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99 Drams of Whiskey: The Accidental Hedonist's Quest for the Perfect Shot and the History of the Drink
by Kate Hopkins Find this book in our catalog.
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Kate Hopkins knew there had to be more to whiskey than using it as a mixer. She had an unquenchable thirst to learn more about "the drink" and set out on an ambitious itinerary researching its history. Combining comprehensive research with informal narrative, Hopkins entertains and educates the readers on whiskey's place in the history of the world.... More...
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The Art of Making Money: The Story of a Master Counterfeiter
by Jason Kersten Find this book in our catalog.
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The true story of a brilliant counterfeiter who amadea millions, outwitted the Secret Service, and was finally undone when he went in search of the one thing his forged money couldnat buy him: family.
Art Williams spent his boyhood in a comfortable middle-class existence in 1970s Chicago, but his idyll was shattered when, in short order, his father abandoned the family, his bipolar mother lost her wits, and Williams found himself living in one of Chicagoas worst housing projects.... More...
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Bottom of the Ninth: Branch Rickey, Casey Stengel, and the Daring Scheme to Save Baseball from Itself
by Michael Shapiro Find this book in our catalog.
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Fifty years ago, as baseball faced crises on and off the field, two larger-than-life figures took center stage, each on a quest to reinvent the national pastime In the late 1950s, baseball was under siege. Up-and-coming cities that wanted teams of their own were being rebuffed by the owners, and in response Congress was threatening to revoke the sport's antitrust exemption.... More...
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Driving Like Crazy: Thirty Years of Vehicular Hellbending, Celebrating America the Way It's Supposed to Be--With an Oil Well in Every Back
by P J O'Rourke Find this book in our catalog.
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Spanning 30 years, this collection chronicles famed humorist and gearhead P.J. O'Rourke's love affair with the automobile from mid-20th century to now, from heyday to sickbay.
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Eiffel's Tower: And the World's Fair Where Buffalo Bill Beguiled Paris, the Artists Quarreled, and Thomas Edison Became a Count
by Jill Jonnes Find this book in our catalog.
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The story of the world-famous monument and the extraordinary worldas fair that introduced it
Since it opened in May 1889, the Eiffel Tower has been an iconic image of modern timesaas much a beacon of technological progress as an enduring symbol of Paris and French culture.... More...
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The Food of a Younger Land: A Portrait of American Food--Before the National Highway System, Before Chain Restaurants, and Before Frozen Food, Whe
by Mark Kurlansky Find this book in our catalog.
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From the "New York Times"-bestselling author of "Cod" and "Salt" comes a remarkable portrait of American food before World War II.
A remarkable portrait of American food before World War II, presented by the "New York Times"abestselling author of "Cod" and "Salt.... More...
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Fool's Gold: How the Bold Dream of a Small Tribe at J.P. Morgan Was Corrupted by Wall Street Greed and Unleashed a Catastrophe
by Gillian Tett Find this book in our catalog.
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The "Financial Times" writer who scooped the whole financial world with her warnings of an economic crash takes readers to the elite inner sanctums of the banking world to reveal the untold story at the heart of the boom and bust.
From award-winning "Financial Times" journalist Gillian Tett, who enraged Wall Street leaders with her newsbreaking warnings of a crisis more than a year ahead of the curve, "Fool's Gold" tells the astonishing unknown story at the heart of the 2008 meltdown.... More...
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Gringo: A Coming-Of-Age in Latin America
by Chesa Boudin Find this book in our catalog.
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The young son of a famous radical family takes to the roads of Latin America and comes to realize that a wave of radical change is transforming not only the places he visits, but his own take on life as well.
"Gringo" charts two journeys, both of which began a decade ago.... More...
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How the Mighty Fall: And Why Some Companies Never Give in
by Jim Collins Find this book in our catalog.
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Good to Great and Built to Last identified the distinguishing characteristics shared by companies that not only achieved greatness, but also sustained it. In How The Mighty Fall, Jim Collins considers the "dark side," offering a perspective on how a fall from greatness can happen - to even the seemingly invincible.... More...
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In the Land of Invented Languages: Esperanto Rock Stars, Klingon Poets, Loglan Lovers, and the Mad Dreamers Who Tried to Build a Perfect Language
by Arika Okrent Find this book in our catalog.
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Just about everyone has heard of Esperanto, which was nothing less than one man's attempt to bring about world peace by means of linguistic solidarity. And every "Star Trek" fan knows about Klingon, which was nothing more than a television show's attempt to create a tough-sounding language befitting a warrior race with ridged foreheads.... More...
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In the Sanctuary of Outcasts: A Memoir
by Neil White Find this book in our catalog.
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White tells his emotional, incredible true story of crime and redemption, vanity and spirituality, as he discovers happiness and fulfillment in an unlikely place--imprisonment in The Long Center, the last leper colony in the U.S. 30 color photos.
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K Blows Top: A Cold War Comic Interlude Starring Nikita Khrushchev, America's Most Unlikely Tourist
by Peter Carlson Find this book in our catalog.
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This hilarious account of Khrushchev's 1959 U.S. tour is also a supremely entertaining evocation of the history and atmosphere of Cold War America.
Khrushchev's 1959 trip across America was one of the strangest exercises in international diplomacy ever conducted--"a surreal extravaganza," as historian John Lewis Gaddis called it.... More...
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The Man with Kaleidoscope Eyes: The Art of Alan Aldridge
by Alan Aldridge Find this book in our catalog.
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Over the course of his 40-year career, Alan Aldridge has been the design guru for the Beatles; a designer of gigs and album covers for the Rolling Stones, Elton John, the Who, Cream, and Led Zeppelin; the target of police prosecution for his notorious Chelsea Girls poster; the author of the bestselling children's book "The Butterfly Ball"; and a graphic designer for the Hard Rock Cafe, the House of Blues, and the "New York Times.... More...
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The Media Relations Department of Hizbollah Wishes You a Happy Birthday: Unexpected Encounters in the Changing Middle East
by Neil Macfarquhar Find this book in our catalog.
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A "New York Times" correspondent's affectionate, irreverent portrait of the Middle East he's known since childhood--an unexplored place hidden behind the usual headlines
Since his boyhood in Qadhafi's Libya, Neil MacFarquhar has developed a counterintuitive sense that the Middle East, despite all the bloodshed in its recent history, is a place of warmth, humanity, and generous eccentricity.... More...
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