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Thunder at the Gates: The Black Civil War Regiments That Redeemed America
Douglas R Egerton - Basic Books
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Soon after Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, abolitionists began to call for the creation of black regiments. At first, the South and most of the North responded with outrage - southerners promised to execute any black soldiers captured in battle,... |
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Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How It Changed the World
Laura Spinney - PublicAffairs
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In 1918, the Italian-Americans of New York, the Yupik of Alaska and the Persians of Mashed had almost nothing in common except for a virus--one that triggered the worst pandemic of modern times and had a decisive effect on the history of the twentieth century.The Spanish flu of 1918-1920... |
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David Hockney
Marco Livingstone - Thames & Hudson
Format: Paperback
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Intelligent, conscientious, sensitive. -Burlington MagazineThe relationship between art and life has been of overriding importance in the work of David Hockney, who has perhaps enjoyed greater popularity than any other British artist this century. Here Marco Livingstone traces those connections... |
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Genocide in the Ottoman Empire: Armenians, Assyrians, and Greeks, 1913-1923
Steven L Jacobs - Berghahn Books
Format: Hardcover
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The final years of the Ottoman Empire were catastrophic ones for its non-Turkish, non-Muslim minorities. From 1913 to 1923, its rulers deported, killed, or otherwise persecuted staggering numbers of citizens in an attempt to preserve "Turkey for the Turks," setting a modern precedent... |
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Whistlestop: Reporting the Stories that Make Campaign History
John Dickerson - Twelve
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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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Origins of a Song: 202 true inspirations behind the world's greatest lyrics
Jake Grogan - Cider Mill Press
Format: Hardcover
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David Bowie, tired of the rock 'n roll Los Angeles lifestyle, picks up and moves to West Berlin. Sixteen-year-old Rod Stewart sneaks into a music festival and has a coming-of-age experience. Paul McCartney dreams of his deceased mother. The rest is music history. For lyricists and listeners... |
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Permission to Screw Up: How I Learned to Lead by Doing
KRISTEN HADEED - Portfolio
Format: Hardcover
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The inspiring, unlikely, laugh-out-loud story of how one woman learned to lead-and how she ultimately succeeded, not despite her many mistakes, but because of them. This is the story of how Kristen Hadeed built Student Maid, a cleaning company where people are happy, loyal, productive,... |
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Enemies and Neighbors: Arabs and Jews in Palestine and Israel, 1917-2017
IAN BLACK - Atlantic Monthly Press
Format: Hardcover
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From a long-time Guardian correspondent and editor, an expansive, authoritative, and balanced account of over a century of violent confrontation, war, and occupation in Palestine and Israel, published on the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration and 50th anniversary of the Six-Day... |
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Saxons vs. Vikings: Alfred the Great and England in the Dark Ages
Ed West - Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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A witty and concise look at the beginnings of English history, when the nation consolidated after clashes between the Saxons and invading Vikings. In 871, three of England's four kingdoms were overrun by Vikings, the ruthless, all-conquering Scandinavian raiders who terrorized early... |
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Gauguin's Challenge: New Perspectives After Postmodernism
Norma Broude - Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Format: Hardcover
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Several decades have now passed since postcolonial and feminist critiques presented the art-historical world with a demythologized Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) , a much-diminished image of the artist/hero who had once been universally admired as "the father of modernist primitivism."... |
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Milk of Paradise: A History of Opium
Lucy Inglis - Pegasus Books
Format: Hardcover
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An intelligent and authoritative history of opium -- a drug that has both healed and harmed since the beginning of civilization.Poppy tears, opium, heroin, fentanyl: humankind has been in thrall to the "Milk of Paradise" for millennia. The latex of papaver somniferum is a bringer... |
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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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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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100 Military Inventions That Changed the World
Rod Green - Skyhorse Publishing; 1 edition
Format: Paperback
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Nothing ensures the rapid development of new technology like the involvement of the military. From the trebuchet and the cannon to the tank and the ballistic missile, military research programs have produced the most devastating weapons imaginable - but military masterminds are also responsible... |
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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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The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela
NELSON MANDELA - Liveright
Format: eBook
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An unforgettable portrait of one of the most inspiring historical figures of the twentieth century, published on the centenary of his birth.Arrested in 1962 as South Africa's apartheid regime intensified its brutal campaign against political opponents, forty-four-year-old lawyer and African... |
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Paris Fashion: A Cultural History
Valerie Steele - Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Format: Hardcover
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Paris has been the international capital of fashion for more than 300 years. Even before the rise of the haute couture, Parisians were notorious for their obsession with fashion, and foreigners eagerly followed their lead. From Charles Frederick Worth to Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel,... |
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Finding Magic: A Spiritual Memoir
Sally Quinn - Harper One
Format: Print book
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The author, journalist, television reporter, and longtime Washington insider reflects on the spiritual quest that has brought deeper meaning to her life - and kept her grounded within the high-powered political world of Washington, D.C.'s elite - her renowned writing career, her celebrity... |
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Philadelphia: Finding the Hidden City
Joseph E B Elliott - Temple University Press
Format: Hardcover
