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One Hundred Victories: Special Ops and the Future of American Warfare
Linda Robinson · PublicAffairs; First Edition edition
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One Hundred Victories is a portrait of how - after a decade of intensive combat operations - special operations forces have become the go-to force for US military endeavors worldwide.Linda Robinson follows the evolution of special ops in Afghanistan, their longest deployment since Vietnam.... |
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When Books Went to War: The Stories that Helped Us Win World War II
Molly Guptill Manning · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.
Pages: 267
Format: Print book |
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When America entered World War II in 1941, we faced an enemy that had banned and burned over 100 million books and caused fearful citizens to hide or destroy many more. Outraged librarians launched a campaign to send free books to American troops and gathered 20 million hardcover donations.... |
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Last crossing of the Lusitania
Erik Larson · Crown Publishers
Pages: 430
Format: Print book |
#1 New York Times Bestseller
From the bestselling author and master of narrative nonfiction comes the enthralling story of the sinking of the Lusitania
On May 1, 1915, with WWI entering its tenth month, a luxury ocean liner as richly appointed as an English country... |
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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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The Deluge: The Great War, America and the Remaking of the Global Order, 1916-1931
Adam Tooze · Viking; 2nd Printing edition
Format: Hardcover |
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A searing and highly original analysis of the First World War and its anguished aftermath In the depths of the Great War, with millions dead and no imaginable end to the conflict, societies around the world began to buckle. The heart of the financial system shifted from London to New York.... |
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Capital Dames: The Civil War and the Women of Washington, 1848-1868
Cokie Roberts · Harper
Pages: 512
Format: Hardcover |
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In this engrossing and informative companion to her New York Times bestsellers Founding Mothers and Ladies of Liberty, Cokie Roberts marks the sesquicentennial of the Civil War by offering a riveting look at Washington, D.C. and the experiences, influence, and contributions of its women... |
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The Disinherited: A Story of Family, Love and Betrayal
Robert Sackville-West · Bloomsbury USA
Format: Hardcover |
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In the small hours of the morning of June 3, 1914, a woman and her husband were found dead in a sparsely furnished apartment in Paris. Only when the identity of the couple was revealed in the English press a fortnight later did the full story emerge. The man, Henry Sackville-West, had shot... |
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Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War
Karen Abbott · Harper
Format: Hardcover |
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Karen Abbott, the New York Times bestselling author of Sin in the Second City and "pioneer of sizzle history" (USA Today) , tells the spellbinding true story of four women who risked everything to become spies during the Civil War.Karen Abbott illuminates one of the most fascinating... |
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One Nation Under God: How Corporate America Invented Christian America
Kevin M. Kruse · Basic Books
Pages: 352
Format: Print book |
We're often told that the United States is, was, and always has been a Christian nation. But in One Nation Under God, historian Kevin M. Kruse reveals that the idea of "Christian America" is an invention - and a relatively recent one at that.
As Kruse argues, the belief... |
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Lesser Beasts: A Snout-to-Tail History of the Humble Pig
Mark Essig · Basic Books
Format: Hardcover |
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Unlike other barnyard animals, which pull plows, give eggs or milk, or grow wool, a pig produces only one thing: meat. Incredibly efficient at converting almost any organic matter into nourishing, delectable protein, swine are nothing short of a gastronomic godsend - yet their flesh is banned... |
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California comeback : how "failed state" became a model for the nation
Narda Zacchino · Thomas Dunne Books
Pages: 336
Format: Print book |
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An in-depth look at California's remarkable 21st century turnaround, focusing on the role played by the state government under Jerry Brown. In the most economically important state in the country and the 7th largest economy in the world a political revolution of historic importance... |
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