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Walk through Fire: The Train Disaster that Changed America
Yasmine Ali - Citadel Format: Hardcover
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The first book to examine the rarely-acknowledged Waverly Train Disaster of 1978 - the catastrophic accident that changed America forever and led to the formation of FEMA. Coinciding with the 45th anniversary of the event, WALK THROUGH FIRE is a tribute to the first responders, as well... |
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Virginia 1619: Slavery and Freedom in the Making of English America
Paul Musselwhite - University of North Carolina Press; Illustrated edition Format: Paperback
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Virginia 1619 provides an opportunity to reflect on the origins of English colonialism around the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic world. As the essays here demonstrate, Anglo-Americans have been simultaneously experimenting with representative government and struggling with the corrosive... |
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Travels with George: In Search of Washington and His Legacy
Nathaniel Philbrick - Viking Format: Hardcover
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When George Washington became president in 1789, the United States of America was still a loose and quarrelsome confederation and a tentative political experiment. Washington undertook a tour of the ex-colonies to talk to ordinary citizens about his new government, and to imbue in them... |
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Madam C.J. Walker: The Making of an American Icon
Erica L. Ball - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Format: Hardcover
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Madam C. J. Walker - reputed to be America's first self-made woman millionaire - has long been celebrated for her rags-to-riches story. Born to former slaves in the Louisiana Delta in the aftermath of the Civil War, married at fourteen, and widowed at twenty, Walker spent the first... |
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When Reagan Sent In the Marines: The Invasion of Lebanon
Patrick J. Sloyan - Thomas Dunne Books Format: Hardcover
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"In this formidable narrative, the prize-winning and super honest reporter, Patrick Sloyan, adds the depth of a scholar's context to produce a gripping reminder of why we should never forget history. He makes readers feel like they were eye witnesses." -- Ralph NaderFrom a Pulitzer... |
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You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington
Alexis Coe - Viking Format: Hardcover
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"Alexis Coe energetically dusts off an old-boys genre to present a life in full, without sentiment or whitewashing. It's a public service, and it's also a lot of fun." --Irin Carmon, New York Times bestselling co-author of Notorious RBGAlexis Coe takes a closer look... |
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Leaders Who Changed History
Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff - DK Format: Hardcover
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Explore the lives of more than 85 of the world's most transformational and influential leaders in politics, business, religion, humanitarianism, and the military with this innovative and boldly graphic book.Comprehensive in its scope and depth, and fully illustrated, Leaders Who Changed... |
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Hiroshima Nagasaki: The Real Story of the Atomic Bombings and Their Aftermath
Paul Ham - Thomas Dunne Books Format: Hardcover
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In this harrowing history of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings Paul Ham argues against the use of nuclear weapons drawing on extensive research and hundreds of interviews to prove that the bombings had little impact on the eventual outcome of the Pacific War More than people were killed... |
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Women Warriors: An Unexpected History
Pamela D. Toler - Beacon Press Format: Hardcover
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Who says women don't go to war From Vikings and African queens to cross-dressing military doctors and WWII Russian fighter pilots, these are the stories of women for whom battle was not a metaphor.The woman warrior is always cast as an anomaly--Joan of Arc, not GI Jane. But women, it turns... |
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