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Sam Houston and the Alamo Avengers: The Texas Victory That Changed American History

Brian Kilmeade · Sentinel
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

The heart-stopping story of the fight for Texas by The New York Times bestselling author of George Washington's Secret Six and Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates.In March 1836, the Mexican army led by General Santa Anna massacred about 200-250 Texans who had been trapped in a tiny...

The Hidden History of Burma: Race, Capitalism, and the Crisis of Democracy in the 21st Century

Thant Myint-U · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Precariously positioned between China and India, Burma’s population has suffered dictatorship, natural disaster, and the dark legacies of colonial rule. But when decades of military dictatorship finally ended and internationally beloved Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi emerged from long...

This Land Is Their Land: The Wampanoag Indians, Plymouth Colony, and the Troubled History of Thanksgiving

David J. Silverman
Format: Hardcover

Checkpoint Charlie: The Cold War, The Berlin Wall, and the Most Dangerous Place On Earth

Iain MacGregor · Scribner
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

A powerful, fascinating, and groundbreaking history of Checkpoint Charlie, the famous military gate on the border of East and West Berlin where the United States confronted the USSR during the Cold War.East Germany committed a billion dollars to the creation of the Berlin Wall in the early...

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