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Remapping Second-Wave Feminism: The Long Women's Rights Movement in Louisiana, 19501997
Janet Allured - The University of Georgia Press
Format: Print book
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Scholars of second-wave feminism often center their research on northern thought and political activity and usually overlook the vibrant pockets of activism that existed elsewhere. In "Remapping Second-Wave Feminism, " Janet Allured attempts to reshape the national narrative by focusing... |
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Lady Catherine, the Earl, and the Real Downton Abbey
The Countess of Carnarvon - Broadway Paperbacks
Format: Paperback
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Lady Catherine, the Earl, and the Real Downton Abbey tells the story behind Highclere Castle, the setting for Julian Fellowes's Emmy Award-winning PBS show Downton Abbey, and the life of one of its most famous inhabitants, Catherine Wendell. In this transporting companion piece to the New York... |
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Hemingway at War: Ernest Hemingway's Adventures as a World War II Correspondent
Terry Mort - Pegasus Books
Format: Print book
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From Omaha Beach on D-Day and the French Resistance to the tragedy of Huertgen Forest and the Liberation of Paris, this is the story of Ernest Hemingway's adventures in journalism during World War II. In the spring of 1944, Hemingway traveled to London and then to France to cover World... |
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Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies: The Civil War
DAVID FISHER - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover
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The newest installment in the New York Times #1 bestselling companion series to the Fox historical docudrama, Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies; The Civil War is a pulse-quickening account of the deadliest war in American historyFrom the birth of the Republican... |
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Country Music: An Illustrated History
Dayton Duncan - Knopf
Format: Hardcover
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The rich and colorful story of America's most popular music and the singers and songwriters who captivated, entertained, and consoled listeners throughout the twentieth century--based on the upcoming eight-part film series to air on PBS in September 2019This gorgeously illustrated and hugely... |
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Victoria: The Queen: An Intimate Biography of the Woman Who Ruled an Empire
Julia Baird - Random House
Format: Print book
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This page-turning biography reveals the real woman behind the myth: a bold, glamorous, unbreakable queen - a Victoria for our times. Drawing on previously unpublished papers, this stunning new portrait is a story of love and heartbreak, of devotion and grief, of strength and resilience."Victoria... |
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American Journalists in the Great War: Rewriting the Rules of Reporting
Chris Dubbs - University of Nebraska Press
Format: Hardcover
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When war erupted in Europe in 1914, American journalists hurried across the Atlantic ready to cover it the same way they had covered so many other wars. However, very little about this war was like any other. Its scale, brutality, and duration forced journalists to write their own rules... |
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Lady First: The World of First Lady Sarah Polk
Amy S. Greenberg - Knopf
Format: Hardcover
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The little-known story of remarkable First Lady Sarah Polk--a brilliant master of the art of high politics and a crucial but unrecognized figure in the history of American feminism.While the Woman's Rights convention was taking place at Seneca Falls in 1848, First Lady Sarah Childress Polk... |
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The Butlers of Iberville Parish, Louisiana: Dunboyne Plantation in the 1800s
David D Plater - Louisiana State University Press, 2015.
Format: Print book
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In 1833, Edward G. W. and Frances Parke Butler moved to their newly constructed plantation house, Dunboyne, on the banks of the Mississippi River near the village of Bayou Goula. Their experiences at Dunboyne over the next forty years demonstrated the transformations that many land-owning... |
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Discovering Vintage New Orleans: A Guide to the City's Timeless Shops, Bars, Hotels & More
Bonnye Stuart - Globe Pequot Press; 1st Edition edition
Format: Print book
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Discovering Vintage New Orleans is a guide to all of the city's timeless classic spots that take you back in time. The book spotlights the charming stories that tell you what each place is like now and how it got that way. It includes indexes that let you choose the places you want... |
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Sisters and Rebels: A Struggle for the Soul of America
Jacquelyn Dowd Hall - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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Three sisters from the South wrestle with orthodoxies of race, sexuality, and privilege.Born in late nineteenth-century Georgia, Elizabeth, Grace, and Katharine Du Pre Lumpkin grew up in a culture of white supremacy. Their father was a member of the KKK; the older girls performed at rallies... |
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These Truths: A History of the United States
Jill Lepore - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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New York Times Bestseller. In the most ambitious one volume American history in decades, award winning historian and New Yorker writer Jill Lepore offers a magisterial account of the origins and rise of a divided nation, an urgently needed reckoning with the beauty and tragedy of American... |
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The Great New Orleans Kidnapping Case: Race, Law, and Justice in the Reconstruction Era
Michael A. Ross - Oxford University Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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In June 1870, the residents of the city of New Orleans were already on edge when two African American women kidnapped seventeen-month-old Mollie Digby from in front of her New Orleans home. It was the height of Radical Reconstruction, and the old racial order had been turned upside down:... |
