The Birth of the Pill: How Four Crusaders Reinvented Sex and Launched a Revolution, Paperback - Jonathan Eig

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Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award From an award-winning historian comes a dazzling history of the birth of cultural anthropology ...

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The thrilling story of the Schneider Trophy, a series of glamorous air races that captivated both sides of the Atlantic and became a driver and cel...

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DescriptionBestselling author and veteran Wall Street Journal reporter Gregory Zuckerman answers the question investors have been asking for decade...

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A rip-roaring and exhaustively researched new take on the origin of the comic strip by one of the leading cartoon storytellers of our time. With mo...

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Lola has a mind of her own and a love for books. With the help of Grandpa Ed and the support of her mother and friends, she learns how to use her d...

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Lola and her friends want to play soccer. The boys don't want them to. The girls are not only good players, they're also strategic, and end up scor...

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The Birth of the Romanian People - Neagu Djuvara, Radu Oltean

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A history of the fate of a single family in the period of the Irish Revolution.Illustrations: 1 x 8pp b&w

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