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PHYLLIS WITZLER · Arcadia Publishing
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback
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Following the Battle of Fallen Timbers in 1794 and the end of the War of 1812, the Maumee Valley became open to settlement. John Pray arrived in 1817, built a dam to run a mill, and the site became known as Pray's Falls. By 1831, Pray had platted the first 50 lots and called it Waterville.... |
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The Vietnam War: The Definitive Illustrated History
Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff · Dk Publishing
Pages: 360
Format: Print book
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Created in association with the Smithsonian Institution, this authoritative guide chronicles America's fight against Communism in southeast Asia during the 1960s and 1970s, and comprehensively explores the people, politics, events, and lasting effects of the Vietnam War.Filled with more... |
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The Log Cabin: An Illustrated History
Andrew Belonsky · Countryman Press
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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Explore the history and lore behind a uniquely American iconLike a wooden security blanket that Americans reach for when times get tough, the log cabin has endured as a uniquely American symbol of home and hearth. This strain of cabin fever is no fleeting trend: It has struck at regular... |
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Oppose Any Foe: The Rise of America's Special Operations Forces
Mark Moyar · Basic Books
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover
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Oppose Any Foe is the epic story of America's most elite warriors: the Special Operations Forces. Born as small appendages to the conventional armies of World War II, the Special Operations Forces have grown into a behemoth of 70,000 troops, including Navy SEALs, Army Special Forces, Air Force... |
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The Most Defining Moments in Black History According to Dick Gregory
Dick Gregory · Amistad
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
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With his trademark acerbic wit, incisive humor, and infectious paranoia, one of our foremost comedians and most politically engaged civil rights activists looks back at 100 key events from the complicated history of black America.A friend of luminaries including Dr. Martin Luther King,... |
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Hidden Figures: The Story of the African-American Women Who Helped Win the Space Race
Margot Lee Shetterly · William Morrow
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
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The #1 New York Times bestsellerThe phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA at the leading edge of the feminist and civil rights movement, whose calculations helped fuel some of America's greatest achievements in space - a powerful, revelatory contribution that... |
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The Secret War: Spies, Ciphers, and Guerrillas, 1939-1945
Max Hastings · Harper
Pages: 610
Format: Print book
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From one of the foremost historians of the period and the acclaimed author of Inferno and Catastrophe: 1914, The Secret War is a sweeping examination of one of the most important yet underexplored aspects of World War II - intelligence - showing how espionage successes... |
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Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets
Svetlana Alexievich · Random House
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The magnum opus and latest work from Svetlana Alexievich, the 2015 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature - a symphonic oral history about the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the emergence of a new RussiaNAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON... |
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The Murderous History of Bible Translations: Power, Conflict and the Quest for Meaning
Harry Freedman · Bloomsbury
Pages: 248
Format: Print book
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In 1535, William Tyndale, the first man to produce an English version of the Bible in print, was captured and imprisoned in Belgium. A year later he was strangled and then burned at the stake. His co-translator was also burned. In that same year the translator of the first Dutch Bible was arrested... |
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Thunder in the Mountains: Chief Joseph, Oliver Otis Howard, and the Nez Perce War
Daniel J Sharfstein · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 613
Format: Hardcover
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The epic clash of two American legends -- their brutal war and a battle of ideas that defined America after Reconstruction.Oliver Otis Howard thought he was a man of destiny. Chosen to lead the Freedmen's Bureau after the Civil War, the Union Army general was entrusted with the era's most... |
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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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