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American Indian Women
Patrick Deval - Abbeville Press Publishers, 2015. 2015
Format: Print book
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A wide-ranging visual history of American Indian women, from pre-Columbian times to the presentDespite their important roles in religious, political, and family life, the stories of American Indian women have remained largely untold, or else have been obscured by the glamorizing eye of popular... |
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Who Killed These Girls?: Cold Case: The Yogurt Shop Murders
Beverly Lowry - Knopf Publishing Group
Format: Hardcover
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From the author of Crossed Over, another masterful account of a horrible crime: the murder of four girls, countless other ruined lives, and the evolving complications of the justice system that frustrated the massive attempts--for twenty-five years now--to find and punish those who committed... |
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Thank You for Your Service
David Finkel - Picador; Reprint edition
Format: Print book
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A FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE, THE DAYTON LITERARY PEACE PRIZE, AND THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY HELEN BERNSTEIN AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN JOURNALISMONE OF TEN FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2013 BY MICHIKO KAKUTANI (THE NEW YORK TIMES) AND AWASHINGTON... |
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Secrets of Churchill's War Rooms
Jonathan Asbury - Imperial War Museum
Format: Print book
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On May 10, 1940, Britain's new prime minister strode purposefully down to the basement of an anonymous government building and entered a top secret command center. "This," growled Winston Churchill, "is the room from which I will run the war." At the war's... |
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The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story
Diane Ackerman - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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When Germany invaded Poland, bombers devastated Warsaw--and the city's zoo along with it. With most of their animals dead, zookeepers Jan and Antonina Zabinski began smuggling Jews into the empty cages. Another dozen "guests" hid inside the Zabinskis' villa, emerging after... |
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They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky: The True Story of Three Lost Boys from Sudan
Benjamin Ajak - PublicAffairs
Format: Paperback
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Christopher Award WinnerLos Angeles Times BestsellerWashington Post Top 100 Books of the Year SelectionA stunning literary survival story of three young Sudanese boys, two brothers and a cousin - hailed by the Los Angeles Times as a "moving, beautifully written account, by turns warm... |
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The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors
Dan Jones - Penguin Books
Format: Print book
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The author of the New York Times bestseller The Plantagenets chronicles the next chapter in British historythe historical backdrop for Game of ThronesFrom the author ofMagna Carta The Birth of LibertyThe crown of England changed hands five times over the course of the fifteenth century,... |
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Lincoln and the Abolitionists: John Quincy Adams, Slavery, and the Civil War
FRED KAPLAN - Harper
Format: Hardcover
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The acclaimed biographer, with a thought-provoking exploration of how Abraham Lincoln's and John Quincy Adams' experiences with slavery and race shaped their differing viewpoints, provides both perceptive insights into these two great presidents and a revealing perspective on race... |
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Dapper Dan: Made in Harlem: A Memoir
Daniel R. Day - Random House
Format: Hardcover
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"Dapper Dan is a legend, an icon, a beacon of inspiration to many in the Black community. His story isn't just about fashion. It's about tenacity, curiosity, artistry, hustle, love, and a singular determination to live our dreams out loud." - Ava Duvernay, director of Selma,... |
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Princesses: The Six Daughters of George III
Flora Fraser - Anchor Books
Format: Paperback
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In this sumptuous group portrait of the six daughters of "Mad" King George III, acclaimed biographer Flora Fraser takes us into the heart of the British royal family during the tumultuous period of the American and French revolutions.Drawing on their extraordinary private correspondence,... |
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Red River Steamboats
Gary Joiner - Arcadia Publishing
Format: Book
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Known by the French settlers of the eighteenth century as the Fleuve Rouge, the Red River boasts a fascinating history in Louisiana. It is the states historic highway along which plantations were built, and upon which their wares went to the great markets of New Orleans and the rest of the world.... |
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Navy SEALs: The Combat History of the Deadliest Warriors on the Planet
Don Mann - Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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In a world where acts of terror have become all too commonplace, America has turned to the elite warriors of special operations to lead the fight and hunt down those whose very ideology is one of hate for everything our nation stands for. Among those units one stands apart from the rest,... |
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Asperger's Children: The Origins of Autism in Nazi Vienna
Edith Sheffer - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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A groundbreaking exploration of the chilling history behind an increasingly common diagnosis.In 1930s and 1940s Vienna, child psychiatrist Hans Asperger sought to define autism as a diagnostic category, aiming to treat those children, usually boys, he deemed capable of participating fully... |
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Old Sparky: The Electric Chair and the History of the Death Penalty
Anthony Galvin - W W Norton
Format: Print book
