The author recounts her experiences living among the gentle bonobo, a rare ape that shares 98.7% of our DNA. In their society, females are in charge, war is nonexistent and sex is as common as a handshake.
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Franklin Pierce
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Michael F. Holt
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Driven to unify his splintering party rather than the roiling country, Franklin Pierce's partisan loyalties inflamed the nation's battle over slavery. This biography paints a rich portrait of America's 14th president.
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In the Footsteps of the Band of Brothers
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Larry Alexander
Hardcover
Part travelogue, part memoir, this moving account follows the Band of Brothers' path to victory, exploring the living history of the places where they fought, and revealing what makes their story so meaningful.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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Charles Peters
Hardcover
A keen observer of Washington politics offers an insightful biography of the towering figure who sought to transform America into a œGreat Society but whose presidency collapsed in the tragedy of the Vietnam War.
In this brilliantly detailed narrative, McDermott follows the 30-year-long quest of maverick neuroscientist Gary Lynch to construct a map of the physical changes in the human brain that occur when a memory is formed.
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Choosing to See
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Mary Beth Chapman
Hardcover
From her marriage to Grammy-winner Steven Curtis Chapman, her struggle for emotional balance and living with grief, Mary Beth's story is our story-wondering where God is when the worst happens. 16-page full-color insert.
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The Boy Who Came Back From Heaven
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Kevin Malarkey
Hardcover
A 6-year-old boy shares events while he was unconscious-the angels who took him to heaven itself, the unearthly music that sounded just terrible to a 6-year-old-and most amazing of all-of talking to Jesus.
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Catherine of Siena
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Don Brophy
Hardcover
Set against the backdrop of 14th-century Europe, this well-researched work offers a moving, lucid portrait of the celebrated mystic and saint who campaigned for peace and struggled to reform the Church.
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A Captain's Duty
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Richard Phillips
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The gripping real-life story of Captain Phillips, who offered himself as a hostage to Somali pirates to save his crew, endured intense hardship and mock executions, attempted a daring escape and lived to tell about it.