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The Right Way to Lose a War: America in an Age of Unwinnable Conflicts
Dominic Tierney - Little, Brown and Company Format: Hardcover
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Why has America stopped winning wars? For nearly a century, up until the end of World War II in 1945, America enjoyed a Golden Age of decisive military triumphs. And then suddenly, we stopped winning wars. The decades since have been a Dark Age of failures and stalemates-in Korea, Vietnam,... |
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The Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World War II
SVETLANA ALEXIEVICH - Random House Format: Hardcover
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A long-awaited English translation of the groundbreaking oral history of women in World War II across Europe and Russia - from the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature"A landmark." - Timothy Snyder, author of On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth CenturyFor more... |
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Moon Cleveland
Douglas Trattner - Avalon Travel Publishing; Second Edition edition Format: Book
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Award-winning journalist and Cleveland native Douglas Trattner knows the best way to experience this often overlooked mecca. After investigating every nook and cranny of his favorite city, he now shares his expertise in Moon Cleveland. Whether you're interested in exploring the 20,000... |
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Scars of Independence: America's Violent Birth
Holger Hoock - Crown Format: Hardcover
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A magisterial new work that rewrites the story of America's foundingThe American Revolution is often portrayed as an orderly, restrained rebellion, with brave patriots defending their noble ideals against an oppressive empire. It's a stirring narrative, and one the founders did their best... |
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Revolution Song: A Story of American Freedom
RUSSELL SHORTO - W. W. Norton & Company Format: Hardcover
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From the author of the acclaimed history The Island at the Center of the World, an intimate new epic of the American Revolution that reinforces its meaning for today.With America's founding principles being debated today as never before, Russell Shorto looks back to the era in which those... |
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The Invention of Russia: From Gorbachev's Freedom to Putin's War
Arkady Ostrovsky - Viking Format: Print book
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WINNER OF THE 2016 ORWELL PRIZE FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR "Fast-paced and excellently written ... much needed, dispassionate and eminently readable." - New York Times "Filled with sparkling prose and deep analysis." -The Wall Street Journal... |
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SHOT DOWN: The true story of pilot Howard Snyder and the crew of the B-17 Susan Ruth
Steve Snyder - Sea Breeze Publishing LLC; First edition Format: Hardcover
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Belgium ... February 8, 1944 ... Shot Down and Alive For the first time, the full and complete story of the B-17 Flying Fortress Susan Ruth is shared in unbelievable detail. Author Steve Snyder's story of his father, Lieutenant Howard Snyder, and the Susan Ruth crew, provides in-depth... |
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Nagasaki: Life After Nuclear War
Susan Southard - Viking Format: Hardcover
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A 2015 Washington Post Notable Book of the Year"A poignant and complex picture of the second atomic bomb's enduring physical and psychological tolls. Eyewitness accounts are visceral and haunting. . . . But the book's biggest achievement is its treatment of the aftershocks... |
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Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War
Karen Abbott - Harper Format: Hardcover
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Karen Abbott, the New York Times bestselling author of Sin in the Second City and "pioneer of sizzle history" (USA Today) , tells the spellbinding true story of four women who risked everything to become spies during the Civil War.Karen Abbott illuminates one of the most fascinating... |
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Things That Matter: Three Decades of Passions, Pastimes and Politics
Charles Krauthammer - Random House Large Print Format: Paperback
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From America's preeminent columnist, named by the Financial Times the most influential commentator in the nation, the long-awaited collection of Charles Krauthammer's essential, timeless writings. A brilliant stylist known for an uncompromising honesty that challenges conventional... |
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Biohistory: Decline and Fall of the West
Jim Penman - Cambridge Scholars Publishing Format: Paperback
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Western civilisation is on a path to destruction. In coming decades, economies will shrink, democracy will retreat and nations crumble. The long-term result will be grinding poverty, superstition and disease. This isn't scaremongering it is science. In Biohistory: The Decline and Fall... |
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Lion of the Senate: When Ted Kennedy Rallied the Democrats in a GOP Congress
Nick Littlefield - Simon & Schuster Format: Hardcover
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"The best book I have read about the inner dynamics of the United States Senate." - Doris Kearns GoodwinTwo top domestic policy advisors to Senator Edward Kennedy offer an insider's view of several remarkable years when Kennedy fought to preserve the Democratic mission against... |
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City of sedition : the history of New York during the Civil War
John Strausbaugh - Twelve Format: Print book
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In a single definitive narrative, CITY OF SEDITION tells the spellbinding story of the huge-and hugely conflicted-role New York City played in the Civil War. No city was more of a help to Abraham Lincoln and the Union war effort, or more of a hindrance. No city raised more men, money,... |
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The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt
Kara Cooney - Crown; First Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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An engrossing biography of the longest-reigning female pharaoh in Ancient Egypt and the story of her audacious rise to power. Hatshepsut - the daughter of a general who usurped Egypt's throne and a mother with ties to the previous dynasty - was born into a privileged position in the royal... |
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Lady Bird and Lyndon : the hidden story of a marriage that made a president
