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G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century
BEVERLY GAGE - ?Viking
Format: Hardcover
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A major new biography of J Edgar Hoover that draws from never-before-seen sources to create a groundbreaking portrait of a colossus who dominated half a century of American history and planted the seeds for much of today's conservative political landscape.We remember him as a bulldog--squat... |
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Agent Josephine: American Beauty, French Hero, British Spy
Damien Lewis - ?PublicAffairs
Format: Hardcover
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Singer. Actress. Beauty. Spy. During WW2, Josephine Baker, the world's richest and most glamorous entertainer, was an Allied spy in Occupied France. This is the story of her heroic personal resistance to Nazi Germany.Prior to World War II, Josephine Baker was a music hall diva renowned... |
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Our Way: ?A Parallel History: An Anthology of Native History, Reflection, and Story
Julie Cajune - Fulcrum Publishing
Format: Paperback
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Indigenous History Is American History Our Way: A Parallel History dispels the myths, stereotypes, and absence of information about American Indian, Native Alaskan, and Native Hawaiian people in the master narrative of US history. For most of American history, stories of the country's... |
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The Constitution Explained: A Guide for Every American
David L Hudson - Visible Ink Press
Format: Hardcover
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The United States Constitution is a short document, and it is written in general language, which leaves much of the meaning unwritten and open to interpretation. Dig into this important document and watershed in the history of governments!Explore the history, the various clauses, amendments,... |
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Serial Killers: The Minds, Methods, and Mayhem of History's Most Notorious Murderers
Richard Estep - Visible Ink Press
Format: Paperback
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They prey on the innocent with a malicious desire to inflict damage and harm. They hunt and stalk misfortunate victims in the dark, in broad daylight, in quiet neighborhoods, and in the local woods. Their bloodthirst isn't satisfied after their first kill. Or their second. Or third.... |
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The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos
Judy Batalion - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover
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One of the most important stories of World War II, already optioned by Steven Spielberg for a major motion picture: a spectacular, searing history that brings to light the extraordinary accomplishments of brave Jewish women who became resistance fighters -- a group of unknown heroes whose... |
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Without Children: The Long History of Not Being a Mother
Peggy O'Donnell Heffington - Seal Press
Format: Hardcover
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A historian of gender explores the complicated relationship between womanhood and motherhood In an era of falling births, it's often said that millennials invented the idea of not having kids. But history is full of women without children: some who chose childless lives, others who wanted... |
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Into the Groove: The Story of Sound From Tin Foil to Vinyl
Jonathan Scott - Bloomsbury Sigma
Format: Hardcover
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The story of recorded sound - the technological developments, the people that made them happen and the impact they had on society - from the earliest inventions via the phonograph to LPs, EPs and the recent resurgence of vinyl.. While Thomas Edison's phonograph, the first device that... |
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Christmas: A Biography
JUDITH FLANDERS - Thomas Dunne Books
Format: Hardcover
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A critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling author explores the Christmas holiday, from the original festival through present day traditions.Christmas has always been a magical time. Or has it? Thirty years after the first recorded Christmas, the Pope was already warning that... |
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