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Lion in the White House: A Life of Theodore Roosevelt

Aida D. Donald - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover

New York State Assemblyman, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, New York City Police Commissioner, Governor of New York, Vice President and, at forty-two, the youngest President ever-in his own words, Theodore Roosevelt “rose like a rocket." He was also a cowboy, a soldier, a historian,...
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The Return of Great Powers: Russia, China, and the Next World War

Jim Sciutto - Dutton
Format: Hardcover

The essential new book by CNN anchor and chief national security analyst Jim Sciutto, identifying a new, more uncertain global order with reporting on the frontlines of power from existing wars to looming ones across the globe. The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 dawned what Francis Fukuyama...
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No Bullet Got Me Yet: The Relentless Faith of Father Kapaun

John Stansifer - Hanover Square Press
Format: Hardcover

The incredible story of the most decorated chaplain in US military history and his path to sainthood in the Roman Catholic Church.. Father Emil Kapaun, a humble priest, went far beyond the call of duty during World War II and the Korean War. Often found with the combat medics on the front...
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The World War I Book (DK Big Ideas)

DK - DK
Format: Hardcover

Discover the key battles, tactics, technologies, and turning points of the First World War - the epic conflict that was supposed to be "the war to end all wars.". Combining authoritative, exciting text and bold images, The World War I Book explores the historical background of the war,...
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New World Orders: Violence, Sanction, and Authority in the Colonial Americas (Early American Studies)

John Smolenski - University of Pennsylvania Press
Format: Paperback

As the geographic boundaries of early American history have expanded, so too have historians' attempts to explore the comparative dimensions of this history. At the same time, historians have struggled to find a conceptual framework flexible enough to incorporate the sweeping narratives...
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The Secret History of Bigfoot: Field Notes on a North American Monster

John O'Connor - Sourcebooks
Format: Hardcover

"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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The Doctor Was a Woman: Stories of the First Female Physicians on the Frontier

Chris Enss - TwoDot
Format: Hardcover

"No women need apply." Western towns looking for a local doctor during the frontier era often concluded their advertisements in just that manner. Yet apply they did. And in small towns all over the West, highly trained women from medical colleges in the East took on the post of local...
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DK Eyewitness Sweden

DK Eyewitness - ‎DK Eyewitness Travel
Format: Paperback

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