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Churchill: Walking with Destiny
ANDREW ROBERTS · Viking Pages: 1088 Format: Hardcover
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A landmark reconsideration of the iconic war leader, based on extensive new material--from private letters to war cabinet meetings-- by the bestselling, award-winning author of Napoleon and The Storm of War.When we seek an example of unalloyed courage, the man who comes to mind is Winston... |
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Forgotten: The Untold Story of D-Day's Black Heroes, at Home and at War
Linda Hervieux · Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Pages: 353 Format: Print book
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The injustices of 1940s Jim Crow America are brought to life in this extraordinary blend of military and social history - a story that pays tribute to the valor of an all-black battalion whose crucial contributions at D-Day have gone unrecognized to this day.In the early hours of June 6, 1944,... |
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Border Wars: The Civil War in Tennessee and Kentucky
Kent T Dollar · The Kent State University Press, 2015. Pages: 310 Format: Print book
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Kentucky and Tennessee share a unique and similar history, having joined the Union as the fifteenth and sixteenth states in 1792 and 1796, respectively. During the antebellum period, Kentuckians and Tennesseans enjoyed a common culture, pursued a largely agricultural way of life, and shared... |
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The Great Stain: Witnessing American Slavery
Noel Rae · The Overlook Press Pages: 624 Format: Hardcover
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Comprising personal accounts from an intensely consequential chapter in human history, the transatlantic slave trade, The Great Stain takes readers from the depths of suffering to the heights of human dignity.There have been numerous books about the why, when, and where of slavery in America,... |
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The Mercy of the Sky: The Story of a Tornado
Holly Bailey · Viking Format: Hardcover
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"A gripping, heartbreaking and heartwarming account of the monster tornado that ravaged Moore, Oklahoma in 2013." --Daniel James Brown, #1 NY Times bestselling author of The Boys in the Boat An acclaimed reporter returns to her hometown after the worst twister on record and emerges... |
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Women: Our Story
DK · DK Pages: 320 Format: Hardcover
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Reexamining history from a female perspective, this book celebrates the pivotal but less well-known roles women have played in culture and society.Packed full of evocative images, this gloriously illustrated book reveals the key events in women's history--from early matriarchal societies... |
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The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine
Lindsey Fitzharris · Scientific American / Farrar, Straus and Giroux Pages: 304 Format: Hardcover
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A Top 10 Science Book of Fall 2017, Publishers WeeklyThe gripping story of how Joseph Lister's antiseptic method changed medicine foreverIn The Butchering Art, the historian Lindsey Fitzharris reveals the shocking world of nineteenth-century surgery and shows how it was transformed by advances... |
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Mookie: Life, Baseball, and the '86 Mets
Mookie Wilson · Berkley; Reprint edition Format: Paperback
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WITH NEW UPDATES FOR THIS EDITION!They said it was the “Curse of the Bambino.” They said “the bad guys won.” Now, for the first time in trade paperback, one of baseball’s all-time good guys, New York Mets legend Mookie Wilson, tells his side of the story—from... |
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The Longest Afternoon: The 400 Men Who Decided the Battle of Waterloo
Brendan Simms · Basic Books Format: Hardcover
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In 1815, the deposed emperor Napoleon returned to France and threatened the already devastated and exhausted continent with yet another war. Near the small Belgian municipality of Waterloo, two large, hastily mobilized armies faced each other to decide the future of Europe - Napoleon's... |
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It Wasn't Like Nothing: One Marine's Adventure in Vietnam
Thomas J Hynes · iUniverse Pages: 256 Format: Print book
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Marines who fought the North Vietnamese Army weren't interested in God, country, and Mom's apple pie: They were focused on fighting for a cause that was never fulfilled. Thomas Hynes, a Marine Corps second lieutenant who led the 2nd Platoon, Lima Company, Third Battalion, Fifth... |
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American Founders: How People of African Descent Established Freedom in the New World
Christina Proenza-Coles · NewSouth Books Pages: 384 Format: Hardcover
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American Founders reveals men and women of African descent as key protagonists in the story of American democracy. It chronicles how black people developed and defended New World settlements, undermined slavery, and championed freedom throughout the hemisphere from the sixteenth thorough... |
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Henry's Men: And the Men Who Made Him
Tracy Borman · Atlantic Monthly Press Pages: 320 Format: Hardcover
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Henry VIII is best known in history for his tempestuous marriages and the fates of his six wives. However, as acclaimed historian Tracy Borman makes clear in her illuminating new chronicle of Henry's life, his reign and reputation were hugely influenced by the men who surrounded and interacted... |
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Enemies of the State: The Radical Right in America from FDR to Trump
DARREN J MULLOY · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Pages: 208 Format: Hardcover
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The rise of the alt-right alongside Donald Trump's candidacy may be seem unprecedented events in the history of the United States, but D. J. Mulloy shows us that the radical right has been a long and active part of American politics during the twentieth century. From the German-American... |
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