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Philadelphia possesses an exceptionally large number of places that have almost disappeared - from workshops and factories to sporting clubs and societies, synagogues, churches, theaters, and railroad lines. In Philadelphia: Finding the Hidden City, urban observers Nathaniel Popkin and Peter... |
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Meet Me in the Bathroom: Rebirth and Rock and Roll in New York City 2001-2011
Elizabeth Goodman - HarperCollins Publishers and Blackstone Audio
Format: Audiobook
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In the second half of the twentieth century, New York was the source of new sounds, including the Greenwich Village folk scene, punk and new wave, and hip-hop. But as the end of the millennium neared, cutting-edge bands began emerging from Seattle, Austin, and London, pushing New York from... |
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Blood and Fears: How America's Bomber Boys of the 8th Air Force Saved World War II
Kevin Wilson - Pegasus Books
Format: Print book
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The heroic, dramatic, and sometimes tragic history of how the US 8th Air Force changed the course of World War II. The US 8th Air Force came of age in 1944. With a fresh commander, it was ready to demonstrate its true power: from Operation Argument in February -- targeting German aircraft... |
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The Unknowns
PATRICK O'DONNELL - Atlantic Monthly Press
Format: Hardcover
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The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is sacred ground at Arlington National Cemetery. Originally constructed in 1921 to hold one of the thousands of unidentified American soldiers lost in World War I, it now also contains unknowns from World War II and the Korean and Vietnam Wars, and receives... |
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Portrait of the Panama Canal: Celebrating Its History and Expansion
William Friar - Graphic Arts Books
Format: Print book
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This classic from William Friar about the Panama Canal has been completely updated and revised in time for the opening of the expanded locks. This engaging collection of contemporary and archival photographs is illuminated by Friar's lively and informative text. Though the dream began... |
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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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The Dawn of Christian Art in Panel Paintings and Icons
Thomas F Mathews - J. Paul Getty Museum
Format: Hardcover
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Staking out new territory in the history of art, this book presents a compelling argument for a lost link between the panel-painting tradition of Greek antiquity and Christian paintings of Byzantium and the Renaissance. While art historians place the origin of icons in the seventh century,... |
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Walls: A History of Civilization in Blood and Brick
DAVID FRYE - Scribner Book Company
Format: Hardcover
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In Walls historian David Frye tells the epic story of history's greatest manmade barriers, from ancient times to the present. It is a haunting and frequently eye-opening saga - one that reveals a startling link between what we build and how we live. With Frye as our raconteur-guide, we journey... |
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God's Armies: Crusade and Jihad: Origins, History, Aftermath
Malcolm Lambert - Pegasus Books
Format: Print book
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With ramifications on geopolitics today, a vivid chronicle of the Christian and Islamic struggle to control the sacred places of Palestine and the Middle East between the seventh and thirteenth centuries. Crusade and jihad are often reckoned to have represented two sides of the same coin:... |
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The Game Console: A Photographic History from Atari to Xbox
Evan Amos - No Starch Press
Format: Hardcover
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The Game Console is a tour through the evolution of video game hardware, with gorgeous full-color photos of 86 consoles. You'll start your journey with legendary consoles like the Magnavox Odyssey, Atari 2600, Nintendo Entertainment System, and the Commodore 64. The visual nostalgia... |
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Versailles
Colin Jones - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover
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The vivid story of the creation, renovation, and enduring legacy of the most famous building in France: the palace of VersaillesNothing represents the glorious and fraught history of France quite like the Palace of Versailles. Made famous by the absolutist king Louis XIV, Versailles became... |
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The Hamilton Cookbook: Cooking, Eating, and Entertaining in Hamilton's World
LAURA KUMIN - Post Hill Press
Format: Paperback
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The Hamilton Cookbook takes you into Hamilton's home and to his table, with historical information, recipes, and tips on how you can prepare food and serve the food that our founding fathers enjoyed in their day.What was it like to eat with Alexander Hamilton, the Revolutionary War hero,... |
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The Last Englishmen: Love, War, and the End of Empire
DEBORAH BAKER - Graywolf Press
Format: Hardcover
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A sumptuous biographical saga, both intimate and epic, about the waning of the British Empire in IndiaJohn Auden was a pioneering geologist of the Himalaya. Michael Spender was the first to draw a detailed map of the North Face of Mount Everest. While their younger brothers -- W. H. Auden... |
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Never in Finer Company: The Men of the Great War's Lost Battalion
EDWARD G LENGEL - Da Capo Press
Format: Hardcover
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The most heroic and incredible story in American military history--World War I's "Lost Battalion" and the men who survived the ordeal, triumphed in battle, and fought the demons that lingeredThe most dramatic week in American military history took place just weeks before the First... |
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Degas, Impressionism, and the Millinery Trade
Simon Kelly - Prestel
Format: Hardcover
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Filled with beautiful works by Edgar Degas, Mary Cassatt, and other Impressionist painters, this richly illustrated book showcases artistic portrayals of France's millinery trade during the Belle poque. Filled with beautiful works by Edgar Degas, Mary Cassatt, and other Impressionist... |
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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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Sombrero for Santa/Director's Score
Artak Movsisyan - Shawnee Pr
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"Grkum hamarot ev amboghjakan nerkayatsvats e hayots patmutyune hnaguyn zhamanaknerits minchev mer orere. Hanramatcheli sharadranke aveli enkaleli dardznelu npatakov girkn aratoren patkerazardvats e ev hagetsats e karteznerov. Hastseagrvats e Hayastani patmutyamb ev hayagitutyan khndirnerov... |
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The Modernization of Chinese Art: The Shanghai Art College, 19131937
Jane Zheng - Leuven University Press
Format: Hardcover
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The Shanghai Art College was one of the most important art schools in Republican China. This is the first academic study written on the early history of the College. It makes a major contribution to the history of art education in China, Shanghai in particular. The book presents a new approach... |
