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Defending the City of God: A Medieval Queen, the First Crusades, and the Quest for Peace in Jerusalem
Sharan Newman · Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Pages: 256
Format: Print book
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Jerusalem sits at the crossroads of three continents and has been continuously invaded for millennia. Yet, in the middle of one of the region's most violent eras, the Crusades, an amazing multicultural world was forming. Templar knights, Muslim peasants, Turkish caliphs, Jewish merchants,... |
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Row for Freedom: Crossing an Ocean in Search of Hope
Julia Immonen · Thomas Nelson
Format: Print book
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“When you’re in the middle of the adventure, you just have to live it. When you’re on an expedition, you put your head down and battle through. Storytelling happens after the finish line. . . . now that time has come [and] Julia can tell her story. The full story.”—from... |
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The Baron of Beacon Hill: A Biography of John Hancock
William Morgan Fowler · Houghton Mifflin; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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John Hancock belongs to that nearly mythical assemblage, the Founding Fathers, and his bold signature across the Declaration of Independence has placed him among the most famous of that legendary group. Indeed, the very renown of his signature has tended to obscure his position as one of the most... |
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The Mantle of Command: FDR at War, 1941–1942
Nigel Hamilton · Mariner Books
Pages: 544
Format: Paperback
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Longlisted for the National Book Award "This bold argument . . . will undoubtedly change the way we see Franklin Roosevelt." - Christian Science Monitor "Masterly." - Wall Street Journal A dramatic, eye-opening account of how FDR took personal charge of the military... |
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Edward II
Harold Frederick Hutchison · Stein and Day; First edition
Format: Hardcover
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Book by Hutchison, Harold Frederick |
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My Usual Table: A Life in Restaurants
Colman Andrews · HarperCollins Publishers
Pages: 322
Format: Print book
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My Usual Table is a love letter to the great restaurants that have changed the way we eat - from Trader Vic's to Chez Panisse and Spago to elBulli - and a vivid memoir of a life lived in food, from a founding editor of Saveur and James Beard Award-winning writer Colman Andrews.For reviewer,... |
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Little Failure: A Memoir
Gary Shteyngart · Random House of Canada, Limited
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALISTNAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY MICHIKO KAKUTANI, THE NEW YORK TIMES * NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY TIMENAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY MORE THAN 45 PUBLICATIONS,... |
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Homegrown terror : Benedict Arnold and the burning of New London
Eric D Lehman · Wesleyan University Press
Format: Book
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On September 6, 1781, Connecticut native Benedict Arnold and a force of 1,600 British soldiers and loyalists took Fort Griswold and burnt New London to the ground. The brutality of the invasion galvanized the new nation, and "Remember New London!" would become a rallying cry for troops... |
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Morgue: A Life in Death
Vincent Dimaio · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 268
Format: Print book
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Forensic science is booming. TV dramas, books and movies have made morgues cool. Complex technology and intricate research can take curdled blood, bone shards, and flakes of skin and turn them into justice. And Vincent Di Maio, MD, son of a famous New York City medical examiner, is one of the lions... |
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They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us
HANIF WILLIS-ABDURRAQIB · Two Dollar Radio
Pages: 236
Format: Paperback
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In an age of confusion, fear, and loss, Hanif Abdurraqib's is a voice that matters. Whether he's attending a Bruce Springsteen concert the day after visiting Michael Brown's grave, or discussing public displays of affection at a Carly Rae Jepsen show, he writes with a poignancy and magnetism... |
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Once a Cop: My Journey from Former Crack Dealer to the Highest Ranks of the NYPD
Corey Pegues · Atria Books, 2016.
Pages: 320
Format: Print book
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New Jack City meets Serpico in this provocative memoir of a crack dealer-turned-decorated NYPD officer - a timely reflection on the complex relationship between the police and the communities they are meant to protect.Corey Pegues has lived on both sides of the law. At the height of the 1980s... |
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Ernest Hemingway: A Biography
Mary V Dearborn · Knopf
Pages: 752
Format: Print book
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The first full biography of Ernest Hemingway in more than fifteen years; the first to draw upon a wide array of never-before-used material; the first written by a woman, from the widely acclaimed biographer of Norman Mailer, Peggy Guggenheim, Henry Miller, and Louise Bryant. A revelatory... |
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The Last Job: "The Bad Grandpas" and the Hatton Garden Heist
Dan Bilefsky · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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The definitive account of one of the most brazen jewel heists in history.Over Easter weekend 2015, a motley crew of six English thieves, several in their sixties and seventies, couldn't resist coming out of retirement for one last career-topping heist. Their target: the Hatton Garden Safe... |
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