Last Train to Texas: My Railroad Odyssey, Hardcover - Fred W. Frailey

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Tales Of The Unexpected meets The Bridge, this collection of Scandi-noir thrillers make the perfect winter read. Menacing and deeply humorous, they...

In 1935 three women are forever changed when one of the most powerful hurricanes in history barrels toward the Florida Keys. For the tourists trave...

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Grounded in history and case law, Last Train to Auschwitz traces the SNCF's journey toward accountability in France and the United States, culminat...

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Reducere. Cherringham is devastated. Otto Brendl, the likeable old man who hosted the classic Punch-and-Judy show for the kids each summer, has died suddenly...

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James Callahan entered Texas armed, a quixotic young man enlisted in the Georgia Battalion for the cause of independence. He barely survived the 18...

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How to read photographs: the new essential primerIn 1973, John Szarkowski, the revered director of photography at the Museum of Modern Art, New Yor...

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Fred Rogers's gentle spirit and passion for children's television takes center stage in this collection of interviews spanning his nearly forty-yea...