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His Day Is Done: A Nelson Mandela Tribute
Maya Angelou · Random House
Pages: 64
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He was a son of Africa who became father to a nation and, for billions of people around the world, a beacon of hope, courage, and perseverance in the face of opposition. Now, acclaimed poet Maya Angelou honors the life and remarkable soul of Nelson Mandela, former president of South Africa... |
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Genealogy and the Law: A Guide to Legal Sources for the Family Historian
Kay Haviland Freilich · National Genealogical Society
Format: Print book |
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As a unique textbook, Genealogy and the Law guides readers through the variety of legal sources that genealogists need in order to explain many of the events that occurred in their ancestors' lives. Land ownership, estate administration, and taxation are a few of the many aspects of life... |
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Global Rules: America, Britain and a Disordered World
Prof. James E. Cronin · Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover |
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The Second World War created and the Cold War sustained a “special relationship” between America and Britain, and the terms on which that decades-long conflict ended would become the foundation of a new world order. In this penetrating analysis, a new history of recent global... |
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Israel: Is It Good for the Jews?
Richard Cohen · Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover |
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A very personal journey through Jewish history (and Cohen's own), and a passionate defense of Israel's legitimacy.Richard Cohen's book is part reportage, part memoir - an intimate journey through the history of Europe's Jews, culminating in the establishment of Israel. A veteran,... |
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The True American: Murder and Mercy in Texas
Anand Giridharadas · W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover |
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A 2014 New York Times Book Review Notable Book and Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year A Boston Globe Best Nonfiction of 2014 Kate Tuttles pickNPR, Staff Pick The Dark Side, Science and Society Eye Opening Reads CategoriesAmazon, Best Books of 2014 Nonfiction Imagine that a terrorist... |
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Necessary Trouble: Americans in Revolt
Sarah Jaffe · Nation Books
Pages: 352
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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Good Guys with Guns: The Appeal and Consequences of Concealed Carry
Angela Stroud · The University of North Carolina Press
Pages: 200
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Although the rate of gun ownership in U.S. households has declined from an estimated 50 percent in 1970 to approximately 32 percent today, Americans' propensity for carrying concealed firearms has risen sharply in recent years. Today, more than 11 million Americans hold concealed handgun... |
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Spies, Patriots, and Traitors: American Intelligence in the Revolutionary War
Kenneth A. Daigler · Georgetown University Press
Format: Hardcover |
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Students and enthusiasts of American history are familiar with the Revolutionary War spies Nathan Hale and Benedict Arnold, but few studies have closely examined the wider intelligence efforts that enabled the colonies to gain their independence. Spies, Patriots, and Traitors provides... |
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Operation Basalt: The British Raid on Sark and Hitler's Commando Order
Eric Lee · The History Press
Pages: 223
Format: Print book |
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Operation Basalt was a raid carried out by British commandos on the island of Sark on the night of October 3-4, 1942. It was intended to reassure Channel Islanders that they had not been forgotten following their German occupation, to force the Germans to deploy resources, and to gain intelligence... |
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The Second Amendment: A Biography
Michael Waldman · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 255
Format: Hardcover |
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By the president of the prestigious Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, the life story of the most controversial, volatile, misunderstood provision of the Bill of Rights.At a time of renewed debate over guns in America, what does the Second Amendment mean? This book looks at history... |
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