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Barnum: An American Life
Robert Wilson · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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The first major biography of P.T. Barnum in a generation, a vivid account of the forefather of American entertainment.P. T. Barnum was the greatest showman the world has ever seen: the cocreator of the Barnum & Bailey Circus and the man who made worldwide sensations of Jumbo the Elephant,... |
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Justice on Trial: The Kavanaugh Confirmation and the Future of the Supreme Court
Mollie Hemingway · Regnery Publishing
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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In this definitive deep dive into the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, two women with extraordinary behind-the-scenes access - The Federalist senior editor Mollie Hemingway and Judicial Crisis Network senior counsel Carrie Severino - reveal what really happened and explore... |
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The China Mission: George Marshall's Unfinished War, 1945-1947
DANIEL KURTZ-PHELAN · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover
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A spellbinding narrative of the high-stakes mission that changed the course of America, China, and global politics -- and a rich portrait of the towering, complex figure who carried it out.As World War II came to an end, General George Marshall was renowned as the architect of Allied victory.... |
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Then They Came for Me: Martin Niemöller, the Pastor Who Defied the Nazis
Matthew D Hockenos · Basic Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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"First they came for the Communists, and I did not speak out-Because I was not a Communist..." Few today recognize the name Martin Niemoller, though many know his famous confession. In Then They Came for Me, Matthew Hockenos traces Niemoller's evolution from a Nazi supporter... |
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The Fabulous Bouvier Sisters: The Tragic and Glamorous Lives of Jackie and Lee
SAM KASHNER · Harper
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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A poignant, evocative, and wonderfully gossipy account of the two sisters who represented style and class above all else - Jackie Kennedy Onassis and Lee Radziwill - from the authors of Furious Love.When sixty-four-year-old Jackie Kennedy Onassis died in her Fifth Avenue apartment, her younger... |
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Untitled Memoir
STEPHEN CARTER · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
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The bestselling author delves into his past and discovers the inspiring story of his grandmother's extraordinary life She was black and a woman and a prosecutor, a graduate of Smith College and the granddaughter of slaves, as dazzlingly unlikely a combination as one could imagine in New York... |
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Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy, 1945-1975
MAX HASTINGS · Harper
Pages: 752
Format: Hardcover
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An absorbing and definitive modern history of the Vietnam War from the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of The Secret War.Vietnam became the Western world's most divisive modern conflict, precipitating a battlefield humiliation for France in 1954, then a vastly greater one for the United... |
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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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The Great War in America: World War I and Its Aftermath
Garrett Peck · Pegasus Books
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover
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A chronicle of the American experience during World War I and the unexpected changes that rocked the country in its immediate aftermath -- the Red Scare, race riots, women's suffrage, and Prohibition. The Great War's bitter outcome left the experience largely overlooked and forgotten in American... |
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