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Two Truths and a Lie: Murder, Obsession, and Justice in the Sunshine State
Ellen McGarrahan
Format: Hardcover
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In 1990, Ellen McGarrahan was working as a journalist when she witnessed the botched electric-chair execution of Jesse Tafero, convicted of killing two police officers in Broward County, Florida. When evidence emerged implicating a different man in the murders, McGarrahan found herself... |
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Washington's Engineer: Louis Duportail and the Creation of an Army Corps
Norman Desmarais - Prometheus
Format: Hardcover
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The French were the archenemies of the British and her American colonies, particularly after the French and Indian War which was begun by George Washington. So, why did America look to the French as their principal ally in the American Revolution and why did General George Washington choose... |
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American Sherlock: Murder, Forensics, and the Birth of American CSI
Kate Winkler Dawson - G.P. Putnam's Sons
Format: Hardcover
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From the acclaimed author of Death in the Air ("Not since Devil in the White City has a book told such a harrowing tale"--Douglas Preston) comes the riveting story of the birth of criminal investigation in the twentieth century.Berkeley, California, 1933. In a lab filled... |
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Charlie Mike: A True Story of Heroes Who Brought Their Mission Home
Joe Klein - Simon & Schuster, 2015.
Format: Print book
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This is the true story of two decorated combat veterans linked by tragedy, who come home from the Middle East and find a new way to save their comrades and heal their country.In Charlie Mike, Joe Klein tells the dramatic story of Eric Greitens and Jake Wood, larger-than-life war heroes... |
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When Hitler Took Cocaine and Lenin Lost His Brain: History's Unknown Chapters
Giles Milton - Picador Usa, 2016.
Format: Print book
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Obscure and addictive true tales from history told by one of our most entertaining historians, Giles MiltonThe first installment in Giles Milton's outrageously entertaining series, History's Unknown Chapters: colorful and accessible, intelligent and illuminating, Milton shows his customary... |
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Unsung Patriots: African Americans in America's Wars
Eugene DeFriest Bétit - Stackpole Books
Format: Hardcover
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It's one of the last overlooked parts of American military history: the significant role African Americans played in the wars of America. Their story is more than just the 54th Massachusetts in the Civil War, more than just a tank battalion in World War II: African Americans contributed... |
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Cinema Speculation
Quentin Tarantino - Harper
Format: Hardcover
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The long-awaited first work of nonfiction from the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: a deliriously entertaining, wickedly intelligent cinema book as unique and creative as anything by Quentin Tarantino.In addition to being among the most celebrated... |
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