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His Greatest Speeches: How Lincoln Moved the Nation

Diana Schaub - ‎St. Martin's Press
Pages: Hardcover‏‎224
Format: Hardcover‏

Abraham Lincoln, our greatest president, believed that our national character was defined by three key moments: the writing of the Constitution, our declaration of independence from England, and the beginning of slavery on the North American continent. His thoughts on these landmarks can be traced...
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The Last Slave Ship: The True Story of How Clotilda Was Found, Her Descendants, and an Extraordinary Reckoning

Ben Raines - ‎Simon & Schuster
Pages: Hardcover‏‎304
Format: Hardcover‏

Fifty years after the Atlantic slave trade was outlawed, the Clotilda became the last ship in history to bring enslaved Africans to the United States. The ship was scuttled and burned on arrival to hide evidence of the crime, allowing the wealthy perpetrators to escape prosecution. Despite...
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Lake Erie Murder & Mayhem

Wendy Koile - The History Press
Format: Paperback

Lake Erie is known for its beauty and tranquility, but a dark, deadly undercurrent lurks beneath its surface. Bordering four states and two countries, the inland ocean offers the perfect getaway for criminals of all kinds. The bandits who held up the Ashtabula National Marine Bank as well...
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The Art of More: How Mathematics Created Civilization

Michael Brooks - ‎Pantheon
Pages: Hardcover‏‎336
Format: Hardcover‏

In this captivating, sweeping history, Michael Brooks makes clear that mathematics was one of the foundational innovations that catapulted humanity from a nomadic existence to civilization, and that it has been instrumental in every subsequent great leap of humankind: from charting the movements...
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American Serial Killers: The Deadliest Years 1950-2000

Peter Vronsky - ‎Berkley
Pages: Paperback‏‎416
Format: Paperback‏

With books like Serial Killers, Female Serial Killers and Sons of Cain, Peter Vronsky has established himself as the foremost expert on the history of serial killers. In this first definitive history of the "Golden Age" of American serial murder, when the number and body count...
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Aftermath: Life in the Fallout of the Third Reich, 1945-1955

Harald Jähner - ‎Knopf
Format: Hardcover

The years 1945 to 1955 were a raw, wild decade that found many Germans politically, economically, and morally bankrupt. Victorious Allied forces occupied the four zones that make up present-day Germany. More than half the population was displaced; 10 million newly released forced laborers...
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The Steal: The Attempt to Overturn the 2020 Election and the People Who Stopped It

Mark Bowden - ‎Atlantic Monthly Press
Pages: Hardcover‏‎304
Format: Hardcover‏


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Gangsters of Capitalism: Smedley Butler, the Marines, and the Making and Breaking of America's Empire

Jonathan M. Katz - ‎St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

-- -- Smedley Butler was the most celebrated warfighter of his time. Bestselling books were written about him. Hollywood adored him. Wherever the flag went, "The Fighting Quaker" went -- serving in nearly every major overseas conflict from the Spanish War of 1898 until the eve of World...
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The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation

Rosemary Sullivan - ‎HarperLuxe; Large type / Large print edition
Pages: Paperback‏‎560
Format: Paperback‏

Using new technology, recently discovered documents and sophisticated investigative techniques, an international team - led by an obsessed retired FBI agent - has finally solved the mystery that has haunted generations since World War II: Who betrayed Anne Frank and her family? And why?Over...
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Deliberate Evil: Nathaniel Hawthorne, Daniel Webster, and the 1830 Murder of a Salem Slave Trader

Edward J Renehan Jr. - ‎Chicago Review Press
Pages: Hardcover‏‎304
Format: Hardcover‏

- Terri Cheney, New York Times bestselling author of Manic The 1830 murder of wealthy slaver Joseph White outraged all of Salem, Massachusetts. Soon the crime drew national attention when it was discovered that two of the conspirators came from Salem's influential Crowninshield family:...
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