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Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War
Karen Abbott · Harper
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Karen Abbott, the New York Times bestselling author of Sin in the Second City and "pioneer of sizzle history" (USA Today) , tells the spellbinding true story of four women who risked everything to become spies during the Civil War.Karen Abbott illuminates one of the most fascinating... |
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Blue: The LAPD and the Battle to Redeem American Policing
Joe Domanick · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover |
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An award-winning investigative reporter reveals the troubled history of the LAPD in a gripping story filled with hard-boiled, real-life characters that bring to life the ravages of the criminal justice system.Vividly drawn and character-driven, Blue is simultaneously a drama of cops, crime... |
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Gateway to freedom : the hidden history of the underground railroad
Eric Foner · W. W. Norton & Company, 2015.
Pages: 301
Format: Print book |
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The dramatic story of fugitive slaves and the antislavery activists who defied the law to help them reach freedom.More than any other scholar, Eric Foner has influenced our understanding of America's history. Now, making brilliant use of extraordinary evidence, the Pulitzer Prize-winning... |
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Women in American Politics: History and Milestones
Doris Weatherford · CQ Press
Format: Hardcover |
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Women in American Politics is a new reference detailing the milestones and trends in women's political participation in the United States. This two-volume work provides much needed perspective and background on the events and situations that have surrounded women's political activities.... |
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Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies: The Patriots
David Fisher · Henry Holt and Company
Pages: 310
Format: Print book |
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The must-have companion to Bill O'Reilly's historical docudrama Legends and Lies: The Patriots, an exciting and eye-opening look at the Revolutionary War through the lives of its leadersThe American Revolution was neither inevitable nor a unanimous cause. It pitted neighbors against each... |
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Catastrophe 1914: Europe Goes to War
Max Hastings · Knopf; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover |
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From the acclaimed military historian, a new history of the outbreak of World War I the dramatic stretch from the breakdown of diplomacy to the battlesmdashthe Marne, Ypres, Tannenbergmdashthat marked the frenzied first year before the war bogged down in the trenches. In Catastrophe , Max Hastings... |
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Infested: How the Bed Bug Infiltrated Our Bedrooms and Took Over the World
Brooke Borel · University of Chicago Press
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover |
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Bed bugs. Few words strike such fear in the minds of travelers. In cities around the world, lurking beneath the plush blankets of otherwise pristine-looking hotel beds are tiny bloodthirsty beasts just waiting for weary wanderers to surrender to a vulnerable slumber. Though bed bugs today... |
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The Great Divide: The Conflict between Washington and Jefferson that Defined a Nation
Thomas Fleming · Da Capo
Pages: 440
Format: Hardcover |
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In the months after her husband's death, Martha Washington told several friends that the two worst days of her life were the day George died - and the day Thomas Jefferson came to Mount Vernon to offer his condolences.What could elicit such a strong reaction from the nation's original... |
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Dark Places of the Earth: The Voyage of the Slave Ship Antelope
Jonathan M. Bryant · Liveright Publishing Corporation
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover |
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A dramatic work of historical detection illuminating one of the most significant -- and long forgotten -- Supreme Court cases in American history.In 1820, a suspicious vessel was spotted lingering off the coast of northern Florida, the Spanish slave ship Antelope. Since the United States... |
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Top Dog: The Story of Marine Hero Lucca
Maria Goodavage · Dutton
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The New York Times bestselling author of Soldier Dogs returns with the incredible, true story of K-9 Marine hero Lucca, and the handlers who fought alongside her through two bloody wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. In Top Dog, Maria Goodavage takes readers into the life of Lucca K458, a decorated... |
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