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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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The Appalachian Trail - Celebrating America's Premier Hiking Trail - Forward by Bill Bryson

Brian B King · Rizzoli
Pages: 334
Format: Hardcover

"In celebration of the Appalachian Trail's 75th anniversary, this official book-- published in association with the Appalachian Trail Conservancy-- documents the history, beauty, and significance of America's most iconic trail"--Jacket flap.
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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 America’s 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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The Vatican Diaries: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Power, Personalities and Politics at the Heart o f the Catholic Church

John Thavis · Viking; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

The revealing New York Times bestseller examines the reign of Pope Benedict, the papal conclave process, and the history of one of the world's oldest and most mysterious institutionsFor more than twenty-five years John Thavis held one of the most fascinating journalistic jobs in the world:...
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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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