This Pulitzer Prize-winning collection of Cheever's short fiction features "The Swimmer," "The Enormous Radio," "The Housebreaker of Shady Hill," and fifty-eight other stories written and published over the past three decades. ... Read more

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When one girl decides to jump an innocent victim, a third girl becomes a witness to the event and an important decision must be made in this moving tale about bullying set in an urban high school. ... Read more

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An award-winning biologist traces the contributions of pioneering scientists to the modern understanding of how Earth and the planet's life evolved, recounting such important discoveries as Darwin's trip around the world, Charles Walcott's discovery of pre-Cambrian life, the Leakeys' probe into huma... Read more

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It is 1947 when 15-year-old Evie, her mother, and her new stepfather (a World War II veteran named Joe) move to Florida to seek their fortune. While there, Evie meets, and soon develops a crush on, Peter, a war buddy of Joe's. However, when tragedy strikes Evie is forced to make some difficult choic... Read more

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Historian Annette Gordon-Reed continues the meticulous and eye-opening investigation of the relationship between Thomas Jefferson and his slave Sally Hemings she began in her previous book (THOMAS JEFFERSON AND SALLY HEMINGS) by tracking the lives of the Hemings family in a variety of locations, bot... Read more

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A New York Times reporter offers a powerful indictment of the CIA and its intelligence-gathering capabilities as he traces the history of the organization from the end of World War II to Iraq, in a study that condemns the CIA for its record, its inability to understand world affairs, the violence it... Read more

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In this illuminating Civil War history, Drew Gilpin Faust examines a little-studied aspect of the war: the effects that death and dying (and killing) had on soldiers, their kin, and society as a whole. The visible presence of the dead bodies (often in damaged or mangled form, gravely wounded or deco... Read more

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Winner of the 2005 National Book Award in Poetry ... Read more

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In the aftermath of World War Two, young men and women living in Europe and Asia must reconstruct their lives amid the ashes of war, including a young soldier who confronts the reality that material goods and success are not enough, and a woman living in Japan who tends to her dying brother. ... Read more

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A new edition of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning portrait of Vietnam seeks to inform readers on its cultural traditions, political and religious conflicts, and historical events as experienced by its citizens, what the author believes to be American missteps that contributed to cu... Read more

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Dr. De Soto, a mouse dentist, copes with the toothaches of various animals except those with a taste for mice, until the day a fox comes to him in great pain. ... Read more

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A thirteen-year-old boy describes the poverty and discontent of eighteenth century Osaka and the world of puppeteers in which he lives. ... Read more

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Young Ju Park is 5 years old when her family emigrates from Korea to the United States. Young Ju has dreams that life in America will be wonderful, but as time passes, she becomes more and more aware of her father's sexism, growing depression, and increasingly violent behavior. This story traces You... Read more

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A commemorative edition of the classic study of the earth's ocean--first published in 1951--from its earliest origins to the present day, explores the mysteries of undersea life past and present and features 130 full-color illustrations that capture the rich beauty of an enigmatic and endangered wor... Read more

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Mickey Sabbath, an aging, misanthropic puppeteer, embarks on a journey into his checkered past when his long-time mistress dies. His journey turns into succession of disasters. And while Sabbath wants to die, he still has too much life in him to succumb. ... Read more

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Eccentric Aunt Sally comes from Canada to babysit the Anderson children while their parents are on a trip to Paris and every night the bedtime story adds another piece to a very suspect family history. ... Read more

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Joe Carroll was an Air Force lieutenant general who chose Vietnamese targets for American bombs. Joe's son James began adulthood by fulfilling his father's abandoned dream of joining the priesthood. But soon a father's hopes for his son--and a son's peace with his father--were ruined, yet another ca... Read more

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The study of two demagogues, whose vast popularity explains much about Depression-era America. ... Read more

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A collection of forty-four poems--told from the point of view of Carver and the people who knew him--provides young readers with a compelling, lyrical account of the life of revered African-American botanist and inventor, George Washington Carver. ... Read more

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In this insightful examination of a neglected historical episode, Greg Grandin depicts Henry Ford's disastrous attempt to establish a rubber-producing settlement in the jungles of Brazil. While Ford's plan was initially motivated by purely economic reasons, it eventually swelled into an attempt to c... Read more

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