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A shocking exploration of America's preferred method of capital punishment.In early 2013, Robert Gleason became the latest victim of the electric chair, a peculiarly American execution method. Shouting Pg mo thin ("Kiss my ass" in Gaelic) , he grinned as electricity shot through... |
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The Ambulance Drivers: Hemingway, Dos Passos, and a Friendship Made and Lost in War
James McGrath Morris - Da Capo Press
Format: Print book
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Rich in evocative detail--from Paris cafs to Austrian chateaus, from the streets of Pamplona to the waters of Key West--The Ambulance Drivers tells the story of two aspiring writers, Ernest Hemingway and John Dos Passos, who met in World War I and forged a twenty-year friendship that produced... |
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Capital Dames: The Civil War and the Women of Washington, 1848-1868
Cokie Roberts - Harper
Format: Hardcover
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In this engrossing and informative companion to her New York Times bestsellers Founding Mothers and Ladies of Liberty, Cokie Roberts marks the sesquicentennial of the Civil War by offering a riveting look at Washington, D.C. and the experiences, influence, and contributions of its women... |
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The Lowells of Massachusetts: An American Family
Nina Sankovitch - St. Martin's Press
Format: Print book
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The Lowells of Massachusetts were a remarkable family. They were settlers in the New World in the 1600s, revolutionaries creating a new nation in the 1700s, merchants and manufacturers building prosperity in the 1800s, and scientists and artists flourishing in the 1900s. For the first time,... |
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Sand and Steel: The D-Day Invasion and the Liberation of France
Peter Caddick-Adams - Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover
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Peter Caddick-Adams's account of the Allied invasion of France in June 1944 matches the monumental achievement of his book on the Battle of the Bulge, Snow and Steel, which Richard Overy has called the "standard history of this climactic confrontation in the West." Sand and Steel... |
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The Handy American History Answer Book
David L. Hudson - Visible Ink Pr
Format: Paperback
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Early civilizations, Native Americans, the English colonies, slavery, the American Revolution, the Declaration of Independence, and the Bill of Rights begin the journey and lay the foundation for the United States of today. The Handy American History Answer Book takes a walk through the economic,... |
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Two Wings and a Star: The Life and Times of Sheriff Chester Baudoin
Chet Wallace - Independently published
Format: Paperback
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Chester Baudoin was a top-notch Louisiana Sheriff in St. Mary Parish from 1964 to 1984. He was responsible for inventing the barrier that separates the front and back seat of a patrol car and used flying extensively in the St. Mary Parish Sheriff's Department. Baudoin had a love of flying... |
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The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England
Dan Jones - Viking; Revised edition
Format: Hardcover
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"Outstanding . . . A thrilling history of royal intrigues, violent skullduggery and brutal warfare." - Simon Sebag MontefioreThe first Plantagenet king inherited a blood-soaked kingdom from the Normans and transformed it into an empire stretched at its peak from Scotland to Jerusalem.... |
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Viking Nations: The Development of Medieval North Atlantic Identities
Dayanna Knight - Pen & Sword
Format: Print book
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How was the North Atlantic settled? How did the distinct cultures of medieval Iceland and Greenland come to be? Viking Nations is an interdisciplinary consideration of medieval North Atlantic settlement that focuses on not only site-related identity but also the active choices made to adopt... |
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The Little Book of Feminist Saints
JULIA PIERPONT - Random House
Format: Hardcover
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This inspiring, beautifully illustrated collection honors one hundred exceptional women throughout history and around the world. A Stylist Must-read Book of 2018 In this luminous volume, New York Times bestselling writer Julia Pierpont and artist Manjit Thapp match short, vibrant, and surprising... |
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The Story of French New Orleans: History of a Creole City
Dianne Guenin-Lelle - University Press of Mississippi
Format: Print book
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What is it about the city of New Orleans? History, location, and culture continue to link it to France while distancing it culturally and symbolically from the United States. This book explores the traces of French language, history, and artistic expression that have been present there... |
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Pitot House, The: A Landmark on Bayou St. John
James Wade - Pelican Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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Architectural majesty rising from the bayou. Travel back in time to one of New Orleans' oldest historic homes. The Pitot House retains its architectural purity and significance because of the Louisiana Landmarks Society's efforts in preservation. A traditional Creole country home,... |
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Alexander the Great: His Life and His Mysterious Death
Anthony Everitt - Random House
Format: Hardcover
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What can we learn from the stunning rise and mysterious death of the ancient world's greatest conqueror? An acclaimed biographer reconstructs the life of Alexander the Great in this magisterial revisionist portrait. More than two millennia have passed since Alexander the Great built an empire... |
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The Axeman of New Orleans: The True Story
Miriam C Davis - Chicago Review Press
Format: Print book
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From 1910 to 1919, New Orleans suffered at the hands of its very own Jack the Ripper-style killer. The story has been the subject of websites, short stories, novels, a graphic novel, and most recently the FX television series American Horror Story. But the full story of gruesome... |
