City Beasts

City BeastsBy: Mark Kurlansky All new stories about the urban worlds where animals and humans fight, love, and find common ground, from the nationally bestselling author of Cod and Salt. In these stories, Mark Kurlansky journeys to his familiar haunts like New Yorks Central Park or Miamis Little Havana but with an original, earthy, and adventurous perspective. From baseball players in the Dominican Republic to Basque separatists in Spain to a restaurant owner in

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Drawing on in-depth interviews with Sonia Sotomayor's former colleagues

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Winner of the Caldecott

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examines Abraham Lincoln’s astonishing oratory and explores his growth as a leader

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