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Eyewitness Views: Making History in Eighteenth-Century Europe
Peter Björn Kerber - J. Paul Getty Museum
Format: Hardcover
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Canaletto, Bernardo Bellotto, Luca Carlevarijs, Giovanni Paolo Panini, Francesco Guardi, Hubert Robert these renowned view painters are perhaps most famous for their expansive canvases depicting the ruins of Rome or the canals of Venice. Many of their most splendid paintings, however, feature... |
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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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Sunken Cities: Egypt's Lost Worlds
Franck Goddio - Thames & Hudson
Format: Print book
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A fascinating showcase of some of the ancient world's richest archaeological finds in recent yearsBeneath the waters of Abukir Bay, at the edge of the Nile Delta, lie the submerged remains of ancient Egyptian cities that sank over 1,000 years ago only to be rediscovered in the late... |
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Charlie Company's Journey Home: The Forgotten Impact on the Wives of Vietnam Veterans
Andrew Wiest - Osprey Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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The Boys of '67 and the War They Left BehindThe human experience of the Vietnam War is almost impossible to grasp--the camaraderie, the fear, the smell, the pain. Men were transformed into soldiers, and then into warriors.These warriors had wives who loved them and shared in their transformations.... |
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Narcoland: The Mexican Drug Lords And Their Godfathers
Roberto Saviano - Verso; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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The product of five years’ investigative reporting, the subject of intense national controversy, and the source of death threats that forced the National Human Rights Commission to assign two full-time bodyguards to its author, Anabel Hernández, Narcoland has been a publishing... |
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Madame President
Helene Cooper - Simon & Schuster
Format: Book
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The harrowing, but triumphant story of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, leader of the Liberian women's movement, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, and the first democratically elected female president in African history. When Ellen Johnson Sirleaf won the 2005 Liberian presidential election,... |
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Gods and Robots: Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology
Adrienne Mayor - Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover
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The fascinating untold story of how the ancients imagined robots and other forms of artificial life -- and even invented real automated machinesThe first robot to walk the earth was a bronze giant called Talos. This wondrous machine was created not by MIT Robotics Lab, but by Hephaestus,... |
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Lexington and Concord: The Battle Heard Round the World
GEORGE C DAUGHAN - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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An award-winning historian reinterprets the battle that launched the American Revolution.George C. Daughan's magnificently detailed account of the Battle of Lexington and Concord challenges the prevailing narrative of the American War of Independence. It was, Daughan argues, based as much... |
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Alternative Art and Anthropology: Global Encounters
Arnd Schneider - Bloomsbury Academic
Format: Paperback
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While the importance of the relationship between anthropology and contemporary art has long been recognized, the discussion has tended to be among scholars from North America, Europe, and Australia; until now, scholarship and experiences from other regions have been largely absent from... |
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The Liberal Redneck Manifesto: Draggin' Dixie Outta the Dark
Trae Crowder - Atria Books
Format: Print book
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The Liberal Rednecks - a three-man stand-up comedy group doing scathing political satire - celebrate all that's good about the South while leading the Redneck Revolution and standing proudly blue in a sea of red.Smart, hilarious, and incisive, the Liberal Rednecks confront outdated... |
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Necessary Trouble: Americans in Revolt
Sarah Jaffe - Nation Books
Format: Print book
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"Sarah Jaffe marches into the class war, fighting the good fight with a pen as sharp as any sword." - Bill Moyers"The most compelling social and political portrait of our age." - Robin D. G. KelleyWe are witnessing a moment of unprecedented political engagement and social... |
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Travelers in the Third Reich: The Rise of Fascism: 1919?1945
JULIA BOYD - Pegasus Books
Format: Hardcover
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This fascinating and shocking history of the rise of the Nazis draws together a multitude of expatriate voices -- even Charles Lindbergh and Samuel Beckett -- into a powerful narrative charting this extraordinary phenomenon.Without the benefit of hindsight, how do you interpret what's... |
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Searching for the Lost Tombs of Egypt
Chris Naunton - Thames & Hudson
Format: Hardcover
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An exciting archeological exploration of ancient Egypt that examines the potential for discovering the remaining "lost" tombs of the pharaohs. Tombs, mummies, and funerary items make up a significant portion of the archeological remains that survive ancient Egypt and have come... |
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The Kelloggs: The Battling Brothers of Battle Creek
Howard Markel - Pantheon
Format: Hardcover
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From the much admired medical historian, author of An Anatomy of Addiction, the story of the two Kellogg brothers: one who became America's most beloved physician between the mid-nineteenth century and World War II, a best-selling author, lecturer and health magazine publisher who was read... |
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The Killing Season: A History of the Indonesian Massacres, 1965-66
Geoffrey Robinson - Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover
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The Killing Season explores one of the largest and swiftest, yet least examined, instances of mass killing and incarceration in the twentieth century -- the shocking antileftist purge that gripped Indonesia in 1965-66, leaving some five hundred thousand people dead and more than a million... |
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The Debatable Land: The Lost World Between Scotland and England
GRAHAM ROBB - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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Best-selling author Graham Robb finds that the 2,000-year-old map of Ptolemy unlocks a central mystery of British history.Two years ago, Graham Robb moved to a place of legend called the Debatable Land, an independent territory that once served as a buffer between Scotland and England.... |
