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Benjamin Banneker and Us: Eleven Generations of an American Family
Rachel Jamison Webster - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover
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A family reunion gives way to an unforgettable genealogical quest as relatives reconnect across lines of color, culture, and time, putting the past into urgent conversation with the present.. In 1791, Thomas Jefferson hired a Black man to help survey Washington, DC. That man was Benjamin... |
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The Almost Legendary Morris Sisters: A True Story of Family Fiction
Julie Klam - Riverhead Books
Format: Hardcover
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Ever since she was young, Julie Klam has been fascinated by the Morris sisters, cousins of her grandmother. According to family lore, early in the twentieth century the sisters' parents decided to move the family from Eastern Europe to Los Angeles so their father could become a movie... |
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The Story of Architecture
Witold Rybczynski - Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover
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An inviting exploration of architecture across cultures and centuries by one of the field's eminent authors In this sweeping history, from the Stone Age to the present day, Witold Rybczynski shows how architectural ideals have been affected by technological, economic, and social changes... |
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Elizabeth: The Forgotten Years
John Guy - Viking
Format: Print book
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A groundbreaking reconsideration of our favorite Tudor queen, Elizabeth is an intimate and surprising biography that shows her at the height of her power by the bestselling, Whitbread Award-winning author of Queen of Scots. Elizabeth was crowned at twenty-five after a tempestuous... |
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The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor--the Truth and the Turmoil
Tina Brown - Crown
Format: Hardcover
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" 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 Duchess Countess: The Woman Who Scandalized Eighteenth Century London
Catherine Ostler - Atria Books
Format: Hardcover
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As maid of honor to the Princess of Wales, Elizabeth Chudleigh enjoyed a luxurious life in the inner circle of the Hanoverian court. With her extraordinary style and engaging wit, she both delighted and scandalized the press and public. She would later even inspire William Thackery when... |
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Egypt's Golden Couple: When Akhenaten and Nefertiti Were Gods on Earth
JOHN DARNELL - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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Two celebrated Egyptologists bring to vivid life the intriguing and controversial reign of King Tut's parents.Akhenaten has been the subject of radically different, even contradictory, biographies. The king has achieved fame as the world's first individual and the first monotheist,... |
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