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Time Captured in Paintings: The Monterey Legacy
Beginning with the arrival in 1786 of the French artist Gaspard Duche de Vancy, California's Monterey Peninsula became a favored destination of painters. With the...
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In the Sierra Madre
The Sierra Madre--no other mountain range in the world possesses such a ring of intrigue. In the Sierra Madre is a groundbreaking and extraordinary memoir that...
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The United States of Appalachia
Few regions in the United States confound and fascinate Americans like Appalachia, and yet no other region has been so misrepresented by the mass media. With humor...
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Millions of women have had abortions, but we usually can’t find each other when we go through this experience. A taboo on abortion prevents us from discussing it on...
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Music USA: The Rough Guide
The 500-page Music USA: The Rough Guide surveys the regional popular music of the United States, with chapters on the evolution of styles throughout the twentieth...
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The Rough Guide to Shopping with a Conscience
Sweatshops, fair trade, climate change, ethical investment, organic food...shopping can sometimes feel like a moral minefield. Which companies and products should...
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As he faces the frozen behemoth of a giant iceberg, environmental activist Ben Maki sees Earth’s future. Clean drinking water for millions of people, waiting to be...
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Urban Spacemen & Wayfaring Strangers: Overlooked Innovators and Eccentric Visionaries of '60s Rock
Urban Spacemen and Wayfaring Strangers: Overlooked Innovators & Eccentric Visionaries of '60s Rock is a 300-page book with in-depth profiles of nineteen...
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More than just the biography of a unique group of Canadian musicians, Barenaked Ladies Public Stunts Private stories is written by their long time friend Paul Myers...
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"Long John Baldry lit the fuse to the '70's British rock explosion, watching proteges like Rod Stewart and Elton John find superstardom, but only now do we...
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Out of the Shadows
When the last shadow warrior falls, so will all humanity. With each demon he vanquishes in service to the Aztec sun god, Tomás fulfills his duty to defend humankind...
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            One of the most successful and daring real estate developments in U.S. history was the building...
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The Glass Man, A Lila Gray Novel
Lila Gray is just a human—at least that’s her mantra when she accidentally topples a building or bends a paranoid local's gun into modern art. That she can sense...
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GHOSTS OF THE CAROLINA COASTS
This collection of thirty-two ghost stories take place from North Carolina's Outer Banks to the Lowcountry of South Carolina. Every story is illustrated and photos...
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The Midnight Stars
What is your 'birthday star'? The universe is so vast that a myriad of beautiful celestial objects culminate at midnight on one's birthday. But which is the fairest...
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Another Word For Love
Sarah Stern's Another Word for Love is part of Finishing Line’s critically acclaimed Chapbook Series. Stern explores love, loss, death, and desire in the family one...
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The Best Travel Writing 2011
Alone, Illegal and Broken Down in China is published in The Best Travel Writing 2011: True Stories from Around the World, with an introduction by Pico Iyer. The...
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Going Underground by Suzie Tullett
Three men on two scooters (a vintage Lambretta and a Vespa) heading down the country to Brighton... three women and a heavily pregnant belly in hot pursuit - all...
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Room In The Attic
Cori Matheson has just lost the only man she has ever loved. With two small children and another on the way, Cori is left with a house she cannot afford; she places...
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