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No Good Men Among the Living: America, the Taliban, and the War through Afghan Eyes
Anand Gopal · Holt & Company, Henry Pages: 304 Format: Hardcover
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Told through the lives of three Afghans, the stunning tale of how the United States had triumph in sight in Afghanistan--and then brought the Taliban back from the deadIn a breathtaking chronicle, acclaimed journalist Anand Gopal traces in vivid detail the lives of three Afghans caught... |
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My Lai: Vietnam, 1968, and the Descent into Darkness
Howard Jones · Oxford University Press Pages: 504 Format: Hardcover
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On the early morning of March 16, 1968, American soldiers from three platoons of Charlie Company (1st Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 11th Brigade, 23rd Infantry Division) , entered a group of hamlets located in the Son Tinh district of South Vietnam, located near the Demilitarized... |
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Victory City: A History of New York and New Yorkers during World War II
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From John Strausbaugh, author of City of Sedition and The Village, comes the definitive history of Gotham during the World War II era. New York City during World War II wasn't just a place of servicemen, politicians, heroes, G.I. Joes and Rosie the Riveters, but also of quislings and saboteurs;... |
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London: The Story of a Great City
Jerry White · Andre Deutsch Pages: 160 Format: Print book
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No city has a more dramatic history than London: fire, plague, and riots have shaken its spirit, but never brought it down. The extraordinary story unfolds here through a combination of artifacts, maps, documents, paintings, photographs, and unparalleled writing. From its origins as a Roman... |
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Ghosts of the Tsunami: Death and Life in Japan's Disaster Zone
Richard Lloyd Parry · MCD Pages: 320 Format: Hardcover
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Named one of the best books of 2017 by The Guardian, NPR, GQ, The Economist, Bookforum, Amazon, and Lit HubThe definitive account of what happened, why, and above all how it felt, when catastrophe hit Japan -- by the Japan correspondent of The Times (London) and author of People Who Eat DarknessOn... |
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John Simmons : the measure of a man
Denise Doherty Pappas · No Small Matters Press Pages: 193 Format: Print book
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While cultural critics today question the economic value of a college education, nearly 150 years ago a radical tailor in Boston never doubted it. Rather, this Rhode Island native, son of a Revolutionary War Hero, and a man who did not graduate from high school, carefully accumulated a fortune... |
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Rising in Flames: Sherman's March and the Fight for a New Nation
J D Dickey · Pegasus Books Pages: 400 Format: Hardcover
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A New York Times bestselling historian sheds new light on Sherman's epic "March to the Sea," especially the soldiers, doctors, nurses, and civilians who would change the nation for the better. America in the antebellum years was a deeply troubled country, divided by partisan... |
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Queen Victoria's Mysterious Daughter: A Biography of Princess Louise
Lucinda Hawksley · Thomas Dunne Books Pages: 384 Format: Hardcover
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The secrets of Queen Victoria's sixth child, Princess Louise, may be destined to remain hidden forever. What was so dangerous about this artistic, tempestuous royal that her life has been documented more by rumor and gossip than hard facts? When Lucinda Hawksley started to investigate,... |
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Victoria: The Queen: An Intimate Biography of the Woman Who Ruled an Empire
Julia Baird · Random House Pages: 696 Format: Print book
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This page-turning biography reveals the real woman behind the myth: a bold, glamorous, unbreakable queen - a Victoria for our times. Drawing on previously unpublished papers, this stunning new portrait is a story of love and heartbreak, of devotion and grief, of strength and resilience."Victoria... |
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The Blood of Emmett Till
Timothy B Tyson · Simon & Schuster Pages: 304 Format: Audiobook
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Longlisted for the National Book Award for Nonfiction This extraordinary New York Times bestseller reexamines a pivotal event of the civil rights movement - the 1955 lynching of Emmett Till - "and demands that we do the one vital thing we aren't often enough asked to do with history:... |
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The Trigger: Hunting the Assassin Who Brought the World to War
Tim Butcher · Grove Press Pages: 326 Format: Print book
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On a summer morning in Sarajevo almost a hundred years ago, a teenager took a pistol out of his pocket and fired not just the opening rounds of the First World War but the starting gun for modern history. By killing Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Gavrilo... |
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Cyber Warfare: A Reference Handbook
Paul J. Springer · ABC-CLIO Format: Hardcover
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This timely handbook traces the development of cyber capabilities from their roots in information warfare and cryptology to their potential military application in combat. Incorporates expertise from diverse viewpoints from the military, government agencies, industry, and academia Provides... |
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