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Empire of Sin: A Story of Sex, Jazz, Murder, and the Battle for Modern New Orleans
Gary Krist · Crown; 1St Edition edition Format: Hardcover |
From bestselling author Gary Krist, a vibrant and immersive account of New Orleans' other civil war, at a time when commercialized vice, jazz culture, and endemic crime defined the battlegrounds of the Crescent City Empire of Sin re-creates the remarkable story of New Orleans'... |
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Catching Cancer
Claudia Cornwall · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Format: Kindle Edition |
Catching Cancer introduces readers to the investigators who created a medical revolution – a new way of looking at cancer and its causes. Featuring interviews with notable scientists such as Harald zur Hausen, Barry Marshall, Robin Warren, and others, the book tells the story of their... |
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First SEALs: The Untold Story of the Forging of Americas Most Elite Unit
Patrick K. O'Donnell · Da Capo Press Format: Hardcover |
Beginning in the summer of 1942, an extraordinary group of men - among them a dentist, a Hollywood movie star, an archaeologist, California surfers, and even former enemies of the Allies - united to form an exceptional unit that would forge the capabilities of the Navy's Sea, Air, and Land... |
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Boneyard Nose Art: U.S. Military Aircraft Markings and Artwork
Nicholas A. Veronico · Stackpole Books; First Edition edition Format: Paperback |
Photos of retired American military aircraft, emphasizing their nose artIncludes fighters, bombers, tankers, and transports, such as the B-2, B-17, F-16, C-130, and moreFeatures aircraft from World War II, Korea, Vietnam, and the Gulf WarsIdeal reference for modelers, military history enthusiasts,... |
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Way Off the Road: Discovering the Peculiar Charms of Small Town America
Bill Geist · Broadway Pages: 256 Format: Hardcover |
To say it very simply, freezer burn may very well have set in. —neighbor on the frozen dead guy kept on ice in a backyard shed in Nederland, Colorado.   Everybody loves a parade we were just geographically challenged. —David Harrenstein, organizer of a parade in tiny Whalan, Minnesota,... |
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Smithsonian Civil War: Inside the National Collection
Smithsonian Institution · Smithsonian Books Format: Hardcover |
Smithsonian Civil War is a lavishly illustrated coffee-table book featuring 150 entries in honor of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. From among tens of thousands of Civil War objects in the Smithsonian's collections, curators handpicked 550 items and wrote a unique... |
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Liberty or Death: The French Revolution
Peter McPhee · Yale University Press Pages: 488 Format: Print book |
The French Revolution has fascinated, perplexed, and inspired for more than two centuries. It was a seismic event that radically transformed France and launched shock waves across the world. In this provocative new history, Peter McPhee draws on a lifetime's study of eighteenth-century... |
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Realm of the Iroquois (American Indians)
Time-Life Books · Time Life Education; F edition Pages: 176 Format: Hardcover |
Gr 8 Up-A history of the Five Nations, from the foundation of the confederacy in the early 16th century up through the mid-1800s. The bulk of the book focuses on the key role of the Iroquois in the struggle between the French and the English for control of North America before the American... |
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America the Beautiful: Rediscovering What Made This Nation Great
Ben Carson M.D. · Zondervan Format: Paperback |
What is America becoming? Or, more importantly, what can she be if we reclaim a vision for the things that made her great in the first place? In America the Beautiful, Dr. Ben Carson helps us learn from our past in order to chart a better course for our future. From his personal ascent... |
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Victoria: A Life
A N Wilson · Penguin Books Pages: 642 Format: Print book |
"[A] shimmering and rather wonderful biography." - The Guardian (London) When Queen Victoria died in 1901, she had ruled for nearly sixty-four years. She was the mother of nine and grandmother of forty-two and the matriarch of royal Europe through her children's marriages.... |
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