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New Titles - History
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The CIA: An Imperial History
Hugh Wilford - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover
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A celebrated historian of US intelligence uncovers how the CIA became the foremost defender of America's covert global empire. As World War II ended, the United States stood as the dominant power on the world stage. In 1947, to support its new global status, it created the CIA to analyze... |
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The Forever War: America's Unending Conflict With Itself
Nick Bryant - Bloomsbury Continuum
Format: Hardcover
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From the author of When America Stopped Being Great, an insightful and urgent reassessment of America's past, present and future - as a country which is forever at war with itself.. The Forever War tells the story of how America's extreme polarisation is 250 years in the making,... |
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The Women's Revolution: How We Changed Your Life
Muriel Fox - New Village Press
Format: Hardcover
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A rare first-person account of the women's movement. A comprehensive, indexed memoir about the Second Wave women's movement by the cofounder of the National Organization for Women (NOW) . Muriel Fox offers rare, firsthand stories of 29 women and one man, including Betty Freidan,... |
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The World Will Never See the Like: The Gettysburg Reunion of 1913
John L. Hopkins - Savas Beatie
Format: Hardcover
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"In this groundbreaking study, author John L. Hopkins deftly examines the reunion through the lens of the veterans within the context of society, politics, and the national mood at the time." -- Scott L. Mingus Sr., author of Flames Beyond Gettysburg and co-author of If We Are Striking... |
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The Pipe Organ: A Composer's Guide
James Mitchell - Oxford University Press
Format: Paperback
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The organ is one of the oldest instruments in Western music, and its sound has inspired many of the greatest composers from the past half a millennium from Bach through to Messiaen. The full possibilities of the instrument, however, have often been overlooked. Orchestration textbooks tend... |
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