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Book Cover for: Persuasion, Jane Austen

Persuasion

Jane Austen
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3 #backdropbooks from @berthacoombs' profile: -@HenryLouisGates' AMERICA BEHIND THE COLOR LINE (https://t.co/jIPRobVe48) -@cjfarley's KINGSTON BY STARLIGHT (https://t.co/Tu39y1Fgmx) -#JaneAusten's PERSUASION (https://t.co/QinLlN565z) See all her #books at https://t.co/X93zhtf1zS!

Hardcover, 2012

$26.00$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Grid: The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future, Gretchen Bakke

The Grid: The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future

Gretchen Bakke
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#Backdropbooks quick look @HenriettaVeda: Gretchen Bakke's THE GRID: The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future (https://t.co/qthfkvZ2kE), also owned by @StephenAtHome/@colbertlateshow. Check out more #books owned by people you know at https://t.co/TIpe2xYrU1! https://t.co/jFbZV5jCNc

Paperback, 2017

$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Prey, Michael Crichton

Prey

Michael Crichton
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UNDER REVIEW: anonymous #blurrybook submission for #TinaFey's #backdropbooks. #MichaelCrichton's PREY (https://t.co/8lqDaCx4LK) We're unable to verify. Can anyone else confirm/deny? #books https://t.co/sBsBJJHfIM

Paperback, 2023

$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Devil Finds Work: An Essay, James Baldwin

The Devil Finds Work: An Essay

James Baldwin
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3 #backdropbooks from @michelebgoodwin's profile: -@RobertDPutnam's THE UPSWING (https://t.co/11V1cff8VV) -#JamesBaldwin's THE DEVIL FINDS WORK (https://t.co/PdKgjSKbWi) -@DorothyERoberts' FATAL INVENTION (https://t.co/m7L4E1Nvkv) See all her #books at https://t.co/lWNqCGgnv3!

Paperback, 2011

$15.00$7.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History, John M. Barry

The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History

John M. Barry
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#Backdropbooks quick look, @CBSNews' @DavidAgus: @johnmbarry's THE GREAT INFLUENZA: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History (https://t.co/lkHtcYeOVW), also owned by #AnthonyFauci. Check out #AnthonyFauci's other #books at https://t.co/r7fBXyktTC! https://t.co/7or9GF2fI4

Paperback, 2005

$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Infinite Jest, David Foster Wallace

Infinite Jest

David Foster Wallace
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#Backdropbooks quick look @HenriettaVeda: #DavidFostWallace's INFINITE JEST (https://t.co/5LzuVJcWXO) also owned by @Alanis, @KELLYWEILL, @abbeystone, @MonicaGandhi9, & @stengel. Check out more #books owned by people you know at https://t.co/TIpe2xYrU1! https://t.co/bIjWfPNaaC

Hardcover, 1996

$40.00$20.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Tender is the Night, F. Scott Fitzgerald

Tender is the Night

F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Our 100th #backdropbooks profile on @DorisKGoodwin has 100+ #books! Here are 3 highlights: - Forrest McDonald's THE AMERICAN PRESIDENCY - F. Scott Fitzgerald 's TENDER IS THE NIGHT - Will/Ariel Durant's THE LESSONS OF HISTORY Check out the profile at https://t.co/CIC5RKLFds!

Paperback, 1995

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Churchill: Walking with Destiny, Andrew Roberts

Churchill: Walking with Destiny

Andrew Roberts
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#Backdropbooks quick look @RepZoeLofgren/@ZoeLofgren: @aroberts_andrew's CHURCHILL: Walking with Destiny (https://t.co/a5ozlgDIGx), also owned by @DorisKGoodwin. Check out more #books owned by people you know at https://t.co/TIpe2xYrU1! https://t.co/TGrwbQmUlN

Paperback, 2019

$25.00$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Strategy: A History, Lawrence Freedman

Strategy: A History

Lawrence Freedman
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#Backdropbooks quick look @cbsufrin: @LawDavF's STRATEGY: A HISTORY (https://t.co/mvGc2PW66G), also owned by @JohnBrennan, @markondefense, @RepGallagher, @heidibeirich, & @jdickerson. Check out more #books owned by people you know at https://t.co/TIpe2xYrU1! https://t.co/eCEkQM2t5Q

Paperback, 2015

$27.99$13.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Obama: An Intimate Portrait, Pete Souza

Obama: An Intimate Portrait

Pete Souza
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#Backdropbooks quick look @mmcassella: @PeteSouza's OBAMA: An Intimate Portrait (https://t.co/iHVkC6IChz…), also owned by @AmbassadorRice, @ronitA380, @rianaelyse, @SaraMorrison, & @DonnaFEdwards. Check out more #books owned by people you know at https://t.co/TIpe2xXU4t! https://t.co/9DvBcrlJO0

Hardcover, 2017

$60.00$35.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
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