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The national parks: America's best idea : an illustrated history
By Ken Burns, Dayton Duncan. 2009
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Bestsellers (Fiction)United States history, Nature, Travel and geography, Environment
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Companion to Ken Burns's PBS documentary outlines the history of the U.S. national park system. Discusses preservationists including Theodore Roosevelt,…
John Muir, and Ansel Adams and the visions and political battles that evolved as the park system grew. Includes interviews with Native Americans, writers, and park rangers. Bestseller. 2009Blue diary
By Alice Hoffman, Art Buchwald. 2001
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Legal stories, Bestsellers (Fiction)Customs and cultures, Politics and government, Humour
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On a glorious June morning, Ethan Ford makes love to his wife, Jorie, in their happy home. But before the…
day is over, Ethan's secret past will catch up to him, and his perfect marriage will crumble. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. Bestseller. 2001Messages from my father
By Calvin Trillin. 1996
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Bestsellers (Fiction)Biography, Parenting, Business biography, History, Customs and cultures, Family and relationships
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The author and humorist fondly recounts his relationship with his father, Abe, a Kansas City grocer and restaurateur who emigrated…
from Russia. Trillin recalls his father's stubborn ways, strong moral instruction, and comic sensibility, as well as his penchant for collecting Yiddish curses and yellow neckties. BestsellerMama makes up her mind: and other dangers of southern living
By Bailey White, B. White. 1993
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Bestsellers (Fiction), Humourous fictionGeneral non-fiction, Customs and cultures, Humour
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A collection of White's tales, some of which have been heard on "All Things Considered," regarding life in rural south…
Georgia. They include "Turkeys," which tells of the time an ornithologist used her 102-degree temperature to help hatch sixteen wild turkeys, and "Porsche," which describes the car White's father left home in, that now sits on the porch with other accumulated items. Bestseller