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At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-68At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-68 is the final volume in Taylor Branch's magnificent history of America in the years of the Civil Rights Movement and Vietnam War, recognized universally as the definitive account and ultimate recognition of Martin Luther King's...
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The Art of Making a Forgotten Cup of TeaSOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURESet against the backdrop of the 1989 Romanian Revolution, The Art of Making a Forgotten Cup of Tea tells a gripping and deeply personal story of survival, trust, and betrayal in a world on the brink of change....
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The Warhead: The Quest to Build the Perfect Weapon in the Age of Modern WarfareFrom award-winning journalist and coauthor of The 15:17 to Paris, an affecting human history of the first self-steering bomb Paveway, the first "smart" bomb, was created to be a more precise and ostensibly humane weapon, reducing civilian casualties. The true impact of the bomb,...
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Israel: A HistoryWritten by one of Israel's most notable scholars, this volume provides a breathtaking history of Israel from the origins of the Zionist movement in the late nineteenth century to the present day. Organized chronologically, the volume explores the emergence of Zionism in Europe against...
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Before the Movement: The Hidden History of Black Civil RightsThe familiar story of civil rights goes like this: once, America's legal system shut Black people out and refused to recognize their rights, their basic human dignity, or even their very lives. When lynch mobs gathered, police and judges often closed their eyes, if...
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The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal 1870-1914The National Book Award-winning epic chronicle of the creation of the Panama Canal, a first-rate drama of the bold and brilliant engineering feat that transformed global trade routes and shaped modern American history, as told by Pulitzer Prize-winning author and master historian David McCullough....
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Five Days in November: In Commemoration of the 60th Anniversary of Jfk's AssassinationSecret Service agent Clint Hill reveals the stories behind the iconic images of the five tragic days surrounding President John F. Kennedy's assassination in this 60th anniversary edition of the New York Times bestseller. On November 22, 1963, three shots were fired in Dallas,...
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The Art of Diplomacy: How American Negotiators Reached Historic Agreements That Changed the WorldA riveting retelling of diplomatic history with praise from Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Bertie Ahern (Ireland), Tony Blair (UK), Ehud Olmert (Israel), and more. "A magisterial tome on the international negotiations that shaped modern American history.... Grand in scope and grounded in decades of...
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Henry David Thoreau's Kalendar: Charts and Observations of Natural PhenomenaAn immersive, beautifully illustrated revelation of Henry David Thoreau's final project--a monthly almanac of natural phenomena.In the last years of his life, Henry David Thoreau created something new. Part blueprint for a major new work, part scientific chart, and part re-envisioning of the way...
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Fateful Hours: The Collapse of the Weimar RepublicDemocracies are fragile. Freedoms that seem secure can be lost. Few historical events illustrate this as vividly as the failure of the Weimar Republic. Germany's first democracy endured for fourteen tumultuous years and culminated with the horrific rise of the Third Reich. As one...
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Wakara's America: The Life and Legacy of a Native Founder of the American WestThe forgotten life and complex legacies of Wakara, the mighty, once-notorious Native leader whose battles and conquests shaped the American West "A sobering reassessment of the history of the Great Basin and locates the disruptive and violent influences of colonialism at its center."--Ned Blackhawk,...
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The Insider: Malcolm Cowley and the Triumph of American LiteratureA finalist for the 2026 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction A delightful and majestic reckoning with the ascent of American fiction in the twentieth century through the prism of the under-known man who had an astonishing amount to do with it Malcolm...
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The Greatest Generation#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The instant classic that changed the way we saw World War II and an entire generation of Americans, from the beloved journalist whose own iconic career lasted more than fifty years."Moving . . . a tribute to the...
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Sitting Bull's War: The Battle of Little Big Horn and the Fight for Buffalo and Freedom on the PlainsThe dramatic story of America's greatest Indian war told from perspective of the Lakotas and the Northern Cheyennes, as they fight for their way of life on the buffalo prairie. In this deeply affecting account of America's greatest Indian war, readers are quickly immersed...
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The Power and the Glory: The History of the World CupA definitive new history of the world's most watched sporting event--just in time for the 2026 tournament "Wilson is the game's pre-eminent popular historian."--Observer (UK) Since 1930, the World Cup has become a truly global obsession. It is the most watched sporting event on...
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Not One Inch: America, Russia, and the Making of Post-Cold War StalemateA leading expert on foreign policy reveals how tensions between America, NATO, and Russia transformed geopolitics ● A Foreign Affairs Best Book of 2021 and winner of the Pushkin House Book Prize "Sarotte has the receipts, as it were: her authoritative tale draws on...
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Korea: War Without EndA ground-breaking history of this global conflict including the errors and miscalculations made on both sides. Korea: War Without End examines the stand-off between East and West in Korea that ultimately defined the second half of the 20th century. It provides a critical analysis...
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Intrepid Girls: The Complicated History of the Girl Scouts of the USAWhen eight-year-old Amy Erdman Farrell moved with her family to Akron, Ohio, in 1972, she found herself adrift in a sea of taunting boys and mean girls. Shy by nature, she dreaded her long, unhappy days at school. But a few years later, Farrell...
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Autocrats vs. Democrats: China, Russia, America, and the New Global Disorder"A history, an analysis, and a set of prescriptions for the greatest geopolitical challenge of our time: the threat to the democratic world posed by China and Russia." --Anne Applebaum, author of Autocracy, Inc. "A monumental account of contemporary geopolitics"--Francis Fukuyama, author of Liberalism...
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Europe Without Borders: A HistoryThe contested creation of free movement--for people and goods--in the Schengen area of Europe Europe is a place of free movement among nations--or is it? The Schengen area, established in 1985 and today encompassing twenty-nine European countries, allows people, goods, and capital to cross...
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