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A Walk Around the Bay
Pub Date: May 15, 2012
From novelist/essayist/editor Taylor (The Book of Getting Even, 2009, etc.), an idiosyncratic, atmospheric portrait of "the great open-air theater of Europe."
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Lindbergh, His Competitors, and the Race to Cross the Atlantic
Pub Date: May 15, 2012
A talented storyteller re-creates the signature moment of aviation's golden age.
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The True Story of Obesession, Faith, and The International Pursuit of an Ancient Bible
Pub Date: May 15, 2012
A unique 1,000-year-old book is the pursued object of this scriptural detective story.
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How One Battle Broke Japan and Another Changed America
Pub Date: May 15, 2012
In July 1944, hundreds of seaman, mostly black, died in an explosion while loading ammunition aboard ships at Port Chicago, in northern California, while mostly white American troops battled on Saipan across the Pacific.
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How the Politics of Patronage Corrupted the Once Noble Democratic Party and Now Threatens the American Republic
Pub Date: May 15, 2012
Weekly Standard blogger Cost examines what he sees as the dangerous domination of the Democratic Party by special interests.
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The Birth of Islam and the Rise of the Global Arab Empire
Pub Date: May 15, 2012
Elegant study of the roiling era of internecine religious rivalry and epic strife that saw the nation of Islam rise and conquer.
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