Books from Knopf Publishing Group
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V2: A Novel of World War II
By Robert Harris"A WWII thriller about a German rocket engineer, a former actress turned British spy, and the Nazi rocket program"--
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Munich
By Robert HarrisA spy thriller set against a backdrop of the fateful Munich Conference of 1938 follows the experiences of a rising star in the British diplomatic service who is on a disastrous collision course with an Oxford friend, a secret member of the ...
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From Slavery to Freedom: A History of Negro Americans
By John Hope FranklinThe basis for Garvey's wide popularity was his appeal to race pride at a time when Negroes generally had so little of which to be proud . The strain and stress of living in hostile urban communities created a state of mind upon which ...
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Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence
By Karen ArmstrongThe best-selling author of A History of God provides a sweeping exploration of religion's connection to violence, from the agrarian societies of early civilized man to the growing post-9/11 disillusionment with religion.
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The Every
By Dave EggersWhen the world's largest search engine/social media company, the Circle, merges with the planet's dominant e-commerce site, it creates the richest and most dangerous--and, oddly enough, most beloved--monopoly ever known:...
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Three Famines
By Thomas KeneallyA standout history told with Tom Keneally panache. This is the story of three great famines. The first is an Gorta M r, the great hunger of Ireland, which began in 1846 and whose end-date is a matter of debate.
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Science in American Society: A Social History
By George H. Daniels, George H.. Daniels... Ebenezer , 156 Houstoun , William , 49 Krieg , David , 49 Hubble , Edwin P. , 334 Hughes , John , 75 Labat , Jean - Baptiste ... 134 , Jackson , Andrew , 175 177-8 , 188 Jackson , Charles T. , 161 Lighthouse Commission , 284 Jackson ...
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The Glass Hotel
By Emily St. John MandelIn this captivating story of crisis and survival, Emily St. John Mandel takes readers through often hidden landscapes: campgrounds for the near-homeless, underground electronica clubs, the business of international shipping, service in ...
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Cities in American History
By Kenneth Hurlstone JacksonPhilip Ludwell to Henry Coventry , June 16 , 1679 , in Henry Coventry Papers ( Longleat , Wiltshire , England ... William W. Hening , ed . , The Statutes at Large ; Being a Collection of All the Laws of Virginia from the First Session ...
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Dirt: Adventures, With Family, in the Kitchens of Lyon, Looking for the Origins of French Cooking
By Bill BufordFrom the author of the best-selling, widely acclaimed Heat--a new hilariously self-deprecating, highly obsessive account of the author's adventures, this time, in the world of French haute cuisine Bill Buford turns his inimitable attention ...
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Defend the Realm: The Authorized History of MI5
By Christopher M. AndrewReveals the role of the Security Service in twentieth-century British history while offering insight into its management and relationship with the government, in an account that addresses a variety of misconceptions and identifies ...
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The New Connoisseur's Handbook of California Wines
By Charles E. Olken, Norman S. RobyThis essential guide to the wines and wineries of California--and the entire West Coast--has been freshly revised and expanded to include the latest available vintages, and details of many new...
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The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes
By James Langston HughesJames Langston Hughes Arnold Rampersad, David Ernest Roessel. 164 165 166 167 168 “Chant for Tom Mooney": This poem appeared as "For Tom Mooney" in New Masses (Sept. 1932), p. 16. The title was changed for ANS. Tom Mooney (1882-1942) ...
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You May Also Like: Taste in an Age of Endless Choice
By Tom VanderbiltHow has streaming changed the way Netflix makes recommendations? ... Vanderbilt stalks the elusive beast of taste, probing research in psychology, marketing, and neuroscience to answer myriad complex and fascinating questions"--Amazon.com.
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Lean in: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
By Sheryl Sandberg, Nell ScovellThe Facebook chief operating officer and Fortune top-ranked businesswoman shares provocative, anecdotal advice for women that urges them to take risks and seek new challenges in order to find work that they can love and engage in ...
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Warlight
By Michael Ondaatje"This is a Borzoi book"--Copyright page.
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The Parade
By Dave EggersTwo men, foreign contractors from the same company, are sent to finish the highway. While one is flighty and adventurous, wanting to experience the nightlife and people, the other wants only to do the work and go home
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Margaret Thatcher: Herself Alone: The Authorized Biography
By Charles MooreMoore's masterful and definitive biography, based on unique access to Margaret Thatcher herself, her papers, and her closest associates, tells the story of her last period in office, her combative retirement, and the controversy that ...
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The Marriage Portrait
By Maggie O'Farrell"A novel set in Renaissance Italy, and centering on the captivating young duchess Lucrezia de' Medici"--
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Hamnet
By Maggie O'FarrellA luminous portrait of a marriage, a shattering evocation of a family ravaged by grief and loss, and a hypnotic recreation of the story that inspired one of the greatest literary masterpieces of all time, Hamnet is mesmerizing and seductive ...