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New 700 - 900s/Travel Non-Fiction Books 700 Art, Design, Sports, and Recreation 800 Literature and Poetry 900 Geography, Travel, and History |
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Lincoln's ghost : Houdini's war on spiritualism and the dark conspiracy
against the American presidency
by Brad Ricca
The incredible untold story of how the world's greatest magician,
Harry Houdini, waged war upon Spiritualism, uncovering unknown
magic, political conspiracies, and surprising secrets along the way.
During a seance in 1924, Houdini-the greatest entertainer in the
world-was cursed by a vengeful spirit, who said his days were
numbered. Houdini laughed. He believed talking to the dead
was impossible. By 1926, Houdini was dead.
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Taylor's version : the poetic and musical genius of Taylor Swift
by Stephanie Burt
Stephanie Burt examines the purposes, talents, and energies
Swift brings to her music and to her persona. She highlights
the ways Swift's work remains at once intimate and relatable,
portraying people we feel that we know and people we wish we
could be, from the first loves and girlhoods on Fearless through
the public and private angst of Midnights.
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Comrades in Art : Artists Against Fascism 1933-1943
by Andy Friend
From the Great Depression to World War II, the lives and work
of British artists intersected with a world in crisis. A compelling
group biography, Comrades in Art explores the political forces that shaped the development of modern art in Britain, tracing how artists
set aside aesthetic differences to mobilize on an unprecedented
scale to resist fascism and campaign for cultural freedom and
democracy.
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A fine line between stupid and clever:
the story of Spinal Tap
by Rob Reiner
An inside look at the creation, legacy and cultural impact of
the groundbreaking mockumentary comedy This Is Spinal Tap
features behind-the-scenes stories, iconic quotes and rare
memorabilia from the fictional band that became a real rock phenomenon.
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Tonight in Jungleland : the making of
Born to Run
by Peter Ames Carlin
Marks Born to Run's 50th anniversary with an exploration
of the creation of the iconic album through exclusive interviews
and detailed song histories. The book reveals the emotional,
artistic, and technical struggles that shaped one of rock music's
most enduring statements.
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Changeover : a young rivalry and a new
era of men's tennis
by Giri Nathan
A vivid chronicle of men's tennis in 2024, capturing the end of
the Djokovic-Nadal-Federer era and the rise of prodigies Carlos
Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner as they reshape the sport while the
old guard fiercely resists fading away.
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Flashes of Brilliance : The Genius of
Early Photography and How It
Transformed Art, Science and History
by Anika Burgess
Writing with verve and an eye for compelling details, Burgess
explores how photographers uncovered new vistas, including
catacombs, cities at night, the depths of the ocean, and the
surface of the moon. She describes how photographers captured
the world as never seen before, showing for the first time the
bones of humans, the motion of animals, the cells of plants,
and the structure of snowflakes.
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Writing creativity and soul
by Sue Monk Kidd
Combines memoir, spiritual exploration, and guidance by drawing
on the author's journey and insights from celebrated writers to
argue that writing is a soulful act requiring creativity, courage
and a deep connection to one's imagination and inner self.
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Dead and alive : essays
by Zadie Smith
Blending sharp observation with deep humanity, this compelling
essay collection explores artists, films, cities and cultural icons,
while reflecting on community, political shifts, loss and the meaning
of shared spaces, capturing the complex spirit of our changing times.
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Putting myself together : writing 1974-
by Jamaica Kincaid
This collection of nonfiction writing, including early pieces from publications such as The New Yorker, The Village Voice and Ms.,
proves what the author's admirers have always known: from the
start, she has been a consummate stylist, and she has always
been herself.
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The new book : poems, letters, blurbs,
and things
by Nikki Giovanni
Combines poetry, short letters, and prose to confront cultural
and political divisions, reflect on the widespread reckoning with
racial injustice of 2020. Celebrate resilience, joy and legacy,
reaffirming the author's role as a prominent radical voice and
cultural critic in American literature.
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Both/and : essays by trans and gender-nonconforming writers of color
by Denne Michele Norris
This powerful anthology of essays by trans and gender-
nonconforming writers of color offers honest, beautifully
crafted reflections on identity, community and lived experience,
originally developed through an inclusive, pitch-based editorial
process to foster creative growth.
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A Truce That Is Not Peace
by Miriam Toews
An internationally bestselling author offers a memoir of the will
to write, a work of disobedient memory, humor and exquisite
craft set against a content-hungry, prose-stuffed society.
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Native America : the story of the first
peoples
by Kenneth L. Feder
Native America presents an infinitely surprising and fascinating
deep history of the continent's Indigenous peoples. Kenneth Feder,
a leading expert on Native American history and archaeology, draws
on archaeological, historical, and cultural evidence to tell the ongoing story, more than 20,000 years in the making.
