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Sinkable: Obsession, the Deep Sea, and the Shipwreck of the Titanic
Daniel Stone - Dutton Format: Hardcover
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From the national bestselling author of The Food Explorer, a fascinating and rollicking plunge into the story of the world's most famous shipwreck, the RMS Titanic On a frigid April night in 1912, the world's largest - and soon most famous - ocean liner struck an iceberg and slipped... |
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Road to Surrender: Three Men and the Countdown to the End of World War II
Evan Thomas - Random House Format: Paperback
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A riveting, immersive account of the agonizing decision to use nuclear weapons against Japan - a crucial turning point in World War II and geopolitical history - with you-are-there immediacy by the New York Times bestselling author of Ike's Bluff and Sea of Thunder.. At 9:20 a.m. on the morning... |
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Bush
Jean Edward Smith - Simon & Schuster Format: Print book
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Distinguished presidential biographer Jean Edward Smith offers a critical yet fair biography of George W. Bush, showing how he ignored his advisors to make key decisions himself - most disastrously in invading Iraq - and how these decisions were often driven by the President's deep religious... |
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Against All Odds: A True Story of Ultimate Courage and Survival in World War II
Alex Kershaw Format: Paperback
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The nationalbestselling author of The First Wave tells the untold story of four of the most decorated soldiers of World War II - all Medal of Honor recipients - from the beaches of French Morocco to Hitler's own mountaintop fortress As the Allies raced to defeat Hitler, four men, all in the same... |
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"Most Blessed of the Patriarchs": Thomas Jefferson and the Empire of the Imagination
Annette Gordon-Reed - Liveright Publishing Corp, 2016. Format: Print book
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A groundbreaking work of history that explicates Thomas Jefferson's vision of himself, the American Revolution, Christianity, slavery, and race. Thomas Jefferson is still presented today as a hopelessly enigmatic figure, despite being written about more than any other Founding Father. Lauded... |
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Making History: The Storytellers Who Shaped the Past
Richard Cohen - Simon & Schuster Format: Hardcover
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A fascinating, epic exploration of who gets to record the world's history - from Julius Caesar to William Shakespeare to Ken Burns - and how their biases influence our understanding about the past.There are many stories we can spin about previous ages, but which accounts get told? And by whom?... |
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How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning With the History of Slavery Across America
Clint Smith - Little, Brown & Company Format: Hardcover
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Beginning in his hometown of New Orleans, Clint Smith leads the reader on an unforgettable tour of monuments and landmarks—those that are honest about the past and those that are not—that offer an intergenerational story of how slavery has been central in shaping our nation’s... |
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The Rope: A True Story of Murder, Heroism, and the Dawn of the NAACP
Alex Tresniowski Format: Hardcover
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In the tranquil seaside town of Asbury Park, New Jersey, ten-year-old schoolgirl Marie Smith is brutally murdered. Small town officials, unable to find the culprit, call upon the young manager of a New York detective agency for help. It is the detective's first murder case, and now,... |
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The Mosquito Bowl: A Game of Life and Death in World War II
Buzz Bissinger - Harper Format: Hardcover
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An extraordinary, untold story of the Second World War in the vein of Unbroken and The Boys in the Boat, from the author ofFriday Night Lights and Three Nights in August.When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, college football was at the height of its popularity.As the nation geared up for total... |
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Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World
Mary Beard - Liveright Format: Hardcover
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A sweeping account of the social and political world of the Roman emperors by "the world's most famous classicist" (Guardian) .In her international bestseller SPQR, Mary Beard told the thousand-year story of ancient Rome. Now she shines her spotlight on the emperors who ruled... |
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