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  Our Mutual Friend

  Charles Dickens

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  A satiric masterpiece about the allure and peril of money, Our Mutual Friend revolves around the inheritance of a dust-heap where the rich throw their trash. When the body of John Harmon, the dust-heap's expected heir, is found in the Thames, fortunes change hands surprisingly, raising to new heights "Noddy" Boffin, a low-born but kindly clerk who becomes "the Golden Dustman." Charles Dickens's last complete novel, Our Mutual Friend encompasses the great themes of his earlier works: the pretensions of the nouveaux riches, the ingenuousness of the aspiring poor, and the unfailing power of wealth to corrupt all who crave it. With its flavorful cast of characters and numerous subplots, Our Mutual Friend is one of Dickens's most complex—and satisfying—novels

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  Inside Shelby American -...

  John Morton

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  “More than just a well-written telling of Morton’s early racing career . . . an incredible, no-holds-barred look into the goings-on at Shelby American.” —Classic Motorsports 
   
  In the late 1950s, a young John Morton was transfixed with sports car racing. His dreams of competition eventually led him to enroll, in 1962, in the Shelby School of High Performance Driving. In a bold moment after the last class, Morton asked Carroll Shelby if he might come to work for the newly formed Shelby American. The answer was “Yes, here’s a broom.” Thus ended Morton’s college career and began his long racing career. Over the next three years, Morton would be a firsthand witness to the evolution of one of the most iconic sports car builders and racing teams of the 1960s. 
   
  Inside Shelby American is his personal account of a company overflowing with talent, from designer Pete Brock to fabricator extraordinare Phil Remington to drivers like Dan Gurney, Ken Miles, Bob Bondurant, and Phil Hill. The cars were equally captivating: AC Cobra, Mustang GT350, Ford GT, Daytona Coupe. 
   
  In this book, Morton’s story is intertwined with the memories of other Shelby staffers of the period, revealing through historic photography and an untold perspective the rousing story of America’s most legendary racer and car builder. 
   
  “It’s almost as if you’re sitting down with Morton over a beer as he tells his tales without getting bogged down in detail or nostalgia. Funny, exciting and very entertaining. This book is a great gift for any Shelby or racing fan.” —The Virginian Pilot

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  Somewhat About Wine

  David Girard

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  Somewhat About Wine is a collection of newsletter entries and blogs composed for members of the David Girard Vineyard Wine Club.  Through these blogs the reader will learn about the trials and tribulations surrounding the owning, running, developing, and farming of a Northern California vineyard, thoughts and musings related to wine and vineyard cultivation, a little history, a little friendship, and a lot of fun.  Speckled with humor and written with Mr. Girard's singular wit, listeners will truly enjoy this collection and may just learn a little about wine in the process.

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  War Stories of the Battle of the...

  Michael Green, James D. Brown

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  “Told by those who lived during . . . Hitler’s last gasp attack in the West . . . a riveting book for anybody with an interest in the Second World War.” —CurledUp 
   
  The powerful German counteroffensive operation codenamed “Wacht am Rhein” (Watch on the Rhine) launched against the American First Army in the early morning hours of December 16, 1944, would result in the greatest single extended land battle of World War II. To most Americans, the fierce series of battles fought in the Ardennes Forest of Belgium and Luxembourg that winter is better known as the Battle of the Bulge. Here are the first-person stories of the American soldiers who repelled the powerful German onslaught that had threatened to turn the tide of battle in Western Europe during World War II.

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  Dr Jerome Groopman: How Doctors...

  PBS NewsHour

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  In his book How Doctors Think, Dr. Jerome Groopman provides insight on the thought processes behind decisions that doctors make and explores the important relationship between doctor and patient. In this interview, Groopman discusses why he wrote the book, the prevalence of misdiagnosis, and more.

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  Death in Texas - A True Story of...

  Carlton Smith

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  Was he his brother's keeper? 
   
   
   
  Robert and Doris Angleton seemed to have the perfect life. Until she was coldly murdered in her own home, shot thirteen times in the head, chest, and abdomen . . . 
   
   
   
  Suddenly the ideal husband seemed anything but perfect: he was jailed, accused of hiring his older brother, Roger, to kill his wife for money—possibly as much as $2 million. However, without the crucial eyewitness testimony of Roger—who soon committed suicide in a Houston jail cell— the case against Robert rested entirely on circumstantial evidence. But the facts raise more questions than answers . . . 
   
   
   
  Doris Angleton—deeply involved in a secret love affair—had asked her husband for a divorce, which might have exposed him as a tax-skipping millionaire bookie and favored police informant . . . 
   
   
   
  Extensive handwritten and typewritten notes, coupled with a secretly taped conversation between Roger and another man outlining the murder, were found in a briefcase Roger Angleton was carrying when he was arrested in Las Vegas, Nevada. However, it was later concluded that the second voice on the tape was not Robert's . . . 
   
   
   
  Also in Roger's briefcase: $64,000 in cash, along with a money wrapper with Robert's fingerprint on it . . . 
   
   
   
  Ultimately Roger confessed to the murder in his suicide note, exonerating his brother of any guilt . . . 
   
   
   
  A Texas jury came to one conclusion. 
   
    
   
  Listen to this fascinating true-crime account of greed, deception, and cold-blooded murder—and decide for yourself.

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