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The Saudi Terror Machine: The Truth About Radical Islam and Saudi Arabia Revealed

Pierre Conesa - Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Hardcover

The untouched political status of Saudi Arabia among the world's nations constitutes a strange black hole in the analysis of radicalism that affects Islam and the Middle East today. Why has Salafism, the most intolerant and sectarian movement of Islam, become so prevalent throughout...
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Elizabeth & Margaret: The Intimate World of the Windsor Sisters

Andrew Morton

For fans of the Netflix series The Crown and from the New York Times bestselling author of 17 Carnations comes a captivating biography of Queen Elizabeth II and her sister Margaret. They were the closest of sisters and the best of friends. But when, in a quixotic twist of fate, their uncle...
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Fortune's Many Houses: A Victorian Visionary, a Noble Scottish Family, and a Lost Inheritance

Simon Welfare
Format: Hardcover


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The First Infantry Division and the U.S. Army Transformed: Road to Victory in Desert Storm, 1970-1991

Gregory Fontenot - University of Missouri
Format: Hardcover

This fast-paced and compelling read closes a significant gap in the historiography of the late Cold War U.S. Army and is crucial for understanding the current situation in the Middle East. From the author's introduction: "My purpose is a narrative history of the 1st Infantry Division...
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Agincourt: Battle of the Scarred King

Michael Livingston - Osprey Publishing
Format: Hardcover

Agincourt is one of the most famous battles in English history, a defining part of the national myth. This groundbreaking study by Mike Livingston, author of Never Greater Slaughter, presents a new interpretation of Henry V's great victory.. 'It's quite a feat to write an account...
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Genealogy & local history : guide

Jack T Ericson - University Microfilms International


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Damn Lucky: One Man's Courage During the Bloodiest Military Campaign in Aviation History

Kevin Maurer - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

From Kevin Maurer -- the #1 New York Times bestselling, award-winning coauthor of No Easy Day -- comes the true story of a World War II bomber pilot who survived twenty-five missions in Damn Lucky, "an epic, thrillingly written, utterly immersive account of a very lucky, incredible...
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When Christians Were Jews: The First Generation

Paula Fredriksen - Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover

A compelling account of Christianity's Jewish beginnings, from one of the world's leading scholars of ancient religion How did a group of charismatic, apocalyptic Jewish missionaries, working to prepare their world for the impending realization of God's promises to Israel, end up inaugurating...
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