Betty Boyd Caroli - Simon & Schuster, 2015. Format: Print book
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"Marriage is the most underreported story in political life and yet is often the key to its success. This is the idea driving a revealing new portrait of Lady Bird as the essential strategist, fundraiser, barnstormer, peacemaker, and ballast for Lyndon...[A] biography of a political... |
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A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal
Ben Macintyre - Random House Inc Format: Hardcover
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Master storyteller Ben Macintyre's most ambitious work to date brings to life the twentieth century's greatest spy story.Kim Philby was the greatest spy in history, a brilliant and charming man who rose to head Britain's counterintelligence against the Soviet Union during the height... |
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Ohio Politics Almanac: Third Edition, Revised and Updated
Michael Curtin - Kent State Format: Paperback
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The Ohio Politics Almanac Third Edition, Revised and Updated Michael F. Curtin and Joe HallettRoughly a century ago, President Theodore Roosevelt said, I think there is only one thing in the world I can't understand, and that is Ohio politics. If The Ohio Politics Almanac had existed... |
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Escape from Plauen, a True Story
Renate Stoever - iBooks Format: Hardcover
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ESCAPE?FROM?PLAUEN tells the story of wars depravation but also tells the story of faith and the will to triumph against all odds. An artist as well as a writer, Renate Stoever has an artists sensibility that lends beauty to her writing. As a result, the reader is not just an observer,... |
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We're Still Here Ya Bastards: How the People of New Orleans Rebuilt Their City
Roberta Brandes Gratz - Nation Books Format: Hardcover
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The aftermath of Hurricane Katrina is one of the darkest chapters in American history. The storm caused unprecedented destruction, and a toxic combination of government neglect and socioeconomic inequality turned a crisis into a tragedy. But among the rubble, there is hope.We're Still... |
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Island People: The Caribbean and the World
Joshua Jelly-Schapiro - Knopf Format: Hardcover
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A masterwork of travel literature and of history: voyaging from Cuba to Jamaica, Puerto Rico to Trinidad, Haiti to Barbados, and islands in between, Joshua Jelly-Schapiro offers a kaleidoscopic portrait of each society, its culture and politics, connecting this region's common heritage... |
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The Double Life of Fidel Castro: My 17 Years as Personal Bodyguard to El Lider Maximo
Juan Reinaldo Sanchez - St. Martin's Press Format: Hardcover
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In The Double Life of Fidel Castro, one of Castro's soldiers of 17 years breaks his silence and shares his memoir of years of service, and eventual imprisonment and torture for displeasing the notorious dictator, and his dramatic escape from Cuba. Responsible for protecting the Lider... |
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The Pursuit of Power: Europe 1815-1914
Richard J Evans - Viking Format: Print book
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From the bestselling author of The Third Reich at War, a masterly account of Europe in the age of its global hegemony; the latest volume in the Penguin History of Europe series Richard J. Evans, bestselling historian of Nazi Germany, returns with a monumental new addition to the acclaimed... |
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Whirlwind: The American Revolution and the War That Won It
John Ferling - Bloomsbury Press Format: Hardcover
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Amid a great collection of scholarship and narrative history on the Revolutionary War and the American struggle for independence, there is a gaping hole; one that John Ferling's latest book, Whirlwind, will fill. Books chronicling the Revolution have largely ranged from multivolume... |
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Betrayed: The Shocking True Story of Extortion 17 as told by a Navy SEAL's Father
Billy Vaughn - CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform Format: Paperback
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Before BENGHAZI, There was EXTORTION 17.... August 06, 2011, 2:20 a.m.—Operation Lefty Grove is underway, a highly dangerous mission to take out another high-level Taliban operative, three months after the death of Osama Bin Laden. In the dark of night, twenty-five US Special Ops Forces... |
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The Secret History of Wonder Woman
Jill Lepore - Knopf Format: Hardcover
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A riveting work of historical detection revealing that the origin of one of the world's most iconic superheroes hides within it a fascinating family story - and a crucial history of twentieth-century feminismWonder Woman, created in 1941, is the most popular female superhero of all time.... |
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The Blood of Emmett Till
Timothy B Tyson - Simon & Schuster Format: Audiobook
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Longlisted for the National Book Award for Nonfiction This extraordinary New York Times bestseller reexamines a pivotal event of the civil rights movement - the 1955 lynching of Emmett Till - "and demands that we do the one vital thing we aren't often enough asked to do with... |
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Killing England: The Brutal Struggle for American Independence
BILL O'REILLY - Henry Holt and Co. Format: Hardcover
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The Revolutionary War as never told before.The breathtaking latest installment in Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard's mega-bestselling Killing series transports readers to the most important era in our nation's history, the Revolutionary War. Told through the eyes of George Washington,... |
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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 Fall of Heaven: The Pahlavis and the Final Days of Imperial Iran
Andrew Scott Cooper - Henry Holt and Co. Format: Print book
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An immersive, gripping account of the rise and fall of Iran's glamorous Pahlavi dynasty, written with the cooperation of the late Shah's widow, Empress Farah, Iranian revolutionaries and US officials from the Carter administrationIn this remarkably human portrait of one of the twentieth... |
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Audacity: How Barack Obama Defied His Critics and Created a Legacy That Will Prevail
Jonathan Chait - Custom House Format: Print book
