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Released: Sept. 4, 2012
"Although not the first biography of Volcker, Silber's book is the most up-to-date and blessedly free of jargon."
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Released: Nov. 1, 2012
"Thankfully, King's book is an impressive work of restoration--the author helps readers see this painting for the first time."
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Released: Sept. 11, 2012
"A thorough, refreshing biography by an independent-minded historian."
A sympathetic, evenhanded reappraisal of President Lincoln's secretary of state as a statesman who practiced effective preventive strategies.
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Released: Oct. 16, 2012
"Beautifully constructed reflections and careful sifting of Jefferson's thoughts and deeds."
A well-rendered yet deeply unsettling look behind the illusion of the happy slaves of Monticello.
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Released: Nov. 8, 2012
"An examination that escapes the dangers of overgeneralization to provide provocative information presented compellingly."
A mother and daughter examine the millennials, children born in the United States from 1980 through 1990.
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Released: Sept. 10, 2012
"A rich, highly readable examination of the seeds of poppies, trade, greed, grandeur and an international partnership that remains uneasy and perilous."
The author of
Fur, Fortune, and Empire: The Epic History of the Fur Trade in America (2010) returns with the story of America's first voyages to the Middle Kingdom, where Americans and Chinese looked at each other with wonder, alarm and calculation.
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