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A contemporary civil war between desire and betrayal, rich in crisp, luxuriant detail, "The Oregon Experiment" explores a minefield of convictions and complications at once political, social, and intimately personal.

This delightful journey begins with di Robilant's serendipitous discovery of a travel narrative published in Venice in 1558 by the Renaissance statesman Nicolo Zen that recreated the travels of two of Zen's ancestors who explored the North Atlantic in the 1380s and 1390s. di Robilant set out to discover why later, in the 19th century, the Zens' account came under attack as one of the greatest frauds in geographical history.

Following his celebrated debut novel, "Mr. Peanut, " Ross presents a stunning collection of stories about brothers, loners, lovers, and young people navigating lives full of good intentions, misunderstandings, and obscured motives.

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An extensively researched, lavishly illustrated consideration of the myths, memories, and questions that gathered around our most beloved-and most enigmatic-president in the years between his assassination and the dedication of the Lincoln Memorial in 1922. Availing themselves of a vast collection of both published and never-before-seen materials, the authors-the fourth and fifth generations of a family of Lincoln scholars-bring into focus the...

A first major work of history on a crucial but under-examined topic, Sword of the Spirit, Shield of Faith"explores the role of religion in American foreign policy. From the first colonists to the presidents of the 21st Century, Andrew Preston's unparalleled study show us how religion has always shaped America's relationships with other nations, and what to expect in the future. During the presidency of George W. Bush, many Americans and other...

From a Caldecott Honor artist comes a mouth-watering celebration of good things to eat that's perfect for warm-weather reading and combines learning to count with color concepts! One by one, 10 very hungry rabbits find 10 very yummy vegetables for Mama Rabbit's soup pot. One big purple cabbage, two white onions, three yellow peppers, and so on through 10-garden vegetables have never looked so appetizing! Here Anita Lobel makes a delightful sto...

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An explosive fiction debut from an astonishing new voice: darkly funny, wildly original stories about the power of love, and the love of power--two urgent human desires that inevitably, and often calamitously, intertwine.

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From the highly acclaimed author of "Atlas of Unknowns, " a bravura collection of short stories set in locales as varied as London, Sierra Leone, and the American Midwest that captures the yearning and dislocation of young men and women around the world.

Mason Dixon is his usual pessimistic self as he starts fourth grade, dreading joining the school choir and unenthused about his sports-obsessed teacher who plans for the students to be "making a full-court press on writing.

Casey delivers a collection of essays that describe, with wonderful candor and humor, a lifetime of addiction--not to booze, or drugs, or the rush of adrenaline, but instead, to his insatiable need to say yes to a challenge. Spanning more than 50 years of ambitious and sometimes peculiar athletic endeavors, these essays take readers along on some of his greatest adventures. 256 pp.

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A story of America's bicycle craze and the story of one woman who wouldn't let society's expectations stop her from achieving her dream.

A new perspective on the period between Lincoln's election in November 1860 and the firing on Fort Sumter in April 1861 when all efforts to avoid or impede secession and prevent war failed.

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In her newest adventure, junior high detective Sammy Keyes and her friends take a detour through a graveyard on Halloween night and find themselves in the middle of a mystery. Sammy must figure out how three missing people, two human skulls, and one ghoulish embalmer add up before she winds up six feet under herself! And school presents its own set of tricks and treats. Sammy knows that a classmate is guilty of beating up a man on Halloween ni...

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Spook-turned-novelist Edwin Lemaster reveals to up-and-coming journalist Bill Cage that he'd once considered spying for the enemy. Soon, Cage discovers that Lemaster's past eerily, and dangerously, begins intersecting with his own.