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Goliath's Curse : The History and Future
of Societal Collapse
by Luke Kemp
This sweeping analysis of societal collapse across history examines
over 440 civilizations to uncover the deep systemic causes of their downfall and exploring what these patterns reveal about the risks
and resilience of our interconnected world today.
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History matters
by David G. McCullough
This posthumous collection of essays from the legendary historian
looks at subjects such as the character of American leaders, the influence of art and mentors and the importance of understanding
the past to better navigate the present and future.
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We the People : A History of the U.S. Constitution
by Jill Lepore
Explores the evolving meaning of the U.S. Constitution, tracing generations of interpretation and amendment efforts, and arguing
that the founders envisioned a living, adaptable document, that challenges modern originalism and advocating for democratic engagement in shaping constitutional change.
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Deadwood : gold, guns, and greed in
the American West
by Peter Cozzens
Tells the true story of a notorious Black Hills gold rush settlement
of its most colorful cast of characters, from Wild Bill Hickok and
Calamity Jane to Al Swearingen and Sheriff Seth Bullock.
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To lose a war : the fall and rise of
the Taliban
by Jon Lee Anderson
Collects nearly twenty-five years of reporting to trace the
evolution of the U.S. war in Afghanistan from early intervention
to withdrawal, documenting battlefield victories, political missteps,
and the long-term consequences of military overreach and shifting priorities.
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Between two rivers : ancient
Mesopotamia and the birth of history
by Moudhy N. Al-Rashid
Thousands of years ago, in a part of the world we now call
ancient Mesopotamia, people began writing things down for
the very first time. What they left behind, in a vast region between
the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, preserves leaps in human ingenuity,
like the earliest depiction of a wheel and the first approximation of
pi, the world's first cities, the first writing system, early seeds of agriculture, and groundbreaking developments in medicine and astronomy.
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A noble madness : the dark side of
collecting from antiquity to now
by James Delbourgo
From Roman emperors lusting after statues to modern-day
hoarders, award-winning author James Delbourgo tells the
extraordinary story of fanatical collectors throughout history.
He explains how the idea first emerged that when we look at
someone's collection, we see a portrait of their soul: complex,
intriguing, yet possibly insane.
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The world at first light : a new history
of the Renaissance
by Bernd Roeck
A new and ambitious history of the Renaissance as a global
event which, the author argues, was much more revolutionary
and profoundly influential than we currently appreciate. This is
nothing less than a new history of the origins, development and
legacy of the Renaissance in a global and comparative context. Presented as a panorama of what the author characterizes as
a restless and dramatic epoch, the book is an exploration of how
a distinct concentration of ideas, discoveries, and tumultuous
political circumstance should have coalesced in Europe in such a
way and at a particular time as to bring about the modern world
as we know it.
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Ring of fire : a new history of the world
at war: 1914
by Alexandra Churchill
Most countries did not know what they were getting into during
the precarious days of 1914. Global citizens believed they were
going to get a short conflict that would settle old scores in a
matter of weeks-but it was soon clear that was not going to be
the case. From the Balkans to East Prussia, France, and Belgium, nineteenth-century warfare came face to face with twentieth-
century technology and the ensuing, brutal clash of empires
resulted in deadlock.
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Issue in Doubt
by Robert Bares
Issue in Doubt is a tribute to United States military personnel
who served in the Pacific during World War II. It focuses on the
period from Pearl Harbor through the battle for Guadalcanal and
aims to locate and identify the surface warships of Japan, the
United States, Britain, Australia and the Netherlands in critical
battles.
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Dinner with King Tut : how rogue archaeologists are re-creating the
sights, sounds, smells, and tastes of
lost civilizations
by Sam Kean
Whether it's the mighty pyramids of Egypt or the majestic temples
of Mexico, we have a good idea of what the past looked like. But
what about our other senses: The tang of Roman fish sauce and
the springy crust of Egyptian sourdough? The frenzied plays of an
Aztec ballgame...and the chilling reality that the losers might also
lose their lives? History often neglects the tastes, textures, sounds,
and smells that were an intimate part of our ancestors' lives, but a
new generation of researchers is resurrecting those hidden details, pioneering an exciting new discipline called experimental
archaeology.
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A marriage at sea : a true story of love, obsession, and shipwreck
by Sophie Elmhirst
The electrifying true story of a young couple shipwrecked at sea:
a mind-blowing tale of obsession, survival, and partnership stretched
to its limits. Maurice and Maralyn make an odd couple. Alone
together for months in a tiny rubber raft, starving and exhausted, Maurice and Maralyn have to find not only ways to stay alive but
ways to get along. Taut, propulsive, and dazzling.
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The Roma : a traveling history
by Madeline Potter
Blending memoir and archival research, her sweeping, heartfelt
traveling history moves across Europe, from Tudor England to
Romania where she was born and raised; from sixteenth-century
Spain to modern Sweden; from Nazi Austria to twenty-first-century France to uncover the interwoven stories and struggles of Romani communities past and present, and what the future may hold for
both nomadic, and settled, families on the continent.
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