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On Great Fields: The Life and Unlikely Heroism of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
Ronald C. White - Random House
Format: Hardcover
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From the New York Times bestselling author of A. Lincoln and American Ulysses comes the dramatic and definitive biography of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, the history-altering professor turned Civil War hero."A vital and vivid portrait of an unlikely military hero who played a key role... |
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Romney: A Reckoning
McKay Coppins - Scribner
Format: Hardcover
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! A remarkably illuminating biography of one of America's most fascinating political figures - including news-making revelations from Mitt Romney himself about dissension within today's Republican Party - written with his full cooperation by an award-winning... |
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Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World
Mary Beard - Liveright
Format: Hardcover
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A sweeping account of the social and political world of the Roman emperors by "the world's most famous classicist" (Guardian) .In her international bestseller SPQR, Mary Beard told the thousand-year story of ancient Rome. Now she shines her spotlight on the emperors who ruled... |
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The Forgers: The Forgotten Story of the Holocaust's Most Audacious Rescue Operation
Roger Moorhouse - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover
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The secret history of one of the largest - and least-known - rescue operations of World War II . Between 1940 and 1943, a group of Polish diplomats in Switzerland engaged in a wholly remarkable - and until now, completely unknown - humanitarian operation. In concert with Jewish activists,... |
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Mischievous Creatures: The Forgotten Sisters Who Transformed Early American Science
Catherine McNeur - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover
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The untold story of two sisters whose discoveries sped the growth of American science in the nineteenth century. In Mischievous Creatures, historian Catherine McNeur uncovers the lives and work of Margaretta Hare Morris and Elizabeth Carrington Morris, sisters and scientists in early America.... |
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American Gun: The True Story of the AR-15
Cameron McWhirter - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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American Gun: The True Story of the AR-15 presents the epic history of America's most controversial weapon.In the 1950s, an obsessive firearms designer named Eugene Stoner invented the AR-15 rifle in a California garage. High-minded and patriotic, Stoner sought to devise a lightweight,... |
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