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A.D. (Television program)
David Jeremiah · Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., 2015.
Format: eBook |
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When Pontius Pilate ordered the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, he thought he was putting an end to the Jewish uprising that had been threatening the authority of the Roman Empire. What Pilate didn't realize, however, was that real revolution was just getting started. Based on the epic NBC television... |
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American Revolutions: A Continental History, 1750-1804
Alan Taylor · W.W. Norton & Company
Pages: 681
Format: Print book |
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From the two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, a fresh, authoritative history that recasts our thinking about America's founding period.The American Revolution is often portrayed as a high-minded, orderly event whose capstone, the Constitution, provided the ideal framework for a democratic, prosperous... |
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Wealth Secrets of the One Percent: A Modern Manual to Getting Marvelously, Obscenely Rich
Sam Wilkin · Little Brown and Company
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover |
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Discover how the superwealthy made it to the top (and you can too!) From the richest Romans to the robber barons to today's bankers and tech billionaires, Sam Wilkin offers Freakonomics-esque insights into what it really takes to make a fortune. These stories of larger-than-life characters,... |
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The Family Tree German Genealogy Guide: How to Trace Your Germanic Ancestry in Europe
James M. Beidler · Family Tree Books
Pages: 240
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Explore Your German Ancestry!Follow your family tree back to its roots in Bavaria, Baden, Prussia, Hesse, Saxony, Wurttemburg and beyond. This in-depth genealogy guide will walk you step by step through the exciting journey of researching your German heritage, whether your ancestors came... |
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F.B. Eyes: How J. Edgar Hoover's Ghostreaders Framed African American Literature
William J. Maxwell · Princeton University Press
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Few institutions seem more opposed than African American literature and J. Edgar Hoover's white-bread Federal Bureau of Investigation. But behind the scenes the FBI's hostility to black protest was energized by fear of and respect for black writing. Drawing on nearly 14,000 pages... |
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Frontline Ukraine: Crisis in the Borderlands
Richard Sakwa · I. B. Tauris
Format: Hardcover |
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The unfolding crisis in Ukraine has brought the world to the brink of a new Cold War. As Russia and Ukraine tussle for Crimea and the Eastern regions, relations between Putin and the West have reached an all-time low. How did we get here? Richard Sakwa here unpicks the story of Russo-Ukrainian... |
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When Britain Burned the White House: The 1814 Invasion of Washington
Peter Snow · Thomas Dunne Books
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In August the United States army was defeated just outside Washington DC by the worlds greatest military power President James Madison and his wife had just enough time to flee the White House before the British invaders entered British troops stopped to feast on the meal still sitting... |
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Rogue Justice: The Making of the Security State
Karen J Greenberg · Crown Publishers
Pages: 310
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The definitive account of how America's War on Terror sparked a decade-long assault on the rule of law, weakening our courts and our Constitution in the name of national security.The day after September 11, President Bush tasked the attorney general with preventing another terrorist attack... |
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The Secret History of World War II: Spies, Code Breakers, and Covert Operations
Neil Kagan · National Geographic Soc
Pages: 352
Format: Print book |
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From spy missions to code breaking, this richly illustrated account of the covert operations of World War II takes readers behind the battle lines and deep into the undercover war effort that changed the course of history. From the authors who created Eyewitness to World War II and numerous... |
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Abe and Fido
Matthew Algeo · Chicago Review Press, Incorporated, 2015.
Format: eBook |
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In early 1861, as he prepared to leave his home in Springfield, Illinois, to move into the White House, Abraham Lincoln faced many momentous tasks, but none he dreaded more than telling his two youngest sons, Willie and Tad, that the family's beloved pet dog, Fido, would not be accompanying... |
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Culloden: Scotland's Last Battle and the Forging of the British Empire
Trevor Royle · Pegasus Books
Pages: 432
Format: Print book |
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A vigorous and authoritative history of last major battle fought between Scottish and English forces, ending all hope of the Stuarts reclaiming the throne and forming the bedrock for the creation of the British Empire. The Battle of Culloden in 1746 has gone down in history as the last... |
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Pale Horse: Hunting Terrorists and Commanding Heroes with the 101st Airborne Division
Jimmy Blackmon · St Martin'S Press, 2016.
Pages: 368
Format: Print book |
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Pale Horse is the remarkable never-before-told true story of an army aviation task force during combat in the Afghan War, told by the commanding officer who was there. Set in the very valleys where the attacks of 9/11 were conceived, and where ten Medals of Honor have been earned since... |
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