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West of the Revolution: An Uncommon History of 1776
Claudio Saunt · W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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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 Age of Radiance: The Epic Rise and Dramatic Fall of the Atomic Era
Craig Nelson · Scribner; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Rocket Men and the award-winning biographer of Thomas Paine comes the first complete history of the Atomic Age, a brilliant, magisterial account of the men and women who uncovered the secrets of the nucleus, brought its power to America, and ignited... |
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New England Myths and Legends: The True Stories behind History's Mysteries
Diana Ross McCain · Globe Pequot Press
Pages: 216
Format: Paperback
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New EnglandMyths and Legends explores unusual phenomena, strange events, and mysteries in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. From vampires to an angel, a ghost rapper to a phantom ship, New EnglandMyths and Legends pulls back the curtain on some... |
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Overreach: Delusions of Regime Change in Iraq
Michael MacDonald · Harvard University Press
Format: Hardcover
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In the run-up to the invasion of Iraq a fair number of Americans thought the idea was crazy Now everyone except a few die-hards thinks it was So what was going through the minds of the talented and experienced men and women who planned and initiated the war What were their assumptions... |
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DK Eyewitness Travel Guide San Francisco and the Bay Area
DK Travel · DK Eyewitness Travel
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback
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The ideal travel companion, full of insider advice on what to see and do, plus detailed itineraries and comprehensive maps for exploring San Francisco and Northern California.
Cycle over Golden Gate Bridge, catch a ferry out to the infamous prison on Alcatraz Island or head out to Napa... |
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The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race
Jesmyn Ward · Scribner
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
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National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward takes James Baldwin's 1963 examination of race in America, The Fire Next Time, as a jumping off point for this groundbreaking collection of essays and poems about race from the most important voices of her generation and our time.
In... |
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"Literchoor Is My Beat": A Life of James Laughlin, Publisher of New Directions
Ian S. MacNiven · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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A biography—thoughtful and playful—of the man who founded New Directions and transformed American publishingJames Laughlin—poet, publisher, world-class skier—was the man behind some of the most daring, revolutionary works in verse and prose of the twentieth century.... |
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The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Emancipation
David Brion Davis · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 422
Format: Hardcover
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Winner of the 2014 National Book Critics Circle Award for General Nonfiction Shortlisted for the 2014 Cundill Prize in Historical LiteratureFrom the revered historian, the long-awaited conclusion of the magisterial history of slavery and emancipation in Western culture that has been nearly... |
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Fifty Weapons That Changed the Course of History
Joel Levy · Firefly Books
Format: Hardcover
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A beautifully presented guide to 50 weapons and their historical impact on civilization. Fifty Weapons that Changed the Course of History is a fascinating guide to the arms and armaments that have had the greatest impact on the development of human civilization. Like the other titles... |
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