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Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells
Michelle Duster
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Winner of a 2020 Pulitzer Prize Special Citation, Ida B. Wells was born enslaved in Holly Springs, Mississippi, in 1862. In this inspiring and accessible biography, Duster tells the incredible story of Wells's life, including stories from her childhood in Mississippi, her famous refusal... |
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Midnight's Descendants: A History of South Asia since Partition
John Keay - Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group,
Format: Print book
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Dispersed across India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka, Midnight's Descendants - the generations born since the 1947 "midnight hour partition" of British India - are the world's fastest growing population. This vast region and its peoples wield an enormous... |
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Big Week: The Biggest Air Battle of World War II
James Holland - Atlantic Monthly Press
Format: Hardcover
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During the third week of February 1944, the combined Allied air forces based in Britain and Italy launched their first round-the-clock bomber offensive against Germany. Their goal: to smash the main factories and production centers of the Luftwaffe while also drawing German planes into... |
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The Oxford Illustrated History of the Third Reich
Robert Gellately - Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover
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At age thirty in 1919, Adolf Hitler had no accomplishments. He was a rootless loner, a corporal in a shattered army, without money or prospects. A little more than twenty years later, in autumn 1941, he directed his dynamic forces against the Soviet Union, and in December, the Germans were... |
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Naval Battles of the Second World War: Pacific and Far East
MARRIOTT LEO - Pen and Sword Maritime
Format: Hardcover
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The Second World War was a truly global conflict and maritime power played a major role in every theater of operations. Land campaigns depended on supplies transported by sea, and victory or defeat depended on the outcome of naval battles. So Leo Marriott's highly illustrated two-volume... |
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Hitler: A Biography
Peter Longerich - Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover
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From one of the most prominent biographers of the Nazi period, a new and provocative portrait of the figure behind the century's worst crimesAcclaimed historian Peter Longerich, author of Goebbels and Heinrich Himmler now turns his attention to Adolf Hitler in this new biography. While... |
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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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