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Teotihuacan: City of Water, City of Fire
Matthew H Robb - University of California Press
Format: Hardcover
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Founded in the first century BCE near a set of natural springs in an otherwise dry northeastern corner of the Valley of Mexico, the ancient metropolis of Teotihuacan was on a symbolic level a city of elements. With a multiethnic population of perhaps one hundred thousand, at its peak in 400 CE, it was the cultural,... |
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When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt
KARA COONEY - National Geographic
Format: Hardcover
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This riveting narrative explores the lives of six remarkable female pharaohs, from Hatshepsut to Cleopatra--women who ruled with real power--and shines a piercing light on our own perceptions of women in power today.Female rulers are a rare phenomenon--but thousands of years ago in ancient... |
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Almighty: Courage, Resistance, and Existential Peril in the Nuclear Age
Dan Zak - Blue Rider Press
Format: Print book
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On a tranquil summer night in July 2012, a trio of elderly peace activists infiltrated the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Nicknamed the ''Fort Knox of Uranium,'' Y-12 was reputedly one of the most secure nuclear weapons facilities in the world, a bastion... |
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Jacobites: A New History of the '45 Rebellion
Jacqueline Riding - Bloomsbury
Format: Print book
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The Jacobite Rebellion of 1745-46 is one of the most important turning points in British history--in terms of national crisis every bit the equal of 1066 and 1940. The tale of Charles Edward Stuart, "Bonnie Prince Charlie," and his heroic attempt to regain his grandfather's (James... |
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Guys Like Me: Five Wars, Five Veterans for Peace
Michael A. Messner - Rutgers University Press
Format: Hardcover
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Over the last few decades, as the United States has become embroiled in foreign war after foreign war, some of the most vocal activists for peace have been veterans. These veterans for peace come from all different races, classes, regions, and generations. What common motivations unite... |
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DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Portugal
DK Travel - DK Eyewitness Travel
Format: Paperback
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DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Portugal helps you get the most from your visit to this unique European country. You'll find in-depth detail on all the important sights with maps, photos, and illustrated 3-D cutaways for major sights.DK's insider travel tips and essential local information... |
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The Great Stain: Witnessing American Slavery
Noel Rae - The Overlook Press
Format: Hardcover
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Comprising personal accounts from an intensely consequential chapter in human history, the transatlantic slave trade, The Great Stain takes readers from the depths of suffering to the heights of human dignity.There have been numerous books about the why, when, and where of slavery in America,... |
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Modern Art in Detail: 75 Masterpieces
SUSIE HODGE - Thames & Hudson
Format: Hardcover
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An accessible and comprehensive guide to understanding the detail behind modern artGreat works of art cannot be fully understood in a single encounter. This is perhaps even truer for modern artworks that may not immediately make sense to, or even appeal to, the casual observer. Viewing... |
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Humanitarians at War: The Red Cross in the Shadow of the Holocaust
Gerald Steinacher - Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover
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The Geneva-based International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is one of the world's oldest, most prominent, and revered aid organizations. But at the end of World War II things could not have looked more different. Under fire for its failure to speak out against the Holocaust or to extend... |
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Alone: Britain, Churchill, and Dunkirk: Defeat Into Victory
MICHAEL KORDA - Liveright
Format: Hardcover
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Combining epic history with rich family stories, Michael Korda chronicles the outbreak of World War Two and the great events that led to Dunkirk.An epic of remarkable originality, Alone captures the heroism of World War II as movingly as any book in recent memory. Bringing to vivid life... |
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Disappointment River: Finding and Losing the Northwest Passage
BRIAN CASTNER - Doubleday
Format: Hardcover
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In 1789, Alexander Mackenzie traveled 1200 miles on the immense river in Canada that now bears his name, in search of the fabled Northwest Passage that had eluded mariners for hundreds of years. In 2016, the acclaimed memoirist Brian Castner retraced Mackenzie's route by canoe in a grueling... |
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Enduring Splendor: Jewelry of India's Thar Desert
Thomas K Seligman - Fowler Museum at UCLA
Format: Paperback
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Enduring Splendor focuses on the rich and diverse silver jewelry traditions of India's Thar Desert region, stretching across the western states of Rajasthan and Gujarat. These traditions are considered against the background of the five-thousand-year history of jewelry making across... |
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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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Empress: The Astonishing Reign of Nur Jahan
RUBY LAL - W. W. Norton & Company
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Four centuries ago, a Muslim woman ruled an empire.When it came to hunting, she was a master shot. As a dress designer, few could compare. An ingenious architect, she innovated the use of marble in her parents' mausoleum on the banks of the Yamuna River that inspired her stepson's Taj Mahal.... |
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Lady First: The World of First Lady Sarah Polk
Amy S. Greenberg - Knopf
Format: Hardcover
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The little-known story of remarkable First Lady Sarah Polk--a brilliant master of the art of high politics and a crucial but unrecognized figure in the history of American feminism.While the Woman's Rights convention was taking place at Seneca Falls in 1848, First Lady Sarah Childress Polk... |
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The Last Days of Stalin
Joshua Rubenstein - Yale University Press
Format: Print book
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Joshua Rubenstein's riveting account takes us back to the second half of 1952 when no one could foresee an end to Joseph Stalin's murderous regime. He was poised to challenge the newly elected U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower with armed force, and was also broadening a vicious campaign... |
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Pepper, Silk & Ivory: Amazing Stories about Jews and the Far East
Marvin Tokayer - Springfield, NJ
Format: Print book
