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Victorious Century: The United Kingdom, 1800-1906
DAVID CANNADINE · Viking Pages: 576 Format: Hardcover
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A sweeping history of nineteenth-century Britain by one of the world's most respected historians.To live in nineteenth-century Britain was to experience an astonishing and unprecedented series of changes. Cities grew vast; there were revolutions in transportation, communication, science,... |
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Faith and Resistance in the Age of Trump
Miguel A De La Torre · Orbis Books Pages: 272 Format: Paperback
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"May this book serve as a nurturing, connecting, and sustaining resource as we discuss the many ways faith, resistance, and healing must take shape in the Trump era....We need to live and act in solidarity -- together." From the Foreword by Jim WallisFor many people of faith,... |
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Paris Fashion: A Cultural History
Valerie Steele · Bloomsbury USA Pages: 332 Format: Hardcover
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This beautifully illustrated new edition of Paris Fashion examines the history and culture of style in the fashion capital from the 14th century through to the present day.Paris has been the international capital of fashion for more than 300 years. Even before the rise of the haute couture,... |
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The Queen: The Life and Times of Elizabeth II
Catherine Book Sales Chartwell · Chartwell Books Pages: 192 Format: Hardcover
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Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth II has reigned for 64 years, longer than any British monarch in history. During that time the Queen has endured the ups and downs that long life will bring. She was a beacon of hope during and after the Second World War in difficult times when the world... |
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Operation Chaos: The Vietnam Deserters Who Fought the CIA, the Brainwashers, and Themselves
MATTHEW SWEET · Henry Holt and Co. Pages: 384 Format: Hardcover
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An untold Cold War story: how the CIA tried to infiltrate a radical group of U.S. military deserters, a tale that leads from a bizarre political cult to the heart of the Washington establishmentStockholm, 1968. A thousand American deserters and draft-resisters are arriving to escape the war in Vietnam.... |
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Echo in Ramadi: The Firsthand Story of US Marines in Iraq's Deadliest City
SCOTT A HUESING · Regnery History Pages: 256 Format: Hardcover
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"In war, destruction is everywhere. It eats everything around you. Sometimes it eats at you." - Major Scott Huesing, Echo Company CommanderFrom the winter of 2006 through the spring of 2007, two-hundred-fifty Marines from Echo Company, Second Battalion, Fourth Marine Regiment... |
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The Triumph of Christianity: How a Forbidden Religion Swept the World
BART EHRMAN · Simon & Schuster Pages: 352 Format: Hardcover
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From the New York Times bestselling authority on early Christianity, the story of how Christianity grew from a religion of twenty or so peasants in rural Galilee to the dominant religion in the West in less than four hundred years.Christianity didn't have to become the dominant religion... |
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