Built to Last by David Macaulay (FREE Sample)

This new book--inspired by three classic, award-winning books--reveals the how and why behind some of the most fascinating and enduring structures humankind has ever created. Macaulay has revised t...

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The Italian Slow Cooker

Finally a book that combines the fresh, exuberant flavors of great Italian food with the ease and comfort of a slow cooker. Michele Scicolone, a best-selling author and an authority on Italian cook...

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Just Grace Shows You How to Make a 'Zine!

Just Grace shows you how to make your very own 'zine in 12 easy steps! Learn more in Just Grace and the Snack Attack, available in December 2009.

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Free Preview The Big Burn by Tim Egan

In THE WORST HARD TIME, Timothy Egan put the environmental disaster of the Dust Bowl at the center of a rich history, told through characters he brought to indelible life. Now he performs the same ...

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A Better War: The Unexamined Victories and Fina...

Neglected by scholars and journalists alike, the years of conflict in Vietnam from 1968 to 1975 offer surprises not only about how the war was fought, but about what was achieved. Drawing from thou...

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HMH Spring 2010 Juvenile

Reviewers love our # SUPERSTARS Harcourt Children’s Books OF 2009 # Houghton Mifflin Books for Children Clarion Books Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Children’s Book Group www.hmhbooks.com S...

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HMH Spring 2010 Adult

spr ing 201 0 h o u g h t m o i n f f l i h n a r c o u dis tin r gui she t d p ubl ish ing sin ce 183 2 Contents • Spring 2010 • APRIL – AUGUST Recent High...

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Those Who Save Us

For fifty years, Anna Schlemmer has refused to talk about her life in Germany during World War II. Her daughter, Trudy, was only three when she and her mother were liberated by an American soldier ...

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The Numerati

Every day we produce loads of data about ourselves simply by living in the modern world: we click web pages, shop with credit cards, and make cell phone calls. Companies like Yahoo! and Google are ...

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Mrs. Astor Regrets

A riveting look behind the gates of the house of Astor as a famous family falls apart in public. The fate of Brooke Astor, the endearing philanthropist with the storied name, has generated worldwid...

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Indignation

Against the backdrop of the Korean War, a young man faces life’s unimagined chances and terrifying consequences. It is 1951 in America, the second year of the Korean War. A studious, law-abiding, i...

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How We Decide

Since Plato, philosophers have described the decision making process as either rational or emotional: we carefully deliberate or we "blink" and go with our gut. But as scientists break open the min...

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Graceling

Katsa has been able to kill a man with her bare hands since she was eight—she’s a Graceling, one of the rare people in her land born with an extreme skill. As niece of the king, she should be able ...

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Ghost Train to the Eastern Star

Half a lifetime ago, Paul Theroux virtually invented the modern travel narrative by recounting his grand tour by train through Asia. In the three decades since, the world he recorded in that book h...

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Beautiful Boy

What had happened to my beautiful boy? To our family? What did I do wrong? Those are the wrenching questions that haunted every moment of renowned journalist David Sheff’s harrowing journey through...

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The God Delusion

Discover recently called Richard Dawkins "Darwin's Rottweiler" for his ferocious and effective defense of evolution. The world's foremost atheist and a world-renowned biologist, he is also brave en...

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Hello Cupcake!

Witty, one-of-a-kind imaginative cupcake designs using candies from the local convenience store. America’s favorite food photography team, responsible for the covers of America’s top magazines, sho...

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Guerrilla Marketing, 4th edition

When Guerrilla Marketing was first published in 1983, Jay Levinson revolutionized marketing strategies for the small-business owner with his take-no-prisoners approach to finding clients. Based on ...

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Tacky the Penguin Event Kit

Host your own camp out event with Tacky the Penguin! This kit includes reproducible event invitations, name tags, and activity sheets. For children ages 3-7.

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Free Preview: Buy, Buy Baby: How Consumer Cultu...

Our kids are becoming consumers at an alarmingly young age. Many children are already asking for products by brand name at age two. Toy and media corporations have long manipulated the insecurities...

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