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New Titles - History
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Dynamic Dames: 50 Leading Ladies Who Made History
de Forest, Sloan · Running Press Adult
Pages: 248
Format: Hardcover
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Celebrate 50 of the most empowering and unforgettable female characters ever to grace the screen, as well as the artists who brought them to vibrant life!From Scarlett O'Hara to Thelma and Louise to Wonder Woman, strong women have not only lit up the screen, they've inspired and fired... |
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Countdown to D-Day: The German Perspective
Peter Margaritis · Casemate
Pages: 648
Format: Hardcover
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In December 1943, with the rising realization that the Allies are planning to invade Fortress Europe, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel is assigned the title of General Inspector for the Atlantic Wall. His mission is to assess their readiness.What he finds disgusts him. The famed Atlantikwall... |
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Hollywood: Her Story, An Illustrated History of Women and the Movies
Jill Tietjen · Lyons Press
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
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The year was 1896, the woman was Alice Guy-Blaché, and the film was The Cabbage Fairy. It was less than a minute long. Guy-Blaché, the first female director, made hundreds of movies during her career. Thousands of women with passion and commitment to storytelling followed in her footsteps.... |
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Fire and Fortitude: The US Army in the Pacific War, 1941-1943
McManus, John C. · Dutton Caliber
Pages: 640
Format: Hardcover
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An engrossing, epic history of the US Army in the Pacific War, from the acclaimed author of The Dead and Those About to Die"This eloquent and powerful narrative is military history written the way it should be." - James M. McPherson, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian "Out... |
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Wade McClusky and the Battle of Midway
David Rigby · Osprey Publishing
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
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The story of the man who won the battle of Midway and avenged Pearl Harbor for the United States.During the Battle of Midway in June 1942, US Navy dive bomber pilot Wade McClusky proved himself to be one of the greatest pilots and combat leaders in American history, but his story has never... |
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Every Man a Hero: A Memoir of D-Day, the First Wave at Omaha Beach, and a World at War
Lambert, Ray · William Morrow
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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AN EXTRAORDINARY AND UNFORGETTABLE NEW FIRSTHAND ACCOUNT OF D-DAYSeventy-five years ago, he hit Omaha Beach with the first wave. Now Ray Lambert, ninety-eight years old, delivers one of the most remarkable memoirs of our time, a tour-de-force of remembrance evoking his role as a decorated... |
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Eyes of the Ancestors: The Arts of Island Southeast Asia at the Dallas Museum of Art
Reimar Schefold · Tuttle Publishing
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback
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"Simply the best book ever published on this subject." - Sir David Attenborough Lavish photography and groundbreaking texts unlock the magic of the island cultures of Indonesia, Malaysia, and East Timor through examples of textiles, sculpture, and metalwork from this prestigious... |
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Soaring to Glory: A Tuskegee Airman's Firsthand Account of WWII
Philip Handleman · Regnery History
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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Only 14 of the approximately 1,000 Tuskegee Airmen-the famed black aviators who fought in World War II-are still living today. This is the remarkable first-person account of one of those 14 men, Lt. Colonel Harry T. Stewart, Jr, who flew 43 combat missions in Italy - including one legendary... |
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The White Devil's Daughters: The Fight Against Slavery in San Francisco's Chinatown
Julia Flynn Siler · Knopf
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover
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A revelatory history of the trafficking of young Asian girls that flourished in San Francisco during the first century of Chinese immigration (1848-1943) and the "safe house" on the edge of Chinatown that became a refuge for those seeking their freedomFrom 1874, a house on the edge... |
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