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New Titles - History
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Escalante's Dream: On the Trail of the Spanish Discovery of the Southwest
Roberts, David · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 360
Format: Hardcover
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Famed adventure writer David Roberts retraces the route of the legendary Domínguez-Escalante expedition.In July 1776 a pair of Franciscan friars, Francisco Atanasio Domínguez and Silvestre Vélez de Escalante, were charged by the governor of New Mexico with discovering a route across... |
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In Oceans Deep: Courage, Innovation, and Adventure Beneath the Waves
Streever, Bill · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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A thrilling exploration of the science and history of the deep sea.Full of mystery and danger, the deep sea has long been a symbol of the great unknown. In this dramatic and thrilling account, acclaimed biologist and deep sea diver Bill Streever shows us the incredible adventures happening... |
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Dapper Dan: Made in Harlem: A Memoir
Day, Daniel R. · Random House
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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"Dapper Dan is a legend, an icon, a beacon of inspiration to many in the Black community. His story isn't just about fashion. It's about tenacity, curiosity, artistry, hustle, love, and a singular determination to live our dreams out loud." - Ava Duvernay, director of Selma,... |
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The Trouble with Gravity: Solving the Mystery Beneath Our Feet
Panek, Richard · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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An award-winning science writer plumbs the depths of the greatest mystery in physics, showing how gravity has shaped our universe, minds, and cultures, and tracing our millennia-long efforts to unravel its secrets - from Aristotelian philosophy to Newton's apple to the recent, groundbreaking... |
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The Death of Politics: How to Heal Our Frayed Republic After Trump
Wehner, Peter · HarperOne
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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The New York Times opinion writer, media commentator, outspoken Republican and Christian critic of the Trump presidency offers a spirited defense of politics and its virtuous and critical role in maintaining our democracy and what we must do to save it before it is too late. "Any nation... |
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Shadowlands: Fear and Freedom at the Oregon Standoff
Anthony McCann · Bloomsbury Publishing
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover
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An "epic exploration" of the 2016 right-wing Oregon Occupation-"an excellent microcosm by which we might better understand our difficult national history and distressing political moment" (Maggie Nelson) .In 2016, a group of armed, divinely inspired right-wing protestors... |
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Presidential Misconduct: From George Washington to Today
James M. Banner · The New Press
Pages: 512
Format: Hardcover
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"A whole book devoted exclusively to the misconduct of American presidents and their responses to charges of misconduct is without precedent." - from the introduction to the 1974 edition by C. Vann Woodward, Pulitzer Prize-winning Yale historianThe historic 1974 report for the House... |
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George Marshall: Defender of the Republic
Roll, David L. · Dutton Caliber
Pages: 704
Format: Hardcover
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The extraordinary career of George Catlett Marshall - America's most distinguished soldier-statesman since George Washington - whose selfless leadership and moral character influenced the course of two world wars and helped define the American century. Winston Churchill called him World... |
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Archaeology from Space: How the Future Shapes Our Past
Sarah Parcak · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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National Geographic Fellow and TED Prize-winner Dr. Sarah Parcak welcomes you to the brave new world of "space archaeology," a growing field of exploration that has brought humanity to a tipping point of mass discovery in the ancient worldDr. Sarah Parcak pioneers the young field... |
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