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Charles Hood
Nocturnalia: Nature in the Western Night
Don’t be afraid of the dark: grab a flashlight and rediscover your sense of adventure! Darkness is something humans strive to keep at bay, but under the glow of twilight a nocturnal universe stirs to life. Nightshade blossoms bloom, javelinas parade down city streets, fox eyes gleam under the cove...
$16.60
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Terry McDonell
The Accidental Life: An Editor's Notes on Writing and Writers
An Amazon Best Book of 2016 A celebration of the writing and editing life, as well as a look behind the scenes at some of the most influential magazines in America (and the writers who made them what they are).   You might not know Terry McDonell, but you certainly know his work. Among the maga...
$20.00
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John Omwake
Conestoga Six-Horse Bell Teams of Eastern Pennsylvania, 1750-1850: 3rd Edition
Newly edited, revised, and re-designed, this third edition of Omwake's classic interleaves material from the second edition into the first and has been freshly edited for contemporary audiences. The Conestoga wagon was instrumental in the transportation of goods and people for both consumer and mil...
$19.95
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E.E. Knight
Baltic Gambit: A Novel of the Vampire Earth
In his latest Vampire Earth novel, national bestselling author E.E. Knight delivers a thrilling adventure when David Valentine’s loyal Lieutenant Alessa Duvalier disobeys his orders—and finds herself uncovering a betrayal…   While out scouting in southern Indiana, Alessa Duvalier comes acro...
$27.00
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Devon Dawson
Holyoke (MA) (Postcard History Series)
Originally called Ireland Parish, Holyoke was incorporated as a town in 1850 and took on the namesake of one of its founding settlers and community leaders, Captain Elizur Holyoke. It was an appropriate name for this farming community that became the premier planned industrial city of New England at...
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Randy Palmer
Paul Blaisdell, Monster Maker: A Biography of the B Movie Makeup and Special Effects Artist
Paul Blaisdell was the man behind the monsters in such movies as The She Creature, Invasion of the Saucer Men, Not of This Earth, It! Terror from Beyond Space and many others. Working in primarily low-budget films, Blaisdell was forced to rely on greasepaint, guts and, most importantly, an unbound...
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Georg Mohr
Forgotten Genius - The Life and Games of Grandmaster Dragoljub Velimirovic
Dragoljub Velimirovic was a former Yugoslav – Serbian, chess grandmaster whose international career was handicapped by political intrigues and his outspoken temperament. During the heyday of the USSR as the greatest national chess power, the former Yugoslavia was capable of running the Soviet Uni...
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Tama Janowitz
Scream: A Memoir of Glamour and Dysfunction – An Intimate Darkly Funny Writer's Memoir of 1980s New York Fame and Family
In this darkly funny, surprising memoir, the original “Lit Girl” and author of the era-defining Slaves of New York considers her life in and outside of New York City, from the heyday of the 1980s to her life today in a tiny upstate town that proves that fact is always stranger than fiction.  ...
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John Muir Laws
Sierra Wildflowers: A Hiker's Guide
Naturalist John Muir Laws has adapted his painted-from-life flower illustrations from The Laws Field Guide to the Sierra Nevada  into a lightweight yet durable guidebook to the area's florae. From sprawling fields of showy hillside poppies, lupines, and paintbrushes in the foothills to orchids, li...
$13.99
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Marco Siedelmann
Stories From The Trenches: Adventures in making High Octane Hollywood Movies with Cannon Veteran Sam Firstenberg
A CAREER-SPANNING INTERVIEW BOOK ABOUT THE BELOVED HOLLYWOOD DIRECTOR SAM FIRSTENBERG. A TRIP LOADED WITH UNIQUE BADASS FILM HISTORY! Sam Firstenberg is mostly recognized as one of the important in-house directors during the outrageously successful heyday of the legendary Cannon Group. The journey o...
$34.99
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Kim Renfro
The Unofficial Guide to Game of Thrones
The everything-you-missed, wanted-to-know-more-about, and can’t-get-enough guide to the Game of Thrones television series—from the first episode to the epic finale. Valar morghulis! Spanning every episode across all eight seasons, INSIDER ’s entertainment correspondent Kim Renfro goes dee...
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Ssu-ma Ch'ien
The Grand Scribe's Records, Volume IX: The Memoirs of Han China, Part II
This volume of The Grand Scribe's Records includes the second segment of Han-dynasty memoirs and deals primarily with men who lived and served under Emperor Wu (r. 141–87 B.C.). The lead chapter presents a parallel biography of two ancient physicians, Pien Ch'üeh and Ts'ang Kung, providing a tr...
$60.00
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Will Eisner
The Best of the Spirit
Presents a collection of twenty-two Spirit stories from 1940-1950, featuring the adventures of Eisner's famous crime fighter. Grade 6 Up–This reproduction of a classic goes back to the heyday of comics, and it's full of complex characters, plot twists, and classic storytelling. While this comic ne...
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Vivian Chibuife
Dahomey And The Slave Trade: The Real Story Of The Slave Trade In Dahomey Vs The Woman King (Black History Series)
The kingdom of Dahomey situated in what is now southern Benin reached the height of its strength and glory during the heyday of the Atlantic slave trade in the 18th and 19th centuries. Abomey, Dahomey's capital, was built in 1620 by Dogbari, who left Allada after a power struggle between his brother...
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Edward Jay Epstein
The Big Picture: The New Logic of Money and Power in Hollywood
During the heyday of the studio system spanning the 1930s, ‘40s, and ‘50s, virtually all the American motion picture industry’s money, power, and prestige came from a single activity: selling tickets at the box office. Today, the movie business is just a small, highly visible outpost in a medi...
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Charles River Editors
The Mary Celeste and SS Baychimo: The Unsolved Mysteries of History’s Most Famous Ghost Ships
*Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts of the ships*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading People love mysteries, which is a good thing since history is so replete with them. This is especially true among seafaring people, and of all the mysteries of the deep, ...
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ABDY RICHARD
Legion: life in the Roman army /anglais
The accompanying hardback catalogue to the British Museum exhibition Legion: life in the Roman army. The Roman army has been immortalised in heroic art and screen epics, but what was life really like for an ordinary soldier? This book tells the story of everyday life in the army – including the e...
$58.05
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Edna Fernandes
The Last Jews of Kerala: The 2,000-Year History of India's Forgotten Jewish Community
Discover the hidden Jewish history of southwestern India. Two thousand years ago, trade routes and the fall of Jerusalem took Jewish settlers seeking sanctuary across Europe and Asia. One little-known group settled in Kerala, in tropical southwestern India. Eventually numbering in the thousands, w...
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Stan Cornyn
Exploding: The Highs, Hits, Hype, Heroes, and Hustlers of the Warner Music Group
That's how Vanity Fair described the record business turmoil of the 1990s, which moved the Warner Music Group -- the world's number one record company -- from the entertainment pages to the front pages. Suddenly, decades of riotous fun and booming business went splat. Top music executives got evic...
$39.80
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Ian Falloon
The Complete Book of Classic and Modern Triumph Motorcycles 1937-Today
The ultimate reference for Triumph lovers and fans of British motorcycles, The Complete Book of Classic and Modern Triumph Motorcycles 1937-Today collects all of the motorcycles from this iconic brand in a single illustrated volume. In this revised and updated edition, you'll find the all-new Bonn...
$31.99
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