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Code Name: Lise: The True Story of the Woman Who Became WWII's Most Highly Decorated Spy

Larry Loftis - Gallery Books
Format: Paperback

NATIONAL BESTSELLER A Goodreads Choice Awards semifinalist Florida Book Awards Silver Medalist Featured in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Time, New York Newsday, and on Today! Best Nonfiction Books to Read in 2019 - Woman's Day The Best Nonfiction Books Coming Out This Year - BookBub...
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O Say Can You Hear?: A Cultural Biography of "The Star-Spangled Banner"

Mark Clague - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

The fascinating story of America's national anthem and an examination of its powerful meaning today.Most Americans learn the tale in elementary school: During the War of 1812, Francis Scott Key witnessed the daylong bombardment of Baltimore's Fort McHenry by British navy ships;...
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Picasso's War: How Modern Art Came to America

Hugh Eakin - Crown
Format: Hardcover

A riveting story of how dueling ambitions and the power of prodigy made America the cultural center of the world - and Picasso the most famous artist alive - in the shadow of World War II"Fascinating, eloquent, wonderfully lucid, Picasso's War will change whatever we thought we knew...
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April 1945: The Hinge of History

Craig Shirley - ‎Thomas Nelson
Format: Hardcover‏

Acclaimed historian and New York Times bestselling author Craig Shirley delivers a compelling account of 1945, particularly the watershed events in the month of April, that details how America emerged from World War II as a leading superpower.In the long-awaited follow-up to the widely...
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Paths of Dissent: Soldiers Speak Out Against America's Misguided Wars

Douglass Houghton - Metropolitan Books
Format: Hardcover

Compiled by New York Times bestselling author Andrew Bacevich and retired army officer Danny A. Sjursen, Paths of Dissent: Soldiers Speak Out Against America's Long War collects provocative essays from American military veterans who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan, offering firsthand...
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We Should Have Seen It Coming: From Reagan to Trump--A Front-Row Seat to a Political Revolution

Gerald F. Seib - Random House
Format: Kindle Edition

The executive Washington editor of The Wall Street Journal chronicles the astonishing rise, climax, and decline of the conservative movement, from the election of Ronald Reagan to the Republican Party's takeover by Donald Trump - with a new introduction covering the 2020 election and the future...
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The Science of Murder

Carla Valentine - Sourcebooks
Format: Paperback

Discover the science of forensics through Agatha Christie's novels in the ultimate true crime investigationAgatha Christie is the bestselling novelist of all time, and nearly every story she ever wrote involves one -- or, more commonly, several -- dead bodies. And the cause of death,...
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Against All Odds: A True Story of Ultimate Courage and Survival in World War II

Alex Kershaw - ‎Random House Large Print; Large type / Large print edition
Format: Paperback

The national bestselling author of The First Wave tells the untold story of four of the most decorated soldiers of World War II - all Medal of Honor recipients - from the beaches of French Morocco to Hitler's own mountaintop fortress As the Allies raced to defeat Hitler, four men,...
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The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation

Rosemary Sullivan - HarperLuxe; Large type / Large print edition
Format: Paperback‏

Using new technology, recently discovered documents and sophisticated investigative techniques, an international team - led by an obsessed retired FBI agent - has finally solved the mystery that has haunted generations since World War II: Who betrayed Anne Frank and her family? And why?Over...
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The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor--the Truth and the Turmoil

Tina Brown - ‎Random House Large Print; Large type / Large print edition
Format: Paperback

The gripping inside story of the British royal family's battle to overcome the dramas of the Diana years - only to confront new, twenty-first-century crises "Never again" became Queen Elizabeth II's mantra shortly after Princess Diana's tragic death. More specif­ically,...
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