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Politics: Antiquity and Its Legacy
Kostas Vlassopoulos - Oxford University Press
Format: Book
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Ancient Greece is famous as the civilization which "gave" the world democracy. Democracy has in modern times become the rallying cry of liberation from supposed totalitarianism and dictatorship. It is embedded in the assumptions of Western powers who proclaim their faith in the global... |
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Roaring Camp: The Social World of the California Gold Rush
Susan Lee Johnson - W W Norton & Co Inc
Format: Hardcover
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Captures the multiethnic, multicultural world of the California Gold Rush, in a richly textured social history that profiles the era's diverse and colorful characters, the evolution of a unique society, the sources of our legends and myths about the Gold Rush. |
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Labyrinth of Ice: The Triumphant and Tragic Greely Polar Expedition
Buddy Levy - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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Based on the author's exhaustive research, the incredible true story of the Greely Expedition, one of the most harrowing adventures in the annals of polar exploration. In July 1881, Lt. A.W. Greely and his crew of 24 scientists and explorers were bound for the last region unmarked on global... |
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DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Brazil
DK Travel - DK Eyewitness Travel
Format: Paperback
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Explore all Brazil has to offer from idyllic sandy beaches, the lush Amazon rain forest, and the vast Pantanal wetland to colonial Salvador or Modernist Braslia, and the exciting cities of Rio de Janeiro and So Paulo.DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Brazil is full of inspiring photography... |
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Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings
Neil Price - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover
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The definitive history of the Vikings -- from arts and culture to politics and astronomy -- by a distinguished archaeologist with decades of expertise.The Viking Age -- from 750 to 1050 -- saw an unprecedented expansion of the Scandinavian peoples into the wider world. As traders and raiders,... |
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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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James Madison
Richard Brookhiser - Basic Books
Format: Print book
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James Madison led one of the most influential and prolific lives in American history, and his story - although all too often overshadowed by his more celebrated contemporaries - is integral to that of the nation. Madison helped to shape our country as perhaps no other Founder: collaborating... |
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The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West
David McCullough - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David McCullough rediscovers an important and dramatic chapter in the American story - the settling of the Northwest Territory by dauntless pioneers who overcame incredible hardships to build a community based on ideals... |
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