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Lincoln vs. Davis: The War of the Presidents
Nigel Hamilton - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover
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From the New York Times bestselling presidential biographer comes the greatest untold story of the Civil War: how two American presidents faced off as the fate of the nation hung in the balance - and how Abraham Lincoln came to embrace emancipation as the last, best chance to save the Union.... |
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Freedom: Memories 1954 – 2021
Angela Merkel - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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The long-awaited memoir by one of the most important political leaders of our time. For 16 years, Angela Merkel bore the governmental responsibility for Germany, leading the country through numerous crises and shaping German and international politics and society with her actions and attitude.... |
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Carl Perkins: The King of Rockabilly
Jeff Apter - Citadel Press
Format: Hardcover
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The definitive and fascinating biography of the musical trailblazer who was the influence behind countless legendary hits, a rock and roll legend in his own right, and the original rockabilly cat - Carl Perkins. He was the King of Rockabilly, and one of rock and roll's true pioneers.... |
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Spies In My Blood: A Polish Family's Secret Fight Against Nazis & Communists
Alex Storozynski - Polestar-Media
Format: Hardcover
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This is the true story of two brothers raised in New York by WWII exiles and their journey to Poland. Each takes a different path to infiltrate the Communist secret police on a mission to uncover the truth about their family of soldiers, spies, and assassins. Which brother would go into... |
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The Scapegoat: The Brilliant Brief Life of the Duke of Buckingham
Lucy Hughes-Hallett - Harper
Format: Hardcover
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From the winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize, an extraordinary history of the meteoric rise and fall of George Villiers, the first Duke of Buckingham.As King James I's favourite, Buckingham was also his confidant, gatekeeper, advisor and lover. When Charles I succeeded his father, he was similarly... |
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Murder on Perrin Run: A Historic Crime in Jefferson County, Ohio (True Crime)
Rena Glover Goss - The History Press
Format: Paperback
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Local author Rena Glover Goss unfolds the intricacies of the murder that rocked Jefferson County. In 1899, the Cramblett and Gosnell families lived on Perrin Run. Quincy Cramblett, romantically involved first with Elva Gosnell and later with her sister Cora, frequently proposed marriage.... |
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The White Ladder: Triumph and Tragedy at the Dawn of Mountaineering
Daniel Light - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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A sweeping history of mountaineering before Everest, and the epic human quest to reach the highest places on Earth.Whether in the name of conquest, science, or the divine, humans across the centuries have had myriad reasons to climb mountains. From the smoking volcanoes of South America... |
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