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Northmen: The Viking Saga AD 793-1241
John Haywood · Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Pages: 400
Format: Print book
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From Finland to Newfoundland and Jelling to Jerusalem, follow in the wake of the Vikings -- a transformative story of a people that begins with paganism and ends in Christendom. In AD 800, the Scandinavians were just barbarians in longships. Though they held sway in the north, their power... |
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Brothers at Arms: American Independence and the Men of France and Spain Who Saved It
Larrie D Ferreiro · Alfred A Knopf
Pages: 464
Format: Print book
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The remarkable untold story of how the American Revolution's success depended on substantial military assistance provided by France and Spain, and places the Revolution in the context of the global strategic interests of those nations in their fight against England. In this groundbreaking,... |
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Delaware Bible Records, Volume 1
Donald Odell Virdin · Heritage Books
Pages: 1
Format: Book
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These Bibles date mainly from the late 1700's through the early 1900's, and frequently cover three or more generations. In addition to the usual marriage, birth, and death information, newspaper clippings, hand-written notes attached to or written on the pages, and personal letters... |
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Chester B. Himes: A Biography
Lawrence P Jackson · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 640
Format: Hardcover
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The definitive biography of the groundbreaking African American author who had an extraordinary legacy on black writers globally.In his Chester B. Himes (1909-1984) , Lawrence P. Jackson depicts the improbable life of the controversial writer whose novels confront sexuality, racism, and social... |
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Becoming Leonardo: An Exploded View of the Life of Leonardo da Vinci
Mike Lankford · Melville House
Pages: 320
Format: Print book
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Why did Leonardo Da Vinci leave so many of his major works uncompleted? Why did this resolute pacifist build war machines for the notorious Borgias? Why did he carry the Mona Lisa with him everywhere he went for decades, yet never quite finish it? Why did he write backwards, and was he really... |
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The Bettencourt Affair: The World's Richest Woman and the Scandal That Rocked Paris
Thomas Sancton · Dutton
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover
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Was the world's wealthiest woman - Liliane Bettencourt - heir to an estimated thirty-six-billion-dollar L'Oréal fortune, the victim of a con man? Or were her own family the real villains? This riveting narrative tells the real-life, shocking story behind the cause célèbre that... |
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The Weapon Wizards: How Israel Became a High-Tech Military Superpower
Yaakov Katz · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 304
Format: Print book
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From drones to satellites, missile defense systems to cyber warfare, Israel is leading the world when it comes to new technology being deployed on the modern battlefield. The Weapon Wizards shows how this tiny nation of 8 million learned to adapt to the changes in warfare and in the defense... |
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Thunder at the Gates: The Black Civil War Regiments That Redeemed America
Douglas R Egerton · Basic Books
Pages: 448
Format: Print book
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Soon after Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, abolitionists began to call for the creation of black regiments. At first, the South and most of the North responded with outrage - southerners promised to execute any black soldiers captured in battle,... |
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Istanbul: City of Majesty at the Crossroads of the World
Thomas F Madden · Viking
Pages: 400
Format: Print book
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The first single-volume history of Istanbul in decades: a biography of the city at the center of civilizations past and present.For more than two millennia Istanbul has stood at the crossroads of the world, perched at the very tip of Europe, gazing across the shores of Asia. The history... |
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The History Book
Dk Publishing. · DK Publishing
Pages: 352
Format: Print book
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The History Book is a fascinating journey through the most significant events in history and the big ideas behind each one, from the dawn of civilization to the lightning-paced culture of today. One hundred crystal-clear articles explore the Law Code of Hammurabi, the Renaissance, the American... |
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The Spirit of Allah: Khomeini and the Islamic Revolution
Amir Taheri · Adler & Adler Pub; First Edition. states edition
Pages: 349
Format: Hardcover
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This 349-page hardcover was published in 1985 by Adler & Adler (1st U.S. edition). This is an ex-library edition, with typical library marks and stamps. The dustcover has been protected by a good conditioned mylar covering. Internally, the pages appear clean and unmarked, and are in like... |
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