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"An unassailable case that, in the eyes of history, Barack Obama will be viewed as one of America's best and most accomplished presidents. Over the course of eight years, Barack Obama has amassed an array of outstanding achievements. His administration saved the American economy from... |
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Koh-i-Noor: The History of the World's Most Infamous Diamond
WILLIAM DALRYMPLE - Bloomsbury USA Format: Hardcover
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From the internationally acclaimed and bestselling historians William Dalrymple and Anita Anand, the first comprehensive and authoritative history of the Koh-i-Noor diamond, arguably the most celebrated jewel in the world.On March 29, 1849, the ten-year-old leader of the Sikh kingdom of the Punjab... |
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Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War
Mary Roach - W.W. Norton & Company Format: Print book
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A New York Times / National Bestseller "America's funniest science writer" (Washington Post) Mary Roach explores the science of keeping human beings intact, awake, sane, uninfected, and uninfested in the bizarre and extreme circumstances of war.Grunt tackles the science behind... |
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The Holocaust: A New History
LAURENCE REES - PublicAffairs Format: Hardcover
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n June 1944, Freda Wineman and her family arrived at Auschwitz-Birkenau, the infamous Nazi concentration and death camp. After a cursory look from an SS doctor, Freda's life was spared and her mother was sent to the gas chambers. Freda only survived because the Allies won the war--the Nazis... |
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Soldier Girls: The Battles of Three Women at Home and at War
Helen Thorpe - Simon & Schuster Format: Hardcover
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From an award-winning, "meticulously observant" (The New Yorker) , and "masterful" (BOOKLIST ) writer comes a groundbreaking account of three women deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq, and how their military service affected their friendship, their personal... |
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Fifty States: Every Question Answered
Lori Baird - Thunder Bay Press Format: Hardcover
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What was the last state to join the Union? What does the state quarter for Alabama look like? What is the state bird of Texas? All the answers are contained in Fifty States: Every Question Answered! Whether you’re a student or just a history buff, this book is a great reference manual... |
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Blind Nation--How Ignorance and Arrogance Fueled Our Vietnam Intervention
Frank C. Nelson - Nelsofrank Enterprises Format: Paperback
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Our intervention in Vietnam was a tragic mistake. Most Americans would agree but opinions vary about what went wrong. Many feel that we could have "won" if weak-kneed politicians had not made the military fight with but one arm or that TV coverage caused the public lose its will... |
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The Nazis Next Door: How America Became a Safe Haven for Hitler's Men
Eric Lichtblau - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Format: Hardcover
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The shocking story of how America became one of the world's safest postwar havens for Nazis Thousands of Nazis - from concentration camp guards to high-level officers in the Third Reich - came to the United States after World War II and quietly settled into new lives. They had little... |
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The Boys in the Bunkhouse: Servitude and Salvation in the Heartland
Dan Barry - Harper Format: Print book
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With this Dickensian tale from America's heartland, New York Times writer and columnist Dan Barry tells the harrowing yet uplifting story of the exploitation and abuse of a resilient group of men with intellectual disability, and the heroic efforts of those who helped them to find justice... |
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Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America
ANONYMOUS. - St. Martin's Press Format: Print book
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A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITOR'S CHOICE | NAMED A BEST/MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2017 BY: The Washington Post * Bustle * Men's Journal * The Chicago Reader * StarTribune * Blavity "One of the most... |
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Hue 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam
Mark Bowden - Atlantic Monthly Press Format: Hardcover
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Not since his #1 New York Times bestseller Black Hawk Down has Mark Bowden written a book about a battle. His most ambitious work yet, Hue 1968 is the story of the centerpiece of the Tet Offensive and a turning point in the American War in Vietnam. By January 1968,... |
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Reagan at Reykjavik: Forty-Eight Hours That Ended the Cold War
Kenneth L Adelman - Harpercollins Format: Hardcover
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The dramatic, first-hand account of the historic 1986 Reagan-Gorbachev summit in Iceland - the definitive weekend that was the key turning point in the Cold War - by President Reagan's arms control director, Ken Adelman.In October 1986, Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev met for a forty-eight-hour... |
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Pennsylvania Curiosities
Clark DeLeon - Globe Pequot; Fourth edition Format: Paperback
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The Liberty Bell, Gettysburg, and Independence Hall may stand out as prominent Pennsylvania features, but the Keystone State is also home to bizarre places, personalities, events, and phenomena. These unique and quirky aspects are humorously displayed in Pennsylvania... |
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Bellevue: Three Centuries of Medicine and Mayhem at America's Most Storied Hospital
David Oshinsky - Doubleday Format: Print book
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From a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian comes a riveting history of New York's iconic public hospital that charts the turbulent rise of American medicine. Bellevue Hospital, on New York City's East Side, occupies a colorful and horrifying place in the public imagination: a den of mangled... |
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Misfortune on Clevelands Millionaires' Row
Alan F. Dutka - Arcadia Publishing Format: Print book
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Extreme wealth could buy a mansion in Millionaires Row but not immunity from unsavory business dealings or shameful behavior May Hanna gave her millionaire ex-husbands hired Pinkerton detectives the slip to sneak out of the country To escape financial embarrassment James Potter the manager... |
