Based on previously unavailable information and nearly two decades of research, Crime Incorporated reveals for the first time all the unsavoury facts of the Mob's bloody evolution from a gang of...
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Author: Balsamo, WilliamSummary:
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Author: Knelman, JoshSummary:
Winner of the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Crime Nonfiction The Thomas Crown Affair meets The Devil in the White City in this fast-paced, character-driven story that breaks open the secrets of...
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Author: Roberts, JuliaSummary:
In Mixed Company explores taverns as colonial public space and how men and women of diverse backgrounds – Native and newcomer, privileged and labouring, white and non-white – negotiated a place...
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Author: Jackson, Tiffany D.Summary:
New York Times bestselling author Tiffany D. Jackson ramps up the horror and tackles America's history and legacy of racism in this suspenseful YA novel following a biracial teenager as her...
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Author: Bond, Gwenda, Rowe, ChristopherSummary:
The action-packed sequel to The Lost Legacy, which Booklist called “Monstrous fun!”
Living in a hotel full of monsters isn’t always easy, especially when all the adults have fallen under an...Genre: Juvenile fiction -
Author: Canciani, KatiaSummary:
"The palette of the illustrations includes lots of strong reds and blues and blacks. The texture brings a lot of flow to the sky and water. And the shapes are often playful, even dreamy. As...
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Author: Randolph, Mary, Dupree, NathalieSummary:
Although Amelia Simmons’s American Cookery claims the title, Mrs. Mary Randolph’s The Virginia Housewife is often cited as the first American cookbook because the recipes originated in American...
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Author: Kilmeade, BrianSummary:
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The New York Times bestselling author of George Washington's Secret Six and Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates turns to two other heroes of the nation: Abraham...
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Author: Seton, AnyaSummary:
The story of the love affair between the Duke of Lancaster and the innocent, convent-bred girl which changed English history in the 14th century.
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Author: Thomas, RosieSummary:
Une grandiose histoire d’amour, de perte et de pardon. L’arrivée de Ruby, une adolescente troublée, provoque un tourbillon dans la maison d’Iris Black, sa grand-mère de 82 ans. Fuyant la relation...
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Author: Timm, Annette F., Taylor, Michael Thomas, Herrn, Rainer, Bakker, AlexSummary:
"An illuminating look at the transatlantic, transgender community that shaped the history and study of sexuality. From the turn of the twentieth century to the 1950s, a group of transgender people...
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Author: Thomas, Mark P., Vosko, Leah F., Fanelli, Carlo, Lyubchenko, OlenaSummary:
In a period characterized by growing social inequality, precarious work, the legacies of settler colonialism, and the emergence of new social movements, Change and Continuity presents innovative...
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Author: Kendi, Ibram X.Summary:
A chorus of extraordinary voices comes together to tell one of history’s great epics: the four-hundred-year journey of African Americans from 1619 to the present—edited by Ibram X. Kendi, author...