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Last of the Blue and Gray: Old Men, Stolen Glory, and the Mystery That Outlived the Civil War
Richard A. Serrano · Smithsonian Books
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Richard Serrano, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist for the Los Angeles Times, pens a story of two veterans. In the late 1950s, as America prepared for the Civil War centennial, two very old men lay dying. Albert Woolson, 109 years old, slipped in and out of a coma at a Duluth, Minnesota,... |
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What Do You Buy the Children of the Terrorist who Tried to Kill Your Wife?: A Memoir
David Harris-Gershon · Oneworld Publications
Format: Paperback |
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David Harris-Gershon and his wife, Jamie, moved to Jerusalem full of hope. Then, in the midst of a historic cease-fire between Israel and the Palestinians, a bomb shrieked through Hebrew University’s cafeteria. Jamie was hurled across the room, her body burned and sliced with shrapnel;... |
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Congo: The Epic History of a People
David Van Reybrouck · Ecco Press
Pages: 639
Format: Hardcover |
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Hailed as "a monumental history . . . more exciting than any novel" (NRC Handelsblad) ,David van Reybrouck's rich and gripping epic, in the tradition of Robert Hughes' The Fatal Shore, tells the extraordinary story of one of the world's most devastated countries:... |
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Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan, 1839-42
William Dalrymple · Knopf
Format: Hardcover |
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From William Dalrymple—award-winning historian, journalist and travel writer—a masterly retelling of what was perhaps the Wests greatest imperial disaster in the East, and an important parable of neocolonial ambition, folly and hubris that has striking relevance to our own time. With... |
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A Working People: A History of African American Workers Since Emancipation
Steven A Reich · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Pages: 231
Format: Hardcover |
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In this book, historian Steven A. Reich examines the economic, political and cultural forces that have beaten and built America's black workforce since Emancipation. From the abolition of slavery through the Civil Rights Movement and Great Recession, African Americans have faced a unique... |
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Kissinger: 1923-1968: The Idealist
Niall Ferguson · Penguin Press
Pages: 1008
Format: Hardcover |
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The definitive biography of Henry Kissinger, based on unprecedented access to his private papersNo American statesman has been as revered or as reviled as Henry Kissinger. Once hailed as "Super K" - the "indispensable man" whose advice has been sought by every president... |
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When Books Went to War: The Stories that Helped Us Win World War II
Molly Guptill Manning · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.
Pages: 267
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When America entered World War II in 1941, we faced an enemy that had banned and burned over 100 million books and caused fearful citizens to hide or destroy many more. Outraged librarians launched a campaign to send free books to American troops and gathered 20 million hardcover donations.... |
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Rose Kennedy's Family Album: From the Fitzgerald Kennedy Private Collection, 1878-1946
Caroline Kennedy · Grand Central Publishing; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover |
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A selection of more than 300 images--including family letters, personal ephemera, and captivating photographs--collected by Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, many never seen before, featuring the beloved and revered Kennedy family: This remarkable history dates from 1878 through 1946--up to the aftermath... |
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A Field Guide to Pennsylvania State History
George G Sheldon · PRC
Pages: 256
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Oversize Hardback with Dust Jacket. This extensive, encylopedic guide is beautifully illustrated with past and present day photographs, showing the people and places that make up the fascinating history of the "keystone state". Its concise informative entries cover well-known... |
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The Hotel on Place Vendome: Life, Death, and Betrayal at the Hotel Ritz in Paris
Tilar J. Mazzeo · Harper
Pages: 292
Format: Hardcover |
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Set against the backdrop of the Nazi occupation of World War II, The Hôtel on Place Vendôme is the captivating history of Paris's world-famous Hôtel Ritz - a breathtaking tale of glamour, opulence, and celebrity; dangerous liaisons, espionage, and resistance - from Tilar J. Mazzeo,... |
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The Handy State-by-State Answer Book: Faces, Places, and Famous Dates for All Fifty States
Samuel Etinde Crompton · Visible Ink Press
Pages: 450
Format: Print book |
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How did colonies, territories, and land purchases shape the United States of America? What differences - and similarities - are there between the states? What does each state bring to the union? From sea to shining sea, The Handy State-by-State Answer Book: Faces, Places, and Famous Dates... |
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Israel: A Concise History of a Nation Reborn
Daniel Gordis · Ecco
Pages: 560
Format: Print book |
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The first comprehensive yet accessible history of the state of Israel from its inception to present day, from Daniel Gordis, "one of the most respected Israel analysts" (The Forward) living and writing in Jerusalem.Israel is a tiny state, and yet it has captured the world's... |
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Rescue at Los BanÌ?os : the most daring prison camp raid of World War II
Bruce Henderson · William Morrow
Format: Print book |
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The true story of one of the greatest military rescues of all time. In February 1945, as the U.S. victory in the Pacific drew nearer, the Japanese army grew desperate, and its soldiers guarding U.S. and Allied POWs more sadistic. Starved, shot and beaten, many of the 2,146 prisoners of the Los Ban'os... |
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Strolling Through Time: A Chronology of Beaver County, PA, History to 2016
Roger Applegate · Beaver County Historical Research & Landmarks Foundation
Pages: 172
Format: Paperback |
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Beaver County, Pennsylvania has a long and interesting history that is filled with a rich assortment of historical characters and events. "Strolling Through Time" attempts to take as many of those documented historical dates, events and people as possible and puts them into... |
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