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Patrick Henry: Champion of Liberty
Jon Kukla - Simon & Schuster Format: Hardcover
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This authoritative biography of Patrick Henry - the underappreciated founding father best known for saying, "Give me liberty, or give me death!" - restores him and his fellow Virginians to their seminal place in the story of American independence.Born in 1736, Patrick Henry was an attorney... |
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The art of rivalry : four friendships, betrayals, and breakthroughs in modern art
Sebastian Smee - Random House Format: Print book
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Pulitzer Prize-winning art critic Sebastian Smee tells the fascinating story of four pairs of artists - Manet and Degas, Picasso and Matisse, Pollock and de Kooning, Freud and Bacon - whose fraught, competitive friendships spurred them to new creative heights. Rivalry is at the heart... |
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Notes on a Foreign Country: An American Abroad in a Post-American World
Suzy Hansen - Farrar, Straus and Giroux Format: Paperback
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Winner of the Overseas Press Club of Americas Cornelius Ryan Award * Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in NonfictionNew York Times Book Review Notable Book * Named a Best Book of the Year by New York Magazine and The Progressive"A deeply honest and brave portrait of of an individual... |
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An Iron Wind: Europe Under Hitler
Peter Fritzsche - Basic Books Format: Print book
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World War II reached into the homes and lives of ordinary people in an unprecedented way. Civilians made up the vast majority of those killed by war. On Europe's home front, the war brought the German blitzkrieg, followed by long occupations and the racial genocide of the Holocaust. In An... |
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The Cleveland Neighborhood Guidebook
Anne Trubek - Belt Publishing Format: Print book
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This book is for those who want to understand what radiates away from Terminal Tower, and who understand that as lovely as the city often is, it can sometimes be brutal, too. You will read about places no longer here, such as the Little Italy Historical Museum and League Park, as well as increasingly... |
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The Lynching: The Epic Courtroom Battle That Brought Down the Klan
Laurence Leamer - William Morrow Format: Print book
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The New York Times bestselling author of The Kennedy Women chronicles the powerful and spellbinding true story of a brutal race-based killing in 1981 and subsequent trials that undid one of the most pernicious organizations in American history - the Ku Klux Klan.On a Friday night in March... |
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In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette
Hampton Sides - Random House Inc Format: Hardcover
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New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides returns with a white-knuckle tale of polar exploration and survival in the Gilded AgeIn the late nineteenth century, people were obsessed by one of the last unmapped areas of the globe: the North Pole. No one knew what existed beyond... |
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The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story
Douglas Preston - Grand Central Publishing Format: Hardcover
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The #1 New York Times and #1 Wall Street Journal bestseller! A five-hundred-year-old legend. An ancient curse. A stunning medical mystery. And a pioneering journey into the unknown heart of the world's densest jungle.Since the days of conquistador Hernn Corts, rumors have circulated about... |
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Oh Florida! : how America's weirdest state influences the rest of the country
Craig Pittman - St. Martin's Press Format: Print book
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Oh, Florida! That name. That combination of sounds. Three simple syllables, and yet packing so many mixed messages. To some people, it's a paradise. To others, it's a punchline. As Oh, Florida! shows, it's both of these - and, more importantly, it's a Petri dish, producing trends... |
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Eliot Ness: The Rise and Fall of an American Hero
Douglas Perry - Penguin Books Format: Paperback
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The story of Eliot Ness, the legendary lawman who led the Untouchables, took on Al Capone, and saved a citys soulAs leader of an unprecedented crime-busting squad, twenty-eight-year-old Eliot Ness won fame for taking on notorious mobster Al Capone. But the Untouchables daring raids were... |
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We Got the Water: Tracing My Family's Path Through Auschwitz
Jill Gabrielle Klein - Jill Gabrielle Klein; 1 edition Format: Book
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We Got the Water is the story of the Klein family: Herman and Bertha, and their three children, Lilly, Oli and sixteen-year-old Gabi. In the spring and summer of 1944, along with more than 400,000 other Hungarian Jews, they were forced from their homes, rounded up, and sent to Auschwitz.... |
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A Kingdom of Their Own: The Family Karzai and the Afghan Disaster
Joshua Partlow - Knopf Format: Print book
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The key to understanding the calamitous Afghan war is the complex, ultimately failed relationship between the powerful, duplicitous Karzai family and the United States--brilliantly portrayed here in its entirety for the first time by the former Washington Post Kabul bureau chief.... |
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Motherland: Growing Up With the Holocaust
Rita Goldberg - The New Press Format: Hardcover
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"I am the child of a woman who survived the Holocaust not by the skin of her teeth but heroically," writes Rita Goldberg. In a deeply moving second-generation Holocaust memoir, Goldberg introduces the extraordinary story of Hilde Jacobsthal, a close friend of Anne Frank's... |
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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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The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple
Jeff Guinn - Simon & Schuster Format: Hardcover
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2018 Edgar Award Finalist - Best Fact Crime By the New York Times bestselling author of Manson, the comprehensive, authoritative, and tragic story of preacher Jim Jones, who was responsible for the Jonestown Massacre - the largest murder-suicide in American history.In the 1950s,... |
