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Welcome to the Public Broadcasting Book Club! Each month the book club offers dozens of titles in subject categories chosen to inform and entertain. The best in fiction and literature with added attention to the arts, home, family, health and well-being. There is no cost to join, no fees to pay and no minimum purchase is required. All book purchases support your local public broadcaster. How To Join

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History Second Chance: Three Presidents and the Crisis of American Superpower Zbigniew Brzezinski Perseus Publishing Hardcover, 240pp $26.95 America's most distinguished commentator on foreign policy, former National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski, offers a reasoned but unsparing assessment of the last three presidential administrations' foreign policy. Though spanning less than two decades, these administrations cover a vitally important turning point in world history: the period in which the United States, having emerged from the Cold War with unprecedented power and prestige, managed to squander both in a remarkably short time.	Home & Garden Sewing 101: A Beginner's Guide to Sewing Editors/Creative Publishing Creative Publishing Hardcover, 224pp $24.95 Sewing 101 is a modern-day primer on the basic skills and techniques of sewing. This book is geared toward the absolute novice and assumes you know little or nothing about the craft. Filled with lots of step-by-step photos, useful sewing tip sidebars, and a painstakingly detailed glossary, Sewing 101 teaches you how to sew successfully. You will learn terminology used regularly in sewing, as well as all the basic skills that are the building blocks of the art. From threading the machine to sewing a straight stitch, to more complicated procedures such as installing zippers and following patterns, everything is covered.
Classics Sheep Look Up John Brunner Benbella Books Softcover, 388pp $15.98 An enduring classic, this book offers a dramatic and prophetic look at the potential consequences of the escalating destruction of Earth. In this nightmare society, air pollution is so bad that gas masks are commonplace. Infant mortality is up, and everyone seems to suffer from some form of ailment. The water is polluted, and only the poor drink from the tap. The government is ineffectual, and corporate interests scramble to make a profit from water purifiers, gas masks, and organic foods. Environmentalist Austin Train is on the run. The Trainites, environmental activists and sometime terrorists, want him to lead their movement. The government wants him in jail, or preferably, executed. The media wants a circus. Everyone has a plan for Train, but Train has a plan of his own.	Mystery The Mosaic Crimes Giulio Leoni Harcourt Hardcover, 336pp $25.00 Florence, June 1300. The body of an artist, his face covered in quicklime, is discovered next to the mosaic he had almost completed. Dante Alighieri, renowned poet and the newly appointed prior of the city of Florence is on the case. It is his first official investigation. Obscure clues lead him up and down the streets of Florence, following a trail full of intrigue and mystery. Leoni's voice is wry and irreverent as he pokes fun at the genius poet and renders Dante a human being—brilliant but temperamental, bumbling but undaunted. An enthralling historical thriller from Italy's new maestro of crime.