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New Titles - History
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Father and Son: A Memoir
Jonathan Raban - Knopf
Format: Hardcover
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A poignant memoir of love, trauma, and recovery after a life-changing stroke, twinned to a powerful account of his father's experience in World War II, by a winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award.. "A beautiful, compelling memoir...Raban's final work is a gorgeous... |
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Strange Religion: How the First Christians Were Weird, Dangerous, and Compelling
Nijay K. Gupta - Brazos Press
Format: Paperback
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"A fresh and rigorously researched take on Christianity's founding."--Publishers Weekly
The first Christians were weird. Just how weird is often lost on today's believers.
Within Roman society, the earliest Christians stood out for the oddness of their beliefs and practices.... |
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Archives of Pennsylvania: A Genealogy Research Guide to Records in Archives, Libraries, Colleges, Courthouses, Genealogical Societies, Historic Sites, ... and Museums (PA Ancestors Genealogy Guides)
Denys Allen - PA Ancestors L.L.C.
Format: Paperback
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Genealogists researching in Pennsylvania face challenges finding their family history. Pennsylvania's historical records are scattered across over 800 different archives. Millions of records are stored at historical sites, museums, libraries, government buildings, universities, historical... |
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Missing Persons: or, My Grandmother's Secrets
Clair Wills - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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Blending memoir with social history, Clair Wills movingly explores the gaping holes in the fabric of modern Ireland, and in her own family story.When Clair Wills was in her twenties, she discovered she had a cousin she had never met. Born in a mother-and-baby home in 1950s Ireland, Mary... |
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Northern Ohio Cold Cases (True Crime)
Jane Ann Turzillo - The History Press
Format: Paperback
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Haunting cold cases from the Heart of It All
Northern Ohio is best known for its stunning lake views and bustling cities, but even a region as gorgeous and prosperous as this has seen its measure of tragedy. Judy Martins was a beautiful Kent State University coed who disappeared after... |
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After 1177 B.C.: The Survival of Civilizations (Turning Points in Ancient History, 12)
Eric Cline - Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover
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In this gripping sequel to his bestselling 1177 B.C., Eric Cline tells the story of what happened after the Bronze Age collapsed - why some civilizations endured, why some gave way to new ones, and why some disappeared forever. "A landmark book: lucid, deep, and insightful. . . . You cannot... |
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