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The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn BridgeA monumental tale of American ambition, told by Pulitzer Prize-winning author and master historian David McCullough. This gripping saga of the creation of the Brooklyn Bridge, one of the country's boldest engineering achievements, reveals not only the politics and personalities behind "America's Eiffel Tower,"...
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Intrepid Women: Adventures in AnthropologyTrue accounts of groundbreaking women anthropologists defying gender norms in the early 20th century. The extraordinary women featured in Intrepid Women defied early twentieth-century conventions to carry out groundbreaking field research in distant parts of the world where ladies were not meant to travel....
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Atlas of World War II: History's Greatest Conflict Revealed Through Rare Wartime Maps and New CartographyThis definitive, lavishly illustrated book from National Geographic features an astonishing array of vintage and newly created maps, rare photographs, covert documents, and eyewitness accounts that illuminate the world's greatest conflict. This magnificent atlas delves into the cartographic history of WWII: naval, land, and...
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Martyrs to the Unspeakable: The Assassinations of Jfk, Malcolm, Martin, and RfkHere at last is the long-awaited sequel to James Douglass's bestselling work, JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters. That book, unlike most books that posit a conspiracy in JFK's assassination, focuses less on "who dunnit" as on "why they...
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Dress in the Age of Jane Austen: Regency FashionA comprehensive and beautifully illustrated examination of dress, clothing, fashion, and sewing in the Regency seen through the lens of Jane Austen's life and writings This lively book reveals the clothing and fashion of the world depicted in Jane Austen's beloved books, focusing on...
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TrumanThe Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Harry S. Truman, whose presidency included momentous events from the atomic bombing of Japan to the outbreak of the Cold War and the Korean War, told by America's beloved and distinguished historian. The life of Harry S. Truman is...
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Listen in: How Radio Changed the HomeIntimate stories that offer entertaining perspectives on what it was like to engage with radio when it was new. Radio, today, can feel like a faithful old companion, but its early history was sensational. Between 1922 and 1939, British life was transformed by what...
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Cry Havoc! An Untold Story of Rangers at WarBooks about combat are compelling. There's an inherent thirst for the stories about brave men, completing impossible tasks under the worst of conditions. Cry Havoc tells the story of how the Army Rangers emerged from the shadow of the Vietnam War, and morphed themselves...
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John Quincy Adams: A Man for the Whole PeopleA magisterial journey through the epic life and transformative times of John Quincy Adams In this masterful biography, historian Randall B. Woods peels back the many layers of John Quincy's long life, exposing a rich and complicated family saga and a political legacy that...
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Gotham at War: A History of New York City from 1933 to 1945Author: Mike WallacePublisher: Oxford University PressPublished: 10/01/2025Pages: 976Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 4.75lbsSize: 10.23h x 7.33w x 1.85dISBN: 9780199384518About the AuthorMike Wallace is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the Founder and Advisory Board Chair of the Gotham Center...
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The Raging Erie: Life and Labor Along the Erie CanalThe completion of the Erie Canal in 1825 was a monumental achievement. Linking the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean, it transformed New York City into a hub of international trade, drove the rise of industrial cities in once sparsely populated areas, and accelerated...
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Vigilance Is Not Enough: A History of United States IntelligenceA broad and deep survey of American intelligence from before the Revolution to the present Every nation has an intelligence apparatus--some means by which its top officials acquire needed information on sensitive issues. But each nation does it differently, influenced by its history, its...
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The Gilded Age in New York, 1870-1910An expansive exploration of The Gilded Age in New York City, from of the extravagant lifestyles and magnificent mansions of the ultra-rich to the daily doings of the wretchedly poor who lived in the shadows of their newly constructed skyscrapers. Written by the curator...
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Citizens: A Chronicle of the French RevolutionIn this New York Times bestseller, award-winning author Simon Schama presents an ebullient country, vital and inventive, infatuated with novelty and technology--a strikingly fresh view of Louis XVI's France. One of the great landmarks of modern history publishing, Citizens: A Chronicle of the French...
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The Words That Made Us: America's Constitutional Conversation, 1760-1840From a preeminent legal scholar, a "fascinating" and "masterful" (Wall Street Journal) history of the American Constitution's formative decades When the US Constitution won popular approval in 1788, it was the culmination of thirty years of passionate argument over the nature of government. But...
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The Great Transformation: China's Road from Revolution to ReformThe first thorough account of a formative and little understood chapter in Chinese history "A superb history of China's transition into and out of the Cultural Revolution. . . . Chen and Westad--two of the best archival historians of Communist China writing today--coolly but...
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World War II: The Definitive Visual History from Blitzkrieg to the Atom BombThis defining period in world history is explored and explained as never before. World War II is captured in hundreds of compelling images, presenting the people, places, and politics involved in the epic conflict. Inside this complete visual guide is chronological coverage of the...
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Hannah Arendt: The Origins of Totalitarianism Expanded Edition (Loa #389)A deluxe expanded edition of the masterpiece of political philosophy that transformed how the world thinks about fascism and authoritarianism Includes two fascinating chapters that were later cut and are available in no other edition In 1951, a monumental book by a relatively unknown...
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany"One of the most important works of history of our time." --The New York Times A modern classic and the definitive study of Adolf Hitler, the rise of Nazi Germany, the Holocaust, and World War II by the foreign correspondent who saw firsthand how...
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Leviathan and Its EnemiesLeviathan and Its Enemies is Samuel T. Francis's magnum opus on political theory and the history of the modern world, which had been lost to the world after his untimely death in 2005 and is published here for the first time. This edition includes...
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