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Lost Hong Kong: A History in PicturesThe story of Hong Kong is one of almost constant change. From a sleepy fishing community, Hong Kong - now a Special Administrative Region following its return from Britain to China in July 1997 - has grown into one of the most significant financial...
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Looking for Lincoln in Illinois: A Guide to Lincoln's Eighth Judicial CircuitWinner, ISHS Annual Award for a Scholarly Publication, 2018 For twenty-three years Abraham Lincoln practiced law on the Eighth Judicial Circuit in east central Illinois, and his legal career is explored in Looking for Lincoln in Illinois: A Guide to Lincoln's Eighth Judicial Circuit....
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In Spies We Trust: The Story of Western IntelligenceIn Spies We Trust reveals the full story of the Anglo-American intelligence relationship - ranging from the deceits of World War I to the mendacities of 9/11 - for the first time. Why did we ever start trusting spies? It all started a hundred...
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Massacre at Mountain MeadowsOn September 11, 1857, a band of Mormon militia, under a flag of truce, lured unarmed members of a party of emigrants from their fortified encampment and, with their Paiute allies, killed them. More than 120 men, women, and children perished in the slaughter....
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Waterloo 1815: The Birth of Modern EuropeOsprey's study of the most famous battle of the Napoleonic Wars (1799-1815). Waterloo holds a special place among the great battles of history. The climax of more than twenty years of war, it was indeed a close-run affair, matching two of the world's greatest...
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Wyatt Earp: The Life Behind the Legend"Quite impressive. I doubt if there has been or will be a moredeeply researched and convincing account." --Evan Connell, authorSon of the Morning Star: Custer and the Little Bighorn "The book to end all Earp books--the most complete, and mostmeticulously researched." --Jack Burrows, author...
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The Order of the DayNamed a Best Book of the Year by NPR, Boston Globe, and Literary Hub Winner of the 2017 Goncourt Prize, this behind-the-scenes account of the manipulation, hubris, and greed that together led to Nazi Germany's annexation of Austria brilliantly dismantles the myth of an...
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The Hidden History of the JFK Assassination: The Definitive Account of the Most Controversial Crime of the Twentieth CenturyNovember 22, 2013 marks the 50th anniversary of the tragedy that has haunted America ever since. For the first time, this concise and compelling book pierces the veil of secrecy to fully document the small, tightly-held conspiracy that killed President John F. Kennedy. It...
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Black Power and the American Myth: 50th Anniversary EditionIn 1970, C. T. Vivian, a close colleague of Martin Luther King, Jr. and a member of his executive staff, sat down to take stock of the civil rights movement and the progress it had made. His assessment was that it failed, and that...
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Okinawa: A Decorated Marine's Account of the Last Battle of World War IIPenguin delivers you to the front lines of The Pacific Theater with the real-life stories behind the HBO miniseries.Former Marine and Pacific War veteran Robert Leckie tells the story of the invasion of Okinawa, the closing battle of World War II. Leckie is a...
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The Mascot: Unraveling the Mystery of My Jewish Father's Nazi BoyhoodThe "spellbinding" (The New York Times) true story of a Jewish boy who became the darling of the Nazis When a Nazi death squad massacred his mother and fellow villagers, five-year-old Alex Kurzem escaped, hiding in the freezing Russian forest until he was picked...
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Chasing Greatness: Johnny Miller, Arnold Palmer, and the Miracle at OakmontNow in paperback-the unforgettable story of the 1973 U.S. Open and the unknown young golfer who astonished the world. In 1973, a Who's Who of golf greats gathered at Oakmont Country Club for the U.S. Open. Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus were among those...
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Only the Brave: July 1944--The Epic Battle for GuamFor Dutton Caliber's American War Heroes series, a World War II narrative on the American liberation of Guam in 1944, focusing on the twenty days of intense combat as the Marine Corps took the island back from the Japanese. On July 21, 1944, a...
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Fallen Founder: The Life of Aaron BurrFrom the author of White Trash and The Problem of Democracy, a controversial challenge to the views of the Founding Fathers offered by Ron Chernow and David McCullough Lin-Manuel Miranda's play "Hamilton" has reignited interest in the founding fathers; and it features Aaron Burr...
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Wild, Wicked, Wartime WilmingtonWhen America went to war with itself, Wilmington was North Carolina's largest city. From the imposing grandeur of the Bellamy Mansion that overlooked a busy harbor, to the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad, which at the time boasted the longest rail line in the world,...
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Herndon's Life of LincolnWilliam H. Herndon's Life of Lincoln, written to counteract the worshipful view of Abraham Lincoln held by the public, caused enormous controversy when first published in 1889. Unlike the hagiographies that celebrate the selflessness of the Great Emancipator, Herndon's account emphasizes Lincoln's private life:...
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The Grand Idea: George Washington's Potomac and the Race to the WestThe Grand Idea follows George Washington in the critical period immediately after the War of Independence. The general had great hopes for his young nation, but also grave fears. He worried that the United States was so fragmented politically and culturally that it would...
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The Spanish Ulcer: A History of Peninsular WarThe Peninsular War in Spain and Portugal was the most bitterly fought contest of nineteenth-century Europe. From 1808 to 1814, Spanish regulars and guerrillas, along with British forces led by Sir John Moore and the duke of Wellington, battled Napoleon's troops across the length...
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A Military History of the Western World, Vol. II: From the Defeat of the Spanish Armada to the Battle of WaterlooMajor General J. F. C. Fuller, a pioneer of mechanized warfare in Great Britain, was one of this century's most renowned military strategists and historians. In this magisterial work he spans military history from the Greeks to the end of World War II, describing...
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The 12-Year Reich: A Social History of Nazi Germany 1933-1945In chilling detail, this social history brilliantly demonstrates the awesome power of a brutal government to corrode the human spirit.--Wall Street JournalInvaluable for every student of the Nazi era.--New York Times Book Review The 12-Year Reich, the first comprehensive social study of the Third...
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