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Havana: A Subtropical Delirium

Mark Kurlansky · Bloomsbury
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

Award-winning author Mark Kurlansky presents an insider's view of Havana: the elegant, tattered city he has come to know over more than thirty years. Part cultural history, part travelogue, with recipes, historic engravings, photographs, and Kurlansky's own pen-and-ink drawings...
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From Gutenberg to Zuckerberg: Disruptive Innovation in the Age of the Internet

John Naughton · Quercus
Pages: 292
Format: Hardcover

John Naughton is The Observer's "Networker" columnist, a prominent blogger, and Vice-President of Wolfson College, Cambridge. The Times has said that his writings, "[it] draws on more than two decades of study to explain how the internet works and the challenges and opportunities...
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Women Warriors: An Unexpected History

Pamela D. Toler · Beacon Press
Pages: 280
Format: Hardcover

Who says women don't go to war? From Vikings and African queens to cross-dressing military doctors and WWII Russian fighter pilots, these are the stories of women for whom battle was not a metaphor.

The woman warrior is always cast as an anomaly--Joan of Arc, not GI Jane. But women,...
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The Italian Americans: A History

Maria Laurino · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 308
Format: Hardcover

This gorgeous companion book to the PBS series illuminates an important, overlooked part of American history.

In this richly researched, beautifully designed and illustrated volume, Maria Laurino strips away stereotypes and nostalgia to tell the complicated, centuries-long story...
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Rome: A History in Seven Sackings

Matthew Kneale · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover

"Kneale's account is a masterpiece of pacing and suspense. Characters from the city's history spring to life in his hands." - The Sunday Times (London)

Novelist and historian Matthew Kneale, a longtime resident of Rome, tells the story of the Eternal City - from...
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West of the Revolution: An Uncommon History of 1776

Claudio Saunt · W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

This panoramic account of 1776 chronicles the other revolutions unfolding that year across North America, far beyond the British colonies. In 1776, Thomas Paine published Common Sense, the Continental Congress declared independence, and Washington crossed the Delaware. We are familiar with...
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The Reckoning: Financial Accountability and the Rise and Fall of Nations

Jacob Soll · Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group,
Pages: 276
Format: Print book

Whether building a road or fighting a war, leaders from ancient Mesopotamia to the present have relied on financial accounting to track their state's assets and guide its policies. Basic accounting tools such as auditing and double-entry bookkeeping form the basis of modern capitalism...
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Legend: A Harrowing Story from the Vietnam War of One Green Beret's Heroic Mission to Rescue a Special Forces Team Caught Behind Enemy Lines

Eric Blehm · Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

The unforgettable account and courageous actions of the U.S. Army's 240th Assault Helicopter Company and Green Beret Staff Sergeant Roy Benavidez, who risked everything to rescue a Special Forces team trapped behind enemy lines. In Legend, acclaimed bestselling author Eric Blehm takes...
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Predator: The Secret Origins of the Drone Revolution

Richard Whittle · Henry Holt and Co.; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

The untold story of the birth of the Predator drone, a wonder weapon that transformed the American military, reshaped modern warfare, and sparked a revolution in aviationThe creation of the first weapon in history whose operators can stalk and kill an enemy on the other side of the globe...
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Digital Destiny: How the New Age of Data Will Transform the Way We Work, Live, and Communicate

Shawn DuBravac · Regnery Publishing
Format: Hardcover

A New York Times Bestseller!Our world is about to change.In Digital Destiny: How the New Age of Data Will Change the Way We Live, Work, and Communicate, Shawn DuBravac, chief economist and senior director of research at the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) , argues that the groundswell...
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Culloden: Scotland's Last Battle and the Forging of the British Empire

Trevor Royle · Pegasus Books
Pages: 432
Format: Print book

A vigorous and authoritative history of last major battle fought between Scottish and English forces, ending all hope of the Stuarts reclaiming the throne and forming the bedrock for the creation of the British Empire.

The Battle of Culloden in 1746 has gone down in history as the last...
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Five Presidents: My Extraordinary Journey with Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford

Clint Hill · Gallery Books
Pages: 451
Format: Print book

A rare and fascinating portrait of the American presidency from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Mrs. Kennedy and Me and Five Days in November.

Secret Service agent Clint Hill brings history intimately and vividly to life as he reflects on his seventeen...
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South Africa: the art of a nation

John Giblin · Thames & Hudson
Pages: 216
Format: Hardcover

A unique insight into South Africa's history, from iconic pre-colonial artifacts to the country's vibrant contemporary art scene South African archaeology preserves some of the earliest evidence of artistic thought and production anywhere in the world. Today, South Africa has an established...
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An Idea Whose Time Has Come: Two Presidents, Two Parties, and the Battle for the Civil Rights Act of 1964

Todd S Purdum · Henry Holt
Pages: 398
Format: Hardcover

A top Washington journalist recounts the dramatic political battle to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the law that created modern America, on the fiftieth anniversary of its passageIt was a turbulent time in America--a time of sit-ins, freedom rides, a March on Washington and a governor...
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