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New Titles - History
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Combee: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom during the Civil War
Edda L. Fields-Black - Oxford University Press Format: Hardcover
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The story of the Combahee River Raid, one of Harriet Tubman's most extraordinary accomplishments, based on original documents and written by a descendant of one of the participants. . Most Americans know of Harriet Tubman's legendary life: escaping enslavement in 1849, she led more... |
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Normal Women: Nine Hundred Years of Making History
Philippa Gregory - HarperOne Format: Hardcover
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"Lively, timely and gloriously energetic. Each page bursts with life, and every chapter swirls with personalities left out of traditional narratives of Britain's past. Philippa Gregory has produced something rare and wonderful: a genuinely new history of [Britain], with women at its beating... |
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The Secret History of Bigfoot: Field Notes on a North American Monster
John O'Connor - Sourcebooks Format: Hardcover
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"A winning portrait of America at its weirdest." -- Publishers Weekly STARRED ReviewFrom the shrouded forests of the Pacific Northwest to off-the-wall cryptozoological conventions, one man searches high and low for the answer to the question: real or not, why do we want to believe?Bigfoot... |
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Warriors, Rebels, and Saints: The Art of Leadership from Machiavelli to Malcolm X
Moshik Temkin - PublicAffairs Format: Hardcover
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Do leaders make history or does history make leaders? A deep dive into how we define, seek, and become leaders.. We live in a period of leadership in crisis. At home, and across the globe, we sense that unqualified and irresponsible individuals are being elevated to positions of power,... |
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The Making of a King: King Charles III and the Modern Monarchy
Robert Hardman - Pegasus Books Format: Hardcover
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The dramatic story of the new king's evolution over the past year from Prince of Wales to King Charles III, from one of the most acclaimed royal biographers writing today.. No British monarch has had a tougher act to follow. . Now, after seventy years of waiting and preparation, King... |
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How to Be a Renaissance Woman: The Untold History of Beauty & Female Creativity
Jill Burke - Pegasus Books Format: Hardcover
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An alternative history of the Renaissance - as seen through the emerging literature of beauty tips - focusing on the actresses, authors, and courtesans who rebelled against the misogyny of their era.. Beauty, make-up, art, power: How to Be a Renaissance Woman presents an alternative history... |
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