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Omaha: America's Hometown: How Omaha Created American Culture
Scott J Peck - Community Rediscovery Pub
Format: Paperback
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Omaha: America's Hometown is a collection of essays that describe historical events and people from Omaha and how these people affected the overall history and culture of the United States. From America's victory in WWII to the formation of Hollywood, California as a media center,... |
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Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
Jon Meacham - Random House; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review • The Washington Post • Entertainment Weekly • The Seattle Times • St. Louis Post-Dispatch • Bloomberg BusinessweekIn this magnificent biography, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of American... |
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The Earth Is Weeping: The Epic Story of the Indian Wars for the American West
Peter Cozzens - Alfred A. Knopf
Format: Print book
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Bringing together a pageant of fascinating characters including Custer, Sherman, Grant, and a host of other military and political figures, as well as great native leaders such as Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, Geronimo, and Red Cloud, The Earth is Weeping - lauded by BOOKLIST as "a... |
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Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies: The Patriots
David Fisher - Henry Holt and Company
Format: Print book
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The must-have companion to Bill O'Reilly's historical docudrama Legends and Lies: The Patriots, an exciting and eye-opening look at the Revolutionary War through the lives of its leadersThe American Revolution was neither inevitable nor a unanimous cause. It pitted neighbors against... |
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Last Rites: The Evolution of the American Funeral
Todd Harra - Sounds True
Format: Kindle Edition
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The Untold Story of American Funeral and Mourning Traditions Why do we embalm the deceased? Why are funerals so expensive? Is there a reason coffins are shaped the way they are? When - and why - did we start viewing the deceased? Ceremonies for honoring the departed are crucial parts of our lives,... |
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Gorbachev: His Life and Times
WILLIAM TAUBMAN - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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The definitive biography of the transformational world leader by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Khrushchev.When Mikhail Gorbachev became the leader of the Soviet Union in 1985, the USSR was one of the world's two superpowers. By 1989, his liberal policies of perestroika and glasnost... |
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Fire Disasters
Ann Weil - Saddleback Educational Publishing
Format: Kindle Edition
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Disasters are inherently frightening, riveting, and involving. Grabbed straight from the headlines, these disasters leave tragedy, destruction, and years of anguish: London Bridge, The Morro Castle, Chicago, The Iroquois Theater, Australia?s Bush Fires, The Station Nightclub, The West Burns,... |
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Bring the War Home: The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America
Kathleen Belew - Harvard University Press
Format: Hardcover
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The white power movement in America wants a revolution. It has declared all-out war against the federal government and its agents, and has carried out -- with military precision -- an escalating campaign of terror against the American public. Its soldiers are not lone wolves but are highly... |
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