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Songs of America: Patriotism, Protest, and the Music That Made a Nation
Jon Meacham · Random House
Pages: 320 Format: Hardcover
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A celebration of America and the music that inspired people and illuminated eras, from the Revolutionary War to the present, by Pulitzer Prize winner Jon Meacham and Grammy winner Tim McGraw. From "The Star Spangled Banner" to "Born in the U.S.A.," Jon Meacham and Tim McGraw... |
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The Burglary: The Discovery of J. Edgar Hoover's Secret FBI
Betty Medsger · Knopf
Format: Hardcover
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The never-before-told full story of the history-changing break-in at the FBI office in Media, Pennsylvania, by a group of unlikely activists - quiet, ordinary, hardworking Americans - that made clear the shocking truth and confirmed what some had long suspected, that J. Edgar Hoover had created... |
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These Truths: A History of the United States
JILL LEPORE · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 960 Format: Hardcover
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In the most ambitious one-volume American history in decades, award-winning historian Jill Lepore offers a magisterial account of the origins and rise of a divided nation. The American experiment rests on three ideas -- "these truths," Jefferson called them -- political equality,... |
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The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra
Helen Rappaport · St Martins Pr
Pages: 492 Format: Print book
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A New York Times Bestseller for 12 weeks! "Helen Rappaport paints a compelling portrait of the doomed grand duchesses." -- People magazine"The public spoke of the sisters in a gentile, superficial manner, but Rappaport captures sections of letters and diary entries to showcase... |
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Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America
Patrick Phillips · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 320 Format: Print book
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A gripping tale of racial cleansing in Forsyth County, Georgia, and a harrowing testament to the deep roots of racial violence in America.Forsyth County, Georgia, at the turn of the twentieth century was home to a large African American community that included ministers and teachers, farmers... |
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The China Mirage: The Hidden History of
James Bradley · Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover
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From the bestselling author of Flags of our Fathers, Flyboys, and The Imperial Cruise, a spellbinding history of turbulent U.S.-China relations from the 19th century to World War II and Mao's ascent.In each of his books, James Bradley has exposed the hidden truths behind America's... |
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The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple
Jeff Guinn · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 531 Format: Hardcover
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2018 Edgar Award Finalist - Best Fact Crime By the New York Times bestselling author of Manson, the comprehensive, authoritative, and tragic story of preacher Jim Jones, who was responsible for the Jonestown Massacre - the largest murder-suicide in American history.In the 1950s, a young... |
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Bush
Jean Edward Smith · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 808 Format: Print book
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Distinguished presidential biographer Jean Edward Smith offers a critical yet fair biography of George W. Bush, showing how he ignored his advisors to make key decisions himself - most disastrously in invading Iraq - and how these decisions were often driven by the President's deep religious... |
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Red Platoon: A True Story of American Valor
Clinton Romesha · Dutton Books
Pages: 400 Format: Print book
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The only comprehensive, firsthand account of the fourteen hour firefight at the Battle of Keating by Medal of Honor recipient Clinton Romesha, for readers of "Black Hawk Down "by Mark Bowden and "Lone Survivor" by Marcus Luttrell. "'It doesn't get better. ' To us, that... |
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Resurrection of the Wild: Meditations on Ohio's Natural Landscape
Deborah Fleming · The Kent State University Press
Pages: 199 Format: Hardcover
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An impassioned call for recognizing and preserving the ecological wonders of the Allegheny Plateau Yosemite National Park, Louisiana's bayou, the rocky coasts of New England, the desert Southwest -- America's more dramatic locations are frequently celebrated for their natural... |
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Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
Carlo Rovelli · Riverhead Books
Pages: 86 Format: Print book
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Look out for Carlo Rovelli's next book, Reality Is Not What It Seems.Instant New York Times Bestseller"One of the year's most entrancing books about science." - The Wall Street Journal"Clear, elegant...a whirlwind tour of some of the biggest ideas in physics." - The New York... |
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Patient H.M.: A Story of Memory, Madness, and Family Secrets
Luke Dittrich · Random House
Pages: 440 Format: Print book
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"Oliver Sacks meets Stephen King"* in this propulsive, haunting journey into the life of the most studied human research subject of all time, the amnesic known as Patient H.M., a man who forever altered our understanding of how memory works - and whose treatment raises deeply... |
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Twenty-Six Seconds: A Personal History of the Zapruder Film
Alexandra Zapruder · Twelve
Pages: 480 Format: Print book
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The moving, untold family story behind Abraham Zapruder's film footage of the Kennedy assassination and its lasting impact on our world. Abraham Zapruder didn't know when he began filming President Kennedy's motorcade on November 22, 1963 that his home movie would change not only his family's... |
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Smithsonian: Battles That Changed History
DK. · DK
Pages: 256 Format: Hardcover
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This illustrated guide to history's most famous battles explores military history from ancient battles to the American Civil War, World War I, World War II, the Cold War, and beyond.Featuring stunning illustrations and in-depth analysis, this military history book uses maps, paintings,... |
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