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Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xv, 247 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"An intimate study of Abraham Lincoln's powerful vision of democracy, which guided him through the Civil War and is still relevant today-by best-selling historian and three-time winner of the Lincoln Prize Abraham Lincoln grappled with the greatest crisis of democracy that has ever confronted the United States. While many books have been written about his temperament, judgment, and steady hand in guiding the country through the Civil War, we know...
Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiii, 386 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The story of the epic friendship between John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd, the golden era of improv, and the making of a comedic film classic that helped shape our popular culture. "They're not going to catch us," Dan Aykroyd, as Elwood Blues, tells his brother Jake, played by John Belushi. "We're on a mission from God." So opens the musical action comedy The Blues Brothers, which hit theaters on June 20, 1980. Their scripted mission was to save a local...
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
Physical Desc
391 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A renowned pop music scholar presents a dazzling biography of the Bee Gees--Barry, Maurice and Robin Gibb, which is an extraordinary human story of career highs and lows that shows, even in the Gibbs' darkest times, their music was rarely out of the charts. --
Author
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
Revised and updated edition.
Physical Desc
158 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Tour the age of dinosaurs with this colorful, authoritative, easy-to-read field guide.
Profiles one hundred dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures, and includes information on dinosaur digs, places to see fossils in the field, and the best museums to see dinosaur remains.
26) Kinning
Author
Publisher
Tor, Tor Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 416 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Traveling the world via aircanoe, siblings Tink and Bee-Lung spread spores of a mysterious empathy-generating fungus to build bonds between people, while Everfair's Princess Mwadi and Prince Ilunga are unwittingly manipulated by their mother who pits Europe's influenza-weakened political powers against each other.
27) Super Scientists: the lives of Galileo Galilei, Albert Einstein, Charles Darwin, Stephen Hawking
Author
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) color illustrations ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
This book features the life stories of four trailblazing scientists who revolutionized the fields of physics, astronomy, biology, and cosmology. Each narrative demonstrates the challenges they faced as they defied scientific assumptions and discovered new truths about he world we live in. Inside you'll learn about Galileo Galilei's inventions, Charles Darwin's journeys, Albert Einstein's brilliant personality, and Stephen Hawking's courage.
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 320 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"On September 11, 1999, humanity made a monumental discovery in the vastness of space. Scientists uncovered an asteroid of immense scientific importance--a colossal celestial entity. As massive as an aircraft carrier and towering as high as the iconic Empire State Building, this cosmic titan was later named Bennu. Remarkable for much more than its size, Bennu belonged to a rare breed of asteroids capable of revealing the essence of life itself. But...
Author
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
344 pages : 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Secret Staircase Construction is under attack, and Tempest Raj feels helpless. After former client Julian Rhodes tried to kill his wife, he blamed her "accident" on the home renovation company's craftsmanship. Now the family business - known for bringing magic into homes through hidden doors, floating staircases, and architectural puzzle walls - is at a breaking point. No amount of Scottish and Indian meals from her grandfather can distract Tempest...
30) Swamp kings: the story of the Murdaugh family of South Carolina and a century of backwoods power
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Crime, an imprint of Pegasus Books, Ltd
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
Physical Desc
448 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The stranger-than-fiction story of the now-notorious Lowcountry clan, in all its Southern Gothic intensity--by an author with unparalleled access to and knowledge of the players, the history, and the place. The most famous man in South Carolina lives in prison. He stands convicted of a staggering amount of wrongdoing--more than 100 crimes and counting. Once a high-flying, smooth-talking, pedigreed Southern lawyer, Alex Murdaugh is now disbarred and...
31) Stag: a novel
Author
Publisher
Counterpoint
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First Counterpoint edition.
Physical Desc
292 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"It's 1989 and Amos Fielding, onetime sheriff of Oscar, Iowa, is in his early seventies and grieving the recent loss of his wife, Sara. He packs up his few belongings and heads to a ranch in the far northwest corner of Washington State. The farther he can get from Oscar and his years there as sheriff, the better. Eager to escape painful memories, Fielding throws himself into the daily chores of a gentleman rancher. But there is evil afoot, as dark...
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