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National Geographic The Greeks: An Illustrated History
Diane Harris Cline - National Geographic Format: Hardcover
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On the culture that brought us democracy, the Olympics, Socrates, and Alexander the Great, this lavishly illustrated reference about ancient Greece presents the amazing history through gripping stories; the rise and fall of the phenomenal empire; the powerful legacy left by ancient Greece... |
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A Very Principled Boy: The Life of Duncan Lee, Red Spy and Cold Warrior
Mark A Bradley - Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group Format: Paperback
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Duncan Chaplin Lee was a Rhodes Scholar, patriot, and descendent of one of America's most distinguished families - and possibly the best-placed mole ever to infiltrate U.S. intelligence operations. In A Very Principled Boy intelligence expert and former CIA officer Mark A. Bradley traces... |
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Bush
Jean Edward Smith - Simon & Schuster Format: Print book
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Distinguished presidential biographer Jean Edward Smith offers a critical yet fair biography of George W. Bush, showing how he ignored his advisors to make key decisions himself - most disastrously in invading Iraq - and how these decisions were often driven by the President's deep religious... |
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A Christmas Far from Home: An Epic Tale of Courage and Survival during the Korean War
Stanley Weintraub - Da Capo Press; First Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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The day after Thanksgiving, five months into the Korean War, General Douglas MacArthur flew to American positions in the north and grandly announced an end-the-war-by-Christmas offensive, despite recent evidence of intervention by Maos Chinese troops. Marching north in plunging temperatures,... |
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The Last Royal Rebel: The Life and Death of James, Duke of Monmouth
Anna Keay - Bloomsbury Format: Print book
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At first light on July 6, 1685, the last battle ever fought on English soil was almost over. On one side of the watery pasture at Sedgemoor was the dashing thirty-six-year-old Duke of Monmouth, the charismatic son of Charles II, adored by the people. A reformer, a romantic, and a Protestant,... |
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The Witch of Lime Street: Sance, Seduction, and Houdini in the Spirit World
David Jaher - Crown Publishers, 2015. Format: Print book
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History comes alive in this textured account of the rivalry between Harry Houdini and the so-called Witch of Lime Street, whose iconic lives intersected at a time when science was on the verge of embracing the paranormal.The 1920s are famous as the golden age of jazz and glamour, but it was also... |
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One Man Against the World: The Tragedy of Richard Nixon
Tim Weiner - Henry Holt & Company Format: Hardcover
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A shocking and riveting look at one of the most dramatic and disastrous presidencies in US history, from Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winner Tim WeinerBased largely on documents declassified only in the last few years, One Man Against the World paints a devastating portrait... |
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Killing the Rising Sun: How America Vanquished World War II Japan
Bill O'Reilly - Henry Holt and Company Format: Print book
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The powerful and riveting new book in the multimillion-selling Killing series by Bill O'Reilly and Martin DugardAutumn 1944. World War II is nearly over in Europe but is escalating in the Pacific, where American soldiers face an opponent who will go to any length to avoid defeat.... |
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American epic : when music gave america her voice.
Elijah Wald - Touchstone Format: Hardcover
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The companion book to the groundbreaking PBS and BBC documentary series celebrating the pioneers and artists of American roots music - blues, gospel, folk, Cajun, Appalachian, Hawaiian, Native American - without which there would be no jazz, rock, country R&B, or hip hop today.Jack... |
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Philomena: A Mother, Her Son, and a Fifty-Year Search
Martin Sixsmith - Penguin Books Format: Paperback
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New York Times BestsellerNow a major motion picture starring Judi Dench and Steve Coogan and nominated for four Academy Awards: the heartbreaking true story of an Irishwoman and the secret she kept for 50 yearsWhen she became pregnant as a teenager in Ireland in 1952, Philomena Lee was sent... |
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Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies: The Civil War
DAVID FISHER - Henry Holt and Co. Format: Hardcover
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The newest installment in the New York Times #1 bestselling companion series to the Fox historical docudrama, Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies; The Civil War is a pulse-quickening account of the deadliest war in American historyFrom the birth of the Republican... |
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The Story of Egypt : The Civilization That Shaped the World
Joann Fletcher - Pegasus Books Format: Print book
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The story of the world's greatest civilization -- spanning 4,000 years of history -- full of epic stories, spectacular places, and an evolving society rich in inventors, heroes, villains, and pioneers. The story of the world's greatest civilization spans 4,000 years of history that has shaped... |
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Lady Catherine, the Earl, and the Real Downton Abbey
The Countess of Carnarvon - Broadway Paperbacks Format: Paperback
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Lady Catherine, the Earl, and the Real Downton Abbey tells the story behind Highclere Castle, the setting for Julian Fellowes's Emmy Award-winning PBS show Downton Abbey, and the life of one of its most famous inhabitants, Catherine Wendell. In this transporting companion piece to the New York... |
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America the Strong: Conservative Ideas to Spark the Next Generation
William J. Bennett - Tyndale House Publishers Format: Hardcover
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We live in a culture that often dismisses and ridicules conservative values. By the time liberal professors, the news media, and Hollywood get through with them, many young Americans are convinced "conservative" means extremist and intolerant. It's a distortion that endangers... |
