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Flygirl

by Smith, Sherri L.

During World War II, a light-skinned African American girl "passes" for white in order to join the Women Airforce Service Pilots.

African Costumes and Textiles

From the Berbers to the Zulus

by Bouttiaux, Anne-Marie & Mack, John & Sorber, Frieda & and others.Magliani, Mauro

Celebrating African costumes and textiles, this volume draws on historical and modern pieces from the Zaira and Marcel Mis Collection. The extraordinary works ...

Free Market Madness

Why Human Nature is at Odds with Economics--and Why it Matters

by Ubel, Peter A.

Humans just aren't entirely rational creatures. We decide to roll over and hit the snooze button instead of going to the gym. We take out home loans we can't p...

World's End (Bilingual Edition) (Spanish Edition)

by Neruda, Pablo & O'Daly, William

“World’s End, like much Neruda, contains bewildering multitudes. Some poems incite, others console, as the poet—maestro of his own response...

RENEWAL

by Kraus, Terri

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The Princeton companion to mathematics

by Gowers, Timothy & Barrow-Green, June & Leader, Imre

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The lost state of Franklin

America's first secession

by Barksdale, Kevin T.

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Bleeding Heart Square

by Taylor, Andrew

"Finely drawn period atmosphere, compellingly complex characters, breath-stopping suspense, then twists that will leave you reeling. Taylor is a riveting story...

Wonderful World

A Novel

by Calvo, Javier Huerta & Lethem, Mara Faye

A bravura performance by a groundbreaking new writer—a novel set in contemporary Barcelona and made up of multiple storylines, including a fictional man...

Cleopatra and Antony

power, love, and politics in the ancient world

by Preston, Diana

The story of the world's best-remembered celebrity couple, set against the political backdrop of their time. In 30 BCE, the 39-year-old queen of Egypt, Cleopat...