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NFL 100: A Century of Pro Football

National Football League · Abrams
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

An authorized visual history of America's most popular sport Timed to coincide with the National Football League's 100th anniversary, NFL 100 celebrates the history of America's most popular and highly watched sport. From its humble beginnings in Canton, Ohio, to its emergence...
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Lincoln's Spies: Their Secret War to Save a Nation

Waller, Douglas · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 624
Format: Hardcover

A major addition to the history of the Civil War, Lincoln's Spies is a riveting account of the secret battles waged by Union agents to save a nation. Filled with espionage, sabotage, and intrigue, it is also a striking portrait of a shrewd president who valued what his operatives uncovered....
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NFL Century: The One-Hundred-Year Rise of America's Greatest Sports League

Horrigan, Joe · Crown
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

From the former executive director of the Pro Football Hall of Fame comes a sweeping and lively history of the National Football League, timed to coincide with the NFL's 100th anniversary season. "I can think of no one better qualified - or more enthusiastic - to chronicle the National...
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Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

Tyson, Neil DeGrasse · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 222
Format: Hardcover

Over a year on the New York Times bestseller list and more than a million copies sold. The essential universe, from our most celebrated and beloved astrophysicist.What is the nature of space and time? How do we fit within the universe? How does the universe fit within us? There's no better...
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The Blood of Emmett Till

Timothy B Tyson · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 291
Format: Paperback

* Longlisted for the National Book Award * A New York Times Notable Book * A Washington Post Notable Book * An NPR Best Book of 2017 * A Los Angeles Times Best Book of 2017 * An Atlanta Journal-Constitution Best Southern Book of 2017 * This extraordinary New York Times bestseller reexamines...
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Destination Casablanca: Exile, Espionage, and the Battle for North Africa in World War II

Meredith Hindley · PublicAffairs
Pages: 512
Format: Hardcover

This rollicking and panoramic history of Casablanca during the Second World War sheds light on the city as a key hub for European and American powers, and a place where spies, soldiers, and political agents exchanged secrets and vied for control. In November 1942, as a part of Operation...
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USA by Rail: plus Canada's main routes

John Pitt · Bradt Travel Guides
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback

This ninth edition of Bradt's USA by Rail guidebook has been fully revised and expanded to take account of changes to Amtrak routes and services, plus the latest Amtrak and VIA Rail pass details, and features over 500 destinations, including Disney World, the Grand Canyon and Niagara...
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The Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America

O'Mara, Margaret · Penguin Press
Pages: 512
Format: Hardcover

The true, behind-the-scenes history of the people who built Silicon Valley and shaped Big Tech in America Long before Margaret O'Mara became one of our most consequential historians of the American-led digital revolution, she worked in the White House of Bill Clinton and Al Gore in the earliest...
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Treasured Tradition: Delaware State Fair Centennial - 100 Years of Family Fun

robin brown · Delaware State Fair, Inc.
Pages: 308
Format: Paperback

A chronicle of The Delaware State Fair, from its birth 100 years ago to today. This centennial celebration edition is filled with more than 600 pictures and details the rise of the Fair from humble beginnings in Harrington, Del., to the broad family attraction of today that draws tens of thousands...
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