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New Titles - History
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The World of Lore: Dreadful Places
AARON MAHNKE · Del Rey
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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Captivating stories of the places where human evil has left a nefarious mark - featuring both rare and best-loved stories from the hit podcast Lore, now a streaming television series Sometimes you walk into a room, a building, or even a town, and you feel it. Something seems off - an atmosphere... |
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The Deadly Deep: The Definitive History of Submarine Warfare
Iain Ballantyne · Pegasus Books
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
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The fascinating story of the submarine's evolution from its ancient beginnings to its culmination as the deadliest vessel ever invented.A fascinating and comprehensive account of how an initially ineffectual underwater boat -- originally derided and loathed in equal measure -- evolved... |
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Influenza: The Hundred Year Hunt to Cure the Deadliest Disease in History
JEREMY BROWN · Touchstone
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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On the 100th anniversary of the devastating pandemic of 1918, Jeremy Brown, a veteran ER doctor, explores the troubling, terrifying, and complex history of the flu virus, from the origins of the Great Flu that killed millions, to vexing questions such as: are we prepared for the next epidemic,... |
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National Geographic Almanac 2019: Hot New Science, Fearless Explorers, Epic Adventures. Incredible Photographs
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC. · National Geographic
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback
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A one-of-a-kind annual featuring surprising facts, stunning color photos, arresting infographics, and illuminating maps that present the world in a whole new way.An almanac like you've never seen before, this arresting volume features key information on science, nature, history, and geography,... |
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When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt
KARA COONEY · National Geographic
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
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This riveting narrative explores the lives of six remarkable female pharaohs, from Hatshepsut to Cleopatra--women who ruled with real power--and shines a piercing light on our own perceptions of women in power today.Female rulers are a rare phenomenon--but thousands of years ago in ancient... |
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A World on Edge: The End of the Great War and the Dawn of a New Age
Daniel Schönpflug · Metropolitan Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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The story of the aftermath of World War I, a transformative time when a new world seemed possible -- told from the vantage of people, famous and ordinary, who lived through the turmoilNovember 1918. The Great War has left Europe in ruins, but with the end of hostilities, a radical new start... |
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Impeachment: An American History
JonMeacham · Modern Library
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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Four experts on the American presidency examine the three times impeachment has been invoked - against Andrew Johnson, Richard Nixon, and Bill Clinton - and explain what it means today.Impeachment is a double-edged sword. Though it was designed to check tyrants, Thomas Jefferson also called... |
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Patriot or Traitor: The Life and Death of Sir Walter Ralegh
Anna Beer · Oneworld Publications
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover
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Sir Walter Ralegh's life is romantic, irresistible and of central importance to Great Britain's island story. His death is a convoluted and contested tale of bargaining, failure and betrayal. Through the Elizabethan golden age and Ralegh's famous adventures to the final act,... |
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Murder at Montpelier: Igbo Africans in Virginia
Douglas B. Chambers · University Press of Mississippi
Pages: 325
Format: Hardcover
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In 1732 Ambrose Madison, grandfather of the future president, languished for weeks in a sickbed then died. The death, soon after his arrival on the plantation, bore hallmarks of what planters assumed to be traditional African medicine. African slaves were suspected of poisoning their master.... |
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