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Anatomy of a Genocide: The Life and Death of a Town Called Buczacz
Omer Bartov · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover
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A fascinating and cautionary examination of how genocide can take root at the local level - turning neighbors, friends, and even family members against one another - as seen through the eastern European border town of Buczacz during World War II.For more than four hundred years, the Eastern... |
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Queen of the Air: A True Story of Love and Tragedy at the Circus
Dean N. Jensen · Crown
Format: Book
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A true life Water for Elephants, Queen of the Air brings the circus world to life through the gorgeously written, true story of renowned trapeze artist and circus performer Leitzel, Queen of the Air, the most famous woman in the world at the turn of the 20th century, and her star-crossed... |
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Sea of Gray: The Around-the-World Odyssey of the Confederate Raider Shenandoah
Tom Chaffin · Hill and Wang; 1st edition
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover
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The ,-Mile, Around-the-World Cruise of the Confederacys Last Ship AfloatnbspThe sleek, -foot, black auxiliary steamer The Sea King left Londonnbspon October, , , ostensibly bound for Bombay. The subterfuge was ended off the shores of Madeira, as the ship was rechristened and outfitted for war.... |
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Inventing Niagara: Beauty, Power, and Lies
Ginger Gail Strand · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 337
Format: Print book
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Americans call Niagara Falls a natural wonder, but the Falls aren't very natural anymore. In fact, they are a study in artifice. Water diverted, riverbed reshaped, brink stabilized and landscape redesigned, the Falls are more a monument to man's meddling than to nature's strength.... |
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Citizens of London: The Americans Who Stood with Britain in Its Darkest, Finest Hour
Lynne Olson · Random House; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover
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In Citizens of London, Lynne Olson has written a work of World War II history even more relevant and revealing than her acclaimed Troublesome Young Men. Here is the behind-the-scenes story of how the United States forged its wartime alliance with Britain, told from the perspective of three... |
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The Floor of Heaven: A True Tale of the Last Frontier and the Yukon Gold Rush
Howard Blum · Crown; 1st Printing edition
Format: Hardcover
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It is the last decade of the 19th century. The Wild West has been tamed and its fierce, independent and often violent larger-than-life figures gun-toting wanderers, trappers, prospectors, Indian fighters, cowboys, and lawmen are now victims of their own success. They are heroes whove outlived... |
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