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Chattahoochee Valley Libraries
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New Titles - History
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Rain of Ruin: Tokyo, Hiroshima, and the Surrender of Japan
Richard Overy Ph.D. - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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A leading historian of World War II sheds new light on the purposes and impact of the U.S. incendiary and atomic bombing of Japan's cities in 1945.With the development of the B-29 "Superfortress" in summer 1944, strategic bombing, a central component of the Allied war effort... |
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From Trenton to Yorktown: Turning Points of the Revolutionary War
John R. Maass - Osprey Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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Published to coincide with the 250th anniversary, this sweeping narrative is an astute exploration of the five critical military events that changed the outcome of the Revolutionary war. . For eight grueling years, American and British military forces struggled in a bloody war over colonial... |
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Taking Manhattan: The Extraordinary Events That Created New York and Shaped America
Russell Shorto - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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The thrilling narrative of how New York came to be, by the author of the beloved classic The Island at the Center of the World.In 1664, England decided to invade the Dutch-controlled city of New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island. Charles II and his brother, the Duke of York, had dreams of empire,... |
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Let Only Red Flowers Bloom: Identity and Belonging in Xi Jinping's China
Emily Feng - Crown
Format: Hardcover
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An intimate, deeply reported investigation into the battle over identity in China, chronicling the state oppression of those who fail to conform to Xi Jinping's definition of who is "Chinese," from an award-winning NPR correspondent.. The rise of China and its great power... |
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The Age of Choice: A History of Freedom in Modern Life
Sophia Rosenfeld - Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover
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A sweeping history of the rise of personal choice in the modern world and how it became equated with freedom. Choice touches virtually every aspect of our lives, from what to buy and where to live to whom to love, what profession to practice, and even what to believe. But the option to choose... |
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The Secret Public: How Music Moved Queer Culture from the Margins to the Mainstream
Jon Savage - Highbridge Audio
Format: Hardcover
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A monumental history of the gay influence on popular culture, from the rise of Little Richard to the collapse of disco in 1979.Award-winning author Jon Savage takes us on a fast and captivating journey through the history of pop music as seen through the eyes of queer artists.Jon Savage,... |
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Migration to South Carolina - 1850 Census from England, Scotland, Germany, Italy, France, Spain, Russia, Denmark, Sweden, and Switzerland
Margaret Peckham Motes - Clearfield
Format: Paperback
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One of four volumes in Mrs. Motes' series devoted to the ethnic and migration components of South Carolina's population taken from the federal census of 1850, this work names 3,700 foreign-born South Carolinians (other than Irish, who are treated in another volume in this series)... |
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