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Rejected Princesses: Tales of History's Boldest Heroines, Hellions, and Heretics
Jason Porath - Dey Street Books
Format: Print book
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Blending the iconoclastic feminism of The Notorious RBG and the confident irreverence of Go the F**ck to Sleep, a brazen and empowering illustrated collection that celebrates inspirational badass women throughout history, based on the popular Tumblr blog. Well-behaved women seldom make... |
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The History Behind Game of Thrones: The North Remembers
David C. Weinczok - Pen & Sword History
Format: Hardcover
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The true history behind the hit HBO fantasy show and George R. R. Martins bestselling Fire and Ice series. A wall in the distant north cuts the world in two. Ruthless sea-born warriors raid the coasts from their war galleys. A young nobleman and his kin are slaughtered under a banner... |
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She Came to Slay: The Life and Times of Harriet Tubman
Erica Armstrong Dunbar - 37 Ink
Format: Hardcover
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In the bestselling tradition of The Notorious RBG comes a lively, informative, and illustrated tribute to one of the most exceptional women in American history - Harriet Tubman - a heroine whose fearlessness and activism still resonates today.. Harriet Tubman is best known as one of the most... |
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The Year Before the Flood: A Story of New Orleans
Ned Sublette - Lawrence Hill Books
Format: Hardcover
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With a style the Los Angeles Times calls as "vivid and fast-moving as the music he loves," Ned Sublette's powerful new book drives the reader through the potholed, sinking streets of the United States's least-typical city. In this eagerly awaited follow-up to The World... |
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The Marches: A Borderland Journey between England and Scotland
Rory Stewart - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Print book
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From the best-selling author of The Places in Between, "a flat-out masterpiece" (New York Times Book Review) , an exploration of the Marches - the borderland between England and Scotland - and the people, history, and conflicts that have shaped it In The Places... |
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Oscar de la Renta: His Legendary World of Style
Andre Leon Talley - Skira Rizzoli
Format: Hardcover
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A sumptuous monograph tracing the life and legacy of fashion luminary Oscar de la Renta. In October 2014 one of the fashion world's champions, Oscar de la Renta, passed away, a great loss brightened by the innumerable successes of his half-century reign. The acclaimed fashion designer... |
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Rasputin: Faith, Power, and the Twilight of the Romanovs
Douglas Smith - Farrar
Format: Print book
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On the centenary of the death of Rasputin comes a definitive biography that will dramatically change our understanding of this fascinating figureA hundred years after his murder, Rasputin continues to excite the popular imagination as the personification of evil. Numerous biographies, novels,... |
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The Great Halifax Explosion
JOHN U BACON - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover
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From New York Times bestselling author John U. Bacon, a gripping narrative history of the largest manmade detonation prior to Hiroshima: in 1917 a ship laden with the most explosives ever packed on a vessel sailed out of Brooklyn's harbor for the battlegrounds of World War I; when it stopped... |
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The Killing School: Inside the World's Deadliest Sniper Program
BRANDON WEBB - ST MARTIN'S Press
Format: Print book
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As a SEAL sniper and combat veteran, Webb was tapped to revamp the U.S. Naval Special Warfare (SEAL) Scout/Sniper School, incorporating the latest advances in technology and ballistics software to create an entirely new course that continues to test the skills and even the best warriors.... |
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World War II at Sea: A Global History
Craig L Symonds - Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover
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Author of Lincoln and His Admirals (winner of the Lincoln Prize) , The Battle of Midway (Best Book of the Year, Military History Quarterly) , and Operation Neptune (winner of the Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval Literature) , Craig L. Symonds ranks among the country's finest... |
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100 Things to Do in New Orleans Before You Die
Beth D'Addono - Reedy Pr
Format: Print book
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New Orleans is on everybody's bucket list. In 2015, visitors to New Orleans spent $7.05 billion dollars a 3.5% increase compared to 2014. And the city hosted 9.78 million visitors a 2.7% increase compared to 2014. These visitors and the locals and hospitality providers that host them... |
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The World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother's Life in the Detroit Numbers
Bridgett M. Davis - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover
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A singular memoir highlighting "the outstanding humanity of black America" that tells the story of one unforgettable mother, her devoted daughter, and the life they lead in the Detroit numbers of the 1960s and 1970s (James McBride) In 1958, the very same year that an unknown... |
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Dutch Girl: Audrey Hepburn and World War II
Robert Matzen - GoodKnight Books
Format: Hardcover
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Twenty-five years after her passing, Audrey Hepburn remains the most beloved of all Hollywood stars, known as much for her role as UNICEF ambassador as for films like Roman Holiday and Breakfast at Tiffany's. Several biographies have chronicled her stardom, but none has covered her intense... |
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The Golden Fleece: High-Risk Adventure at West Point
TOM CARHART - Potomac Books
Format: Hardcover
