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The Sultan and the Queen: The Untold Story of Elizabeth and Islam
Jerry Brotton · Viking
Pages: 352
Format: Print book
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The gripping story of Queen Elizabeth's bold alliance with the Ottoman sultan by The New York Times bestselling author of A History of the World in Twelve MapsPublished in the UK as This Orient IsleLong before the Barbary Pirates challenged Thomas Jefferson, English merchants travelled... |
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Jefferson: Architect of American Liberty
John B. Boles · Basic Books
Pages: 640
Format: Book
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From an eminent scholar of the American South, the first full-scale biography of Thomas Jefferson since 1970.
In Jefferson, John B. Boles plumbs every facet of Thomas Jefferson's life, all while situating him amid the sweeping upheaval of his times. We meet Jefferson... |
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Bernini: His Life and His Rome
Franco Mormando · Univ Of Chicago Press
Pages: 456
Format: Paperback
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Sculptor, architect, painter, playwright, and scenographer, Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680) was the last of the great universal artistic geniuses of early modern Italy, placed by both contemporaries and posterity in the same exalted company as Leonardo, Raphael, and Michelangelo.... |
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Trials of the Earth The True Story of a Pioneer Woman.
Hamilton Mary Mann. · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 318
Format: Hardcover
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The astonishing first-person account of Mississippi pioneer woman struggling to survive, protect her family and make a home in the early American SouthNear the end of her life, Mary Mann Hamilton (1866 - c.1936) began recording her experiences in the backwoods of the Mississippi Delta.... |
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Tank: The Definitive Visual History of Armored Vehicles
Dk. · DK
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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A visual history of armored vehicles, from the early tanks of World War I to present-day models, created in association with the Smithsonian Institution.Showcasing the most famous military fighting machines, Tank combines comprehensive photographic spreads with in-depth histories of key manufacturers... |
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Becoming Leonardo: An Exploded View of the Life of Leonardo da Vinci
Mike Lankford · Melville House
Pages: 320
Format: Print book
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Why did Leonardo Da Vinci leave so many of his major works uncompleted? Why did this resolute pacifist build war machines for the notorious Borgias? Why did he carry the Mona Lisa with him everywhere he went for decades, yet never quite finish it? Why did he write backwards, and was he really... |
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Bridge of words : Esperanto and the dream of a universal language
Esther H Schor · Metropolitan Books
Pages: 384
Format: Print book
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A rich and passionate biography of a language and the dream of world harmony it sought to realizeIn 1887, Ludwig Lazarus Zamenhof, a Polish Jew, had the idea of putting an end to tribalism by creating a universal language, one that would be equally accessible to everyone in the world. The result... |
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The Harlem Renaissance: A Very Short Introduction
Cheryl A Wall · Oxford University Press
Pages: 152
Format: Print book
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The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural awakening among African Americans between the two world wars. It was the cultural phase of the "New Negro" movement, a social and political phenomenon that promoted a proud racial identity, economic independence, and progressive politics.... |
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Dunkirk: The History Behind the Major Motion Picture
Joshua Levine · William Morrow Paperbacks
Pages: 354
Format: Paperback
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THE EPIC TRUE STORY OF DUNKIRK - NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE, WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY CHRISTOPHER NOLAN, AND STARRING KENNETH BRANAGH, TOM HARDY, AND MARK RYLANCEThe Battle of Dunkirk, in May/June 1940, is remembered as a stunning defeat, yet a major victory as well. The Nazis had beaten... |
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Commander in Chief: FDR's Battle with Churchill, 1943
Nigel Hamilton · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 464
Format: Print book
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In the next installment of the "splendid memoir Roosevelt didn't get to write" (New York Times) , Nigel Hamilton tells the astonishing story of FDR's year-long, defining battle with Churchill, as the war raged in Africa and Italy. Nigel Hamilton's Mantle of Command, long-listed... |
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A History of Ancient Egypt Volume 2
John Romer · St Martin'S Press
Pages: 512
Format: Print book
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Drawing on a lifetime of research, John Romer chronicles the history of Ancient Egypt from the building of the Great Pyramid through the rise and fall of the Middle Kingdom: a peak of Pharaonic culture and the period when writing first flourished. Through extensive research over many decades... |
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