Just Property: Volume Two: Enlightenment, Revolution, and History
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Property remains the bedrock of the societies we all inhabit. It underpins our core institutions -...
Seeking Refuge: Birds and Landscapes of the Pacific Flyway
William Cronon and Robert M. Wilson
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Each fall and spring, millions of birds travel the Pacific Flyway, the westernmost of the four major...
The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate
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How do trees live? Do they feel pain, or have awareness of their surroundings? Research is now...
The House of Government: A Saga of the Russian Revolution
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On the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, the epic story of an enormous apartment building...
When Life Strikes the President: Scandal, Death, and Illness in the White House
Jeffrey A. Engel and Thomas J. Knock
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What happens when life, so to speak, strikes the President of the United States? How do presidents...
Who Built Scotland: A History of the Nation in Twenty-Five Buildings
Alexander McCall Smith, James Robertson, Alistair Moffat and Kathleen Jamie
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Experience a new history of Scotland told through its places. Writers Kathleen Jamie, Alexander...
The Form of Design: Deciphering the Language of Mass Produced Objects
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Why, in spite of widespread designers obsession with amazing bicycle concepts, bicycles still...
Berlin: Portrait of a City
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The brave city: A photographic portrait of Berlin, 1860 to today Berlin has survived two world wars,...
Wild Horses of Cumberland Island
Anouk Masson Krantz and Oliver Ferguson
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A longtime favourite getaway for America's most influential families, Cumberland Island, off the...
A Life Everlasting: The Extraordinary Story of One Boy's Gift to Medical Science
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A donor mother's powerful memoir of grief and rebirth that is also a fascinating medical science...