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What Salmon Know (Unabridged)
Author: Elwood Reid
Elwood Reid examines the soulful underside of the American male and the violence that sometimes accompanies disappointed dreams in this powerful story in which ...more
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When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long
Author: Roger Lowenstein
John Meriwether, a famously successful Wall Street trader, spent the 1980s as a partner at Salomon Brothers, establishing the best - and the brainiest - bond ar...more
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Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culin
Author: Anthony Bourdain
Recently, The New Yorker published chef Anthony Bourdain's shocking, "Don't Eat Before Reading This." Bourdain spared no one's appetite in this tell-all ...more
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eBoys: The First Inside Account of Venture Ca
Author: Randall E. Stross
The first inside account of life within a Silicon Valley venture capital firm, eBoys is the fascinating true story of the six tall men who backed eBay, W...more
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The Second Coming of Steve Jobs (Unabridged)
Author: Alan Deutschman
From the acclaimed Vanity Fair and GQ journalist - an unprecedented, in-depth portrait of the man whose return to Apple precipitated one of the bi...more
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Fast Food Nation
Author: Eric Schlosser
To a degree both engrossing and alarming, the story of fast food is the story of postwar America. Though created by a handful of mavericks, the fast food indust...more
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The Gift of the Magi
Author: O. Henry
The Gift of the Magi is O. Henry's most famous short story. This classic Christmas story of selflessness and giving is now beautifully retold by Jane Ale...more
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A Christmas Carol
Author: Charles Dickens
Ever since the first publication of A Christmas Carol in 1843, the tale of stingy Ebenezer Scrooge, humble Bob Cratchit, and beloved Tiny Tim has had a s...more
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Diamond: A Journey to the Heart of an Obsessi
Author: Matthew Hart
In Diamond, Matthew Hart embarks on a journey into an obsessive, largely hidden, and utterly fascinating world.The geology of diamonds explains how ha...more
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Bang!: Getting Your Message Heard in a Noisy
Author: Linda Kaplan Thayer and Rob
The founders of the fastest-growing advertising agency in America explain how to ignite the kind of marketing explosions that will capture customers' attention....more
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Flu: The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemi
Author: Gina Kolata
Feeling feverish, tired, or achy? Listening to Gina Kolata's engrossing account of the 1918 Influenza epidemic is sure to give you the chills.When we think o...more
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Mean Genes (Unabridged)
Author: Terry Burnham and Jay Phela
Why do we want - and do - so many things that are bad for us? We vow to lose those extra five pounds, put money in the bank, and mend neglected relationships, b...more
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Bobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class and Ho
Author: David Brooks
It used to be pretty easy to distinguish between the bourgeois world of capitalism and the bohemian counterculture. The bourgeois worked for corporations, wore ...more
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Why We Buy (Unabridged)
Author: Paco Underhill
Is there a method to our madness when it comes to shopping? Hailed by the San Francisco Chronicle as "a Sherlock Holmes for retailers," author and resear...more
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God's Equation: Einstein, Relativity, and the
Author: Amir D. Aczel
The product of research around the globe and interviews with dozens of prominent scientists, God's Equation discusses the latest developments in cosmolog...more
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Drowning Ruth (Unabridged)
Author: Christina Schwarz
Deftly written and emotionally powerful, Drowning Ruth is a stunning portrait of the ties that bind sisters together and the forces that tear them apart,...more
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Fuzzy Math: The Essential Guide to the Bush T
Author: Paul Krugman
With huge budget surpluses just ahead, the question of whether to cut taxes has shifted to when and by how much? With Fuzzy Math, Paul Krugman dissects t...more
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The Fir Tree
Author: Hans Christian Andersen
In Hans Christian Andersen's classic tale, a little fir tree realizes too late that it did not appreciate the grand moments of life - the majesty of the forest,...more
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The Mystery of the Aleph: Mathematics, the Ka
Author: Amir D. Aczel
An engaging, pellucid explanation of the mathematical understanding of infinity, enlivened by a historical gloss on age-old affinities... - Washington Post B...more
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The Prince of Tennessee: The Rise of Al Gore
Author: David Maraniss and Ellen Na
In The Prince of Tennessee, David Maraniss and Ellen Nakashima explore in rich detail the forces that have shaped Al Gore's life, and the ways that his p...more
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