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In the fall of 1965 West Point cadet Tom Carhart and five of his classmates from the U.S. Military Academy pulled off a feat of extraordinary ingenuity, precision, and raw guts: the theft of the billy goat mascot from their rival, the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, just before the biggest... |
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Why?: Explaining the Holocaust
Peter Hayes - W.W. Norton & Company
Format: Print book
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A bold new exploration that answers the most commonly asked questions about the Holocaust.Despite the outpouring of books, movies, museums, memorials, and courses devoted to the Holocaust, a coherent explanation of why such ghastly carnage erupted from the heart of civilized Europe in the twentieth... |
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The Complete Book of Emigrants, 1607-1660
Peter Wilson Coldham - Genealogical Publishing Company
Format: Hardcover
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This is a heroic attempt to bring together from English sources a complete list of emigrants to the New World from 1607 to 1660. No doubt records of passengers leaving for America were kept in this period, but while no systematic record has survived, the remaining records are substantial.... |
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The Indian World of George Washington: The First President, the First Americans, and the Birth of the Nation
Colin G Calloway - Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover
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In this sweeping new biography, Colin Calloway uses the prism of George Washington's life to bring focus to the great Native leaders of his time--Shingas, Tanaghrisson, Bloody Fellow, Joseph Brant, Red Jacket, Little Turtle--and the tribes they represented: the Iroquois Confederacy, Lenape,... |
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Imagine It Forward: Courage, Creativity, and the Power of Change
Beth Comstock - Currency
Format: Hardcover
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From one of today's foremost innovation leaders, an inspiring and practical guide to mastering change in the face of uncertainty. The world will never be slower than it is right now, says Beth Comstock, the former Vice Chair and head of marketing and innovation at GE. But confronting... |
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The King is Dead: The Last Will and Testament of Henry VIII
Suzannah Lipscomb - Pegasus Books
Format: Print book
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An insightful and elegant examination of Henry VIII's last will and testament that evokes the glittering world of the Tudor king in all its glory, pomp, and paranoia. On 28 January 1547, the sickly and obese King Henry VIII died at Whitehall. Just hours before his passing, his last... |
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Hear Dat New Orleans: A Guide to the Rich Musical Heritage & Lively Current Scene
Michael Murphy - W W Norton, 2016.
Format: Print book
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By the author of Eat Dat and Fear Dat, a charmingly irreverent guide to the thriving, world-famous music scene in New Orleans "Where can I go to hear music?" is a question often asked by visitors to New Orleans. The question might better be asked, "Where can I go and not hear... |
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Renoir's Dancer: The Secret Life of Suzanne Valadon
Catherine Hewitt - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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Catherine Hewitt's richly told biography of Suzanne Valadon, the illegitimate daughter of a provincial linen maid who became famous as a model for the Impressionists and later as a painter in her own right.In the 1880s, Suzanne Valadon was considered the Impressionists' most beautiful... |
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Hunter Killer: Inside America's Unmanned Air War
T. Mark Mccurley - Dutton
Format: Hardcover
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The first-ever inside look at the US military's secretive Remotely Piloted Aircraft program - equal parts techno-thriller, historical account, and war memoirRemotely piloted aircraft (RPA) , commonly referred to by the media as drones, are a mysterious and headline-making tool in the military's... |
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Pearl Harbor: From Infamy to Greatness
Craig Nelson - Scribner
Format: Print book
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Published in time for the 75th anniversary, a gripping and definitive account of the event that changed twentieth-century America - Pearl Harbor - based on years of research and new information uncovered by a New York Times bestselling author.The America we live in today was born,... |
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National Geographic Concise Atlas of the World, 4th Edition
National Geographic. - National Geographic Soc
Format: Print book
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With more than 470 maps and graphics, this atlas delivers award-winning cartography with superbly designed and amazingly informative maps and graphics providing accurate coverage of the whole world. Including introductory sections for each continent and the flags and country facts at the end of each... |
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Way of the Reaper: My Greatest Untold Missions and the Art of Being a Sniper
Nicholas Irving - Macmillan Audio
Format: Hardcover
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From the legendary special operations sniper and best-selling author of The Reaper comes a rare and powerful audiobook on the art of being a sniper. Way of the Reaper is a step-by-step accounting of how a sniper works, through the lens of Irvings 10 most significant kills - none of which... |
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The Mathews Men: Seven Brothers and the War Against Hitler's U-boats
William Geroux - Viking
Format: Print book
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"Vividly drawn and emotionally gripping." - Daniel James Brown, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Boys in the BoatOne of the last unheralded heroic stories of World War II: the U-boat assault off the American coast against the men of the U.S. Merchant Marine... |
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Courage Is Contagious: To Michelle Obama, with Love
Nicholas Haramis (Editor) - Lenny
Format: Hardcover
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A collection of never-before-published essays celebrating a First Lady whose impact will be felt for years to come, featuring a stunning array of acclaimed contributors Michelle Obama's legacy transcends categorization; her cultural imprint is as nuanced as it is indelible. She used her time... |