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Pepper, Silk & Ivory reveals a missing page in Jewish history, the amazing stories of Jews who both benefited from and contributed to the Far East. Here you will read about the juvenile delinquent who later became known as the uncrowned Jewish king of China; the woman who refused to give... |
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Smithsonian: Battles That Changed History
DK. - DK
Format: Hardcover
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This illustrated guide to history's most famous battles explores military history from ancient battles to the American Civil War, World War I, World War II, the Cold War, and beyond.Featuring stunning illustrations and in-depth analysis, this military history book uses maps, paintings,... |
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The Spirit of Tibetan Buddhism
Sam Van Schaik - Yale University Press
Format: Print book
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A leading writer and researcher on Tibet, Sam van Schaik offers an accessible and authoritative introduction to Tibetan Buddhism by examining its key texts, from its origins in the eighth century to teachings practiced across the world today. In addition to demonstrating its richness and historical... |
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Darkest Hour: How Churchill Brought England Back from the Brink
Anthony McCarten - Harper
Format: Hardcover
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From the acclaimed novelist and screenwriter of The Theory of Everything comes a revisionist look at the period immediately following Winston Churchill's ascendancy to Prime Minister - soon to be a major motion picture starring Gary Oldman. May 1940. Britain is at war, Winston Churchill... |
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The Memory Code: The Secrets of Stonehenge, Easter Island and Other Ancient Monuments
Lynne Kelly - Pegasus Books
Format: Print book
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The discovery of a powerful memory technique used by our Neolithic ancestors in their monumental memory places -- and how we can use their secrets to train our own minds In ancient, pre-literate cultures across the globe, tribal elders had encyclopedic memories. They could name all the animals... |
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Three Days in January: Dwight Eisenhower's Final Mission
Bret Baier - William Morrow
Format: Print book
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"THE BEST BOOK ON EISENHOWER TO APPEAR IN A VERY LONG TIME"*: BRET BAIER'S "RIVETING ACCOUNT" OF IKE'S FINAL MISSION IS "A LANDMARK ACHIEVEMENT" THAT IS "DESTINED TO TAKE ITS PLACE AS ONE OF THE CLASSICS OF PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY"January 1961: President... |
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Calculated Risk: The Supersonic Life and Times of Gus Grissom
George Leopold - Purdue University Press
Format: Print book
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Unlike other American astronauts, Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom never had the chance to publish his memoirs save for an account of his role in the Gemini program before the tragic launch pad fire on January 27, 1967, which took his life and those of Edward White and Roger Chaffee. The international... |
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Medieval Europe
Chris Wickham - Yale University Press
Format: Print book
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A spirited and thought-provoking history of the vast changes that transformed Europe during the 1,000-year span of the Middle Ages The millennium between the breakup of the western Roman Empire and the Reformation was a long and hugely transformative period - one not easily chronicled... |
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Isabella of Castile: Europe's First Great Queen
Giles Tremlett - Bloomsbury
Format: Print book
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In 1474, when Castile was the largest, strongest, and most populous kingdom in Hispania (present day Spain and Portugal) , a twenty-three-year-old woman named Isabella ascended the throne. At a time when successful queens regnant were few and far between, Isabella faced not only the considerable... |
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Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
Yuval Noah Harari - Harper
Format: Hardcover
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Yuval Noah Harari, author of the critically-acclaimed New York Times bestseller and international phenomenon Sapiens, returns with an equally original, compelling, and provocative book, turning his focus toward humanity's future, and our quest to upgrade humans into gods.Over the past century... |
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Behind the Throne: A Domestic History of the British Royal Household
ADRIAN TINNISWOOD - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover
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An upstairs/downstairs history of the British royal court, from the Middle Ages to the reign of Queen Elizabeth II Monarchs: they're just like us. They entertain their friends and eat and worry about money. Henry VIII tripped over his dogs. George II threw his son out of the house. James... |
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Trials of the Earth The True Story of a Pioneer Woman.
Hamilton Mary Mann. - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover
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The astonishing first-person account of Mississippi pioneer woman struggling to survive, protect her family and make a home in the early American SouthNear the end of her life, Mary Mann Hamilton (1866 - c.1936) began recording her experiences in the backwoods of the Mississippi Delta.... |
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Armenian Communities of the Northeastern Mediterranean
Richard G. Hovanissian - Mazda Pub
Format: Paperback
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Armenian Communities of the Northeastern Mediterranean is the fourteenth volume to be published in the UCLA series, Historic Armenian Cities and Provinces. Even though the northeastern reaches of the Mediterranean Sea were not a part of historic Greater Armenia, situated far to the east,... |
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How to Behave Badly in Elizabethan England: A Guide for Knaves, Fools, Harlots, Cuckolds, Drunkards, Liars, Thieves, and Braggarts
Ruth Goodman - Liveright
Format: Hardcover
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Offensive language, insolent behavior, slights, brawls, and scandals come alive in Ruth Goodman's uproarious history. Every age and social strata has its bad eggs, rule-breakers, and nose-thumbers. As acclaimed popular historian and author of How to Be a Victorian Ruth Goodman shows in her madcap... |
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The Shipwreck Hunter: A Lifetime of Extraordinary Discoveries on the Ocean Floor
DAVID L MEARNS - Pegasus Books
Format: Hardcover
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This gripping memoir by the world's foremost marine geologist is an enthralling blend of maritime history, popular science, and Clive Cussler-style adventure. David L. Mearns has discovered some of the world's most fascinating and elusive shipwrecks. From the mighty battleship HMS Hood... |
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Modernism in Scandinavia: Art, Architecture and Design
Charlotte Ashby - Bloomsbury Academic
Format: Paperback
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Scandinavia is a region associated with modernity: modern design, modern living and a modern welfare state. This new history of modernism in Scandinavia offers a picture of the complex reality that lies behind the label: a modernism made up of many different figures, impulses and visions.... |
