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New Titles - History
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Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates
Eric Jay Dolin · Liveright
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
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With surprising tales of vicious mutineers, imperial riches, and high-seas intrigue, Black Flags, Blue Waters vividly reanimates the "Golden Age" of piracy in the Americas. Set against the backdrop of the Age of Exploration, Black Flags, Blue Waters reveals the dramatic and surprising... |
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These Truths: A History of the United States
JILL LEPORE · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 960
Format: Hardcover
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In the most ambitious one-volume American history in decades, award-winning historian Jill Lepore offers a magisterial account of the origins and rise of a divided nation. The American experiment rests on three ideas -- "these truths," Jefferson called them -- political equality,... |
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Then They Came for Me: Martin Niemöller, the Pastor Who Defied the Nazis
Matthew D Hockenos · Basic Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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"First they came for the Communists, and I did not speak out-Because I was not a Communist..." Few today recognize the name Martin Niemoller, though many know his famous confession. In Then They Came for Me, Matthew Hockenos traces Niemoller's evolution from a Nazi supporter... |
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Eliza Hamilton: The Extraordinary Life and Times of the Wife of Alexander Hamilton
Tilar J. Mazzeo · Gallery Books
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Irena's Children comes a comprehensive and riveting biography of the extraordinary life and times of Eliza Hamilton, the wife of founding father Alexander Hamilton, and a powerful, unsung hero in America's early days. Fans fell in love... |
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A New Hope For Mexico: Saying No to Corruption, Violence, and Trump's Wall
ANDRS MANUEL LPEZ OBRADOR · OR Books
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
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"THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS WE CAN'T ADDRESS . . . WHOEVER MAY OCCUPY THE WHITE HOUSE." "I'm not going to limit myself to condemning corruption and calling for its eradication; I also want to set out . . . a new politics, a different economic model, and the strengthening... |
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Epic Fails: The Edsel, the Mullet, and Other Icons of Unpopular Culture
Salvador Jimenez Murguia · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 184
Format: Hardcover
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Many of the most successful innovations - from the light bulb to the Internet - have often resulted from ingenuity, ambition, and dedication. Such achievements have changed lives for the better. Yet for every new development that the public embraces, there is a dark side of progress: cultural... |
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Women of the Blue and Gray: True Stories of Mothers, Medics, Soldiers, and Spies of the Civil War
Marianne Monson · Shadow Mountain
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover
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Hidden amongst the photographs, uniforms, revolvers, and war medals of the Civil War are the remarkable stories of some of the most unlikely heroes--women. North, South, black, white, Native American, immigrant--the women in these micro-drama biographies are wives, mothers, sisters, and friends... |
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How Do We Look: The Body, the Divine, and the Question of Civilization
MARY BEARD · Liveright
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
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From prehistoric Mexico to modern Istanbul, Mary Beard looks beyond the familiar canon of Western imagery to explore the history of art, religion, and humanity. Conceived as a gorgeously illustrated accompaniment to "How Do We Look" and "The Eye of Faith," the famed... |
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September 1918: War, Plague, and the World Series
Skip Desjardin · Regnery History
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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One hundred years ago, in September 1918, three things came to Boston: war, plague, and the World Series. This is the unimaginable story of that late summer month, in which a division of Massachusetts militia volunteers led the first unified American fighting force into battle in France,... |
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