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tells the story of those American women, the Atta-Girls, who willingly left the relative safety of mainland United States and deliberately placed themselves in th

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“the book remains grounded in one key insight: the need to align AI development with human values. That, ultimately, may be the most urgent—and difficult—task of our time.”

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“[the] engrossing narrative often reads like historical fiction, drawing the reader deeply into the tale and vividly describing a battle scene with an uncanny ability that makes this a genu

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“a compelling, personal, and deeply moving look behind-the-curtain of the rarified field of pediatric neurosurgery, and one compassionate doctor’s lifelong mission to save childrens’ lives.

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"Suzann Cope rights a wrong in this exhaustive book, detailing through four women's particular experiences the pivotal role women had in fighting the fascist occupation."

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“A beautiful journey into what it means to be hopeful despite present projections . . .”

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Aboriginal Art is a significant resource for anyone interested in Indigenous Australian culture, art history, or anthropology.”

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“John Bicknell . . . frames this story around the competing approaches to emancipation of President Abraham Lincoln and Union General John C. Fremont in a splendidly written new book .

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“Reading Dalrymple’s prose is a lively journey for the modern-day armchair Marco Polo. The big picture is always present, but never at the expense of the adventure.”

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“These pages feel like having a conversation with a close friend, someone who is interesting and funny and deeply honest.”

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“exfoliates the surface layers to discover the hidden elements the poet—with a deft knowing—reveals inside this masterful collection.”

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“This well-chosen and written series of essays brings new light to this often overlooked campaign and shows that this was not a side-show of the Eastern Theater, but a critical battle in it

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The first six months after Pearl Harbor were a very dismal time for America. Facing nothing but constant defeat at the hands of the Japanese Empire, America desperately needed heroes.

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First and foremost, Gothic Modern is a collection of essays intended to accompany a museum exhibition held at the Ateneum Art Museum in Helsinki, Finland and The National Museum in Oslo, N

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“Through it all, Deutsch is relentlessly honest about her experience.”

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“This book is a work of art, a tour de force of text and graphics that belongs in the personal library of everyone who values the moving image.”

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“‘As Homo narrans, we aren’t just beings who are being told stories, but beings who tell and retell stories ourselves.’”

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On Memorial Day in 2019, 35 years into a happy marriage, novelist Geraldine Brooks’ beloved husband Tony Horwitz drops dead on a Washington D.C. street.

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“Leslie does a fantastic job here of writing in a compelling way . . .”

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An engrossing book that inspires the reader to consider a life of adventure, history, science, or, in the case of some of the characters in this story, combinatio

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The Portable Feminist Reader is far from portable at nearly 600 pages, and is divided into nine sections.

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“Professor Ferling weaves the political, military, social, and economic aspects of the war seamlessly together into a highly readable narrative . . .”

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Freedom at Dawn shines in its ability to introduce an important, non-white historical figure and his courageous actions.”

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