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Stalin: Waiting for Hitler, 1929-1941
STEPHEN KOTKIN · Penguin Press
Pages: 1154
Format: Hardcover
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Pulitzer Prize-finalist Stephen Kotkin has written the definitive biography of Joseph Stalin, from collectivization and the Great Terror to the conflict with Hitler's Germany that is the signal event of modern world history
In 1929, Joseph Stalin, having already achieved dictatorial... |
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The Great War in America: World War I and Its Aftermath
Garrett Peck · Pegasus Books
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover
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A chronicle of the American experience during World War I and the unexpected changes that rocked the country in its immediate aftermath -- the Red Scare, race riots, women's suffrage, and Prohibition. The Great War's bitter outcome left the experience largely overlooked and forgotten... |
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Women & Power: A Manifesto
MARY BEARD · Liveright
Pages: 128
Format: Hardcover
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"A modern feminist classic." -- The Guardian From the internationally acclaimed classicist and New York Times best-selling author comes this timely manifesto on women and power. At long last, Mary Beard addresses in one brave book the misogynists and trolls who mercilessly... |
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American Founders: How People of African Descent Established Freedom in the New World
Christina Proenza-Coles · NewSouth Books
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
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American Founders reveals men and women of African descent as key protagonists in the story of American democracy. It chronicles how black people developed and defended New World settlements, undermined slavery, and championed freedom throughout the hemisphere from the sixteenth thorough... |
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Sea Stories: My Life in Special Operations
William H. McRaven · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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In this instant New York Times bestseller, the celebrated author of Make Your Bed shares amazing adventure stories from his career as a Navy SEAL and commander of America's Special Operations Forces.
Admiral William H. McRaven is a part of American military history, having... |
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Douglas MacArthur: American Warrior
Arthur Herman · Random House
Pages: 937
Format: Print book
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A new, definitive life of an American icon, the visionary general who led American forces through three wars and foresaw his nation's great geopolitical shift toward the Pacific Rim - from the Pulitzer Prize finalist and bestselling author of Gandhi & Churchill
Douglas... |
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Smithsonian: History of the World Map by Map
Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff · DK
Pages: 440
Format: Hardcover
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More than 140 detailed maps tell the story of pivotal episodes in world history, from the first human migrations out of Africa to the space race.Custom regional and global maps present the history of the world in action, charting how events traced patterns on land and ocean--patterns of exploration,... |
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Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine
ANNE APPLEBAUM · Doubleday
Pages: 461
Format: Hardcover
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From the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Gulag and the National Book Award finalist Iron Curtain, a revelatory history of one of Stalin's greatest crimes - the consequences of which still resonate today
In 1929 Stalin launched his policy of agricultural collectivization... |
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Buyer's Remorse: How Obama Let Progressives Down
Bill Press · Threshold Editions
Pages: 320
Format: Print book
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The prominent liberal syndicated radio and television host concisely explains the many ways President Obama has failed to live up to either his promises or his progressive potential, leaving Democrats disillusioned on the issues that matter most.Bill Press - a progressive champion and former... |
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De Gaulle
Julian Jackson · Belknap Press
Pages: 928
Format: Hardcover
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A definitive biography of the mythic general who refused to accept the Nazi domination of France, drawing on unpublished letters, memoirs, and papers in the newly opened de Gaulle archives that show how this volatile and inspiring leader put his broken nation back at the center of world... |
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Dear World: A Syrian Girl's Story of War and Plea for Peace
BANA ALABED · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover
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"I'm very afraid I will die tonight." - Bana Alabed, Twitter, October 2, 2016
"Stop killing us." - Bana Alabed, Twitter, October 6, 2016
"I just want to live without fear." - Bana Alabed, Twitter, October 12, 2016
When... |
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America Before: The Key to Earth's Lost Civilization
Graham Hancock · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 608
Format: Hardcover
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Was an advanced civilization lost to history in the global cataclysm that ended the last Ice Age? Graham Hancock, the internationally bestselling author, has made it his life's work to find out--and in America Before, he draws on the latest archaeological and DNA evidence to bring his quest... |
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