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First principles : what our first four presidents learned from the Greeks and Romans, and how that shaped early America by Ricks, Thomas E.

Table of Contents: “…The power of colonial classicism -- Washington studies how to rise in colonial society -- John Adams aims to become an American Cicero -- Jefferson blooms at William & Mary -- Madison breaks away to Princeton -- Adams and the fuse of rebellion -- Jefferson's declaration of the "American mind" -- Washington: the noblest Roman of them all -- The war strains the classical model -- From a difficult war to an uneasy peace -- Madison and the Constitution: balancing vice with vice -- The Classical vision smashes into American reality -- The revolution of 1800: the people, not the plebes -- The end of American classicism -- Epilogue: what we can do.…”

Fossil men : the quest for the oldest skeleton and the origins of humankind by Pattison, Kermit

Buttercup the bigfoot by Rees, Douglas

Break it up : secession, division, and the secret history of America's imperfect union by Kreitner, Richard, 1990-

House of correction by French, Nicci

Plain bad heroines : a novel by Danforth, Emily M.

Signatures : literary encounters of a lifetime by Pryce-Jones, David, 1936-

Table of Contents: “…PREFACE -- MAHMUD ABU SHILBAYAH -- HAROLD ACTON -- SIDNEY ALEXANDER -- SVETLANA ALLILUYEVA -- KINGSLEY AMIS -- WILLIAM ANDERSON -- NOEL ANNAN -- W.H. AUDEN -- BERYL BAINBRIDGE -- ELLIOTT BAKER -- ARTURO AND ILSA BAREA -- SYBILLE BEDFORD -- SAUL BELLOW -- BERNARD BERENSON -- ISAIAH BERLIN -- ADRIAN BERRY -- JOHN BETJEMAN -- PRINCESS MARTHE BIBESCO -- PAUL BOWLES -- ARNO BREKER -- CHRISTOPHER BURNEY -- RAYMOND CARR -- JUDY CASSAB -- NIRAD C. …”

The Sweeney sisters : a novel by Dolan, Lian

Jackie and Maria : a novel of Jackie Kennedy & Maria Callas by Paul, Gill, 1960-

Fast girls : a novel of the 1936 women's Olympic team by Hooper, Elise

The happy in a hurry cookbook : 100-plus fast and easy new recipes that taste like home by Doocy, Steve, Doocy, Kathy

Weathering with you

Harley Merlin and the mystery twins by Forrest, Bella

Harley Merlin and the broken spell by Forrest, Bella

The last million : Europe's displaced persons from World War to Cold War by Nasaw, David

Jane in love : a novel by Givney, Rachel

Layla by Hoover, Colleen

Out of Mesopotamia : a novel by Abdoh, Salar

Well played by DeLuca, Jen

Chemistry for kids : homemade science experiments and activities inspired by awesome chemists, past and present by Heinecke, Liz Lee

Table of Contents: “…Tapputi-Belatikallim -- Galen -- Jabir ibn Hayyan -- Joseph Priestley -- Antoine Lavoisier -- Alessandro Volta -- William Henry Perkin -- Dmitri Mendeleev -- Svante August Arrhenius -- Agnes Pockels -- Marie Curie -- S.P.L. …”