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American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century

Maureen Callahan · Viking
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

A gripping tour de force of investigative journalism that takes us deep into the investigation behind one of the most frightening and enigmatic serial killers in modern American history, and into the ranks of a singular American police force: the Anchorage PDMost of us have never heard...
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The Crowded Hour: Theodore Roosevelt, the Rough Riders, and the Dawn of the American Century

Clay Risen · Scribner
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

The dramatic story of the most famous regiment in American history: the Rough Riders, a motley group of soldiers led by Theodore Roosevelt, whose daring exploits marked the beginning of American imperialism in the 20th century. When America declared war on Spain in 1898, the US Army had just...
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Every Man a Hero: A Memoir of D-Day, the First Wave at Omaha Beach, and a World at War

Ray Lambert · William Morrow
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

AN EXTRAORDINARY AND UNFORGETTABLE NEW FIRSTHAND ACCOUNT OF D-DAYSeventy-five years ago, he hit Omaha Beach with the first wave. Now Ray Lambert, ninety-eight years old, delivers one of the most remarkable memoirs of our time, a tour-de-force of remembrance evoking his role as a decorated...
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Everything We Have: D-Day 6.6.'44

Gordon H. Mueller · Andre Deutsch
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Produced in association with the US National World War II Museum to commemorate the 75th anniversary of D-Day, this remarkable volume explores that historic event through the museum's archives of personal accounts and objects.With a foreword by Tom Brokaw. June 6, 1944 - D-Day - is a date...
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The Legendary Harry Caray: Baseball's Greatest Salesman

Don Zminda · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

Harry Caray is one of the most famous and beloved sports broadcasters of all time, with a career that lasted over 50 years. Always a baseball fan, Caray once vowed to become a broadcaster who was the true voice of the fans. Caray's distinctive style soon resonated across St. Louis,...
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The Simpsons: A Cultural History

Moritz Fink
Format: Hardcover

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The World of the Crusades

Christopher Tyerman · Yale University Press
Pages: 520
Format: Hardcover

A lively reimagining of how the distant medieval world of war functioned, drawing on the objects used and made by crusaders Throughout the Middle Ages crusading was justified by religious ideology, but the resulting military campaigns were fueled by concrete objectives: land, resources,...
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