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Scarface and the Untouchable: Al Capone, Eliot Ness, and the Battle for Chicago

MAX ALLAN COLLINS · William Morrow
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

At last, the definitive account of the battle for Chicago: Legendary novelist Max Allan Collins and acclaimed rising historian A. Brad Schwartz combine talents in this groundbreaking dual biography of Al Capone, America's most notorious gangster, and Eliot Ness, the upright Prohibition...
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Founding Martyr: The Life and Death of Dr. Joseph Warren, the American Revolution's Lost Hero

Christian Di Spigna · Crown
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

A rich and illuminating biography of America's forgotten Founding Father, the patriot physician and major general who fomented rebellion and died heroically at the battle of Bunker Hill on the brink of revolutionLittle has been known of one of the most important figures in early American...
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Fly Girls: How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History

KEITH O'BRIEN · Eamon Dolan/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

The untold story of five women who fought to compete against men in the high-stakes national air races of the 1920s and 1930s - and won Between the world wars, no sport was more popular, or more dangerous, than airplane racing. Thousands of fans flocked to multi‑day events, and cities...
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The Fighters

C. J. Chivers · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

Pulitzer Prize-winning conflict journalist C.J. Chivers follows the arcs of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq through the experiences of those who fought them, as Stephen Ambrose did for the grunts of WWII, and Michael Herr's classic Dispatches did for Vietnam.Almost 2.5 million Americans...
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Fear: Trump in the White House

BOB WOODWARD · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover

THE INSIDE STORY ON PRESIDENT TRUMP, AS ONLY BOB WOODWARD CAN TELL ITWith authoritative reporting honed through eight presidencies from Nixon to Obama, author Bob Woodward reveals in unprecedented detail the harrowing life inside President Donald Trump's White House and precisely how he makes...
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The Battle of Arnhem: The Deadliest Airborne Operation of WWII

ANTONY BEEVOR · Viking
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover

The prizewinning historian and internationally bestselling author of D-Day reconstructs the devastating airborne battle of Arnhem in this gripping new account.On September 17, 1944, General Kurt Student, the founder of Nazi Germany's parachute forces, heard the groaning roar of airplane...
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The Escape Artists: A Band of Daredevil Pilots and the Greatest Prison Break of the Great War

NEAL BASCOMB · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

"Bascomb has unearthed a remarkable piece of hidden history, and told it perfectly. The story brims with adventure, suspense, daring, and heroism." - David Grann, New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon Neal Bascomb, New York Times best-selling author,...
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Leadership in Turbulent Times

DORIS KEARNS GOODWIN · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover

In this culmination of five decades of acclaimed studies in presidential history, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin offers an illuminating exploration of the early development, growth, and exercise of leadership.Are leaders born or made? Where does ambition come from? How does...
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Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates

Eric Jay Dolin · Liveright
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

With surprising tales of vicious mutineers, imperial riches, and high-seas intrigue, Black Flags, Blue Waters vividly reanimates the "Golden Age" of piracy in the Americas. Set against the backdrop of the Age of Exploration, Black Flags, Blue Waters reveals the dramatic and surprising...
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Unhinged: An Insider's Account of the Trump White House

TO BE CONFIRMED GALLERY. · Gallery Books
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

The former Assistant to the President and Director of Communications for the Office of Public Liaison in the Trump White House provides a jaw-dropping look into the corruption and controversy of the current administration.Few have been a member of Donald Trump's inner orbit longer than...
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The Death of Hitler: The Final Word

JEAN-CHRISTOPHE BRISARD · Da Capo Press
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

Based on unprecedented access to a long-buried archive, a dramatic and revealing account that sheds new light on Hitler's final hours, his death and his remains.What actually happened in Hitler's bunker? What happened to Hitler's body in those last desperate days after Germany's...
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Travelers in the Third Reich: The Rise of Fascism: 1919?1945

JULIA BOYD · Pegasus Books
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover

This fascinating and shocking history of the rise of the Nazis draws together a multitude of expatriate voices -- even Charles Lindbergh and Samuel Beckett -- into a powerful narrative charting this extraordinary phenomenon.Without the benefit of hindsight, how do you interpret what's...
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Paris on the Brink: The 1930s Paris of Jean Renoir, Salvador Dalí, Simone de Beauvoir, André Gide, Sylvia Beach, Léon Blum, and Their Friends

Mary Sperling McAuliffe · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 376
Format: eBook

Paris on the Brink vividly portrays the City of Light during the tumultuous 1930s, from the Wall Street Crash of 1929 to war and German Occupation. This was a dangerous and turbulent decade, during which workers flexed their economic muscle and their opponents struck back with increasing...
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Liars, Leakers and Liberals

JEANINE PIRRO · Center Street
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

As host of her own show on Fox for many years, Judge Jeanine Pirro has seen firsthand how narratives take form, whether they are based in truth or not. In her explosive new book, she will write about some of the most egregious lies she's seen, and take on the Liars, Leakers, and Liberals.
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Homeplace: A Southern Town, a Country Legend, and the Last Days of a Mountaintop Honky-Tonk

John Lingan · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

An intimate account of country music, social change, and a vanishing way of life as a Shenandoah town collides with the twenty-first century Winchester, Virginia is an emblematic American town. When John Lingan first traveled there, it was to seek out Jim McCoy: local honky-tonk owner and the DJ who first...
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Rising Out of Hatred: The Awakening of a Former White Nationalist

ELI SASLOW · Doubleday
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

From a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, the powerful story of how a prominent white supremacist changed his heart and mindDerek Black grew up at the epicenter of white nationalism. His father founded Stormfront, the largest racist community on the Internet. His godfather, David Duke, was a KKK Grand...
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