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"What if scrapping one flawed policy could bring US cities closer to addressing debilitating housing shortages, stunted growth and innovation, persistent racial and economic segregation, and car-dependent development? It's time for America to move beyond zoning, argues city planner M. Nolan Gray in Arbitrary Lines: How Zoning Broke the American City and How to Fix It. With lively explanations and stories, Gray shows why zoning abolition is a necessary-if...
43) The lighthouse of Stalingrad: the hidden truth at the heart of the greatest battle of World War II
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Publisher
Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"A thrilling, vivid, and highly detailed account of the epic siege during one of World War II's most important battles, told by the brilliant British editor-turned-historian and author of Checkpoint Charlie, Iain MacGregor. To the Soviet Union, the sacrifices that enabled the country to defeat Nazi Germany in World War II are sacrosanct. The foundation of the Soviets' hard-won victory was laid during the battle for the city of Stalingrad, resting...
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Fire Force volume 13
Publisher
Kodansha USA Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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"It's into the inferno as Shinra goes toe-to-toe with the formidable White-Clad, Charon! Meanwhile, the rest of Company 8 and their comrades race to protect the city from a massive Infernal outbreak. Even if Shinra is able to save the Fifth Pillar Inca from the Evangelist's goons, will they all survive the scorching blaze?"--Provided by the publisher.
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Publisher
Wiley
Pub. Date
[2024]
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English
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"This book is divided into two parts. Part 1 discusses each of the ten millionaire habits and the millionaire wealth-building timeline. These habits are the building blocks for everything you do inside and outside your workplace. Millionaires use these habits to build money-making careers and live a life that's so satisfying that they can't wait to get up in the morning and start their day. Part 2 dives into FIRE, or Financial Independence Retire...
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Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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"Lisa Donovan is anyone's definition of a strong woman. She has built several lauded restaurants from the ground up, including Sean Brock's Husk empire; she raised two brilliant children with no money; she is a rape survivor; she is a profoundly talented artist. But from her early childhood, she had been told at every juncture that she wasn't enough: she came from a poor Southern family that despised its own Zuni/Mexican roots and repeatedly silenced...
47) Triple
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English
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"A New York Times bestselling novel of international suspense and terror from the author of The Pillars of the Earth, World Without End, and A Column of Fire As Egypt comes closer and closer to developing a nuclear bomb, the Mossad's number one Israeli agent is given an impossible mission: to beat the Arabs in the nuclear arms race by finding and stealing two hundred tons of uranium. The world's balance of power will shift. And the Mossad, the KGB,...
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Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
"From the northern seaside towns of the Basque region and the beautiful Mediterranean coastal areas of Catalonia to the nation's bustling capital of Madrid and the rugged landscape of Andalusia in the south, Rustica explores the cuisine of Spain, highlighting the pillars of Spanish cooking and the vibrant people who grow, serve, and eat these culinary delights."--P. [4] of cover.
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Army of the Potomac volume 1
Publisher
Doubleday
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English
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This is the story of Lincoln's famous army of the Potomac during the early years of the Civil War, when it was under the command of General George B. McClellan.
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Series
History of England volume 4
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"In Revolution, Peter Ackroyd takes readers from William of Orange's accession following the Glorious Revolution to the Regency, when the flamboyant Prince of Wales ruled in the stead of his mad father, George III, and England was--again--at war with France, a war that would end with the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo. Late Stuart and Georgian England marked the creation of the great pillars of the English state. The Bank of England was founded, as...
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Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
There is a mystery surrounding Darwin: How did this quiet, respectable gentleman, a pillar of his parish, come to embrace one of the most radical ideas in the history of human thought? Darwin risked a great deal in publishing his theory of evolution, so something very powerful--a moral fire--must have propelled him. That moral fire, argue authors Desmond and Moore, was a passionate hatred of slavery. They draw on a wealth of fresh manuscripts, correspondence,...
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Publisher
Night Shade
Pub. Date
[2012]
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English
Description
Alexander, Prince of Macedon, is the terror of the world. Persia, Egypt, Athens ... one after another, mighty nations are falling before the fearsome conqueror. Some say Alexander is actually the son of Zeus, king of the gods, and the living incarnation of Hercules himself. Worse yet, some say Alexander believes this ... The ambitious prince is aided in his conquest by unstoppable war-machines based on the forbidden knowledge of his former tutor,...
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(Gilbert Keith),Works volume 14
Publisher
Ignatius Press
Pub. Date
©1993
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English
Author
Publisher
Weldon Owen
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"For stargazers, comet-spotters and planet-seekers looking to enhance your deep sky knowledge and observations - this is your quintessential guide. The Total Skywatcher's Manual will help you choose the best telescope, identify constellations and objects in the night sky, search for extraterrestrial phenomena, plan star parties, capture beautiful space imagery and much more."--provided by publisher.
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