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Sheridan's Secret Mission: How the South Won the War After the Civil War
Robert Cwiklik - HarperAudio
Format: Hardcover
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A deeply researched, narrative history recounting the little-known late-Reconstruction era mission of General Philip Sheridan, a Union Army hero dispatched to the South ten years after the Civil War to protect the rights of newly freed black citizens, who were under siege by violent paramilitary... |
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The Savage Storm: The Battle for Italy 1943
James Holland - Atlantic Monthly Press
Format: Hardcover
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Acclaimed WWII historian James Holland both narrates and reframes the controversial first months of the Italian Campaign and sets a new standard in the chronicling of warFollowing victory in Sicily, while the central command planned the spring 1944 invasion of France, Allied troops crossed... |
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The Thefts of the Mona Lisa: The Complete Story of the World's Most Famous Artwork
Noah Charney - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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"Historian Charney tracks the eventful life of the Mona Lisa in this rollicking account.... The result is both a thrilling tale of true crime and a rigorous work of art history." - Publishers Weekly, Starred Review. If you read one book on the Mona Lisa, let this be it. From... |
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Dear Mom and Dad: A Letter About Family, Memory, and the America We Once Knew
Patti Davis - Liveright
Format: Hardcover
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A remarkably poignant writer for our troubled times, Patti Davis writes about love, loss, and the power of redemption in this poetic letter to her long-gone parents.Written with dignity and grace in the form of a letter to her parents, Ronald and Nancy Reagan, Dear Mom and Dad is that surprisingly... |
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How to Interpret the Constitution
Cass R. Sunstein - Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover
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From New York Times bestselling author Cass Sunstein, a timely and powerful argument for rethinking how the U.S. Constitution is interpreted. The U.S. Supreme Court has eliminated the right to abortion and is revisiting other fundamental questions today -- about voting rights, affirmative... |
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Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials
Marion Gibson - Scribner
Format: Hardcover
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A fascinating, vivid global history of witch trials across Europe, Africa, and the Americas, told through thirteen distinct trials that illuminate the pattern of demonization and conspiratorial thinking that has profoundly shaped human history.. Witchcraft is a dramatic journey through... |
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A History of Fake Things on the Internet
Walter Scheirer - Stanford University Press
Format: Hardcover
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A Next Big Idea Club "Must Read" for December 2023As all aspects of our social and informational lives increasingly migrate online, the line between what is "real" and what is digitally fabricated grows ever thinner - and that fake content has undeniable real-world consequences.... |
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