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Classic American cars of the 40s and 50s are national icons and precious artifacts in Cuba as a result of Fidel Castro's moratorium on American imports 35 years ago. Cubans have cared deeply for their cacharros, keeping Packards, Oldsmobiles, Lincolns, Buicks, De Sotos, Dodges, Pontiacs, Studebakers, and Fords on the road with ingenuity and loving care. AUTHOR: Cristina Garcia, D. D. Allen, Joshua Greene
PUBLISHER: Abrams, Harry N. Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction 
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 | The Scientist in the Crib by Alison M. Gopnik, Andrew N. Meltzoff, Patricia K. Kuhl
This exploration of the baby's brain explains how a baby learns about objects and people, and comprehends language. The authors, three research psychologists who all have children, compare babies to scientists, illustrating the learning process in which a baby develops a theory and tests it. AUTHOR: Alison M. Gopnik, Andrew N. Meltzoff, Patricia K. Kuhl
PUBLISHER: HarperTrade
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | Serpent by Clive Cussler, David Purdham, Paul Kemprecos
Clive Cussler introduces new action hero Kurt Austin in his first novel from the NUMA Files. The thrill ride begins when Kurt, leader of a courageous National Underwater Marine Agency, rescues Nina Kirov, a beautiful marine archaeologist, from the lethal grip of a powerful Texas industrialist named Halcon. Now Nina and Kurt must take on a dangerous mission to uncover Halcon's plan to violently carve out a new nation from the southwest United States to Mexico. But before they do that, history reveals an amazing truth: that Columbus may have made a fifth, unknown voyage to America in search of treasure and that the remains of a battered Italian luxury liner may hold the key to not only what Columbus may have found, but also the fate of the United States itself. AUTHOR: Clive Cussler, David Purdham, Paul Kemprecos
PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster Audio
FORMAT: Audio
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | Chrysler-Caravan/Voyager/Town & Country 1996-99 by Matthew E. Frederick, Chilton Automotives Editorial Staff
Chilton's Total Car Care Repair Manuals offer do-it-yourselfers of all levels total maintenance, service and repair information in an easy-to-use format. AUTHOR: Matthew E. Frederick, Chilton Automotives Editorial Staff
PUBLISHER: NP/Chilton
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | Koi by George C. Blasiola
Description not available.Covers all aspects of keeping and caring for koi, a brightly colored freshwater fish that is suitable for most pond environments AUTHOR: George C. Blasiola
PUBLISHER: Barron's Educational Series, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Pets & Animals
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 | The Monochrome Society by Amitai Etzioni
Amitai Etzioni is one of the most influential social and political thinkers of our day, a man synonymous with the ideas of communitarianism. In this book, Etzioni challenges those who argue that diversity or multiculturalism is about to become the governing American creed. On the surface, America may seem like a fractured mosaic, but the country is in reality far more socially monochromatic and united than most observers have claimed. In the first chapter, Etzioni presents a great deal of evidence that Americans, whites and African Americans, Hispanics and Asian Americans, new immigrants and decedents of the Pilgrims, continue to share the same core of basic American values and aspirations. He goes on to show that we need not merely a civil but also a good society, one that nurtures virtues. He assesses key social institutions that can serve such a society ranging from revived holidays to greater reliance on public shaming. The most effective sources of bonding and of shared ideas about virtue, he insists throughout, come from the community, not from the state. Etzioni also challenges moral relativists who argue that we have no right to impose our moral values on other societies. He responds to those who fear that a cohesive community must also be one that is oppressive, authoritarian, and exclusive. And he explores and assesses possible new sources and definitions of community, including computer-mediated communities and stakeholding in corporations. By turns provocative and reassuring, the chapters here cut to the heart of several of our most pressing social and political issues. The book is further evidence of Etzioni's enduring place in contemporary thought. AUTHOR: Amitai Etzioni
PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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