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 | Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells—taken without her... [More information about The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Kindle Edition)...] |
 | In this inspirational autobiography, Captain "Sully" Sullenberger tells his life story and talks about the essential qualities that he believes have been so vital to his success. In January 2009,... [More information about Highest Duty CD: My Search for What Really Matters...] |
 | In this hugely appealing book, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, acclaimed author and journalist Daniel Okrent weaves together themes of money, politics, art, architecture, business, and... [More information about Great Fortune: The Epic of Rockefeller Center...] |
 | From 1831 to 1837, George Catlin traveled extensively among the native peoples of North America—from the Muskogee and Miccosukee Creeks of the Southeast to the Lakota, Mandan, and Pawnee of the... [More information about North American Indians (Penguin Classics)...] |
 | A stirring tribute to one of America's most remote and beautiful places by one of the first modern preservationists This Penguin Classic-Muir's first book-puts a pioneering conservationist's passion... [More information about The Mountains of California (Penguin Classics)...] |
 | In 1987, a group of Lubavitchers, one of the most orthodox and zealous of the Jewish sects, opened a kosher slaughterhouse just outside tiny Postville, Iowa (pop. 1,465). When the business became a... [More information about Postville: A Clash of Cultures in Heartland America...] |
 | There were four major galaxies in the early jazz universe, and three of them--New Orleans, Chicago, and New York--have been well documented in print. But there has never been a serious history of the... [More information about Kansas City Jazz: From Ragtime to Bebop--A History...] |
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