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Will Shortz Presents Ferocious Sudoku: 200 Hard Puzzles (Will Shortz Presents)
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Divided America: The Ferocious Power Struggle in American Politics
Now with an updated Afterword -- in which the authors show how the 2006 midterm elections and the Democratic takeover of Congress validate their argument about regional divisions and why and how they will dominate the 2008 presidential election -- Divided America tells the biggest story in American politics today: how new regional divisions are tearing the country's politics apart, turning both major parties into minority parties and encouraging angry constituencies to wage increasingly nasty wedge-issue campaigns..
Price: $9.03
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Branch Rickey: Baseball's Ferocious Gentleman
He was not much of a player and not much more of a manager, but by the time Branch Rickey (1881–1965) finished with baseball, he had revolutionized the sport—not just once but three times. In this definitive biography of Rickey—the man sportswriters dubbed “The Brain,” “The Mahatma,” and, on occasion, “El Cheapo”—Lee Lowenfish tells the full and colorful story of a life that forever changed the face of America’s game. As the mastermind behind the Saint Louis Cardinals from 1917 to 1942, Rickey created the farm system, which allowed small-market clubs to compete with the rich and powerful. Under his direction in the 1940s, the Brooklyn Dodgers became truly the first “America’s team.” By signing Jackie Robinson and other black players, he single-handedly thrust baseball into the forefront of the civil rights movement. Lowenfish evokes the peculiarly American complex of God, family, and baseball that informed Rickey’s actions and his accomplishments. His book offers an intriguing, richly detailed portrait of a man whose life is itself a crucial chapter in the history of American business, sport, and society. (20060705).
Price: $20.97
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The Ferocious Summer: Adelie Penguins and the Warming of Antarctica
Although it may seem barren, Antarctica is a vital — and increasingly threatened — part of the Earth's ecosystem The Ferocious Summer is writer Meredith Hooper's firsthand account of the effects of climate change on this frozen continent. For one summer, Hooper lived and worked with scientists observing the summer population of Adélie penguins nesting at Palmer Station, the smallest of America's three Antarctic research bases. For Hooper, Palmer's penguins offered a way to understand the complex business of the Earth's changing climate. The Antarctic Peninsula was warming fast. Why? What were scientists doing to understand it? The daily lives of Palmer's few thousand Adélie penguins were becoming key evidence, and pieces of the climate change jigsaw began falling into place. Based on daily diaries, acute personal observations, and interviews with Antarctica's international community of researchers, this book is a fascinating and alarming report from the frontlines of global warming. .
Price: $3.75
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The Big Carrot: A Maggie and the Ferocious Beast Book (Maggie and the Ferocious Beast)
When the Ferocious Beast and his friends Maggie and Hamilton Hocks go birdwatching in Nowhere Land, an adventure is bound to happen. And sure enough, they come across Nedley the rabbit struggling to dig an enormous carrot out of the ground. At first Nedley doesn't want their help, but soon it becomes clear that he'll never get it out by himself. Can the Ferocious Beast and all his friends dig it up together? In this warm and funny new picture book starring Maggie and the Ferocious Beast, as seen on Nickelodeon, Betty and Michael Paraskevas root up the pleasures of sharing and cooperating..
Price: $40.47
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The Ferocious Engine of Democracy, Updated: From Theodore Roosevelt through George W. Bush (Ferocious Engine of Democracy)
This book is a broadly sweeping history of the Republic through the actions of its presidents. It focuses on the leadership abilites of each man..
Price: $12.81
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