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Mother Teresa

Kathryn Spink - HarperOne; Rev Upd edition
Format: Paperback

Manyhave called her a saint. She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 and India'shighest civilian honor, the Jewel of India, in 1980. Pope John Paul II declaredher "Blessed," beatifying her in 2003. For nearly fifty years at the head ofCalcutta's Missionaries of Charity,...
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Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning

Liz Cheney - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover

INSTANT #1 BESTSELLER: A gripping first-hand account of the January 6th, 2021, insurrection from inside the halls of Congress, from origins to aftermath, as Donald Trump and his enablers betrayed the American people and the Constitution - by the House Republican leader who dared to stand...
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Swamp Kings: The Story of the Murdaugh Family of South Carolina and a Century of Backwoods Power

Jason Ryan - Pegasus Crime
Format: Hardcover

The stranger-than-fiction story of the now-notorious Lowcountry clan, in all its Southern Gothic intensity - by an author with unparalleled access to and knowledge of the players, the history, and the place.. The most famous man in South Carolina lives in prison. He stands convicted of a staggering...
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The Deerfield Massacre: A Surprise Attack, a Forced March, and the Fight for Survival in Early America

James L. Swanson - Scribner
Format: Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Manhunt (now an Apple TV series) and in the tradition of Empire of the Summer Moon comes a spellbinding account of a forgotten chapter in American history: the deadly confrontation between natives and colonists in Massachusetts in 1704 and the tragic...
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Beverly Hills Spy: The Double-Agent War Hero Who Helped Japan Attack Pearl Harbor

Ronald Drabkin - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover

"A beguiling tale of espionage and double-dealing in the years leading up to World War II. ... Strap in for a narrative that demands a suspension of disbelief - and richly rewards it." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) ; Best Books of February SelectionThe untold story of the World...
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The Age of Revolutions: And the Generations Who Made It

Nathan Perl-Rosenthal - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover

A panoramic new history of the revolutionary decades between 1760 and 1825, from North America and Europe to Haiti and Spanish America, showing how progress and reaction went hand in hand. The revolutions that raged across Europe and the Americas over seven decades, from 1760 to 1825, created...
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The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq

Steve Coll - Penguin Audio
Format: Hardcover

From bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Steve Coll, the definitive story of the decades-long relationship between the United States and Saddam Hussein, and a deeply researched and news-breaking investigation into how human error, cultural miscommunication, and hubris led to one of the costliest...
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American Woman: The Transformation of the Modern First Lady, from Hillary Clinton to Jill Biden

Katie Rogers - Crown
Format: Hardcover

The first definitive exploration of the changing role of the twenty-first-century First Lady, painting a comprehensive portrait of Jill Biden - from a White House correspondent for The New York Times. "A fascinating and deeply researched exploration into the most public facing and least...
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The Counterfeit Countess: The Jewish Woman Who Rescued Thousands of Poles During the Holocaust

Elizabeth B. White - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

The astonishing story of Dr. Josephine Janina Mehlberg - a Jewish mathematician who saved thousands of lives in Nazi-occupied Poland by masquerading as a Polish aristocrat - drawing on Mehlberg's own unpublished memoir.. World War II and the Holocaust have given rise to many stories...
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Evidence of the Old World

David Edward - Independently published
Format: Paperback

From best selling author David Edward and old world researcher Jon Levi (@JonLeviChannel) comes the groundbreaking book Evidence of the Old World. As discussed on Coast to Coast AM 9/30/2023! "Strange as it may appear, America abounds in antiquities, so extensive, so beautiful...
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