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  • Plague Years

    A Doctor's Journey through the AIDS Crisis

    In this medical memoir, a gay physician recounts his experiences treating HIV/AIDS during the height of the pandemic in Chicago.In 1992, Dr. Ross A. Slotten signed more death certificates in Chicago—and, by inference, the state of Illinois—than anyone else. As a family physician, he was trained to care for patients from birth to death, but when he completed his residency in 1984, he had no idea ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    The first comprehensive, fully up-to-date biography of Vladimir Putin, woven into the tumultuous saga of Russia over the last sixty years.“Anyone wanting to learn more about Putin’s personality, ideas, power and the threat he has come to pose to world peace should read this outstanding biography.” —The New York Times bestselling author Ian KershawVladimir Putin is the world’s most dangerous man. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Poached

    Inside the Dark World of Wildlife Trafficking

    An intrepid investigation of the criminal world of wildlife trafficking--the poachers, the traders, and the customers--and of those fighting against itJournalist Rachel Nuwer plunges the reader into the underground of global wildlife trafficking, a topic she has been investigating for nearly a decade. Our insatiable demand for animals -- for jewelry, pets, medicine, meat, trophies, and fur -- is ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • Lakota America

    A New History of Indigenous Power

    Series series The Lamar Series in Western History
    The first comprehensive history of the Lakota Indians and their profound role in shaping America's history."Impressive. . . . Lakota America takes us from the sixteenth century to the present, with painstaking, carefully marshaled detail, but its real feat is in threading how the Lakota philosophy and vision of the world guided their reinventions and their dealings with colonial powers. . . . ... Read more

    $26.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Lavender Scare

    The Cold War Persecution of Gays and Lesbians in the Federal Government

    A new edition of a classic work of history, revealing the anti-homosexual purges of midcentury Washington. The basis for the acclaimed PBS documentary.In The Lavender Scare, David K. Johnson tells the frightening story of how, during the Cold War, homosexuals were considered as dangerous a threat to national security as Communists. Charges that the Roosevelt and Truman administrations were havens ... Read more

    $20.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Lost Art of Dying

    Reviving Forgotten Wisdom

    by L.S. Dugdale ...
    A Columbia University physician comes across a popular medieval text on dying well written after the horror of the Black Plague and discovers ancient wisdom for rethinking death and dying, gaining insight today on how we can learn the lost art of dying well in this wise, clear-eyed book that is as compelling and soulful as Being Mortal, When Breath Becomes Air, and Smoke Gets in Your Eyes.As a ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea

    One Refugee's Incredible Story of Love, Loss, and Survival

    The gripping story of a young woman who fled civil war in Syria and endured a harrowing journey across the Mediterranean for a chance of a better life.Adrift in a frigid sea, no land in sight, just debris from the ship's wreckage and floating corpses all around, nineteen-year-old Doaa Al Zamel stays afloat on a small inflatable ring and clutches two little girls—barely toddlers—to her body. The ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Pink Triangle

    The Nazi War Against Homosexuals

    by Richard Plant ...
    "The lesson that The Pink Triangle elicits from the Holocaust is the realization that we are still haunted by the specters of the Third Reich." ― San Francisco ChronicleThis is the first comprehensive book in English on the fate of the homosexuals in Nazi Germany. The author, a German refugee, examines the climate and conditions that gave rise to a vicious campaign against Germany's gays, as dir ... Read more

    $18.79 USD

  • The Samurai

    The History of Japan’s Legendary Warrior Caste

    by Rod Johnson ...
    The Samurai are the legendary warrior class of Japan. They played a crucial role in the country's history, politics and religion and their legacy continues to hold immense sway over popular culture.In this fascinating history, author Rod Johnson takes us through the rise and fall of the Samurai in Japanese society from the emergence of the new class in the eighth century through the turbulent ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Muse of Fire

    Series Book 2 - William Shakespeare Mysteries
    The more he gains, the more he has to lose...William Shakespeare is now both a man at court and a man of the theatre. Accepted into Elizabeth I's world, he is trusted to write plays for her. But his position is insecure, based entirely on the queen's whims.When one of the her ladies-in-waiting is found dead, almost everyone suspects it was murder. But who stood to gain by her death? Were the ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • The Science of Fermentation

    by DK, Robin Sherriff ...
    Series series The Science of Food
    “This deserves a slot on the kitchen shelf of every passionate cook” DAVID ZILBER**“A vital resource for the ferment-curious” JAMES READ“This book will inspire a whole new generation of fermenters” KENJI MORIMOTO“A rich resource that enlightens and inspires” MARK DIACONOEnter a marvelous microbial world and explore the fascinating science of fermented foods.**Every culture has a long history of ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Nations Apart

    How Clashing Regional Cultures Shattered America

    by Colin Woodard ...
    **"A world-class intellectual. . . . [Colin Woodard’s] research can help Americans rediscover their common identity in spite of all the attempts to divide them." —Garry Kasparov"A powerful paradigm for understanding the defining hot button issues of contemporary America and the action we can take to bridge our cultural divisions and save the republic." —The Next Big Idea Club“A lucid exercise in ... Read more

    $13.99 USD