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The Best Land Under Heaven: The Donner Party in the Age of Manifest Destiny
Michael Wallis - Liveright Publishing Corp Format: Print book
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Cutting through 160 years of mythmaking, best-selling historian Michael Wallis presents the ultimate cautionary tale of America's westward expansion."WESTWARD HO! FOR OREGON AND CALIFORNIA!"In the eerily warm spring of 1846, George Donner placed this advertisement in a local newspaper... |
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Coyote America
Dan Flores - Basic Books Format: Hardcover
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The New York Times best-selling account of how coyotes--long the target of an extermination policy--spread to every corner of the United States Finalist for thePEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award "A masterly synthesis of scientific research and personal observation."-Wall... |
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Isabella: The Warrior Queen
Kirstin Downey - Nan A. Talese; First Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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An engrossing and revolutionary biography of Isabella of Castile, the controversial Queen of Spain who sponsored Christopher Columbus's journey to the New World, established the Spanish Inquisition, and became one of the most influential female rulers in historyBorn at a time when Christianity... |
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Our Oriental Heritage
Will Durant - Fine Communications Format: Hardcover
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[Read by Robin Field] [Our Oriental Heritage is Volume 1 -- of the eleven volume 'The Story of Civilization' Series] The first volume of Will Durant's Pulitzer Prize-winning series, Our Oriental Heritage: The Story of Civilization, Volume I chronicles the early history of Egypt,... |
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Neil Armstrong: A Life of Flight
Jay Barbree - Thomas Dunne Books; First Edition ~1st Printing edition Format: Hardcover
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Much has been written about Neil Armstrong, Americas modern hero, historys most famous space traveler, and the first man to walk on the moon. Yet shy of fame and never one to steal the spotlight Armstrong was always reluctant to discuss his personal side of events. Here for the first time... |
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Whistlestop: Reporting the Stories that Make Campaign History
John Dickerson - Twelve Format: Print book
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From Face the Nation moderator and Slate political columnist John Dickerson, WHISTLESTOP tells the stories behind the stories of the most memorable and even forgotten moments in American presidential campaign history.The stakes are high. The characters full of striving and ego.... |
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Thirteen Soldiers: A Personal History of Americans at War
John McCain - Simon & Schuster Format: Hardcover
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John McCain's evocative history of Americans at war, told through the personal accounts of thirteen remarkable soldiers who fought in major military conflicts, from the Revolutionary War of 1776 to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.As a veteran himself, a member of the Senate Armed Services... |
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American Spring: Lexington, Concord, and the Road to Revolution
Walter R. Borneman - Little Brown and Company Format: Hardcover
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A vibrant new look at the American Revolution's first months, from the author of the bestseller The Admirals When we reflect on our nation's history, the American Revolution can feel almost like a foregone conclusion. In reality, the first weeks and months of 1775 were very tenuous,... |
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Clouds of Glory: The Life and Legend of Robert E. Lee
Michael Korda - HarperCollins Canada, Limited Format: Hardcover
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New York Times bestselling author Michael Korda's fresh, contemporary single volume historical biography of General Robert E. Lee - perhaps the most famous and least understood legend in American history and one of our most admired heroes.Michael Korda, author of Ulysses S. Grant and the bestsellers... |
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Eisenhower: A Life
Paul Johnson - Penguin Books Format: Paperback
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Acclaimed historian Paul Johnson's lively, succinct profile of Dwight D. Eisenhower explores his life and enduring legacyIn the rousing style he's famous for, Paul Johnson offers a fascinating biography of Dwight D. Eisenhower, with particular focus on his years as a five-star general... |
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Showdown: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court Nomination That Changed America
Wil Haygood - Knopf Publishing Group Format: Hardcover
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Thurgood Marshall brought down the separate-but-equal doctrine, integrated schools, and not only fought for human rights and human dignity but also made them impossible to deny in the courts and in the streets. In this stunning new biography, award-winning author Wil Haygood surpasses the emotional... |
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The Cost of Courage
Charles Kaiser - Other Press (NY) Format: Hardcover
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"The result is a mix of history, biography and memoir which reads like a nerve-racking thriller." - The Guardian (US) This heroic true story of the three youngest children of a bourgeois Catholic family who worked together in the French Resistance is told by an American writer... |
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Daring to Drive: A Saudi Woman's Awakening
Manal al-Sharif - Simon & Schuster Format: Hardcover
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A ferociously intimate memoir by a devout woman from a modest family in Saudi Arabia who became the unexpected leader of a courageous movement to support women's right to drive.Manal al-Sharif grew up in Mecca the second daughter of a taxi driver, born the year fundamentalism took hold.... |
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The Third Horseman: Climate Change and the Great Famine of the 14th Century
William Rosen - Viking Adult Format: Book
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How a seven-year cycle of rain, cold, disease, and warfare created the worst famine in European history In May 1315, it started to rain. It didn’t stop anywhere in north Europe until August. Next came the four coldest winters in a millennium. Two separate animal epidemics... |
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World War I: The Definitive Visual History
R.G. Grant - DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley) Format: Hardcover
