1491

1491By: Charles C. Mann A groundbreaking study that radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of the Europeans in 1492. Traditionally, Americans learned in school that the ancestors of the people who inhabited the Western Hemisphere at the time of Columbuss landing had crossed the Bering Strait twelve thousand years ago; existed mainly in small, nomadic bands; and lived so lightly on the land that the Americas was, for all

Four septuagenarians with a few tricks up their sleeves

and offer a wide range of activities for the traveler to seek out: Take a walk through Union Square

forces embarked upon a seemingly endless series of campaigns across the Islamic world

Nothing weird EVER happens in The Bad Guys

A heart-racing page-turner that hits the ground running and then accelerates all the way to a colossal showdown

seduced by their charisma and grand plans—and deeply attracted to their secrets

The answer may very well be his cartoon strip—SUPER FRANK

claims he’s seen Hamlet prowling the neighborhood

and tossed it back

and friends and loved ones exchange poems written on red paper

A benchmark for what serious literature can achieve

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