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Bad Blood - John Carreyrou, Knopf Publishing GroupA National Besteller",ChillingReads like a West Coast version ofAll the President's Men.",The New York Times Book ReviewThe full inside story of the breathtaking rise and shocking collapse of Theranos, the multibillion-dollar biotech startup, by the prize-winning journalist who first broke t... |
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"The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq" ("Coll Steve")"From bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Steve Coll, the definitive story of the decades-long relationship between the United States and Saddam Hussein, and a deeply researched and news-breaking investigation into how human error, cultural miscommunication, and hubris led to one of the co... |
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"Over the Seawall: Tsunamis, Cyclones, Drought, and the Delusion of Controlling Nature" ("Miller Stephen Robert")"In March 2011, people in a coastal Japanese city stood atop a seawall watching the approach of the tsunami that would kill them. They believed--naively--that the huge concrete barrier would save them. Instead they perished, betrayed by the very thing built to protect them. Erratic weather, blisteri... |
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Greek Myths - TaschenGreek legends as illustrated classics for young and old The Greek myths are timeless classics, whose scenes and figures have captivated us since ancient times. The gods and heroes of these legends hold up a mirror to the human condition, embodying universal characteristics and truths – whether it b... |
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"A Cultural History of Democracy in the Modern Age" ("Gerstle Gary")" This volume explores democracy in the 20th century, examining the triumph, crises, recovery, and resilience of democracy and its associated cultures in this period. From 1920 democracy became the hegemonic discourse in political cultures, to the extent that even its enemies claimed its legacy. T... |
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"Confronting Saddam Hussein: George W. Bush and the Invasion of Iraq" ("Leffler Melvyn P.")"A vivid portrayal of what drove George W. Bush to invade Iraq in 2003--an outcome that was in no way predetermined. America's decision to go to war in Iraq in 2003 is arguably the most important foreign policy choice of the entire post-Cold War era. Nearly two decades after the event, it remains c... |
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"Requiem for a Species" ("Hamilton Clive")" This book does not set out once more to raise the alarm to encourage us to take radical measures to head off climate chaos. There have been any number of books and reports in recent years explaining just how dire the future looks and how little time we have left to act. This book is about why we... |
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"Fdr's Gambit: The Court Packing Fight and the Rise of Legal Liberalism" ("Kalman Laura")"A comprehensive, engaging, and revisionist account of the Court fight that ties it to contemporary policy debates. In the last past few years, liberals concerned about the prospect of long-term conservative dominance of the federal courts have revived an idea that famously crashed and burned in th... |
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"Julius Caesar's Self-Created Image and Its Dramatic Afterlife" ("Dimitrova Miryana")" The book explores the extent to which aspects of Julius Caesar's self-representation in his commentaries, constituent themes and characterization have been appropriated or contested across the English dramatic canon from the late 1500s until the end of the 19th century. Caesar, in his own words, ... |
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Drawing for ArchitectureArchitect Lon Krier's doodles, drawings, and ideograms make arguments in images, without the circumlocutions of prose. Drawn with wit and grace, these clever sketches do not try to please or flatter the architectural establishment. Rather, they make an impassioned argument against what Krier sees as... |
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Doctor Strange Epic Collection Master Of The Mystic Arts - Stan Lee, Marvel ComicsA vain man driven by greed and hubris, Dr. Stephen Strange was a world-renowned surgeon until the night a car accident crippled his hands. Broken and destitute, he journeyed to Tibet to seek a cure from a legendary healer. There he found not a man of medicine, but the venerable Ancient One -- and th... |
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Laughing at the GodsAny effort to understand how law works has to take seriously its main players – judges. Like any performance, judging should be evaluated by reference to those who are its best exponents. Not surprisingly, the debate about what makes a 'great judge' is as heated and inconclusive as the debate about ... |
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Antisocial MediaHow Facebook Disconnects Us and Undermines Democracy If you wanted to build a machine that would distribute propaganda to millions of people, distract them from important issues, energize hatred and bigotry, erode social trust, undermine respectable journalism, foster doubts about science, and enga... |
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Drawing for ArchitectureArchitect Lon Krier's doodles, drawings, and ideograms make arguments in images, without the circumlocutions of prose. Drawn with wit and grace, these clever sketches do not try to please or flatter the architectural establishment. Rather, they make an impassioned argument against what Krier sees as... |
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Kniha Doom"All disasters are in some sense man-made."Setting the annus horribilis of 2020 in historical perspective, Niall Ferguson explains why we are getting worse, not better, at handling disasters.Disasters are inherently hard to predict. Pandemics, like earthquakes, wildfires, financial crises. and wars,... |
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Lamb Of God: New American Gospel LP - Lamb Of GodTracklist:Black Label4.52A Warning2.23In the Absence of the Sacred4.37Letter to the Unborn2.56The Black Dahlia3.20Terror and Hubris in the House of Frank Pollard5.37The Subtle Arts of Murder and Persuasion4.10Pariah4.24Confessional4.01O.D.H.G.A. B.F.E.5.16Nippon3.55New Willenium (The Black Dahlia)3.0... |
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William EgglestonOver the course of nearly six decades, William Eggleston-often referred to as the "father of color photography"-has established a singular pictorial style that deftly combines vernacular subject matter with an innate and sophisticated understanding of color, form, and composition. "I am at war with ... |
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"RNA, the Epicenter of Genetic Information" ("Mattick John")" The origin story and emergence of molecular biology is muddled. The early triumphs in bacterial genetics and the complexity of animal and plant genomes complicate an intricate history. This book documents the many advances, as well as the prejudices and founder fallacies. It highlights the prematu... |
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Doctor Strange Epic Collection Master Of The Mystic ArtsA vain man driven by greed and hubris, Dr. Stephen Strange was a world-renowned surgeon until the night a car accident crippled his hands. Broken and destitute, he journeyed to Tibet to seek a cure from a legendary healer. There he found not a man of medicine, but the venerable Ancient One -- and th... |
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"Popular Witchcraft: Straight from the Witch's Mouth" ("Fritscher Jack")"In a thoughtful, well-informed study exploring fiction from throughout Stephen King's immense oeuvre, Heidi Strengell shows how this popular writer enriches his unique brand of horror by building on the traditions of his literary heritage. Tapping into the wellsprings of the gothic to reveal contem... |
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