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Hell's Traces: One Murder, Two Families, Thirty-Five Holocaust Memorials
Victor Ripp - Farrar
Format: Print book
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In July 1942, the French police in Paris, acting for the German military government, arrested Victor Ripp's three-year-old cousin, Alexandre. Two months later, the boy was killed in Auschwitz. In Hell's Traces, Ripp examines this act through the prism of family history. In addition... |
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Going Deep: John Philip Holland and the Invention of the Attack Submarine
Lawrence Goldstone - Pegasus Books
Format: Hardcover
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The controversial history of the attack submarine -- and the story of its colorful creator, John Philip Holland -- that reveals how this imaginative invention changed the face of modern warfare. From Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea to The Hunt for Red October, readers the world over... |
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Barron's AP United States History, 3rd Edition
Eugene Resnick - Barron'S
Format: Print book
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This extensive test prep manual covers the AP United States History curriculum, and will help prepare students for the most current exam with:Two full-length practice tests that feature all questions answered and explainedTest-taking strategies for answering both the test's multiple... |
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A Cultural History of Dress and Fashion: Volumes 1-6
Susan J Vincent - Bloomsbury Academic
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A Cultural History of Dress and Fashion presents an authoritative survey from ancient times to the present. This set of six volumes covers over 2,500 years of dress and fashion. Volume 1: Antiquity (500BCE-800AD) , edited by Mary HarlowVolume 2: The Medieval Age (800-1450) , edited by Sarah-Grace... |
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Courage Is Contagious: To Michelle Obama, with Love
Nicholas Haramis (Editor) - Lenny
Format: Hardcover
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A collection of never-before-published essays celebrating a First Lady whose impact will be felt for years to come, featuring a stunning array of acclaimed contributors Michelle Obama's legacy transcends categorization; her cultural imprint is as nuanced as it is indelible. She used her time... |
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Troublemakers: Silicon Valleys Coming of Age
Leslie Berlin - Simon & Schuster
Format: Paperback
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Acclaimed historian Leslie Berlins "deeply researched and dramatic narrative of Silicon Valleys early years ... is a meticulously told ... compelling history" (The New York Times) of the men and women who chased innovation, and ended up changing the world.Troublemakers is the gripping... |
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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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Carolina Herrera
Carolina Herrera - Rizzoli
Format: Print book
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The first book on the design career of Carolina Herrera, to be released on the occasion of the house's thirty-fifth anniversary. The first name in American elegance, Carolina Herrera has distinguished herself in the global fashion world with a style that exudes luxury, femininity, and impeccable... |
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After Silence: A History of AIDS through Its Images
Avram Finkelstein - University of California Press
Format: Hardcover
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Early in the 1980s AIDS epidemic, six gay activists created one of the most iconic and lasting images that would come to symbolize a movement: a protest poster of a pink triangle with the words "Silence = Death." The graphic and the slogan still resonate today, often used - and misused... |
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Smoketown: The Untold Story of the Other Great Black Renaissance
Mark Whitaker - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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The other great Renaissance of black culture, influence, and glamour burst forth joyfully in what may seem an unlikely place - Pittsburgh, PA - from the 1920s through the 1950s.Today black Pittsburgh is known as the setting for August Wilson's famed plays about noble but doomed working-class... |
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The Library: A Catalogue of Wonders
STUART KELLS - Counterpoint
Format: Hardcover
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"If you think you know what a library is, this marvellously idiosyncratic book will make you think again. After visiting hundreds of libraries around the world and in the realm of the imagination, bibliophile and rare-book collector Stuart Kells has compiled an enchanting compendium... |
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Sabotage Art: Politics and Iconoclasm in Contemporary Latin America
Sophie Halart - I.B.Tauris
Format: Hardcover
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Sabotage Art: Politics and Iconoclasm in Contemporary Latin America provides a welcome shift of emphasis in amidst perennial redefinitions of "political art" in Latin America. Framing sabotage as a "positional choice with regard to the institution" allows Halart, Polgovsky... |
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Ants Among Elephants: An Untouchable Family and the Making of Modern India
Sujatha Gidla - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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"Ants Among Elephants is an arresting, affecting and ultimately enlightening memoir. It is quite possibly the most striking work of non-fiction set in India since Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo, and heralds the arrival of a formidable new writer."... |
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The House of Dior: Seventy Years of Haute Couture
KATIE SOMERVILLE - National Gallery of Victoria
Format: Hardcover
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Milestones of the Dior look from 1947 to nowIn celebration of Dior's 70th anniversary and produced in close collaboration with the House of Dior, one of the world's most prestigious couture houses, this beautiful publication features garments designed by Christian Dior Couture between... |
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A Little History of Archaeology
BRIAN FAGAN - Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover
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The thrilling history of archaeological adventure, with tales of danger, debate, audacious explorers, and astonishing discoveries around the globe What is archaeology? The word may bring to mind images of golden pharaohs and lost civilizations, or Neanderthal skulls and Ice Age cave art.... |
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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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Reinventing Capitalism in the Age of Big Data
VIKTOR MAYER-SCHONBERGER - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover
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For the past century and more, the story of capitalism has been a story of firms and financiers. Thanks to the Big Data revolution, soon, it won't be. As Viktor Mayer-Sch?nberger, bestselling author of Big Data, and Thomas Ramge show, data is replacing money as the driver of market... |
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The First Amendment: An Illustrated History