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2014 marks the centennial of the start of World War I - DK will mark the occasion with the publication of World War I: The Definitive Visual Guide, a vividly illustrated, in-depth account of the Great War. Written by historian R. G. Grant, and created by DK's award-winning editorial... |
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Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich
Norman Ohler - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Format: Hardcover
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A fast-paced narrative that discovers a surprising perspective on World War II: Nazi Germany's all-consuming reliance on drugs The Nazi regime preached an ideology of physical, mental, and moral purity. But as Norman Ohler reveals in this gripping new history, the Third Reich was saturated... |
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John le Carre: The Biography
Adam Sisman - Harper Format: Hardcover
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The definitive biography of the internationally adored author of The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, and A Perfect Spy - arguably one of the most important and influential writers of the post-World War II period - by the National Book Critics Circle Award-winning... |
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no hero: the evolution of a navy seal
Mark Owen - Dutton Format: Print book
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The companion volume to the multimillion-copy classic no easy day by former navy seal mark owen reveals the evolution of a seal team six operator mark owen's instant #1 new york times bestseller, no easy day: the firsthand account of the mission that killed osama bin laden, focused... |
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Einstein at Home
Friedich Herneck - Prometheus Format: Print book
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These intimate, candid descriptions of the private life of Albert Einstein come from a series of interviews with Herta Waldow, a housekeeper who lived with Einstein and his wife and daughter from 1927 to 1933 at their residence in Berlin. After World War II, science historian Friedrich... |
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Waterloo: The History of Four Days, Three Armies, and Three Battles
Bernard Cornwell - Harper Format: Hardcover
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#1 Bestseller in the U.K.From the New York Times bestselling author and master of martial fiction comes the definitive, illustrated history of one of the greatest battles ever fought - a riveting nonfiction chronicle published to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Napoleon's last... |
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Castle of the Eagles: Escape from Mussolini's Colditz
MARK FELTON - St. Martin's Press Format: Hardcover
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Vincigliata Castle, a menacing medieval fortress set in the beautiful Tuscan hills, has become a very special prisoner of war camp on Benito Mussolini's personal order. Within are some of the most senior officers of the Allied army, guarded by almost two hundred Italian soldiers and a vicious... |
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The Glass Universe
Dava Sobel - Viking Format: Print book
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New from #1 New York Times bestselling author Dava Sobel, the "inspiring" (People) , little-known true story of women's landmark contributions to astronomy"A joy to read." - The Wall Street JournalNamed one of the best books of the year by NPR,... |
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Generic: The Unbranding of Modern Medicine
Jeremy A. Greene - Johns Hopkins University Press; 1 edition Format: Hardcover
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Generic drugs are now familiar objects in clinics, drugstores, and households around the world. We like to think of these tablets, capsules, patches, and ointments as interchangeable with their brand-name counterparts why pay more for the sameAnd yet they are not quite the same. They differ... |
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The Johnstown Flood
David McCullough - Simon & Schuster; Reprint edition Format: Paperback
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The stunning story of one of America’s great disasters, a preventable tragedy of Gilded Age America, brilliantly told by master historian David McCullough.At the end of the nineteenth century, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, was a booming coal-and-steel town filled with hardworking families... |
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The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House
Kate Andersen Brower - Center Point Large Print, 2015. Format: Large Print Library Binding
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A remarkable history with elements of both In the President's Secret Service and The Butler, The Residence offers an intimate account of the service staff of the White House, from the Kennedys to the Obamas.America's First Families are unknowable in many ways. No one has insight... |
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The China Mirage: The Hidden History of
James Bradley - Little, Brown and Company Format: Hardcover
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From the bestselling author of Flags of our Fathers, Flyboys, and The Imperial Cruise, a spellbinding history of turbulent U.S.-China relations from the 19th century to World War II and Mao's ascent.In each of his books, James Bradley has exposed the hidden truths behind America's... |
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First Ladies: From Martha Washington to Michelle Obama
Betty Caroli - Oxford University Press; 4 edition Format: Paperback
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Betty Boyd Carolis engrossing and informative First Ladies is both a captivating read and an essential resource for anyone interested in the role of Americas First Ladies. This expanded and updated fourth edition includes Laura Bushs tenure, Hillary Clintons 2008 presidential bid, and an in-depth... |
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Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets
Svetlana Alexievich - Random House Format: Hardcover
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The magnum opus and latest work from Svetlana Alexievich, the 2015 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature - a symphonic oral history about the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the emergence of a new RussiaNAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR... |
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Shoot Like a Girl: One Woman's Dramatic Fight in Afghanistan and on the Home Front
Mary Jennings Hegar - New American Library Format: Hardcover
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SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE"Shoot Like a Girl is a must-read about an American patriot whose courage and determination will have a lasting impact on the future of our Armed Forces and the nation." - Senator John McCainOn June 29, 2009, Air National Guard major Mary... |
