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn

The Third Case in the Classic Inspector Morse Series

by Colin Dexter ...

Series Book 3 - Inspector Morse Mysteries
**‘A giant among fictional detectives’ – The TimesThe Silent World of Nicholas Quinn is the third novel in Colin Dexter's Oxford-set detective series.**Morse had never ceased to wonder why, with the staggering advances in medical science, all pronouncements concerning times of death seemed so disconcertingly vague.When the newly-appointed and gifted member of the Oxford Examinations Syndicate is ... Read more

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**‘A giant among fictional detectives’ – The TimesThe Silent World of Nicholas Quinn is the third novel in Colin Dexter's Oxford-set detective series.**Morse had never ceased to wonder why, with the staggering advances in medical science, all pronouncements concerning times of death seemed so disconcertingly vague.When the newly-appointed and gifted member of the Oxford Examinations Syndicate is
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