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DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Sydney
DK - DK Eyewitness Travel
Format: Paperback
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From the colonial history in the streets of the Rocks neighborhood, to Aboriginal art in the Art Gallery of New South Wales, a visit to the iconic Sydney Opera House, to climbing the Sydney Harbour Bridge - this easy-to-use guide provides all the information you need. Just beyond Sydney,... |
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DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Cambodia and Laos
DK Travel - DK Eyewitness Travel
Format: Paperback
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The ideal travel companion, full of insider advice on what to see and do, plus detailed itineraries and comprehensive maps for exploring these cultured and ancient nations.Admire Siem Reap's awe-inspiring Angkor Wat, sample French-Lao cuisine at Luang Prabang's waterfront restaurants, or take... |
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Paying Freedom's Price: A History of African Americans in the Civil War
Paul David Escott - Rowman & Littlefield
Format: Print book
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Paying Freedom's Price provides a comprehensive yet brief and readable history of the role of African Americans - both slave and free - from the decade leading up to the Civil War until its immediate aftermath. Rather than focusing on black military service, the white-led abolitionist... |
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The Black Panthers: Portraits from an Unfinished Revolution
Bryan Shih - Nation Books
Format: Print book
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October 2016 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Black Panther Party, an organization that remains one of the most misunderstood of the twentieth century. But beyond the labels of "extremist" and "violent" that have marked the party, and behind charismatic... |
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My Life, My Love, My Legacy
Coretta Scott King - Holt, Henry & Company, Inc.
Format: Print book
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The Washington Post's Books to Read in 2017The New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceUSA Today, "New and Noteworthy""This book is distinctly Coretta's story . . . particularly absorbing. . . generous, in a manner that is unfashionable in our culture."... |
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The Queen: The Forgotten Life Behind an American Myth
Josh Levin - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover
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"THE QUEEN is an invaluable work of nonfiction." -- David Grann, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon Slate editor Josh Levin's masterful account of the life and crimes of America's original "welfare queen" On the South... |
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Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City
Nelson Johnson - Plexus Publishing; TV Tie-in Edition edition
Format: Paperback
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Providing the inspiration and source material for the upcoming HBO series produced by Academy Award–winning director Martin Scorsese and Emmy Award–winning screenwriter Terence Winter, this riveting and wide-reaching history explores the sordid past of Atlantic City—forever... |
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Henry's Men: And the Men Who Made Him
Tracy Borman - Atlantic Monthly Press
Format: Hardcover
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Henry VIII is best known in history for his tempestuous marriages and the fates of his six wives. However, as acclaimed historian Tracy Borman makes clear in her illuminating new chronicle of Henry's life, his reign and reputation were hugely influenced by the men who surrounded and interacted... |
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Atlas of American History: Bk
Brett Gover - Rand McNally & Company
Format: Paperback
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Rand McNally's Atlas of American History is a great intermediate history atlas geared for fifth- through 12th-grade students and beyond.
Our colorful, engaging maps illustrate key events in U.S. history such as Westward Expansion in the early 1800s and much more.
Atlas features:... |
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DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Vietnam
DK Travel - DK Eyewitness Travel
Format: Paperback
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The ideal travel companion, full of insider advice on what to see and do, plus detailed itineraries and comprehensive maps for exploring this compelling country.Explore the legacy of the Nguyen Dynasty at the Imperial City, take a boat trip to offshore islands, wander Ho Chi Minh City,... |
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Louisa: The Extraordinary Life of Mrs. Adams
Louisa Thomas - Penguin Press
Format: Print book
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An intimate portrait of Louisa Catherine Adams, the British-born American wife of John Quincy Adams, who witnessed firsthand the greatest transformations of her time Born in London to an American father and a British mother on the eve of the Revolutionary War, Louisa Catherine Johnson... |
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The Free State of Jones, Movie Edition: Mississippi's Longest Civil War
Victoria E. Bynum - University of North Carolina Press
Format: Paperback
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Between late 1863 and mid-1864, an armed band of Confederate deserters battled Confederate cavalry in the Piney Woods region of Jones County, Mississippi. Calling themselves the Knight Company after their captain, Newton Knight, they set up headquarters in the swamps of the Leaf River,... |
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Cuba Libre!: Che, Fidel, and the Improbable Revolution That Changed World History
Tony Perrottet - Blue Rider Press
Format: Hardcover
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The surprising story of Che Guevara, Fidel Castro, and the scrappy band of rebel men and women who followed them.Most people are familiar with the basics of the Cuban Revolution of 1956-1959: it was led by two of the twentieth century's most charismatic figures, Fidel Castro and Che Guevara;... |
