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Francis of Assisi: The Life of a Restless Saint
Volker Leppin - Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover
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An award-winning historian reconstructs the life of Francis of Assisi, uncovering the man behind the myths One of the most famous figures in Christian history, Francis of Assisi (1181/82-1226) was revered as a miracle worker during his life and quickly canonized after his death. He has inspired... |
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Saints and Liars: The Story of Americans Who Saved Refugees from the Nazis
Debórah Dwork - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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A gripping history that plumbs the extraordinary stories of American relief and rescue workers during World War II.Long before their country officially joined the war, American aid workers were active in rescue efforts across Europe. Two such Americans were Martha and Waitstill Sharp, who were... |
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African History of Africa, An: From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence
Zeinab Badawi - Mariner Books
Format: Hardcover
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Already a major international bestseller, Zeinab Badawi's sweeping and much-needed survey of African history traces the continent's extraordinary legacy from prehistory to the present from the African perspective."Equal parts gripping and galvanizing. . . . Researched across... |
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The JFK Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Kennedy―and Why It Failed
Brad Meltzer - Flatiron Books
Format: Hardcover
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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. From the New York Times bestselling authors of The Nazi Conspiracy and The Lincoln Conspiracy comes a true, little-known story about the first assassination attempt on John F. Kennedy, right before his inauguration.. Kennedy, the thirty-fifth president... |
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Save Our Souls: The True Story of a Castaway Family, Treachery, and Murder
Matthew Pearl - Harper
Format: Hardcover
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INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERFrom the bestselling author of The Taking of Jemima Boone, the unbelievable true story of a real-life Swiss Family Robinson (and their dog) who faced sharks, shipwreck, and betrayal.On December 10, 1887, a shark fishing boat disappeared. On board the doomed vessel... |
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Shock Values: Prices and Inflation in American Democracy
Carola Binder - University of Chicago Press
Format: Hardcover
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ONE OF THE WALL STREET JOURNAL'S 10 BEST BOOKS OF 2024How inflation and deflation fears shape American democracy. Many foundational moments in American economic history - the establishment of paper money, wartime price controls, the rise of the modern Federal Reserve - occurred during... |
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Her Lotus Year: China, the Roaring Twenties, and the Making of Wallis Simpson
Paul French - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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New York Times bestselling author Paul French examines a controversial and revealing period in the early life of the legendary Wallis, Duchess of Windsor-her one year in China.Before she was the Duchess of Windsor, Bessie Wallis Warfield was Mrs. Wallis Spencer, wife of Earl "Win"... |
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Freedom: Memoirs 1954 – 2021
Angela Merkel - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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For sixteen years, Angela Merkel was Chancellor of Germany and at the forefront of European and international politics. In her memoir, she looks back on her life in two German states -- East Germany until 1990, and reunified Germany thereafter. How did she, coming from the East, rise to the top of the Christian... |
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