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Mavericks: Life stories and lessons of history's most extraordinary misfits
Jenny Draper - Watkins Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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In her first book, popular TikTok historian J Draper uses her characteristic wit and intellect to introduce us to extraordinary figures marginalized by history, and the lessons we can learn from them.. Witty and engaging TikTok historian J.D. Draper digs out unusual stories of individuals... |
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On My Honor: The Secret History of the Boy Scouts of America
Kim Christensen - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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From a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, the shocking rise and fall of an American institution.. Since its founding in 1910, the Boy Scouts of America has been the nation's premier youth organization, espousing self-reliance and honor. More than 100 million Americans have been Boy Scouts,... |
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Golden State: The Making of California
Michael Hiltzik - Mariner Books
Format: Hardcover
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"Superb. Hiltzik makes a compelling case that California is the heartbeat of our nation." - Douglas Brinkley, New York Times bestselling author of Silent Spring RevolutionFrom Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Hiltzik, a definitive new history of California - from the Spanish conquistadors... |
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Frommer's Washington D.C. day by day
Pratt Meredith - FrommerMedia
Format: Hardcover
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This is the fifth edition of our bestselling Frommer's Washington, D.C. day by day guidebook, and Meredith Pratt, a Washington, D.C. resident for over a decade, has been the author of all but one of them. Meredith is a much-published travel journalist, and has herself experienced (when... |
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Superbloom: How Technologies of Connection Tear Us Apart
Nicholas Carr - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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From the author of The Shallows, a bracing exploration of how social media has warped our sense of self and society.From the telegraph and telephone in the 1800s to the internet and social media in our own day, the public has welcomed new communication systems. Whenever people gain more... |
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Francis of Assisi: The Life of a Restless Saint
Volker Leppin - Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover
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An award-winning historian reconstructs the life of Francis of Assisi, uncovering the man behind the myths One of the most famous figures in Christian history, Francis of Assisi (1181/82-1226) was revered as a miracle worker during his life and quickly canonized after his death. He has inspired... |
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Realm of Ice and Sky: Triumph, Tragedy, and History's Greatest Arctic Rescue
Buddy Levy - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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National Outdoor Book Award-winning author Buddy Levy's thrilling narrative of polar exploration via airship -- and the men who sacrificed everything to make history.. Arctic explorer and American visionary Walter Wellman pioneered both polar and trans-Atlantic airship aviation, making... |
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