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There’s something about water in its natural surroundings that calls to us in an almost primal way. Water plays to all our senses: The feel of it when we swim in a clear lake. The exhilaration we get slicing through waves on a boat. The calm we experience listening to crashing surf or watching the sun rise or set from shore. The unforgettable memories of its heady fragrance. In this book, we celebrate water, and our love for it, by showcasing
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You will find inspiration within these pages, through great writing and dramatic photography - the best that the landscape has inspired. Naturalists, writers, and explorers such as John Muir, Edward Abbey, and John Wesley Powell, capture the truly American ideal of preserving and celebrating the boundless beauty of Grand Canyon. The best work of renowned photographers will give you unparalleled perspectives and offer a sweeping visual journey starting...
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Written by two leading historians, Brazil: A Biography is a sweeping and absorbing portrait of Brazil from its origins to the twenty-first century. For many Americans, Brazil is a land of contradictions: vast natural resources and entrenched corruption; extraordinary wealth and grinding poverty; beautiful beaches and violence-torn favelas. Brazile received more than 40 percent of the African population that was stolen from the continent, and was the...
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""Reading Georgia Hunter's We Were the Lucky Ones is like being swung heart first into history. A brave and mesmerizing debut, and a truly tremendous accomplishment."--Paula McLain, New York Timesbestselling author of The Paris Wife. An extraordinary, propulsive novel based on the true story of a family of Polish Jews who scatter at the start of the Second World War, determined to survive, and to reunite. It is the spring of 1939, and three generations...
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