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The Library Book
Susan Orlean - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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A REESE WITHERSPOON x HELLO SUNSHINE BOOK CLUB PICK A WASHINGTON POST TOP 10 BOOK OF THE YEAR * A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER and NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2018 "A constant pleasure to read ... Everybody who loves books should check out The Library Book."... |
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You're Doing it Wrong!: Mothering, Media, and Medical Expertise
Bethany L. Johnson - Rutgers University Press
Format: Paperback
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New mothers face a barrage of confounding decisions during the life-cycle of early motherhood which includes... Should they change their diet or mindset to conceive? Exercise while pregnant? Should they opt for a home birth or head for a hospital? Whatever they "choose," they... |
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Live It Again 1959
Annie's - Annie's
Format: Print book
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Transporting readers back in time, each Live It Again title showcases rare and exclusive photos, artwork, and cartoons from the every issue of the year's Saturday Evening Post A sentimental journey back in time with rare and exclusive images, ads, and comics, readers can look... |
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The Ghost Ship of Brooklyn: An Untold Story of the American Revolution
Robert P Watson - Da Capo Press
Format: Hardcover
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Moored off the coast of Brooklyn, the derelict HMS Jersey was a living hell for thousands of Americans either captured by the British or accused of disloyalty. Crammed below deck without light or fresh air, the disease-ridden prisoners were scarcely given food and water. More Americans... |
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Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy, 1945-1975
MAX HASTINGS - Harper
Format: Hardcover
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An absorbing and definitive modern history of the Vietnam War from the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of The Secret War.Vietnam became the Western world's most divisive modern conflict, precipitating a battlefield humiliation for France in 1954, then a vastly greater one for the United... |
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Endeavour: The Ship That Changed the World
Peter Moore - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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A Sunday Times (U.K.) Best Book of 2018 and Winner of the Mary Soames Award for HistoryAn unprecedented history of the storied ship that Darwin said helped add a hemisphere to the civilized worldThe Enlightenment was an age of endeavors, with Britain consumed by the impulse for grand... |
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The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won
Victor Davis Hanson - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover
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A definitive account of World War II by America's preeminent military historianWorld War II was the most lethal conflict in human history. Never before had a war been fought on so many diverse landscapes and in so many different ways, from rocket attacks in London to jungle fighting in Burma... |
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Empire of Sin: A Story of Sex, Jazz, Murder, and the Battle for Modern New Orleans
Gary Krist - Broadway Books; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback
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From bestselling author Gary Krist, a vibrant and immersive account of New Orleans other civil war, at a time when commercialized vice, jazz culture, and endemic crime defined the battlegrounds of the Crescent City Empire of Sinre-creates the remarkable story of New Orleans thirty-years... |
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Sea Stories: My Life in Special Operations
William H. McRaven - Twelve
Format: Audiobook
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In this instant New York Times bestseller, the celebrated author of Make Your Bed shares amazing adventure stories from his career as a Navy SEAL and commander of America's Special Operations Forces.Admiral William H. McRaven is a part of American military history, having... |
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The Cartiers: The Untold Story of the Family Behind the Jewelry Empire
Francesca Cartier Brickell - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover
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The captivating story of the family behind Cartier, and the three brothers who turned their grandfather's humble Parisian jewelry store into a global luxury icon--as told by a great-granddaughter with exclusive access to long-lost family archives.The Cartiers is the revealing tale... |
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The House That Sugarcane Built: The Louisiana Burguires
Donna McGee Onebane - University Press of Mississippi
Format: Print book
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The House That Sugarcane Built tells the saga of Jules M. Burguires Sr. and five generations of Louisianans who, after the Civil War, established a sugar empire that has survived into the present. When twenty-seven-year-old Parisian immigrant Eugne D. Burguires landed at the Port of New Orleans... |
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Road to Disaster: A New History of America's Descent Into Vietnam
BRIAN VANDEMARK - Custom House
Format: Hardcover
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"The most thoughtful and judicious one-volume history of the war and the American political leaders who presided over the difficult and painful decisions that shaped this history. The book will stand for the foreseeable future as the best study of the tragic mistakes that led to so much... |
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Scholars of Mayhem: My Father's Secret War in Nazi-Occupied France
Daniel C. Guiet - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover
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The astonishing untold story of the author's father, the lone American on a 4-person SOE commando team dropped behind German lines in France, whose epic feats of irregular warfare proved vital in keeping Nazi tanks away from Normandy after D-Day.When Daniel Guiet was a child and his family... |
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New Orleans: The First 300 Years
Errol Laborde - Pelican Publishing Company, Inc.
