Steal Big: New York
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The private detention centre in Manhattan has received its last inmate. Due to be closed for the...
Cancer: A Very Short Introduction
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In 1961 John F. Kennedy pledged to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade. Nine years later,...
African Rhythm and African Sensibility
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"We have in this book a Rosetta stone for mediating, or translating, African musical behavior and...
The Presidency of George H.W. Bush
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Shortly after George H. W. Bush lost his re-election bid to Bill Clinton in 1989, John Robert...
The Art of Fiction
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James Salter's exalted place in American letters is based largely on the intense admiration of other...
A History of Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years
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Diarmaid MacCulloch's epic, acclaimed history A History of Christianity: The First Three Thousand...
Inventing Atmospheric Science: Bjerknes, Rossby, Wexler, and the Foundations of Modern Meteorology
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"The goal of meteorology is to portray everything atmospheric, everywhere, always," declared John...
Practical Colonoscopy
Jerome D. Waye, James Aisenberg and Peter H. Rubin
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Practical Colonoscopy Jerome D. Waye, MD, Director of Endoscopic Education, Clinical Professor of...
Treasures of the New-York Historical Society
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Founded in 1804, the New-York Historical Society is New York City's oldest museum, with a rich...
The Doctor Dissected: A Cultural Autopsy of the Burke and Hare Murders
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A series of bizarre disappearances filled the citizens of early nineteenth-century Scotland with...