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Heart of Europe: A History of the Holy Roman Empire
Peter H Wilson · The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2016.
Pages: 1008
Format: Print book |
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The Holy Roman Empire lasted a thousand years, far longer than ancient Rome. Yet this formidable dominion never inspired the awe of its predecessor. Voltaire distilled the disdain of generations when he quipped it was neither holy, Roman, nor an empire. Yet as Peter Wilson shows, the Holy... |
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Revolutionary Russia, 1891-1991: A History
Orlando Figes · Holt & Company, Henry
Pages: 336
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From the author of A People's Tragedy, an original reading of the Russian Revolution, examining it not as a single event but as a hundred-year cycle of violence in pursuit of utopian dreamsIn this elegant and incisive account, Orlando Figes offers an illuminating new perspective on the Russian... |
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Bodie: California Ghostown
Brian Leng · Authorhouse
Pages: 35
Format: Print book |
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The town of Bodie, was to say the least was an exciting and exhilarating place in its hey- day where people were came with hopes and dreams of a better way of life. It's now a testament to what life was like during the California Gold Rush days. Hopefully it will remain a reminder of days... |
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This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War (Vintage Civil War Library)
Drew Gilpin Faust · Vintage; Reprint edition
Pages: 346
Format: Paperback |
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More than 600,000 soldiers lost their lives in the American Civil War. An equivalent proportion of today's population would be six million. In This Republic of Suffering, Drew Gilpin Faust reveals the ways that death on such a scale changed not only individual lives but the life... |
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Hidden Harmonies: The Lives and Times of the Pythagorean Theorem
Robert Kaplan · Bloomsbury Press; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover |
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A squared plus b squared equals c squared. It sounds simple, doesn't it? Yet this familiar expression is a gateway into the riotous garden of mathematics, and sends us on a journey of exploration in the company of two inspired guides, acclaimed authors Robert and Ellen Kaplan. With... |
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Infamy: The Shocking Story of the Japanese American Internment in World War II
Richard Reeves · Henry Holt and Company, 2015.
Pages: 342
Format: Print book |
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A LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER * A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITOR'S CHOICE * Bestselling author Richard Reeves provides an authoritative account of the internment of more than 120,000 Japanese-Americans and Japanese aliens during World War IILess than three months after Japan bombed... |
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In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
Nathaniel Philbrick · Viking
Pages: 302
Format: Print book |
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From the author of the forthcoming book, Valiant Ambition, the riveting and critically acclaimed bestseller, soon to be a major motion picture starring Chris Hemsworth, directed by Ron Howard, premiering on December 11, 2015 "With its huge, scarred head halfway out of the water and its tail... |
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