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Hell and Good Company: The Spanish Civil War and the World it Made
Richard Rhodes - Simon & Schuster; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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From the Pulitzer Prize-winning and bestselling author of The Making of the Atomic Bomb - the remarkable story of the Spanish Civil War through the eyes of the reporters, writers, artists, doctors, and nurses who witnessed it.The Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) inspired and haunted an extraordinary... |
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Unfamiliar Fishes
Sarah Vowell - Riverhead Hardcover; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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From the bestselling author of "The Wordy Shipmates" comes an examination of Hawaii's emblematic and exceptional history, retracing the impact of New England missionaries who began arriving in the early 1800s to remake the island paradise into a version of New England. |
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Eyewitness to World War II: Unforgettable Stories From History's Greatest Conflict
Neil Kagan - National Geographic
Format: Hardcover
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This elegant narrative edition of Neil Kagan's best-selling Eyewitness to World War II offers incredible first-person stories and amazing moments of heroism, providing new context and perspective on history's greatest conflict. The unforgettable story of World War II is told through... |
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Utopia Drive: A Road Trip Through America's Most Radical Idea
Erik Reece - Farrar
Format: Print book
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For Erik Reece, life, at last, was good: he was newly married, gainfully employed, living in a creekside cabin in his beloved Kentucky woods. It sounded, as he describes it, "like a country song with a happy ending." And yet he was still haunted by a sense that the world--or,... |
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Isabella of Castile: Europe's First Great Queen
Giles Tremlett - Bloomsbury
Format: Print book
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In 1474, when Castile was the largest, strongest, and most populous kingdom in Hispania (present day Spain and Portugal) , a twenty-three-year-old woman named Isabella ascended the throne. At a time when successful queens regnant were few and far between, Isabella faced not only the considerable... |
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American Style and Spirit: The Fashions and Lives of the Roddis Family, 1850-1995
Jane Bradbury - Victoria & Albert Museum
Format: Hardcover
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Brought to life for the first time outside the attic in which they were stored for generations, here are more than 300 garments and accessories, beautifully preserved and complemented by archival objects, family photographs, and letters, as well as evocative descriptions of whom the garments... |
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Zero Night: The Untold Story of World War Two's Greatest Escape
Mark Felton - Thomas Dunne Books
Format: Hardcover
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On August 30, 1942 - 'Zero Night' - 40 Allied officers staged the most audacious mass escape of World War II. Months of meticulous planning and secret training hung in the balance during three minutes of mayhem as the officers boldly stormed the huge double fences at Oflag Prison.... |
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Florida's Lost Galleon: The Emanuel Point Shipwreck
Roger C Smith - University Press of Florida
Format: Hardcover
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In 1559, Spanish explorer Tristn de Luna led a fleet of ships from Mexico to Pensacola Bay to settle the Florida frontier for the Kingdom of Spain. But a hurricane struck soon after his arrival, destroying the small colony and sinking six of his ships. Few significant remains were uncovered... |
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A History of Florida: Through Black Eyes
Marvin Dunn - Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Format: Print book
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I know Florida. I was born in Florida during the reign of Jim Crow and have lived to see black astronauts blasted into the heavens from Cape Canaveral. For three quarters of a century I have lived mostly in Florida. I have seen her flowers and her warts. This book is about both. People... |
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Waldo, Florida: An Illustrated History
Penny Dodd - - CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Format: Paperback
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Waldo in north-central Florida dates back to the 1850s, but was probably settled by Native Americans long before then because of its location near beautiful Lake Alto. The history of Waldo includes the coming of the Cross-Florida Railroad in the 1850s, involvement with some Civil War battles,... |
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