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  • The Unfinished Life of Benjamin Franklin
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    The Unfinished Life of Benjamin Franklin

    Benjamin Franklin wrote his posthumously published memoir and mdash;a model of the genre and mdash;in several pieces and in different temporal and physical places. Douglas Anderson's study of this...
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  • Angel of Ambition
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    Angel of Ambition

    Independent Press Award Distinguished Favorite recipient for fiction. Benjamin Franklin Silver Award, audio version for fiction. Angela Hanson grew up poor in a world of despair. Toughened by...
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  • Early Innovators in Adult Education
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    Early Innovators in Adult Education

    Originally published in 1991 this book analyses the input of those who made important contributions to the education of adults in the USA between 1607 and 1920. Examining the historical roots of...
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  • White Knight, Red Heat
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    White Knight, Red Heat

    President Franklin Delano Roosevelt said that "Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and Count Rumford are the greatest minds that America has produced," and indeed, Rumford was a peer of theirs, and...
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  • Envisioning the Americas Envisioning the Americas
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    Envisioning the Americas

    Envisioning the Americas: Latina/o Theatre & Performance gathers five plays by five of the US' most daring Latina/o dramatists: Migdalia Cruz, John Jesurun, Oliver Mayer, Alejandro Morales, and Anne...
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  • AVA
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    AVA

    The final installment of the Benjamin Franklin Gold-Award-Winning series is here. The days of hiding are over. The battle for supremacy is here. The fate of the rebels is at hand. Ava heads to South...
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  • 50 Self-Help Classics
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    50 Self-Help Classics

    A brand new updated edition of the only book to distill the classic, life-changing texts on happiness and fulfilment. New chapters include THE LIFE-CHANGING MAGIC OF TIDYING UP, Brene Brown's DARING...
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  • The Interactive Human Body
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    The Interactive Human Body

    Explore the human body like never before! Flaps, wheels, touch-and-feel spots, and other exciting interactive elements!This dynamic book allows kids to learn about organs, systems, cells, DNA, and...
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  • Atlantic Circulations
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    Atlantic Circulations

    Atlantic Circulations investigates literary conversations about empire in the British Atlantic world, c. 1650–1750. Reading texts by Anne Bradstreet, John Milton, Daniel Defoe, and Benjamin Franklin,...
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  • The Intelligence Trap
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    The Intelligence Trap

    We assume that smarter people are less prone to error. But education and expertise can sometimes make our mistakes worse and our blind spots bigger. Why did genius Steve Jobs make errors of...
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  • Espionage and Enslavement in the Revolution
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    Espionage and Enslavement in the Revolution

    In January 1785, a young African American slave named Elizabeth was put on board the Lucretia in New York Harbor, bound for Charleston, where she would be sold to her fifth master in just 22 years...
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  • Puritan Boston and Quaker Philadelphia
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    Puritan Boston and Quaker Philadelphia

    Based on the biographies of some three hundred people in each city, this book shows how such distinguished Boston families as the Adamses, Cabots, Lowells, and Peabodys have produced many generations...
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  • Britten Experienced
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    Britten Experienced

    Who writes the books we read about music that excites us, and why? Is ‘classical music’ all about class? Related questions underpin this partly polemical study, written by an academic who believes...
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  • Lords of the Ocean
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    Lords of the Ocean

    James L. Nelsons Isaac Biddlecomb series has brought to life a never-before-seen side of Americas war for independence. With the expertise of a seasoned mariner, a historians vivid attention to...
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  • The Library Book
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    The Library Book

    In preRevolutionary War America, libraries were member-driven collections for the elite; it was not until 1790 that Benjamin Franklin helped to establish the first public lending library. Throughout...
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  • On Wars by Michael Mann (Paperback)
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    On Wars by Michael Mann (Paperback)

    A history of wars through the ages and across the world, and the irrational calculations that so often lie behind themBenjamin Franklin once said, "There never was a good war or a bad peace." But...
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  • Loser Sons:
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    Loser Sons:

    There are sons who grow up unhappily believing that no matter what they do, they cannot please their fathers. These are the ''loser sons,'' a group of historical men as varied as President George W...
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  • The Skull Measurer’s Mistake
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    The Skull Measurer’s Mistake

    Enlightening stories of courageous eighteenth- and nineteenth-century men and women who defied the racial prejudices of their communitiesIn this unique book, Sven Lindqvist, author of the acclaimed...
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  • The Story of America
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    The Story of America

    In The Story of America, Harvard historian and New Yorker staff writer Jill Lepore investigates American origin stories--from John Smith's account of the founding of Jamestown in 1607 to Barack...
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  • Between History and Literature
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    Between History and Literature

    This book explores the value of bhasa literature through the lens of Dipesh Chakrabarty's scholarship, offering a nuanced perspective on his passionate engagement with literature at large and with...
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  • Dr Johnson's Printer
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    Dr Johnson's Printer

