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  • The Hotel

    A Week in the Life of the Plaza

    A look inside New York's icon of luxury: "Reading [ The Hotel] is at least as enjoyable—and certainly less expensive—than staying at the Plaza" ( Publishers Weekly).When it opened its doors in 1907, the Plaza was considered the world's finest luxury hotel. Since then, the grand building at the southern tip of Central Park has hosted kings and queens, the rich and famous, and countless world ... Leer más

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  • A Machine Called Indomitable

    The Remarkable Story of a Scientist's Inspiration, Invention, and Medical Breakthrough

    The true story of the doctor who invented the MRI: "A fascinating account of how a significant medical development came about" ( The New York Times).Dr. Raymond Damadian was plagued with a mysterious and persistent stomach pain, yet physicians assured him that they could find nothing wrong. To find the answer to his ailment, Damadian would spend the ensuing twelve years building a machine that ... Leer más

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  • A Month at the Brickyard

    The Incredible Indy 500

    An all-access pass to Pit Row and beyond at the world's most famous auto race, the Indianapolis 500The Indianapolis 500 auto race is the most prestigious event in all of motor sports. Race cars roar two hundred times around the track at dizzying speeds of more than two hundred miles per hour in front of a massive crowd—and millions more watching on television. Every spring, drivers, teams, ... Leer más

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  • The Traders

    An inside look at the high-stakes trading floors of major financial exchanges and the men and women who hold the chipsSonny Kleinfield spent months with individual traders on five of America's biggest financial exchanges. The investors he followed are the ultimate gamblers, trading only for themselves, not for clients, and sometimes going "all in" on stocks, options, and, ultimately, their own ... Leer más

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  • Becoming a Nurse

    Series series Masters at Work
    A revealing guide to a nursing career written by esteemed reporter Sonny Kleinfield and based on the real-life experiences of the celebrated emergency room nurses of New York’s Lenox Hill Hospital—required reading for anyone considering a path to this profession.Becoming a Nurse takes you behind the scenes to find out what it’s really like, and what it really takes, to become a nurse. Acclaimed ... Leer más

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  • The Search for an Abortionist

    The Classic Study of How American Women Coped with Unwanted Pregnancy before Roe v. Wade

    Series Libro 2 - Forbidden Bookshelf
    This eye-opening look at the abortion process prior to the Supreme Court's landmark Roe v. Wade decision of 1973 is now more relevant than ever, with a new introduction by the author revisiting history that is still salient half a century laterIn the years before Roe v. Wade, women seeking to end their unwanted pregnancies had limited options—many of them dangerous, even potentially fatal, and ... Leer más

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  • Time Travel in Einstein's Universe

    The Physical Possibilities of Travel Through Time

    A Princeton astrophysicist explores whether journeying to the past or future is scientifically possible in this "intriguing" volume (Neil deGrasse Tyson).It was H. G. Wells who coined the term "time machine"—but the concept of time travel, both forward and backward, has always provoked fascination and yearning. It has mostly been dismissed as an impossibility in the world of physics; yet theories ... Leer más

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  • The Wages of War

    When America's Soldiers Came Home: From Valley Forge to Vietnam

    Series Libro 20 - Forbidden Bookshelf
    A disturbing chronicle of the US government's mistreatment of American soldiers and veterans throughout history, with a new introduction by Charles Sheehan-MilesTime and time again, the sacrifices made by veterans and their families have been repaid with scorn, discrimination, lack of health services, scant financial compensation, and other indignities. This injustice dates back as far as the ... Leer más

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  • The Motion of Light in Water

    Sex and Science Fiction Writing in the East Village

    This Hugo Award–winning memoir is "a very moving, intensely fascinating literary autobiography from an extraordinary writer" (William Gibson, Nebula and Hugo Award–winning author of Neuromancer).With the poet Marilyn Hacker, Delany moves into a tenement on a dead-end street that the landlord reserves for interracial couples. Between playing folk music in the evenings at the same Greenwich Village ... Leer más

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  • JFK vs. Allen Dulles

    Battleground Indonesia

    For those interested in the assassination of JFK, the untold story of Indonesia, gold, JFK, Allen Dulles, the CIA, and secret military coups.Two of the most fascinating figures in history, John F. Kennedy, thirty-fifth president of the United States, and Allen Dulles, our nation’s longest-serving CIA director, often clashed over intelligence issues and national security. However, one such conflict ... Leer más

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  • "Not by Might, Nor by Power"

    The Zionist Betrayal of Judaism

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    Series Libro 22 - Forbidden Bookshelf
    With a new introduction by Adi Ophir: An early and fierce critique of Zionism from a Jewish child of Palestine who argued against nationalism and injustice.Born in 1893, Moshe Menuhin was part of the inaugural class to attend the first Zionist high school in Palestine, the Herzliya gymnasium in Tel Aviv. He had grown up in a Hasidic home, but eventually rejected orthodoxy while remaining dedicated ... Leer más

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  • Hidden Terrors

    The Truth About U.S. Police Operations in Latin America

    Series Libro 27 - Forbidden Bookshelf
    A "devastating" exposé of the United States' Latin American policy and the infamous career and assassination of agent Dan Mitrione ( Kirkus Reviews).In 1960, former Richmond, Indiana, police chief Dan Mitrione moved to Brazil to begin a new career with the United States Agency for International Development. During his ten years with the USAID, Mitrione trained and oversaw foreign police forces in ... Leer más

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