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The Italian Americans: A History
Maria Laurino - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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This gorgeous companion book to the PBS series illuminates an important, overlooked part of American history. In this richly researched, beautifully designed and illustrated volume, Maria Laurino strips away stereotypes and nostalgia to tell the complicated, centuries-long story of the true... |
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The Secret War: Spies, Ciphers, and Guerrillas, 1939-1945
Max Hastings - Harper
Format: Print book
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From one of the foremost historians of the period and the acclaimed author of Inferno and Catastrophe: 1914, The Secret War is a sweeping examination of one of the most important yet underexplored aspects of World War II - intelligence - showing how espionage successes... |
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Pure Narco: One Man's True Story of 25 Years Inside the Cartels
Jesse Fink - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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'PURE NARCO is an unbelievable insider's look at the life and times of a real narco. During his 25-year criminal career, Luis Navia learned to work with all of the major Colombian cocaine manufacturing and distribution organisations, something not easily done, and miraculously survived... |
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Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945
Ian W. Toll - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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The final volume of the magisterial Pacific War Trilogy from acclaimed historian Ian W. Toll, "one of the great storytellers of war" (Evan Thomas) .Twilight of the Gods is a riveting account of the harrowing last year of World War II in the Pacific, when the U.S. Navy won the largest... |
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Justin Trudeau: The Natural Heir
Huguette Young - Dundurn
Format: Print book
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This unauthorized biography provides a rare look at the real Justin Trudeau, retracing his steps from his early days to the height of power. Having grown up in the shadow of his famous father, a political giant who dominated Canadian politics for almost sixteen years, Justin Trudeau took... |
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Tombstone: The Earp Brothers, Doc Holliday, and the Vendetta Ride from Hell
Tom Clavin - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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The true story of the Earp brothers, Doc Holliday, and the famous Battle at the OK Corral, by the New York Times bestselling author of Dodge City and Wild Bill.On the afternoon of October 26, 1881, nine men clashed in what would be known as the most famous shootout... |
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Gettysburg Contested: 150 Years of Preserving America's Cherished Landscapes
Brian Black - George F. Thompson Publishing
Format: Paperback
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After the American Revolution, sites representing key events in American history were crucial to the young nation's efforts to formalize its story. Following the Civil War, national history became a primary vehicle for patriotic and spiritual reconstruction, and sites such as historic... |
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Stampede: Gold Fever and Human Disaster in the Klondike
Brian Castner - Doubleday
Format: Hardcover
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The electrifying announcement in 1897 that gold was to be found in wildly enriching quantities in the Klondike River region in remote Alaska was demonically well timed to attract an exodus of economically desperate Americans. Within weeks tens of thousands of them were embarking from western... |
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