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Native Nations: A Millennium in North America
Kathleen DuVal - Random House
Format: Hardcover
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A magisterial history of Indigenous North America that places the power of Native nations at its center, telling their story from the rise of ancient cities more than a thousand years ago to fights for sovereignty that continue today. "A feat of both scholarship and storytelling."... |
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After 1177 B.C.: The Survival of Civilizations (Turning Points in Ancient History, 12)
Eric Cline - Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover
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In this gripping sequel to his bestselling 1177 B.C., Eric Cline tells the story of what happened after the Bronze Age collapsed - why some civilizations endured, why some gave way to new ones, and why some disappeared forever. "A landmark book: lucid, deep, and insightful. . . . You cannot... |
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Puerto Rico: A National History
Jorell Meléndez-Badillo - Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover
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A panoramic history of Puerto Rico from pre-Columbian times to today
Puerto Rico is a Spanish-speaking territory of the United States with a history shaped by conquest and resistance. For centuries, Puerto Ricans have crafted and negotiated complex ideas about nationhood. Jorell Meléndez-Badillo... |
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The Transgender Encyclopedia
Brent L. Pickett - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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With over 200 entries ranging from Ancient Egypt to contemporary developments in law, media, and politics, the Transgender Encyclopedia shows how gender diversity spans the world and has done so for millennia. Read about how cultures have recognized and affirmed third and fourth genders.... |
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A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks
David Gibbins - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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From renowned underwater archaeologist David Gibbins comes an exciting and rich narrative of human history told through the archaeological discoveries of twelve shipwrecks across time.. The Viking warship of King Cnut the Great. Henry VIII's the Mary Rose. Captain John Franklin's... |
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The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic: Reconstruction, 1860-1920
Manisha Sinha - Liveright
Format: Hardcover
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A groundbreaking, expansive new account of Reconstruction that fundamentally alters our view of this formative period in American history. We are told that the present moment bears a strong resemblance to Reconstruction, the era after the Civil War when the victorious North attempted to create... |
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Tinseltown Gangsters: The Rise and Decline of the Mob in Hollywood
Jeffrey Sussman author of Sin City Gangsters Boxing and the Mob and Big Apple Gangsters - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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Sussman turns his attention to the mob in Hollywood during the 20th century. He begins with Joseph Kennedy, the patriarch of the Kennedy family, who reportedly used the connections he established with the mafia during Prohibition in Chicago to borrow... |
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Double Click: Twin Photographers in the Golden Age of Magazines
Carol Kino - Scribner
Format: Hardcover
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A riveting dual biography of the McLaughlins - identical twin sisters who became groundbreaking photographers in New York during the glamorous magazine golden age of the 1930s and 40s - for fans of Ninth Street Women and The Barbizon. . The McLaughlin twins were trailblazing female photographers,... |
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