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The Storied City: The Quest for Timbuktu and the Fantastic Mission to Save Its Past
Charlie English · Riverhead Books Pages: 400 Format: Hardcover
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Two tales of a city: The historical race to "discover" one of the world's most mythologized places, and the story of how a contemporary band of archivists and librarians, fighting to save its ancient manuscripts from destruction at the hands of al Qaeda, added another layer to the legend."A... |
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Thomas Cromwell: A Revolutionary Life
Diarmaid MacCulloch · Viking Pages: 640 Format: Hardcover
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The long-awaited biography of the genius who masterminded Henry VIII's bloody revolution in government, based on a decade of original archival research, which reveals at last Cromwell's role in the downfall of Anne Boleyn"This a book that - and it's not often you can say this - we have... |
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A Brief History of WWI
Jon E. Lewis · Running Press; Revised edition Format: Book
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No other conflict has so dramatically illustrated the senselessness of war and shaped the modern world to the same extent, from its impact on the Russian Revolution and the rise of Hitler to the final break-up of the British Empire and the supremacy of America. Contains over 180 compelling... |
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The Mayflower: The Families, the Voyage, and the Founding of America
Rebecca Fraser · St. Martin's Press Pages: 400 Format: Hardcover
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From acclaimed historian and biographer Rebecca Fraser comes a vivid narrative history of the Mayflower and of the Winslow family, who traveled to America in search of a new world.The voyage of the Mayflower and the founding of Plymouth Colony is one of the seminal events in world history.... |
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The Persecution of the Knights Templar: Scandal, Torture, Trial
Alain Demurger · Pegasus Books Pages: 368 Format: Hardcover
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The definitive account of history's most infamous trial, following the doomed Order of the Knights Templar from scandal to suppression. The trial of the Knights Templar is one of the most infamous in history. Accused of heresy by the king of France, the Templars were arrested and imprisoned,... |
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Bush
Jean Edward Smith · Simon & Schuster Pages: 808 Format: Print book
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Distinguished presidential biographer Jean Edward Smith offers a critical yet fair biography of George W. Bush, showing how he ignored his advisors to make key decisions himself - most disastrously in invading Iraq - and how these decisions were often driven by the President's deep religious... |
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Whirlwind: The American Revolution and the War That Won It
John Ferling · Bloomsbury Press; 1 edition Format: eBook
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Amid a great collection of scholarship and narrative history on the Revolutionary War and the American struggle for independence, there is a gaping hole one that John Ferlings latest book, Whirlwind, will fill. Books chronicling the Revolution have largely ranged from multivolume tomes... |
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American Spring: Lexington, Concord, and the Road to Revolution
Walter R. Borneman · Little Brown and Company Pages: 480 Format: Hardcover
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A vibrant new look at the American Revolution's first months, from the author of the bestseller The Admirals When we reflect on our nation's history, the American Revolution can feel almost like a foregone conclusion. In reality, the first weeks and months of 1775 were very tenuous,... |
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Dreamstreets: A Journey Through Britain's Village Utopias
Jacqueline Yallop · Vintage Pages: 240 Format: Print book
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A history of one of the most enduring experiments of Victorian philanthropy -- the 'model' village. Twenty years ago, Jacqueline Yallop began her working life leading guided walks at a small village high in the fells of the North Pennines. Built by philanthropic employers for families... |
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A Little History of Archaeology
BRIAN FAGAN · Yale University Press Pages: 288 Format: Hardcover
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The thrilling history of archaeological adventure, with tales of danger, debate, audacious explorers, and astonishing discoveries around the globe What is archaeology? The word may bring to mind images of golden pharaohs and lost civilizations, or Neanderthal skulls and Ice Age cave art.... |
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Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs
Johann Hari · Bloomsbury USA; 1 edition Format: Kindle Edition
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"January, 2015 will mark a century of the war on drugs in the United States: one hundred years since the first arrests under the Harrison Act. Facing down this anniversary, Johann Hari was witnessing a close relative and an ex-boyfriend bottoming out on cocaine and heroin. But what... |
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