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The Library Book
Susan Orlean - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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A REESE WITHERSPOON x HELLO SUNSHINE BOOK CLUB PICK A WASHINGTON POST TOP 10 BOOK OF THE YEAR * A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER and NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2018 "A constant pleasure to read ... Everybody who loves books should check out The Library Book."... |
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The Tartan Turban: In Search of Alexander Gardner
John Keay - Kashi House
Format: Hardcover
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Like the travels of Marco Polo, those of Alexander Gardner clip the white line between credible adventure and creative invention. Either he is the nineteenth century's most intrepid traveler or its most egregious fantasist, or a bit of both. Contemporaries generally believed him; posterity... |
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The End of Karma: Hope and Fury Among India's Young
Somini Sengupta - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Paperback
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"[A] sharply observed study . . . richly detailed portraits." -- EconomistSomini Sengupta emigrated from Calcutta to California as a young child in 1975. Returning thirty years later as the bureau chief for The New York Times, she found a vastly different country: one defined... |
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Moon Maui: Including Molokai & Lanai
Kyle Ellison - Avalon Travel Publishing; Ninth Edition edition
Format: Paperback
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Longtime Maui resident Kyle Ellison knows the best ways to experience this beautiful island, from catching a wave in Lahaina to hiking through the Bamboo Forest to strolling Baldwin Beach at sunrise. Ellison includes unique trip ideas like Maui for Adventure Lovers and Maui by Foot and Trail,... |
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The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
Ben Macintyre - Crown
Format: Hardcover
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The celebrated author of Double Cross and Rogue Heroes returns with his greatest spy story yet, a thrilling Americans-era tale of Oleg Gordievsky, the Russian whose secret work helped hasten the end of the Cold War. If anyone could be considered a Russian counterpart... |
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The Translator: A Tribesman's Memoir of Darfur
Daoud Hari - Random House; 1 edition
Format: Book
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I am the translator who has taken journalists into dangerous Darfur. It is my intention now to take you there in this book, if you have the courage to come with me.The young life of Daoud Hari–his friends call him David–has been one of bravery and mesmerizing adventure. He is a living... |
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Nine Lives of a Black Panther: A Story of Survival
Wayne Pharr - Chicago Review Press
Format: Hardcover
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In the early morning hours of December 8, 1969, three hundred officers of the newly created elite paramilitary tactical unit known as SWAT initiated a violent battle with a handful of Los Angeles–based members of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense (BPP). Five hours and five... |
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Louis Bamberger: Department Store Innovator and Philanthropist
Linda B. Forgosh - Brandeis University Press
Format: Hardcover
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Louis Bamberger (1855-1944) was the epitome of the merchant prince as public benefactor. Born in Baltimore, this son of German immigrants built his business - the great, glamorous L. Bamberger & Co. department store in Newark, N.J. - into the sixth-largest department store in the country.... |
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Black New Jersey: 1664 to the Present Day
Graham Russell Hodges - Rutgers University Press
Format: Hardcover
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Black New Jersey tells the rich and complex story of the African American community's remarkable accomplishments and the colossal obstacles they faced along the way. Drawing from rare archives, historian Graham Russell Gao Hodges brings to life the courageous black men and women who fought... |
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Prince Charles: The Passions and Paradoxes of an Improbable Life
Sally Bedell Smith - Random House
Format: Hardcover
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The life and loves of Prince Charles are illuminated in a major new biography from the New York Times bestselling author of Elizabeth the Queen - perfect for fans of The Crown. Sally Bedell Smith returns once again to the British... |
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Rise of the Necrofauna: The Science, Ethics, and Risks of De-Extinction
Britt Wray - Greystone Books
Format: Paperback
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NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR by The New Yorker and Science News What happens when you try to recreate a woolly mammoth - fascinating science, or conservation catastrophe? Jurassic Park meets The Sixth Extinction in Rise of the Necrofauna, a provocative look at de-extinction... |
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Truevine : a strange and troubling tale of two brothers in jim crow america
Beth Macy - Little
Format: Print book
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER The true story of two African-American brothers who were kidnapped and displayed as circus freaks, and whose mother endured a 28-year struggle to get them back. The year was 1899 and the place a sweltering tobacco farm in the Jim Crow South town of Truevine, Virginia.... |
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Napoleon: A Life
Adam Zamoyski - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover
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The definitive biography of Napoleon, revealing the true man behind the legend"What a novel my life has been!" Napoleon once said of himself. Born into a poor family, the callow young man was, by twenty-six, an army general. Seduced by an older woman, his marriage transformed... |
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Valley Forge
BOB DRURY - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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The #1 New York Times bestselling authors of The Heart of Everything That Is and Lucky 666 return with an unforgettable and perhaps the most underappreciated chapter in American history - the inspiring, page-turning account of Valley Forge, the Continental Army winter... |
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Brain Storms: The Race to Unlock the Mysteries of Parkinson's Disease
Jon Palfreman - Scientific Amer Books
Format: Print book
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A star science journalist with Parkinson's reveals the inner workings of this perplexing diseaseSeven million people worldwide suffer from Parkinson's, and doctors, researchers, and patients continue to hunt for a cure. In Brain Storms, the award-winning journalist Jon Palfreman... |
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Victory City: A History of New York and New Yorkers during World War II
- Twelve
Format: Hardcover
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From John Strausbaugh, author of City of Sedition and The Village, comes the definitive history of Gotham during the World War II era. New York City during World War II wasn't just a place of servicemen, politicians, heroes, G.I. Joes and Rosie the Riveters, but also of quislings... |
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Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War
Viet Thanh Nguyen - Harvard University Press
Format: Print book
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All wars are fought twice, the first time on the battlefield, the second time in memory. From the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Sympathizer comes a searching exploration of the conflict Americans call the Vietnam War and Vietnamese call the American War -- a conflict... |
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The Marches: A Borderland Journey between England and Scotland
Rory Stewart - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Print book
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From the best-selling author of The Places in Between, "a flat-out masterpiece" (New York Times Book Review) , an exploration of the Marches - the borderland between England and Scotland - and the people, history, and conflicts that have shaped it In The Places... |
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The First Wave: The D-Day Warriors Who Led the Way to Victory in World War II
Alex Kershaw - Dutton Caliber
Format: Hardcover
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The New York Times bestselling author of The Liberator and Avenue of Spies returns with an utterly immersive, adrenaline-driven account of D-Day combat. Beginning in the predawn darkness of June 6, 1944, The First Wave follows the remarkable men who carried... |
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Who Killed These Girls?: Cold Case: The Yogurt Shop Murders
Beverly Lowry - Knopf Publishing Group
Format: Hardcover
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From the author of Crossed Over, another masterful account of a horrible crime: the murder of four girls, countless other ruined lives, and the evolving complications of the justice system that frustrated the massive attempts--for twenty-five years now--to find and punish those who committed... |
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Who Discovered America?: The Untold History of the Peopling of the Americas
Gavin Menzies - William Morrow; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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Greatly expanding on his blockbuster 1421, distinguished historian Gavin Menzies uncovers the complete untold history of how mankind came to the Americas—offering new revelations and a radical rethinking of the accepted historical record in Who Discovered America?The iconoclastic... |
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The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West
David McCullough - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David McCullough rediscovers an important and dramatic chapter in the American story - the settling of the Northwest Territory by dauntless pioneers who overcame incredible hardships to build a community based on ideals... |
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George Washington: The Wonder of the Age
John H Rhodehamel - Yale University Press
Format: Print book
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A much-needed concise biography of America's first president As editor of the award-winning Library of America collection of George Washington's writings and a curator of the great man's original papers, John Rhodehamel has established himself as an authority of our nation's... |
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Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
James W Loewen - The New Press
Format: Paperback
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"Every teacher, every student of history, every citizen should read this book. It is both a refreshing antidote to what has passed for history in our educational system and a one-volume education in itself." - Howard ZinnA new edition of the national bestseller and American Book... |
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Twelve Against the Gods: The Story of Adventure
William Bolitho - Diversion Books
Format: Paperback
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"It's really quite good." - Elon Musk Twelve Against the Gods was an instant bestseller when it first published in 1929. In his trademark journalist style, author William Bolitho details the lives of twelve great adventurers -- Alexander the Great, Casanova, Christopher Columbus,... |
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Last Boat Out of Shanghai: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Fled Mao's Revolution
Helen Zia - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover
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The dramatic real life stories of four young people caught up in the mass exodus of Shanghai in the wake of China's 1949 Communist revolution - a heartrending precursor to the struggles faced by emigrants today. "A true page-turner. . . [Helen] Zia has proven once again that history... |
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The History Book
Dk Publishing. - DK Publishing
Format: Print book
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The History Book is a fascinating journey through the most significant events in history and the big ideas behind each one, from the dawn of civilization to the lightning-paced culture of today. One hundred crystal-clear articles explore the Law Code of Hammurabi, the Renaissance,... |
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W. E. B. Du Bois: An American Intellectual and Activist
SHAWN LEIGH ALEXANDER - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Paperback
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W. E. B. Du Bois was one of the most prolific African-American authors, scholars, and leaders of the twentieth century. In this book, Alexander's traces the development of Du Bois' thought over time. Paying significantly more attention to the many pivotal and previously unexamined... |
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The Wind in My Hair: My Fight for Freedom in Modern Iran
MASIH ALINEJAD - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Book
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An extraordinary memoir from an Iranian journalist in exile about leaving her country, challenging tradition and sparking an online movement against compulsory hijab. A photo on Masih's Facebook page: a woman standing proudly, face bare, hair blowing in the wind. Her crime: removing... |
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Dream a World Anew: The African American Experience and the Shaping of America
Kinshasha Conwill - Smithsonian Books
Format: Print book
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Dream A World Anew is the stunning gift book accompanying the opening of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. It combines informative narratives from leading scholars, curators, and authors with objects from the museum's collection to present... |
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Clancys of queens
Tara Clancy - Crown
Format: Print book
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Fifth-generation New Yorker, third-generation bartender, and first-generation author Tara Clancy was raised in three wildly divergent homes: a converted boat shed in working class Queens, a geriatric commune of feisty, Brooklyn-born Italians, and a sprawling Hamptons estate she visited... |
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CliffsNotes Algebra II Common Core Quick Review
Wendy Taub-Hoglund - Cliffs Notes
Format: Print book
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A quick in, quick out review of Algebra II Common Core math Relevant to high school students enrolled in their Algebra II class in those states adhering to the Common Core math standards, this quick review provides targeted chapter-level reviews of topics aligned to the Algebra II Common... |
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Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom
DAVID W BLIGHT - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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The definitive, dramatic biography of the most important African-American of the nineteenth century: Frederick Douglass, the escaped slave who became the greatest orator of his day and one of the leading abolitionists and writers of the era.As a young man Frederick Douglass (1818-1895)... |
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Paper Love: Searching for the Girl My Grandfather Left Behind
Sarah Wildman - Riverhead Books
Format: Hardcover
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One woman’s journey to find the lost love her grandfather left behind when he fled pre-World War II Europe, and an exploration into family identity, myth, and memory.Years after her grandfather’s death, journalist Sarah Wildman stumbled upon a cache of his letters in a file... |
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My Soul Looks Back: A Memoir
Jessica B Harris - Scribner
Format: Print book
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In this captivating new memoir, award-winning writer Jessica B. Harris recalls a lost era - the vibrant New York City of her youth, where her social circle included Maya Angelou, James Baldwin, and other members of the Black intelligentsia.In the Technicolor glow of the early seventies,... |
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The Wahhabi Code: How the Saudis Spread Extremism Globally
Terence Ward - Arcade Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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An Eye-Opening, Concise Look at the Source of the Current Wave of Terrorism, How it Spread, and Why the West Did Nothing Lifting the mask of international terrorism, Terence Ward reveals a sinister truth. Far from being "the West's ally in the War on Terror," Saudi Arabia... |
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Driven: The Never-Give-Up Roadmap to Massive Success
Manny Khoshbin - Entrepreneur Press
Format: Paperback
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Live Your Life Full Throttle Behind every entrepreneur's success story, there's a never-ending list of gut-wrenching failures, missed opportunities, and jaw-dropping setbacks. Real estate mogul and serial entrepreneur Manny Khoshbin is one of those entrepreneurs with a story of perseverance... |
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A Chill in the Air: An Italian War Diary, 1939-1940
Iris Origo - NYRB Classics
Format: Paperback
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A harrowing account of life in Italy in the year leading up to World War II, available in the US for the first time.In 1939 it was not a foregone conclusion that Mussolini would enter World War II on the side of Hitler. In this previously unpublished and only recently discovered diary,... |
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