    William Strahan was one of the leading figures in the book trade of the eighteenth century. As King’s Printer, a member of Parliament and the owner of the greatest printing house in London, he stood...
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  • Between History and Literature
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    Between History and Literature

    This book explores the value of bhasa literature through the lens of Dipesh Chakrabarty's scholarship, offering a nuanced perspective on his passionate engagement with literature at large and with...
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  • Crimes and Cover-ups in American Politics
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    Crimes and Cover-ups in American Politics

    What they didn’t teach you in school about Benjamin Franklin, The Freeemasons, John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, the Spanish American War, Prohibition, and more. For far too long, American history has...
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  • Quirky
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    Quirky

    From historical figures such as Marie Curie to contemporaries such as Steve Jobs, a handful of innovators have changed the world. What made them so spectacularly inventive? Melissa A. Schilling, one...
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  • Sufism and the Way of Blame Sufism and the Way of Blame
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    Sufism and the Way of Blame

    Gold Winner of the 2012 Benjamin Franklin Award and the 2012 Independent Publisher Book Award!This is a definitive book on the Sufi "way of blame" that addresses the cultural life of Sufism in its...
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  • The Secret History of the Jersey Devil
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    The Secret History of the Jersey Devil

    gend has it that in 1735, a witch named Mother Leeds gave birth to a horrifying monster—a deformed flying horse with glowing red eyes—that flew up the chimney of her New Jersey home and disappeared...
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  • The Jerusalem Files
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    The Jerusalem Files

    A non-fiction Da Vinci Code for the 21st century, this thrilling treasure hunt traces the voyage of the legendary Jewish Menorah from the Jerusalem of the Knights Templar through France,...
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  • Happiness Hypothesis
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    Happiness Hypothesis

    An uplifting exploration of ancient wisdom for our modern lives and how it can make us happier Every culture hands wisdom down through generations. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. What you...
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  • Unfit for Democracy
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    Unfit for Democracy

    Asked if the country was governed by a republic or a monarchy, Benjamin Franklin replied, "A republic, if you can keep it." Since its founding, Americans have worked hard to nurture and protect their...
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  • The Gems of American History
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    The Gems of American History

    The American story is one of great physical, intellectual, and spiritual adventure. Gems of American History explores how this extraordinary republic came to be-and what is required to preserve its...
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    The Secret Life of a Satanist

    The Secret Life of a Satanist steps behind the curtain with the founder and High Priest of the Church of Satan.What is contemporary Satanism, and why would one start a church dedicated to the Dark...
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  • The Ingenious Mr Flitcroft
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    The Ingenious Mr Flitcroft

    Henry Flitcroft was first employed by the leading aristocratic architect of the time, Richard Boyle, Lord Burlington, who helped him to establish his long career. Flitcroft had about 50 clients over...
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  • I Love Horses
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    I Love Horses

    I Love Horses gathers the most memorable quotes about horses ever written, recorded, or carried down through the ages, together with 50 fantastic photos of the prettiest horses available. Horses...
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  • Ghost Tamer
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    Ghost Tamer

    A 2024 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award Gold Medal Winner "Original, hilarious, and completely inspirational." -Hank Phillippi Ryan, USA Today bestselling author of The House Guest "Funny, poignant,...
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  • Pranksters
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    Pranksters

    From Benjamin Franklin's newspaper hoax that faked the death of his rival to Abbie Hoffman's attempt to levitate the Pentagon, pranksters, hoaxers, and con artists have caused confusion, disorder,...
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  • Traveller
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    Traveller

    An inspiring biography of the remarkable naturalist, explorer and revolutionary, by the bestselling author of The Invention of Nature George Forster was a man out of time: he journeyed to the far...
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  • Birdscapes
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    Birdscapes

    What draws us to the beauty of a peacock, the flight of an eagle, or the song of a nightingale? Why are birds so significant in our lives and our sense of the world? And what do our ways of thinking...
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  • Spark
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    Spark

    When we think of electricity, we likely imagine the energy humming inside our home appliances or lighting up our electronic devices — or perhaps we envision the lightning-streaked clouds of a stormy...
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  • Book-Makers
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    Book-Makers

    Every book-lover's dream: a celebration of 550 years of the printed book, told through the remarkable lives of eighteen extraordinary men and women The Book-Makers is a celebration of 550 years of...
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  • Spark
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    Spark

    When we think of electricity, we likely imagine the energy humming inside our home appliances or lighting up our electronic devices — or perhaps we envision the lightning-streaked clouds of a stormy...
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  • Other People's Money
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    Other People's Money

    Pieces of paper that claimed to be good for two dollars upon redemption at a distant bank. Foreign coins that fluctuated in value from town to town. Stock certificates issued by turnpike or canal...
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  • Treasures Afoot
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    Treasures Afoot

    In Treasures Afoot, Kimberly S. Alexander introduces readers to the history of the Georgian shoe. Presenting a series of stories that reveal how shoes were made, sold, and worn during the long...
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