Robert J McWhirter - Constitution Press
Format: Paperback
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The discussion of the meaning and interpretation of the first ten Amendments to the Constitution has become central to public discourse. But with unmediated news sources and fake news abounding, it is difficult to grapple with the issues without an unbiased guide. This series of books aims... |
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Marooned: Jamestown, Shipwreck, and a New History of America's Origin
Joseph Kelly - Bloomsbury Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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For readers of Nathaniel Philbrick's Mayflower, a groundbreaking history that makes the case for replacing Plymouth Rock with Jamestown as America's founding myth. We all know the great American origin story. It begins with an exodus. Fleeing religious persecution, the hardworking,... |
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Three Days in Moscow: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of the Soviet Empire
BRET BAIER - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover
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The #1 bestselling author of Three Days in January and Anchor of the #1 rated Special Report with Bret Baier on Fox News Channel reveals as never before President Ronald Reagan's battle to end the Cold War, framed around the historic, three-day 1988 Moscow Summit.In his acclaimed #1 national... |
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Clementine: The Life of Mrs. Winston Churchill
Sonia Purnell - Penguin Books
Format: Print book
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"Sonia Purnell has at long last given Clementine Churchill the biography she deserves. Sensitive yet clear-eyed, Clementine tells the fascinating story of a complex woman struggling to maintain her own identity while serving as the conscience and principal adviser to one of the most... |
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Beyond the Nile: Egypt and the Classical World
Jeffrey Spier - J. Paul Getty Museum
Format: Hardcover
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From about 2000 BCE onward, Egypt served as an important nexus for cultural exchange in the eastern Mediterranean, importing and exporting not just wares but also new artistic techniques and styles. Egyptian, Greek, and Roman craftsmen imitated one another's work, creating cultural... |
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Pandora's Lab: Seven Stories of Science Gone Wrong
Paul A Offit - National Geographic
Format: Print book
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What happens when ideas presented as science lead us in the wrong direction? History is filled with brilliant ideas that gave rise to disaster, and this book explores the most fascinating - and significant - missteps: from opium's heyday as the pain reliever of choice to recognition of opioids... |
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Oceans Ventured: Winning the Cold War at Sea
JOHN F LEHMAN - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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A thrilling story of the Cold War, told by a former navy secretary on the basis of recently declassified documents.When Ronald Reagan took office in January 1981, the United States and NATO were losing the Cold War. The USSR had superiority in conventional weapons and manpower in Europe,... |
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Modernists and Mavericks: Bacon, Freud, Hockney and the London Painters
MARTIN GAYFORD - Thames & Hudson
Format: Hardcover
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Martin Gayford's masterful account of painting in London from the Second World War to the 1970s, illustrated by documentary photographs and the works themselvesThe development of painting in London from the Second World War to the 1970s has never before been told before as a single narrative.... |
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Imagine It Forward: Courage, Creativity, and the Power of Change
Beth Comstock - Currency
Format: Hardcover
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From one of today's foremost innovation leaders, an inspiring and practical guide to mastering change in the face of uncertainty. The world will never be slower than it is right now, says Beth Comstock, the former Vice Chair and head of marketing and innovation at GE. But confronting... |
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Culture Crash: The Killing of the Creative Class
Scott Timberg - Yale University Press
Format: Print book
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When artists and artisans can't make a living, the health of America's culture is at risk Change is no stranger to us in the twenty-first century. We must constantly adjust to an evolving world, to transformation and innovation. But for many thousands of creative artists, a torrent... |
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Stonehenge: The Story of a Sacred Landscape
FRANCIS PRYOR - Pegasus Books
Format: Hardcover
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An illustrated, evocative narrative of the nature and history of Stonehenge that places the enigmatic stone megaliths in a wider cultural context. Perched on the chalk uplands of Salisbury Plain, the megaliths of Stonehenge offer one of the most recognizable outlines of any ancient structure.... |
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Istanbul: City of Majesty at the Crossroads of the World
Thomas F Madden - Viking
Format: Print book
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The first single-volume history of Istanbul in decades: a biography of the city at the center of civilizations past and present.For more than two millennia Istanbul has stood at the crossroads of the world, perched at the very tip of Europe, gazing across the shores of Asia. The history... |
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The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World
A J BAIME - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover
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The dramatic, pulse-pounding story of Harry Truman's first four months in office, when this unlikely president had to take on Germany, Japan, Stalin, and the atomic bomb, with the fate of the world hanging in the balance. Heroes are often defined as ordinary characters who get thrust into... |
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Lost Masters: Rediscovering the Mysticism of the Ancient Greek Philosophers
Linda Johnsen - New World Library
Format: Print book
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Ashrams in Europe twenty-five hundred years ago? Greek philosophers studying in India? Meditation classes in ancient Rome? It sounds unbelievable, but it's historically true. Alexander the Great had an Indian guru. Pythagoras, Empedocles, and Plotinus all encouraged their students to meditate.... |
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1967: The Year of Fire and Ice
Victor Brooks - Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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Blazing hot meets icy cool in a momentous year in US history On New Year's Day in 1967, the 200 million Americans who lived in the United States were about to experience a fascinating, exciting, and sometimes bewildering twelve months that for many formed an iconic portion of their... |
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City of Dreams: The 400-Year Epic History of Immigrant New York
Tyler Anbinder - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Print book
