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Alexander at the End of the World: The Forgotten Final Years of Alexander the Great

Rachel Kousser - Mariner Books
Format: Hardcover

"A heart-pounding, mind-bending adventure." - Ilyon WooA riveting biography of Alexander the Great's final years, when the leader's insatiable desire to conquer the world set him off on an exhilarating, harrowing journey that would define his legacy. By 330 B.C.E., Alexander...
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The Incorruptibles: A True Story of Kingpins, Crime Busters, and the Birth of the American Underworld

Dan Slater - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover

The harrowing tale of an immigrant underworld, a secret vice squad, and the rise of organized crime.. In the early 1900s, prior to World War I, New York City was a vortex of vice and corruption. On the Lower East Side, then the most crowded ghetto on earth, Eastern European Jews formed...
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The Bluestockings: A History of the First Women's Movement

Susannah Gibson - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

An illuminating group portrait of the eighteenth-century women who dared to imagine an active life for themselves in both mind and spirit.In England in the 1700s, a woman who was an intellectual, spoke out, or wrote professionally was considered unnatural. After all, as the wisdom of the era dictated,...
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A Passionate Mind in Relentless Pursuit: The Vision of Mary McLeod Bethune (Significations)

Noliwe Rooks - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover

An intimate and searching account of the life and legacy of one of America's towering educators, a woman who dared to center the progress of Black women and girls in the larger struggle for political and social liberation. When Mary McLeod Bethune died, tributes in newspapers around...
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Most Honorable Son: A Forgotten Hero's Fight Against Fascism and Hate During World War II

Gregg Jones - Citadel
Format: Hardcover

Foreword by Naomi Ostwald Kawamura of Densho Introduction by William Fujioka of JANM Afterword by Jonathan Eig. The first comprehensive biography of unjustly forgotten Japanese American war hero Ben Kuroki, who fought the Axis powers during World War II and battled racism, injustice, and prejudice...
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Irena's Gift: An Epic WWII Memoir of Sisters, Secrets, and Survival

Karen Kirsten - Citadel
Format: Hardcover

Weaving mystery, history and memoir, Irena's Gift is the captivating account of one woman's personal quest to uncover the unspoken and give voice to her family's secret war-torn history. . From the glittering concert halls of interbellum Warsaw to the vermin-infested prison...
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A Machine to Move Ocean and Earth: The Making of the Port of Los Angeles and America

James Tejani - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

"[An] enthralling debut ... a beguiling history of Southern California, early industrial development, and U.S. empire." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) . A deeply researched narrative of the creation of the Port of Los Angeles, a central event in America's territorial...
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Cypria: A Journey to the Heart of the Mediterranean

Alex Christofi - Bloomsbury Continuum
Format: Hardcover

An evocative and lyrical history of Cyprus and the Mediterranean. Think of a place where you can stand at the intersection of Christian and Arab cultures, at the crossroads of the British, Ottoman, Byzantine, Roman and Egyptian empires; a place marked by the struggle between fascism and communism...
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Herod and Mary: The True Story of the Tyrant King and the Mother of the Risen Savior (Ancient Evil, Living Hope)

Kathie Lee Gifford - Thomas Nelson
Format: Hardcover

Explore the interwoven lives of King Herod and Mary, Mother of Jesus as New York Times bestselling author Kathie Lee Gifford brings these biblical figures into a new light. Follow Herod from boyhood as he strives and fails throughout his life to become a beloved king. Walk in the steps...
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Unhumans: The Secret History of Communist Revolutions (and How to Crush Them)

Jack Posobiec - War Room Books
Format: Hardcover

If you don't understand communist revolutions, you aren't ready for what's coming. The old rules are over. The old order is over. Accusations are evidence. Activism means bigotry and hate. Criminals are allowed to roam free. Citizens are locked up. An appetite for vengeance...
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