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Jefferson's Daughters: Three Sisters, White and Black, in a Young America
CATHERINE KERRISON - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover
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Thomas Jefferson fathered three girls: two white and free, one black and a slave. This book about Martha, Maria, and Harriet tells the fascinating story of their very different lives at Monticello and beyond, as daughters of one of our most brilliant and complicated Founding Fathers. |
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The Husband Hunters: American Heiresses Who Married into the British Aristocracy
Anne De Courcy - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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A deliciously told group biography of the young, rich, American heiresses who married into the impoverished British aristocracy at the turn of the twentieth century - The real women who inspired Downton AbbeyTowards the end of the nineteenth century and for the first few years... |
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Then They Came for Me: Martin Niemller, the Pastor Who Defied the Nazis
Matthew D Hockenos - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover
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"First they came for the Communists, and I did not speak out-Because I was not a Communist..." Few today recognize the name Martin Niemoller, though many know his famous confession. In Then They Came for Me, Matthew Hockenos traces Niemoller's evolution from a Nazi supporter... |
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Meghan: A Hollywood Princess
World Trade Press. - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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From Andrew Morton, the New York Times bestselling author of Diana: Her True Story, comes a revealing, juicy, and inspiring biography of Meghan Markle, the American actress who won Prince Harry's heart. |
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No Stopping Us Now: The Adventures of Older Women in American History
Gail Collins - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover
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A lively, fascinating, eye-opening look at women and aging in America, by the beloved New York Times columnist."You're not getting older, you're getting better," or so promised the famous 1970's ad--for women's hair dye. Americans have always had a complicated relationship... |
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