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The Franklin Stove: An Unintended American Revolution
Joyce E. Chaplin - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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The surprising story of Benjamin Franklin's most famous invention -- and a new take on the Founding Father we thought we knew. . The biggest revolution in Benjamin Franklin's lifetime was made to fit in a fireplace. Assembled from iron plates like a piece of flatpack furniture,... |
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Naples 1944: The Devil's Paradise at War
Keith Lowe - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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Award-winning author Keith Lowe's newest critical deep-dive into the history of Naples during WWII.Keith Lowe has chronicled the end of WWII in Europe in his award-winning book Savage Continent and the war's aftermath in the sequel, The Fear and the Freedom. In Naples 1944, he brings... |
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Rot: An Imperial History of the Irish Famine
Padraic X. Scanlan - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover
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A revelatory new history of the Irish Great Famine, showing how the British Empire caused Ireland's most infamous disaster. In 1845, European potato fields from Spain to Scandinavia were attacked by a novel pathogen. But it was only in Ireland, then part of the United Kingdom, that... |
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World Religions All-in-One For Dummies
The Experts at Dummies - For Dummies
Format: Paperback
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Learn about the beliefs, history, and culture of the world's most popular religions World Religions All-In-One For Dummies offers an easy starting point for anyone curious to investigate religious and cultural differences. In terms anyone can understand, this book explains the foundations... |
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Americana Insights 2024
Lisa Minardi - University of Pennsylvania Press
Format: Hardcover
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A richly illustrated presentation of the latest research on traditional American folk artAmericana Insights 2024 is the second volume of an annual series that presents the latest research and discoveries on traditional American folk art and material culture. This installment explores a diverse... |
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Lawless Republic: The Rise of Cicero and the Decline of Rome
Josiah Osgood - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover
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A historian of Rome "at the height of his powers" (Barry Strauss, author of The War That Made the Roman Empire) narrates the erosion of law and order in the last years of the Roman Republic through the rise and fall of its most famous lawyer, Cicero. In its final decades, the Roman... |
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