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New Titles - History
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The Restless Kings: Henry II, His Sons and the Wars for the Plantagenet Crown
Nick Barratt · Faber & Faber
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover
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"A vivid and humane study of the Plantagenets' diabolical and devious first family - a real joy to read." -- Dan Jones, author of The War of the RosesIn The Restless Kings Nick Barratt presents the tumultuous struggle for supremacy between the first Plantagenet king, Henry... |
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The Darkest Year: The American Home Front 1941-1942
William K. Klingaman · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
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The Darkest Year is acclaimed author William K. Klingaman's narrative history of the American home front from December 7, 1941 through the end of 1942, a psychological study of the nation under the pressure of total war.For Americans on the home front, the twelve months following the Japanese... |
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Women Warriors: An Unexpected History
Pamela D. Toler · Beacon Press
Pages: 280
Format: Hardcover
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Who says women don't go to war? From Vikings and African queens to cross-dressing military doctors and WWII Russian fighter pilots, these are the stories of women for whom battle was not a metaphor.The woman warrior is always cast as an anomaly--Joan of Arc, not GI Jane. But women,... |
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Tin Cans and Greyhounds: The Destroyers that Won Two World Wars
Clint Johnson · Regnery History
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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For men on destroyer-class warships during World War I and World War II, battles were waged "against overwhelming odds from which survival could not be expected." Those were the words Lieutenant Commander Robert Copeland calmly told his crew as their tiny, unarmored destroyer... |
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Dying for a Drink: How a Prohibition Preacher Got Away with Murder
Patrick Brode · Biblioasis
Pages: 216
Format: Paperback
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Known to history as "The Fighting Parson," Reverend J.O.L. Spracklin broke into a notorious Windsor roadhouse one chilly November night in 1920 and shot and killed barkeep Beverly "Babe" Trumble. Easily acquitted by reason of self-defense, he never served a day of time.... |
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Women of the Blue and Gray: True Civil War Stories of Mothers, Medics, Soldiers, and Spies
Marianne Monson · Thorndike Press Large Print
Pages: 420
Format: Library Binding
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Hidden amongst the photographs, uniforms, revolvers, and war medals of the Civil War are the remarkable stories of some of the most unlikely heroes--women. North, South, black, white, Native American, immigrant--the women in these micro-drama biographies are wives, mothers, sisters, and friends... |
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How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States
Daniel Immerwahr · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 528
Format: Hardcover
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A pathbreaking history of the United States' overseas possessions and the true meaning of its empireWe are familiar with maps that outline all fifty states. And we are also familiar with the idea that the United States is an "empire," exercising power around the world. But what... |
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Cuba Libre!: Che, Fidel, and the Improbable Revolution That Changed World History
Tony Perrottet · Blue Rider Press
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
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The surprising story of Che Guevara, Fidel Castro, and the scrappy band of rebel men and women who followed them.Most people are familiar with the basics of the Cuban Revolution of 1956-1959: it was led by two of the twentieth century's most charismatic figures, Fidel Castro and Che Guevara;... |
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