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Perfectly Wounded: A Memoir About What Happens After a Miracle

Douglas Michael Day - Twelve
Format: Hardcover

The incredible true story of former Navy SEAL Mike Day, who survived being shot twenty-seven times while deployed in Iraq.On the night of April 6, 2007, in Iraq's Anbar Province, Senior Chief Mike Day, his team of Navy SEALs, and a group of Iraqi scouts were on the hunt for a high-level...
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The Fall of Richard Nixon: A Reporter Remembers Watergate

Tom Brokaw - Random House Audio
Format: Audio CD

Tom Brokaw recounts the endgame of the Watergate scandal and the Nixon presidency in real time, from his perspective in the press corps as a young White House correspondent for NBC News.The last year of the Nixon presidency was filled with power politics, legal jiu-jitsu and high-stakes...
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The Last Leonardo: The Secret Life of the World's Most Expensive Painting

Ben Lewis - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover

An epic quest exposes hidden truths about Leonardo da Vinci's Salvator Mundi, the recently discovered masterpiece that sold for $450 million - and might not be the real thing.For two centuries, art dealers and historians searched in vain for the Holy Grail of art history: a portrait...
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1774: The Long Year of Revolution

Mary Beth Norton - Knopf
Format: Hardcover

From one of our most acclaimed and original colonial historians, a Pulitzer Prize finalist, 2018 president of the American Historical Association, a groundbreaking book, the first to look at the critical "long year" of 1774 and the revolutionary change that took place from December...
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The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor--the Truth and the Turmoil

Tina Brown - Crown
Format: Hardcover

" Never again" became Queen Elizabeth II's mantra shortly after Princess Diana's tragic death. More specifically, there could never be "another Diana" - a member of the family whose global popularity upstaged, outshone, and posed an existential threat to the British...
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The Smithsonian History of Space Exploration: From the Ancient World to the Extraterrestrial Future

Roger D.Launius - Smithsonian Books
Format: Hardcover

Comprehensive illustrated guide to the history of U.S. and international space exploration, both manned and unmannedThroughout history, humans have been fascinated by space. From the Babylonian astronomers of 700 BCE who charted the paths of planets, to the ancient Inca and Aztec builders...
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Countdown 1945: The Extraordinary Story of the 116 Days that Changed the World

Chris Wallace - Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

From Chris Wallace, the veteran journalist and anchor of Fox News Sunday, comes an electrifying behind-the-scenes account of the secret meetings and events across the globe during the 116 days leading up to the world's first use of the atomic bomb in wartime - the American attack on Hiroshima...
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Its My Country Too: Womens Military Stories from the American Revolution to Afghanistan

Jerri Bell - Potomac Books
Format: Hardcover

This inspiring anthology is the first to convey the rich experiences and contributions of women in the American military in their own words - from the Revolutionary War to the present wars in the Middle East.. Serving with the Union Army during the Civil War as a nurse, scout, spy, and soldier,...
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Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic

Simon Winchester - Harper
Format: Hardcover

From the creation of the first encyclopedia to Wikipedia, from ancient museums to modern kindergarten classes - this is award winning writer Simon Winchester's brilliant and all-encompassing look at how humans acquire, retain, and pass on information and data, and how technology continues...
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The Family Tree German Genealogy Guide: How to Trace Your Germanic Ancestry in Europe

James M. Beidler - Family Tree Books
Format: Paperback

Explore Your German Ancestry!Follow your family tree back to its roots in Bavaria, Baden, Prussia, Hesse, Saxony, Wurttemburg and beyond. This in-depth genealogy guide will walk you step by step through the exciting journey of researching your German heritage, whether your ancestors came...
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