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The Antelope's Strategy: Living in Rwanda After the Genocide

Jean Hatzfeld · Farrar, Straus and Giroux; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

A powerful report on the aftereffects of the genocide in Rwanda—and on the near impossibility of reconciliation between survivors and killers In two acclaimed previous works, the noted French journalist Jean Hatzfeld offered a profound, harrowing witness to the unimaginable pain and horror...
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The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple

Jeff Guinn · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 531
Format: Hardcover

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Ulysses S. Grant: The American Presidents Series: The 18th President, 1869-1877 (American Presidents (Times))

Josiah Bunting · Times Books; 1st edition
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

The underappreciated presidency of the military man who won the Civil War and then had to win the peace as wellAs a general, Ulysses S. Grant is routinely described in glowing terms-the man who turned the tide of the Civil War, who accepted Lee's surrender at Appomattox, and who had the stomach...
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Dream Team: How Michael, Magic, Larry, Charles, and the Greatest Team of All Time Conquered the World and Changed the Game of Basketball Forever

Jack McCallum · Ballantine Books
Pages: 352
Format: eBook

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Acclaimed sports journalist Jack McCallum delivers the untold story of the greatest team ever assembled: the 1992 U.S. Olympic Men's Basketball Team. As a writer for Sports Illustrated, McCallum enjoyed a courtside seat for the most exciting basketball spectacle...
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Rival Rails: The Race to Build America's Greatest Transcontinental Railroad

Walter R. Borneman · Random House; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

From acclaimed historian Walter R. Borneman comes a dazzling account of the battle to build Americas transcontinental rail lines. Rival Rails is an action-packed epic of how an empire was born—and the remarkable men who made it happen. After the completion of the first transcontinental...
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