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Sgt. York His Life, Legend, and Legacy: The Remarkable Story of Sergeant Alvin C. York

War hero, Medal of Honor recipient, and subject of an Oscar-winning film, Sgt. Alvin York was the most famous soldier of his generation. But behind the honors and publicity was an uncompromising Christian patriot who suffered when his ideals were challenged by shifting views of faith, patriotism, an...

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Something to Remember Me By: Three Tales (Penguin Classics)

A trio of short works by the Nobel laureate and "greatest writer of American prose of the twentieth century" (James Wood, The New Republic ) A Penguin Classic While Saul Bellow is known best for his longer fiction in award-winning novels such as The Adventures of Augie March and Herzog , Som...

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God's Diplomats

Using inside sources and extensive field reporting about the secretive, high-stakes world of international diplomacy, Vatican reporter Victor Gaetan takes readers to the Holy See to explicate Pope Francis's diplomacy, show why it works, and to offer readers a startling contrast to the dangerous inad...

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Robert Thompson

Nine Desperate Days: America's Rainbow Division in the Aisne-Marne Offensive

American forces entered World War I combat in October 1917, but it was not until July 1918 that they went on the offensive for the first time. Among the units selected for this operation was the 42nd Division, or the “Rainbow Division” as it was known popularly. This division, which was composed...

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Matthew Skelton

Endymion Spring

IN THE DEAD of night, a cloaked figure drags a heavy box through snowcovered streets. The chest can only be opened when the fangs of its serpent’s-head clasp taste blood. Centuries later, in an Oxford library, a boy touches a strange book and feels something pierce his finger. The volume is wordl...

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Meurtre en Périgord (French Edition)

Une enquête de Bruno Courrèges Bruno Courrèges, chef de la police municipale du petit village de St Denis en Dordogne, mène une vie paisible. Parfois émaillée de querelles entre voisins et de parties de cache-cache sur les marchés avec les agents de la commission de l’Hygiène de la Communa...

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William F. Mann

The 13th Pillar

In this fast-paced adventure novel, Thomas Randolph, an historian and Knight Templar, must race across the country to save That-Which-Was-Lost. Joined by the husband of the president of the United States and other select Knights Templar, Thomas must piece together his knowledge of ancient lore and a...

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Andrew Baggarly

Giant Splash: Bondsian Blasts, World Series Parades, and Other Thrilling Moments by the Bay

Celebrate the golden age of San Francisco Giants baseball with Giant Splash , a firsthand account by Giants beat reporter and best-selling author Andrew Baggarly. Since the team moved to the shores of McCovey Cove in 2000, Giants fans have been thrilled by iconic players, historic moments, and hero...

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Sir Leonard Woolley

Ur of the Chaldees

And Terah took Abram . . . and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram’s wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees.’ The city Abraham left behind him - a city with good claims to being the oldest in the world - was rediscovered in 1854 by the then British Consul at Basra. But ...

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