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Berlin: Portrait of a City Through the Centuries
Rory MacLean - St. Martin's Press; First Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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Why are we drawn to certain cities? Perhaps because of a story read in childhood. Or a chance teenage meeting. Or maybe simply because the place touches us, embodying in its tribes, towers and history an aspect of our understanding of what it means to be human. Paris is about romantic love.... |
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Objective Troy: A Terrorist, a President, and the Rise of the Drone
Scott Shane - Tim Duggan Books Format: Hardcover
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Objective Troy tells the gripping and unsettling story of Anwar al-Awlaki, the once-celebrated American imam who called for moderation after 9/11, a man who ultimately directed his outsized talents to the mass murder of his fellow citizens. It follows Barack Obama's campaign against... |
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The Constitution Today: Timeless Lessons for the Issues of Our Era
Akhil Reed Amar - Basic Books Format: Print book
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A leading legal scholar addresses the most important constitutional controversies of the past two decades and illuminates the Constitution's spirit and ongoing relevanceAmerica's Constitution, Chief Justice John Marshall famously observed in McCulloch v. Maryland, aspires "to... |
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Gettysburg Replies: The World Responds to Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation - Lyons Press Format: Hardcover
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Almost five months after the Civil Wars deadliest clash, President Abraham Lincoln and other Union leaders gathered to dedicate the Soldiers National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The program for the occasion featured music, prayer, orations, and benedictions. In the middle of it all,... |
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Kissinger: 1923-1968: The Idealist
Niall Ferguson - Penguin Press Format: Hardcover
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The definitive biography of Henry Kissinger, based on unprecedented access to his private papersNo American statesman has been as revered or as reviled as Henry Kissinger. Once hailed as "Super K" - the "indispensable man" whose advice has been sought by every president... |
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The Killing School: Inside the World's Deadliest Sniper Program
BRANDON WEBB - ST MARTIN'S Press Format: Print book
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As a SEAL sniper and combat veteran, Webb was tapped to revamp the U.S. Naval Special Warfare (SEAL) Scout/Sniper School, incorporating the latest advances in technology and ballistics software to create an entirely new course that continues to test the skills and even the best warriors.... |
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Great Lakes Island Escapes: Ferries and Bridges to Adventure
Maureen Dunphy - Painted Turtle Format: Print book
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The Great Lakes Basin is the largest surface freshwater system on Earth. The more than 30,000 islands dotted throughout the basin provide some of the best ways to enjoy the Great Lakes. While the vast majority of these islands can only be reached by private boat or plane, a surprising... |
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A History of Ancient Egypt Volume 2
John Romer - St Martin'S Press Format: Print book
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Drawing on a lifetime of research, John Romer chronicles the history of Ancient Egypt from the building of the Great Pyramid through the rise and fall of the Middle Kingdom: a peak of Pharaonic culture and the period when writing first flourished. Through extensive research over many decades... |
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The Astronaut Wives Club: A True Story
Lily Koppel - Grand Central Format: Print book
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Read the bestselling book that inspired the ABC television series.As America's Mercury Seven astronauts were launched on death-defying missions, television cameras focused on the brave smiles of their young wives. Overnight, these women were transformed from military spouses into American... |
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The Great Rescue: American Heroes, an Iconic Ship, and Saving Europe During WWI
PETER HERNON - Harper Format: Hardcover
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Published in commemoration of the centennial of America's entry into World War I, the story of the USS Leviathan, the legendary liner turned warship that ferried U.S. soldiers to Europe - a unique war history that offers a fresh, compelling look at this epic time.When war broke out in Europe... |
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What She Ate: Six Remarkable Women and the Food That Tells Their Stories
Laura Shapiro - Viking Format: Print book
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A beloved culinary historian's short takes on six famous women through the lens of food and cooking - what they ate and how their attitudes toward food offer surprising new insights into their lives.Everyone eats, and food touches on every aspect of our lives - social and cultural, personal... |
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Writing America: Literary Landmarks from Walden Pond to Wounded Knee
Shelley Fisher Fishkin - Rutgers University Press Format: Print book
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American novelist E.L. Doctorow once observed that literature "endows places with meaning." Yet, as this wide-ranging new book vividly illustrates, understanding the places that shaped American writers' lives and their art can provide deep insight into what makes their literature... |
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Dreamers and Deceivers: True Stories of the Heroes and Villains Who Made America
Glenn Beck - Simon & Schuster Format: Hardcover
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The new nonfiction from #1 bestselling author and popular radio and television host Glenn Beck.THEIR NAMES ARE FAMILIAR.THEIR STORIES ARE NOT.Everyone has heard of a "Ponzi scheme," but do you know what Charles Ponzi actually did to make his name synonymous with fraud? Credit... |
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Countdown to Pearl Harbor: The Twelve Days to the Attack
Steve Twomey - Simon & Schuster Format: Print book
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A fascinating look at the twelve days leading up to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor - the warnings, clues and missteps - by a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter.In Washington, DC, in late November 1941, admirals compose the most ominous message in Navy history to warn Hawaii of possible... |
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