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Prisoner of the State: The Secret Journal of Premier Zhao Ziyang

By Bao Pu,Adi Ignatius

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How often can you peek behind the curtains of one of the most secretive governments in the world? Prisoner of the State is the first book to give listeners a front row seat to the secret inner... read more

Speak Like Churchill, Stand Like Lincoln: 21 Powerful Secrets of History's Greatest Speakers

By James C. Humes

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Ever wish you could captivate your boardroom with the opening line of your presentation? Author, historian, and world-renowned speaker James C. Humes shows how great leaders through the ages, from... read more

Mr. Gatling's Terrible Marvel: The Gun That Changed Everything and the Misunderstood Genius Who Invented It

By Julia Keller

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Soon after its debut at the time of the Civil War, the Gatling gun, invented by Richard Gatling, changed the nature of warfare and the course of world history. Discharging 200 shots per minute with... read more

Notes from the Underground

By Fyodor Dostoevsky

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Often considered a primary forerunner of existentialist philosophy, Notes from the Underground is a novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky, written in the form of a memoir by its central, unnamed character, a... read more

McIlhenny's Gold: How a Louisiana Family Built the Tabasco Empire

By Jeffrey Rothfeder

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Former BusinessWeek editor Jeffrey Rothfeder tells how, from a simple idea---the outgrowth of three peppers planted on an isolated island on the Gulf of Mexico---a secretive family business emerged... read more

Rival Rails: The Race to Build America's Greatest Transcontinental Railroad

By Walter R. Borneman

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From wagon ruts to a railroad empire, an expansive account of the battle to control the heavily contested transportation corridors of the American Southwest and to build America's greatest... read more

Yogi Berra: Eternal Yankee

By Allen Barra

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The gripping biography of the legendary Hall-of-Famer Yogi Berra, one of the most quotable figures in American... read more

Sinatra and Me: The Very Good Years

By Franz Douskey,Tony Consiglio

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An intimate look at the legendary Frank Sinatra by one of his closest... read more

One Man's Wilderness

By Sam Keith

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To live in a pristine land...roam the wilderness...build a home. Thousands have had such dreams, but Richard Proenneke lived them. Here is a tribute to a man who carved his masterpiece out of the... read more

Forgotten Patriots: The Untold Story of American Prisoners During the Revolutionary War

By Edwin G. Burrows

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The Pulitzer Prize-winning coauthor of Gotham tells the forgotten story of New York's British prison camps---and the nearly 20,000 patriots who lost their lives... read more