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New Titles - History
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The Russian Job: The Forgotten Story of How America Saved the Soviet Union from Ruin
Douglas Smith · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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An award-winning historian reveals the harrowing, little-known story of an American effort to save the newly formed Soviet Union from disasterAfter decades of the Cold War and renewed tensions, in the wake of Russian meddling in the 2016 election, cooperation between the United States and Russia... |
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To Begin the World Over Again: How the American Revolution Devastated the Globe
Matthew Lockwood · Yale University Press
Pages: 512
Format: Hardcover
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The first exploration of the profound and often catastrophic impact the American Revolution had on the rest of the world While the American Revolution led to domestic peace and liberty, it ultimately had a catastrophic global impact - it strengthened the British Empire and led to widespread... |
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Chanel's Riviera: Glamour, Decadence, and Survival in Peace and War, 1930-1944
Anne de Courcy · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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In this captivating narrative, Chanel's Riviera explores the fascinating world of the Cote d'Azur during a period that saw the deepest extremes of luxury and terror in the twentieth century.The Cote d'Azur in 1938 was a world of wealth, luxury, and extravagance, inhabited by a sparkling... |
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The Wonders: The Extraordinary Performers Who Transformed the Victorian Age
John Woolf · Pegasus Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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A radical new history that rediscovers the remarkable freak performers whose talents and charisma helped define an era.On March 23, 1844, General Tom Thumb, just 25 inches tall, entered the Picture Gallery at Buckingham Palace and bowed low to Queen Victoria. On both sides of the Atlantic,... |
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American Oligarchs: The Kushners, the Trumps, and the Marriage of Money and Power
Andrea Bernstein · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover
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A multigenerational saga of two families, who rose from immigrant roots to the pinnacle of wealth and power, that tracks the unraveling of American democracy.In American Oligarchs, award-winning investigative journalist Andrea Bernstein tells the story of the Trump and Kushner families... |
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When Reagan Sent In the Marines: The Invasion of Lebanon
Patrick J. Sloyan · Thomas Dunne Books
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
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"In this formidable narrative, the prize-winning and super honest reporter, Patrick Sloyan, adds the depth of a scholar's context to produce a gripping reminder of why we should never forget history. He makes readers feel like they were eye witnesses." -- Ralph NaderFrom... |
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Wilmington's Lie: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy
David Zucchino · Atlantic Monthly Press
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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By 1898 Wilmington, North Carolina, was a shining example of a mixed-race community -- a bustling port city with a thriving African American middle class and a government made up of Republicans and Populists, including black aldermen, police officers, and magistrates. But across the state... |
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