Format: Hardcover
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Get to know one of the most unique cities in the world! New Orleans is unlike anywhere else on Earththe fusion of cultures, people, and food all establish a whole greater than its constituent parts. From migration to politics to music to ethnic culture and identity, this comprehensive volume... |
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Final Solution: The Fate of the Jews 1933-1949
David Cesarani - St Martins Pr
Format: Book
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David Cesarani's Final Solution is a magisterial work of history that chronicles the fate of Europe's Jews. Based on decades of scholarship, documentation newly available from the opening of Soviet archives, declassification of western intelligence service records, as well as diaries... |
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Young Benjamin Franklin: The Birth of Ingenuity
Nick Bunker - Knopf
Format: Hardcover
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In this new account of Franklin's early life, Pulitzer finalist Nick Bunker portrays him as a complex, driven young man who elbows his way to success.From his early career as a printer and journalist, to his scientific work and his role as a founder of a new republic, Benjamin Franklin... |
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Lioness: Golda Meir and the Nation of Israel
Francine Klagsbrun - Schocken
Format: Hardcover
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The definitive biography of Golda Meir: the iron-willed leader, chain-smoking political operative, and tea-and-cake-serving grandmother who became the fourth prime minister of Israel and one of the most notable women of our time. Golda Meir was a world figure unlike any other. Born... |
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No Hero: The Evolution of a Navy Seal
Mark Owen - New American Library
Format: Paperback
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The companion volume to the multimillion-copy classic No Easy Day by former Navy SEAL Mark Owen reveals the evolution of a SEAL Team Six operator.Mark Owen's instant #1 New York Times bestseller, No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission that Killed Osama bin Laden, focused... |
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Hidden History of Acadiana
William J. Thibodeaux
Format: Paperback
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Tragedy and destruction abound in this region and in these pages, but heroism, glory and Cajun flair come in equal measure. From the improbable Thoroughbred Twenty-Twoinit, which defied odds and burned Vegas oddsmakers at Evangeline Downs, to the destitute Reconstruction-era Cajuns who sought... |
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The Buried: An Archaeology of the Egyptian Revolution
Peter Hessler - Penguin Press
Format: eBook
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From the acclaimed author of River Town and Oracle Bones, an intimate excavation of life in one of the world's oldest civilizations at a time of convulsive changeDrawn by a fascination with Egypt's rich history and culture, Peter Hessler moved with his wife and twin daughters... |
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My Life, My Love, My Legacy
Coretta Scott King - Holt, Henry & Company, Inc.
Format: Print book
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The Washington Post's Books to Read in 2017The New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceUSA Today, "New and Noteworthy""This book is distinctly Coretta's story . . . particularly absorbing. . . generous, in a manner that is unfashionable in our culture."... |
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Bossier Parish
Clifton D. Cardin - Arcadia Publishing
Format: Book
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From the early settlers who developed farming communities to scandalous murderers who committed crimes that devastated residents, Bossier Parish has entertained a unique existence. Within these pages, discover the dying communities of rural Bossier Parish as well as the development of Louisiana's... |
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The Brink: President Reagan and the Nuclear War Scare of 1983
MARC AMBINDER - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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The incredible story of the 1983 war game that triggered a tense, brittle period of nuclear brinkmanship between the United States and the former Soviet Union.What happened in 1983 to make the Soviet Union so afraid of a potential nuclear strike from the United States that they sent mobile... |
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The Castaway's War: One Man's Battle against Imperial Japan
Stephen Harding - Da Capo Press
Format: Print book
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In the early hours of July 5, 1943, the destroyer USS Strong was hit by a Japanese torpedo. The powerful weapon broke the destroyer's back, flooded her engine room, killed dozens of sailors, and sparked raging fires. While accompanying ships were able to rescue most of Strong's... |
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Beirut on the Bayou: Alfred Nicola, Louisiana, and the Making of Modern Lebanon
RaiÌf Shwayri - SUNY Press
Format: Print book
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Raif Shwayri begins his family s story with his grandfather Habib Shwayri s arrival at Ellis Island in 1902. Having left Beirut, then a harbor city on the Syrian coast of the Ottoman Empire, only weeks before, he took the name Alfred Nicola and made his way to relatives in New Orleans.... |
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The Winter Fortress: The Epic Mission to Sabotage Hitler's Atomic Bomb
Neal Bascomb - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Print book
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From the internationally acclaimed, best-selling author of Hunting Eichmann and The Perfect Mile, an epic adventure and spy story about the greatest act of sabotage in all of World War II. It's 1942 and the Nazis are racing to be the first to build a weapon unlike any known... |
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Broad Band: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the Internet
Claire Lisa Evans - Portfolio
Format: Book
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The history of technology you probably know is one of men and machines, garages and riches, alpha nerds and brogrammers. But the little-known fact is that female visionaries have always been at the vanguard of technology and innovation--they've just been erased from the story. Until... |
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The Wild West in Color: A Photographic Account of our Nation's Westward Expansion