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A defining American story, never before told with such breadth of scope, lavish research, and resounding spirit With more than three million foreign-born residents today, New York has been America's defining port of entry for nearly four centuries, a magnet for transplants from all over... |
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The Armenians in Modern Turkey: Post-Genocide Society, Politics and History
Talin Suciyan - I.B. Tauris
Format: Print book
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After the Armenian genocide of 1915, in which over a million Armenians died, thousands of Armenians lived and worked in the Turkish state alongside those who had persecuted their communities. Living in the context of pervasive denial, how did Armenians remaining in Turkey record their own history?... |
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Creators, Conquerors, and Citizens: A History of Ancient Greece
Robin Waterfield - Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover
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"We Greeks are one in blood and one in language; we have temples to the gods and religious rites in common, and a common way of life." So the fifth-century historian Herodotus has some Athenians declare, in explanation of why they would never betray their fellow Greeks to the enemy,... |
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Clothing Art: The Visual Culture of Fashion, 1600-1914
Aileen Ribeiro - Yale University Press
Format: Print book
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An entirely new way of looking at the history of fashion through the eyes of artists There have always been important links between art and clothing. Artists have documented the ever-evolving trends in fashion, popularized certain styles of dress, and at times even designed fashions. This... |
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Unseen: Unpublished Black History from the New York Times Photo Archives
Dana Canedy - Black Dog & Leventhal
Format: Hardcover
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Hundreds of stunning images from black history have long been buried in The New York Times archives. None of them were published by The Times--until now. UNSEEN uncovers these never-before published photographs and tells the stories behind them.It all started with Times photo editor Darcy... |
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American Aristocrats: A Family, a Fortune, and the Making of American Capitalism
Harry S Stout - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover
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The story of an ambitious family at the forefront of the great middle-class land grab that shaped early American capitalismAmerican Aristocrats is a multigenerational biography of the Andersons of Kentucky, a family of strivers who passionately believed in the promise of America.... |
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Reimagining a Lost Armenian Home: The Dildilian Photography Collection
Armen Marsoobian - I.B.Tauris
Format: Paperback
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For nearly a century members of the Dildilian family practiced the art of photography in Ottoman Turkey, Greece and the United States. This book contains over 200 photographs, primarily from the Ottoman era, beginning with the creation of the family business by Tsolag Dildilian in Sivas... |
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Items: Is Fashion Modern?
PAOLA ANTONELLI - The Museum of Modern Art
Format: Hardcover
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Items: Is Fashion Modern? presents 111 items of clothing and accessories that have had a profound impact on the world in the 20th and 21st centuries.Arranged A-Z encyclopedia-style, it includes designs as iconic as Levi's 501 jeans, the pearl necklace and Yves Saint Laurent's Le Smoking,... |
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Lenin: The Man, the Dictator, and the Master of Terror
Victor Sebestyen - Pantheon
Format: Hardcover
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A fascinating biography of the man who helped launch the Russian Revolution, which uses the personal - including Lenin's key relationships with the women in his life - to shed light on the political.Since the birth of Soviet Russia, Vladimir Lenin has been viewed as a controversial figure,... |
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US Special Ops: The History, Weapons, and Missions of Elite Military Forces
Fred J Pushies - Voyageur Press (MN)
Format: Print book
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It's the inside scoop on US military special operations. From weapons, gear, missions, and commandos, learn every military secret from the eighteenth century to today. Few aspects of the US military pique people's interest more than special ops. Due to the clandestine nature of their... |
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The French Revolution: From Enlightenment to Tyranny
Ian Davidson - Pegasus Books
Format: Print book
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A vital and illuminating look at this profoundly important (and often perplexing) historical moment, by former Financial Times chief foreign affairs columnist Ian Davidson. The French Revolution casts a long shadow, one that reaches into our own time and influences our debates on freedom,... |
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Custer's Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America
T.J. Stiles - Vintage
Format: Paperback
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Winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for HistoryFrom the winner of two Pulitzer Prizes and a National Book Award, a brilliant biography of Gen. George Armstrong Custer that radically changes our view of the man and his turbulent times.In this magisterial biography, T. J. Stiles paints a portrait... |
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Life During Wartime: Resisting Counterinsurgency
Kristian Williams - AK Press
Format: Paperback
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"Together, the writers sound a sobering warning: the American government is an iron fist in a velvet glove whose purpose remains preserving the status quo and enriching the rich."— Publishers WeeklyWhat happens when the techniques of counterinsurgency, developed to squash... |
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Black Square: Adventures in Post-Soviet Ukraine
Sophie Pinkham - W.W. Norton & Company
Format: Print book
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A distinctive writer's fascinating journey into the heart of a troubled region.Ukraine has rebuilt itself over and over again in the last century, plagued by the same conflicts: corruption, poverty, substance abuse, ethnic clashes, and Russian aggression. Sophie Pinkham saw all this... |
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Blues from the Bayou: The Rhythms of Baton Rouge
Julian C Piper - Pelican Publishing Company
Format: Print book
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Experience a cool splash of music history from the Bayou State! This intensely personal and entertaining account is a snapshot of Blues from an outsider welcomed into the inner circles of Southern Blues icons. Englishman Julian C. Piper spent a year abroad at Louisiana State University... |
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All Over the Map: A Cartographic Odyssey
Betsy Mason - National Geographic
Format: Hardcover
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Created for map lovers by map lovers, this rich book explores the intriguing stories behind maps across history and illuminates how the art of cartography thrives today. In this visually stunning book, award-winning journalists Betsy Mason and Greg Miller--authors of the National Geographic... |
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