New Arrivals 2/10/2010

New books published this week.

 

Union Atlantic, by Ada, Haslett The Northern Clemency, by Philip Hensher Pulitzer: A life in Politics, Print and Power by James McGrath Morris The Science of Liberty, by Timothy Ferris To Hell on a Fast Horse, by Mark Lee Gardner House of Cards, by William D. Cohan On a Dollar a Day, by Christopher Greenslate and Kerri Leonard Caravaggio: Painter of Miracles, by Francine Prose World War I: The African Front, by Edward Paice The Somme: The Darkest Hour on the Western Front The Invention of Paris: A History in Footsteps

Union Atlantic (Hardcover)

$19.95
ISBN-13: 9780385524476
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Published: Nan A. Talese, 01/01/2010
The eagerly anticipated debut novel from the author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist You Are Not a Stranger Here, Union Atlantic is a deeply affecting portrait of the modern gilded age, the first decade of the 21st century.

$13.50
ISBN-13: 9781400095872
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Published: Anchor, 02/01/2010
The award-winning author of The Mulberry Empire presents a sweeping chronicle of ordinary lives that are profoundly shaped by both the subtleties of everyday experience and the larger forces of history.

$23.95
ISBN-13: 9780060798697
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Published: Harper, 02/01/2010
Like Alfred Nobel, Joseph Pulitzer is better known today for the prize that bears his name than his contribution to history. Yet, in 19th-century industrial America, Pulitzer invented the modern mass media. Morris offers the definitive biography of this remarkable icon.

$21.50
ISBN-13: 9780060781507
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Published: Harper, 02/01/2010
From the author of the acclaimed Coming of Age in the Milky Way comes a brilliant chronicle of how science sparked the spread of liberal democracy across the modern world.

$21.50
ISBN-13: 9780061368271
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Published: William Morrow, 02/01/2010
Gardner tells the riveting true tale of Sheriff Pat Garrett's thrilling, breakneck chase for his nemesis, the notorious bandit Billy the Kid.

$13.50
ISBN-13: 9780767930895
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Published: Anchor, 02/01/2010
Written with the novelistic verve and insider knowledge that made The Last Tycoons a bestseller, House of Cards is a chilling cautionary tale about greed, arrogance, and stupidity in the financial world.

$11.95
ISBN-13: 9781401310189
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Published: Hyperion, 02/01/2010
On a Dollar a Day examines how Americans eat and at what cost. Sections on eating the food stamp diet, what it really costs to eat healthfully and organically, and how to find the best buys at the grocery store make it an ideal book for these challenging economic times.

$11.19
ISBN-13: 9780061768903
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Published: Harper Perennial, 02/01/2010
In Caravaggio, bestselling author Francine Prose presents the brief but tumultuous life of one of the greatest of all painters with passion and acute sensitivity.

$13.50
ISBN-13: 9781605980805
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Published: Pegasus Books, 03/01/2010
The definitive and dramatic history of World War I's forgotten front.

$14.36
ISBN-13: 9781605980812
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Published: Pegasus Books, 03/01/2010
The Somme is an unparalleled evocation of World War I's iconic contest-the definitive account of one of the major tragedies of the twentieth century.

By Eric Hazan, David Fernbach (Translator)
$23.95
ISBN-13: 9781844674114
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Published: Verso, 03/01/2010
In The Invention of Paris, radical author and publisher Eric Hazan takes the reader on an exciting and historically rich tour through the construction of Paris, exploring the places and struggles that have marked its growth. Concentrating both on the literary and cultural representations of the city, as well as riots, rebellions and revolutions-throughout the nineteenth century and up until 1968 - Hazan acts as a guide who is simultaneously personal and rigorous in tone. The Invention of Paris opens a window on a Paris too often hidden beneath tourist kitsch and bourgeois complacency.