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The Enemy Harassed: Washington's New Jersey Campaign of 1777
Jim Stempel - Knox Press
Format: Paperback
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As few books regarding American history have achieved, Jim Stempel's The Enemy Harassed brings a previously neglected period of the American Revolution to life.. In late December 1776, the American War of Independence appeared to be on its last legs. General George Washington's... |
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Blood and Ruins: The Last Imperial War, 1931-1945
Richard Overy - Viking
Format: Hardcover
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A thought-provoking and original reassessment of World War II, from Britain's leading military historianRichard Overy sets out in Blood and Ruins to recast the way in which we view the Second World War and its origins and aftermath. As one of Britain's most decorated and respected... |
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Foxfire Story: Oral Tradition in Southern Appalachia
Foxfire Fund Inc - Anchor
Format: Paperback
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Since 1972, the Foxfire books have preserved and celebrated the culture of Southern Appalachia for countless readers all around the world. In Foxfire Story, folklorist (and Foxfire director) T.J. Smith collects some of his favorite stories from the archives to illuminate the oral traditions... |
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Talk of Champions: Stories of the People Who Made Me: A Memoir
Kenny Smith - ?Doubleday
Format: Hardcover
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A poignant, humorous, behind-the-scenes memoir from Kenny "The Jet" Smith - superstar basketball commentator, host of top-rated Inside the NBA, and two-time NBA champion. Smith reveals memorable inside stories of his playing and broadcasting careers, focusing on the star players,... |
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Art: 21, Volume 6: Art in the Twenty-First Century
Thelma Golden - ?Art 21, Inc.; 0 edition
Format: Hardcover
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This lavishly illustrated volume, a companion to the sixth season of the Peabody-winning PBS series on contemporary art, offers unparalleled access to 14 of the most dynamic artists working today. The reader journeys behind the scenes into homes and studios for a look at the lives... |
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Finding the Raga: An Improvisation on Indian Music
Amit Chaudhuri - New York Review Books
Format: Paperback
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Amit Chaudhuri, novelist, critic, and essayist, is also a musician, trained in the Indian classical vocal tradition but equally fluent as a guitarist and singer in the American folk music style, who has recorded his experimental compositions extensively and performed around the world. A turning... |
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Humankind: A Hopeful History
Rutger Bregman - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover
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From the "folk hero of Davos" (Vox) , Fox News antagonist, and author of the New York Times bestseller Utopia for Realists, a revolutionary argument that our innate goodness and cooperation have been the greatest factors in humanity's successIf there is one belief that has united... |
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