John C Guntzelman - Voyageur Press
Format: Print book
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Re-explore the Wild West, where America's legends and myths were made, for the first time with fully-colorized images by bestselling author and cinematographer, John Guntzelman. The lure of the Wild West has been a driving force in the American experience. Originally the stuff of dreams,... |
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The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
Ben Macintyre - Crown
Format: Hardcover
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The celebrated author of Double Cross and Rogue Heroes returns with his greatest spy story yet, a thrilling Americans-era tale of Oleg Gordievsky, the Russian whose secret work helped hasten the end of the Cold War. If anyone could be considered a Russian counterpart... |
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The Loyal Son: The War in Ben Franklin's House
DANIEL MARK EPSTEIN - BALLANTINE
Format: Print book
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The dramatic story of a founding father, his illegitimate son, and the tragedy of their conflict during the American Revolution - from the acclaimed author of The Lincolns. Ben Franklin is the most lovable of America's founding fathers. His wit, his charm, his inventiveness - even... |
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The Wives of Henry VIII
Antonia Fraser - Vintage
Format: Paperback
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The New York Times bestselling history of the legendary six wives of Henry VIII--from the acclaimed author of Marie Antoinette. Under Antonia Fraser's intent scrutiny, Catherine of Aragon emerges as a scholar-queen who steadfastly refused to grant a divorce to her royal husband; Anne... |
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The Age of Caesar: Five Roman Lives
Plutarch. - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Print book
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A brilliant new translation of five of history's greatest lives from Plutarch, the inventor of biography.Pompey, Caesar, Cicero, Brutus, Antony: the names resonate across thousands of years. Major figures in the civil wars that brutally ended the Roman republic, their lives still haunt... |
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American Overdose: The Opioid Tragedy in Three Acts
Chris McGreal - PublicAffairs
Format: Hardcover
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A comprehensive portrait of a uniquely American epidemic--devastating in its findings and damning in its conclusionsThe opioid epidemic has been called "one of the greatest mistakes of modern medicine." But calling it a mistake is a generous rewriting of history. Driven by greed,... |
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Radical: The Science, Culture, and History of Breast Cancer in America
Kate Pickert - Little, Brown Spark
Format: Hardcover
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In this "powerful and unflinching page-turner" (New York Times) , a healthcare journalist examines the science, history, and culture of breast cancer. As a health-care journalist, Kate Pickert knew the emotional highs and lows of medical treatment well -- but always... |
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The Lost Airman: A True Story of Escape from Nazi Occupied France
Seth Meyerowitz - Berkley Caliber
Format: Print book
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For fans of Unbroken, the remarkable, untold story of World War II American Air Force turret-gunner Staff Sergeant Arthur Meyerowitz, who was shot down over Nazi-occupied France and evaded Gestapo pursuers for more than six months before escaping to freedom. Bronx-born top turret-gunner... |
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The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela
NELSON MANDELA - Liveright
Format: eBook
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An unforgettable portrait of one of the most inspiring historical figures of the twentieth century, published on the centenary of his birth.Arrested in 1962 as South Africa's apartheid regime intensified its brutal campaign against political opponents, forty-four-year-old lawyer and African... |
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Dressed in Dreams: A Black Girl's Love Letter to the Power of Fashion
Tanisha C. Ford - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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From sneakers to leather jackets, a bold, witty, and deeply personal dive into Black America's closet In this highly engaging book, fashionista and pop culture expert Tanisha C. Ford investigates Afros and dashikis, go-go boots and hotpants of the sixties, hip hop's baggy jeans and bamboo... |
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Churchill: Walking with Destiny
ANDREW ROBERTS - Viking
Format: Hardcover
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A landmark reconsideration of the iconic war leader, based on extensive new material--from private letters to war cabinet meetings-- by the bestselling, award-winning author of Napoleon and The Storm of War.When we seek an example of unalloyed courage, the man who comes to mind... |
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Beyond Freedom's Reach: A Kidnapping in the Twilight of Slavery
Adam Rothman - Harvard University Press
Format: Hardcover
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Born into slavery in rural Louisiana, Rose Herera was bought and sold several times before being purchased by the De Hart family of New Orleans. Still a slave, she married and had children, who also became the property of the De Harts. But after Union forces captured New Orleans in 1862... |
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Fighter in Velvet Gloves: Alaska Civil Rights Hero Elizabeth Peratrovich
Annie Boochever - University of Alaska Press
Format: Paperback
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"No Natives or Dogs Allowed," blared the storefront sign at Elizabeth Peratrovich, then a young Alaska Native Tlingit. The sting of those words would stay with her all her life. Years later, after becoming a seasoned fighter for equality, she would deliver her own powerful message:... |
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Madame President
Helene Cooper - Simon & Schuster
Format: Book
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The harrowing, but triumphant story of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, leader of the Liberian women's movement, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, and the first democratically elected female president in African history. When Ellen Johnson Sirleaf won the 2005 Liberian presidential election,... |
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