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Mary Ball Washington
Craig Shirley
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The Mother of the Father of our Country. Mary Ball Washington was an unlikely candidate to be the mother of history's most famous revolutionary. In fact, George Washington's first fight for independence was from his controlling, singular mother. Stubborn, aristocratic Mary Ball Washington... |
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Open Borders
Bryan Caplan
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Economist Bryan Caplan makes a bold case for unrestricted immigration in this fact-filled graphic nonfiction. American policy-makers have long been locked in a heated battle over whether, how many, and what kind of immigrants to allow to live and work in the country. Those in favor of welcoming... |
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The Widow Washington
Martha Saxton
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The Widow Washington is the first life of Mary Ball Washington, George Washington's mother, based on archival sources. Her son's biographers have, for the most part, painted her as self-centered and crude, a trial and an obstacle to her oldest child. But the records tell a very different... |
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A South You Never Ate
Bernard L. Herman
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Nestled between the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean, and stretching from Hampton Roads to Assateague Island, Virginia's Eastern Shore is a distinctly southern place with an exceptionally southern taste. In this inviting narrative, Bernard L. Herman welcomes readers into the communities,... |
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This Land Is Our Land
Mehta, Suketu
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A timely argument for why the United States and the West would benefit from accepting more immigrants. There are few subjects in American life that prompt more discussion and controversy than immigration. But do we really understand it? In This Land Is Our Land, the renowned... |
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Say Nothing
Keefe, Patrick Radden
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From award-winning New Yorker staff writer Patrick Radden Keefe, a stunning, intricate narrative about a notorious killing in Northern Ireland and its devastating repercussions. In December 1972, Jean McConville, a 38-year-old mother of 10, was dragged from her Belfast... |
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The Yellow House
Sarah M. Broom
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In 1961, Sarah M. Broom's mother Ivory Mae bought a shotgun house in the then-promising neighborhood of New Orleans East and built her world inside of it. It was the height of the Space Race and the neighborhood was home to a major NASA plant-the postwar optimism seemed assured. Widowed,... |
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History of the Chesapeake Bay
Therese M. Shea
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The historical significance of the Chesapeake Bay region stretches from the United States' founding through the Civil War to the present day. Home to important research institutions, busy ports, and a growing population, the bay's past has helped it build a bright future. Readers will follow... |
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