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New Titles - History
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Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal
George Packer · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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In the year 2020, Americans suffered one rude blow after another to their health, livelihoods, and collective self-esteem. A ruthless pandemic, an inept and malign government response, polarizing protests, and an election marred by conspiracy theories left many citizens in despair about... |
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Geniuses at War: Bletchley Park, Colossus, and the Dawn of the Digital Age
David A. Price · Knopf
Format: Hardcover
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Planning the invasion of Normandy, the Allies knew that decoding the communications of the Nazi high command was imperative for its success. But standing in their way was an encryption machine they called Tunny (British English for "tuna") , which was vastly more difficult... |
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The Falcon and the Snowman: A True Story of Friendship and Espionage
Robert Lindsey · Open Road Media
Pages: 359
Format: Paperback
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At the height of the Cold War, some of the nation's most precious secrets passed through a CIA contractor in Southern California. Only a handful of employees were cleared to handle the intelligence that came through the Black Vault. One of them was Christopher John Boyce, a hard-partying... |
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An American Marriage: The Untold Story of Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd
Michael Burlingame · Pegasus Books
Format: Hardcover
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Abraham Lincoln was apparently one of those men who regarded "connubial bliss" as an untenable fantasy. During the Civil War, he pardoned a Union soldier who had deserted the army to return home to wed his sweetheart. As the president signed a document sparing the soldier's... |
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Children Under Fire: An American Crisis
John Woodrow Cox · Ecco
Format: Hardcover
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One of The New York Times' 16 New Books to Watch for in MarchOne of Publishers Weekly's Most Anticipated Books of the YearOne of Newsweek's Most Highly Anticipated Books of The YearOne of Buzzfeed's Most Anticipated Books the YearBased on the acclaimed series - a finalist... |
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