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The Tragedy of the Templars: The Rise and Fall of the Crusader States
Michael Haag - Harper Paperbacks
Format: Paperback
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From Michael Haag, bestselling author of The Templars: The History and the Myth, comes The Tragedy of the Templars, an exciting new look at the rise of Templar power and the saga of their destruction. Founded on Christmas Day 1119 in Jerusalem, the Knights Templar was a religious order... |
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Double Down: Game Change 2012
Mark Halperin - Penguin Press HC, The
Format: Hardcover
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Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times:"Those hungry for political news will read Double Down for the scooplets and insidery glimpses it serves up about the two campaigns, and the clues it offers about the positioning already going on among Republicans and Democrats for 2016 ... The book... |
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Fevers, Feuds, and Diamonds: Ebola and the Ravages of History
Farmer, Paul - FARRAR STRAUSS & GIROUX
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The public health legend Paul Farmer offers a provocative account of the 2014 Ebola crisis and why it occurredIn 2014, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Guinea suffered the worst epidemic of Ebola in history. The brutal virus spread rapidly through a clinical desert where basic health-care facilities... |
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The Strangers We Became: Lessons in Exile from One of Iraq's Last Jews
Cynthia Kaplan Shamash - Brandeis University Press
Format: eBook
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This riveting and utterly unique memoir chronicles the coming of age of Cynthia Shamash, an Iraqi Jew born in Baghdad in 1963. When she was eight, her family tried to escape Iraq over the Iranian border, but they were captured and jailed for five weeks. Upon release, they were returned... |
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Walk in My Combat Boots: True Stories from America's Bravest Warriors
James Patterson - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover
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The sacrifices of service are indescribable -- except by those who have made them. Their personal stories of battlefield life reveal: - The goal to "be ready every day, every single day," -- and how that can quickly descend into chaos. - The realization that every solider must... |
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Three Days in January: Dwight Eisenhower's Final Mission
Bret Baier - William Morrow
Format: Print book
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"THE BEST BOOK ON EISENHOWER TO APPEAR IN A VERY LONG TIME"*: BRET BAIER'S "RIVETING ACCOUNT" OF IKE'S FINAL MISSION IS "A LANDMARK ACHIEVEMENT" THAT IS "DESTINED TO TAKE ITS PLACE AS ONE OF THE CLASSICS OF PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY"January 1961: President... |
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Gods of War: History's Greatest Military Rivals
James Lacey - Bantam
Format: Hardcover
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Hannibal vs. Scipio. Grant vs. Lee. Rommel vs. Patton. The greatest battles, commanders, and rivalries of all time come to life in this engrossing guide to the geniuses of military history. "A compelling study of military leadership." - James M. McPherson, Pulitzer Prize-winning... |
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